The UK Championship is snooker's second most important ranking tournament, carring one and half times the ranking points of standard events.
Most of snookers great players have won the tournament since it's inaugural staging in 1977.
Former winners:
1977 Patsy Fagan
1978 Doug Mountjoy
1979 John Virgo
1980 Steve Davis
1981 Steve Davis
1982 Terry Griffiths
1983 Alex Higgins
1984 Steve Davis
1985 Steve Davis
1986 Steve Davis
1987 Steve Davis
1988 Doug Mountjoy
1989 Stephen Hendry
1990 Stephen Hendry
1991 John Parrott
1992 Jimmy White
1993 Ronnie O'Sullivan
1994 Stephen Hendry
1995 Stephen Hendry
1996 Stephen Hendry
1997 Ronnie O'Sullivan
1998 John Higgins
1999 Mark Williams
2000 John Higgins
2001 Ronnie O'Sullivan
2002 Mark Williams
2003 Matthew Stevens
2004 Stephen Maguire
2005 Ding Junhui
2006 Peter Ebdon
2007 Ronnie O'Sullivan
2008 Shaun Murphy
2009 Ding Junhui
2010 John Higgins
2011 Judd Trump
