UK Seniors Championship

Tournament information
Dates	24–26 October 2017 (2017-10-24 – 2017-10-26)
Venue	Harlequin Theatre
City	Redhill
Country	England
Organisation	Snooker Legends
Format	Seniors event
Total prize fund	£14,500
Winner's share	£7,500
Highest break	Ken Doherty (137)
Final
Champion	Jimmy White
Runner-up	Ken Doherty
Score	4–2
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The 2017 UK Seniors Championship was a senior snooker tournament, that took place at the Harlequin Theatre in Redhill, England, from 24 to 26 October 2017. It was a first stage of the newly created World Seniors Tour.^[1][2]

The Championship was won by Jimmy White who beat Ken Doherty 4–2 in the final.^[3]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money is shown below:^[4]

• Winner: £7,500
• Runner-up: £2,500
• Semi-finals: £1,000
• Quarter-finals: £500
• Highest break: £500
• Total: £14,500

Main draw

	Round 1 Best of 5 frames				Quarter-finals Best of 5 frames				Semi-finals Best of 5 frames				Final Best of 7 frames
					Stephen Hendry (1)	3
					Tony Knowles (8)	0
	Gary Filtness	2
	Tony Knowles (8)	3*
									Stephen Hendry (1)	0
									Ken Doherty (4)	3
					Ken Doherty (4)	3
					Patrick Wallace	1
	Patrick Wallace	3
	Joe Johnson (6)	0
													Ken Doherty (4)	2
													Jimmy White (3)	4
					Jimmy White (3)	3
					Les Dodd	1
	Les Dodd	3*
	Dennis Taylor (5)	2
									Jimmy White (3)	3
									Johnathan Bagley	1
					John Parrott (2)	0
					Johnathan Bagley	3
	Johnathan Bagley	3
	Cliff Thorburn (7)	1

• All matches had a 30-second shot clock with players having two 30 second time-outs per match.
• * A re-spotted black ball shootout replaced final frame deciders at 2–2.

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb. Harlequin Theatre, Redhill, England, 26 October 2017.
Ken Doherty (4)  Ireland	2–4	Jimmy White (3)  England
96–4, 19–73, 29–88, 69–6 (61), 12–76, 0–79
0	Century breaks	0
1	50+ breaks	0

References