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SNOOKER · 2017-12-10 · YORK, ENGLAND

2017 Betway UK Championship snooker prize money

The 2017 Betway UK Championship paid £850,000 to 64 players. Ronnie O'Sullivan won £170,000. Shaun Murphy took £75,000 as runner-up.

TOTAL PAID£850k
WINNER£170k
PLAYERS PAID64
PAYOUT BANDS8

Every cheque

64 players paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each player at the 2017 Betway UK Championship.
PLACE PLAYER NATION PRIZE MONEY
Winner Ronnie O'Sullivan England £170,000£170k
Runner-up Shaun Murphy England £75,000£75k
Semi-final Ryan Day Wales £35,000£35k
Semi-final Stephen Maguire Scotland £35,000£35k
Quarter-final Joe Perry England £22,500£23k
Quarter-final Mark Joyce England £22,500£23k
Quarter-final Mark King England £22,500£23k
Quarter-final Martin Gould England £22,500£23k
Last 16 Akani Songsermsawad Thailand £15,000£15k
Last 16 Graeme Dott Scotland £15,000£15k
Last 16 John Higgins Scotland £15,000£15k
Last 16 Li Hang China £15,000£15k
Last 16 Lyu Haotian China £15,000£15k
Last 16 Mark Allen Northern Ireland £15,000£15k
Last 16 Ricky Walden England £15,000£15k
Last 16 Xiao Guodong China £15,000£15k
Last 32 Barry Hawkins England £10,000£10k
Last 32 Hossein Vafaei Iran £10,000£10k
Last 32 Jimmy Robertson England £10,000£10k
Last 32 Judd Trump England £10,000£10k
Last 32 Kurt Maflin Norway £10,000£10k
Last 32 Kyren Wilson England £10,000£10k
Last 32 Liang Wenbo China £10,000£10k
Last 32 Luca Brecel Belgium £10,000£10k
Last 32 Marco Fu Hong Kong £10,000£10k
Last 32 Mark Williams Wales £10,000£10k
Last 32 Michael White Wales £10,000£10k
Last 32 Neil Robertson Australia £10,000£10k
Last 32 Noppon Saengkham Thailand £10,000£10k
Last 32 Peter Lines England £10,000£10k
Last 32 Scott Donaldson Scotland £10,000£10k
Last 32 Yan Bingtao China £10,000£10k
Last 64 Aditya Mehta India £5,000£5k
Last 64 Alan McManus Scotland £5,000£5k
Last 64 Andrew Higginson England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Anthony McGill Scotland £5,000£5k
Last 64 Ben Woollaston England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Cao Yupeng China £5,000£5k
Last 64 Chris Wakelin England £5,000£5k
Last 64 David Gilbert England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Dominic Dale Wales £5,000£5k
Last 64 Hammad Miah England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Jack Lisowski England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Jak Jones Wales £5,000£5k
Last 64 Jamie Jones Wales £5,000£5k
Last 64 Jimmy White England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Ken Doherty Ireland £5,000£5k
Last 64 Leo Fernandez Ireland £5,000£5k
Last 64 Liam Highfield England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Mark Selby England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Matthew Selt England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Michael Georgiou Cyprus £5,000£5k
Last 64 Michael Holt England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Mike Dunn England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Mitchell Mann England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Oliver Lines England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Peter Ebdon England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Robbie Williams England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Robert Milkins England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thailand £5,000£5k
Last 64 Tom Ford England £5,000£5k
Last 64 Xu Si China £5,000£5k
Last 64 Yu Delu China £5,000£5k
Last 64 Zhao Xintong China £5,000£5k
High break Michael White Wales £5,000£5k

How the money splits

Each finishing band, what it paid each player, and what it paid in all

Prize money bands at the 2017 Betway UK Championship.
PLACE PLAYERS EACH BAND TOTAL
Winner 1 £170,000£170k £170,000£170k
Runner-up 1 £75,000£75k £75,000£75k
Semi-final 2 £35,000£35k £70,000£70k
Quarter-final 4 £22,500£23k £90,000£90k
Last 16 8 £15,000£15k £120,000£120k
Last 32 16 £10,000£10k £160,000£160k
Last 64 32 £5,000£5k £160,000£160k
High break 1 £5,000£5k £5,000£5k

Where the money went, band by band

Winner £170k
Runner-up £75k
Semi-final £70k
Quarter-final £90k
Last 16 £120k
Last 32 £160k
Last 64 £160k
High break £5,000

The rest of 2017

Every other snooker tournament we hold from 2017

Other snooker tournaments in 2017.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PAID
2017 Scottish Open Neil Robertson £387,250£387k
2017 Northern Ireland Open Mark Williams £366,000£366k
2017 Shanghai Masters Ronnie O'Sullivan £704,000£704k
2017 Champion Of Champions Shaun Murphy £370,000£370k
2017 OPPO International Championship Mark Selby £755,000£755k
2017 English Open Ronnie O'Sullivan £408,500£409k
2017 European Masters Judd Trump £366,500£367k
2017 World Open Ding Junhui £700,000£700k
2017 Indian Open John Higgins £323,000£323k
2017 Sangsom 6-Reds World Championship Mark Williams £230,000£230k
2017 Paul Hunter Classic Michael White £100,000£100k
2017 Evergrande China Championship Luca Brecel £700,000£700k
2017 Hong Kong Masters Neil Robertson £315,000£315k
2017 Kaspersky Riga Masters Ryan Day £227,000£227k
2017 Betfred World Championship Mark Selby £1,751,000£1.8m
2017 China Open Mark Selby £548,000£548k
2017 Ladbrokes Players Championship Judd Trump £380,000£380k
2017 Gibraltar Open Shaun Murphy £93,750£94k
2017 Championship League John Higgins £181,800£182k
2017 Coral Snooker Shoot Out Anthony McGill £146,000£146k
2017 Coral Welsh Open Stuart Bingham £366,000£366k
2017 World Grand Prix Barry Hawkins £375,000£375k
2017 F66.com German Masters Anthony Hamilton £286,250£286k
2017 Dafabet Masters Ronnie O'Sullivan £600,000£600k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner of the 2017 Betway UK Championship get?

Ronnie O'Sullivan took £170,000.

How much did the runner-up get?

Shaun Murphy took £75,000, 44% of the winner's cheque.

What was the total prize money at the 2017 Betway UK Championship?

£850,000, paid to 64 players.

How does it compare with other years?

The 2016 Betway UK Championship paid £855,000, and the 2018 Betway UK Championship paid £850,000.

Where to next

Every edition is on the UK Championship prize money page, and the whole year on snooker prize money in 2017. The edition before was the 2016 Betway UK Championship. The one after was the 2018 Betway UK Championship.