Judd Trump claimed his second UK Championship title on Sunday, 1 December, by defeating Barry Hawkins in the final match. In the final, Judd Trump overcame Barry Hawkins with a score of 10-8. Trump also achieved the highest break of the match, scoring 133 in frame 15. First session scores: 0-73 (73), 122-6 (116), 0-72 (72), 70-69 (70 Hawkins, 69 Trump), 5-66 (66), 1-103 (102), 49-66, 81-51 (81 Hawkins, 51 Trump) Second session scores: 0-94 (62), 93-0 (57), 66-12, 11-96 (67), 83-0, 35-67 (53), 0-133 (133), 75-16 (75), 86-0 (82), 43-82 (67) * breaks over 50 in brackets The total prize fund for the event was £1,205,000. The winner received £250,000, while the runner-up was awarded £100,000. Semi-finalists each collected £50,000. Players reaching the quarter-finals earned £25,000, second-round participants received £15,000, and first-round players were awarded £10,000. An additional prize of £15,000 was given for the highest break of the tournament. First Round Results: Ronnie O’Sullivan 4-6 Barry Hawkins Shaun Murphy 6-5 Zhao Xintong Ding Junhui 6-5 Robert Milkins Xiao Guodong 4-6 David Gilbert Ali Carter 6-4 Ryan Day Mark Allen 6-4 Jackson Page Jack Lisowski 6-4 Mark Selby Wu Yize 6-4 Si Jiahui Kyren Wilson 6-0 Stephen Maguire Chris Wakelin 6-4 Matthew Selt Gary Wilson 1-6 Michael Holt Luca Brecel 5-6 Jak Jones Judd Trump 6-3 Neil Robertson John Higgins 6-0 He Guoqiang Zhang Anda 6-3 Lei Peifan Mark Williams 5-6 Stuart Bingham Second Round Results: Shaun Murphy 6-5 Ding Junhui Barry Hawkins 6-5 David Gilbert Jack Lisowski 6-4 Ali Carter Mark Allen 6-4 Wu Yize Judd Trump 6-5 John Higgins Zhang Anda 6-5 Stuart Bingham Kyren Wilson 6-2 Chris Wakelin Jak Jones 6-5 Michael Holt Quarter-finals Results: Judd Trump 6-2 Zhang Anda Barry Hawkins 6-2 Shaun Murphy Kyren Wilson 6-3 Michael Holt Mark Allen 6-3 Jack Lisowski Semi-Final Results: Judd Trump 6-2 Kyren Wilson Mark Allen 5-6 Barry Hawkins Regarding the tournament structure, the world’s top 16 players automatically qualified, while the other 16 players in the main draw advanced through a qualifying tournament held at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester. All matches contested in York were played as a best-of-11 frames format, with the exception of the final on 1 December, which was played over 19 frames across two sessions. Each session featured two matches, continuing in this format until the semi-finals on 30 November.

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