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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 27 November – 9 December 2018 |
| Venue | Barbican Centre |
| City | York |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £850,000 |
| Winner's share | £170,000 |
| Highest break |  Stuart Bingham (ENG) (145) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
| Runner-up |  Mark Allen (NIR) |
| Score | 10–6 |
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The 2018 UK Championship (officially the 2018 Betway UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 27 November to 9 December 2018. It was the ninth ranking tournament and the first Triple Crown event of the 2018/2019 season. The event was broadcast on BBC Sport and Eurosport in the United Kingdom.
Ronnie O'Sullivan, the defending champion, defeated Mark Allen 10–6 in the final, winning his 7th UK Championship and his 34th ranking event overall. In doing so, he became the first player since Stephen Hendry in 1996 to successfully defend the UK title. O'Sullivan broke Hendry's record for the most Triple Crown titles (18), Steve Davis's record of UK Championship titles (6) and became the second player to defend all Triple Crown tournaments at least once, after Hendry. The win was 25 years after his first UK Championship title as a 17 year old in 1993.
Stuart Bingham made the event's highest break of 145 in the first frame of his third round match against David Gilbert.