Peter Ebdon was the defending champion but he lost 8–9 to Ian McCulloch in the Last 32.

This beat the previous record of 74 minutes, which took place between Ebdon and Graeme Dott in the 2006 World Snooker Championship final.

[1] Ronnie O'Sullivan compiled a maximum break in the deciding frame of his semi-final match against Mark Selby, his eighth maximum, equalling the official record of tournament 147 breaks first set by Stephen Hendry.

[2] Ronnie O'Sullivan won his fourth UK Championship title by defeating Stephen Maguire 10–2 in the final.

[3] This was the biggest winning margin in a UK final since O'Sullivan himself thrashed Ken Doherty 10–1 six years earlier.