World Snooker Championship 2016

World Snooker Championship 2016 Betfred World Snooker Championship 2016
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening:	April 16, 2016
Endgame:	1./2. May 2016
Winner:	Mark Selby
Finalist:	Ding Junhui
Highest Break:	143 ( Kyren Wilson )
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The 2016 Betfred World Snooker Championship was held from April 16 to May 2, 2016 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield . It was part of the Snooker Main Tour and marked the end of the 2015/16 season .

Defending champion was Stuart Bingham , who was eliminated in the first round by Ali Carter . Also, Shaun Murphy to the runner of the previous year, retired in the round of the 32nd He lost his first round game against Anthony McGill .

For the second time, as in 2014, the Englishman Mark Selby won . With this victory he is again number one in the world rankings next season. The Chinese Ding Junhui finished second and thus number nine in the world rankings.

Prize money

The total prize money distributed increased from £ 1,364,000 previously to £ 1,500,100. The world champion now received £ 330,000 instead of £ 300,000.

	Prize money
winner	£ 330,000
finalist	£ 137,500
Semi-finalist	£ 66,000
Quarter finalist	£ 33,000
Round of 16	£ 22,000
Last 32	£ 13,250
Last 48	£ 9,900
Last 80	£ 6,600
Highest Break (Qualification)	£ 1,000
Highest Break (Main Round)	£ 10,000
Maximum break (main round)	£ 20,000
All in all	£ 1,500,100

Main round

Round 1 and Round of 16

Almost as expected, the still-title holder Stuart Bingham retired prematurely, as no first-time world champion has yet been able to defend his title. After all, the decision against Ali Carter was not made until the decision-making frame. With him, however, two other top players and ex-world champions were eliminated in round one: Shaun Murphy and Neil Robertson . Of the top 4, only Mark Selby made it into round two and only after a significant increase in performance in the second session. Also Judd Trump had big problems in the first part of his matches against Liang Wenbo : Only through a big run he could from a 3: 7 behind to a 10: 8 victory make. Three of the four players from outside the top 32 were eliminated quite clearly, only Sam Baird delivered Michael White , after all number 15 on the seeding list, an open exchange of blows that ended with a 10: 7 victory for number 59. Besides Bingham and Ali Carter, only Joe Perry and Kyren Wilson had to walk the full 19 frames. Wilson had slight advantages, but the veteran Perry kept catching up. In a changeable decision-making frame, the better match game from Wilson, who had already earned the reputation of a promising young talent during the season with his first tournament victory at the Shanghai Masters , prevailed .

In the second round, the Englishman made a lightning start and took the lead against veteran Mark Allen 7-1 . Then both players took turns with four wins in a row and Wilson saved the lead to the finish. Mark Selby, on the other hand, had a lot of trouble with second surprise player Sam Baird. It wasn't until the end of the second session that he was able to play out more than a frame lead, then increased to 11: 7 before a slump came and Baird managed to equalize. Finally, the world number one caught himself again and got the two crucial frames. Barry Hawkins and Ronnie O'Sullivan also played a close game. At the end of the first session, Hawkins took a two-frame lead and O'Sullivan was constantly following the gap. He only managed to equalize at 12:12, but Hawkins kept his nerve in the decision-making frame and dared to enter a decisive break at the right moment, which brought him to the quarter-finals. Marco Fu gained a lead over Anthony McGill in his match, which he temporarily lost at the beginning of the second session, but in the end it was a clear 13: 9 victory. Holt was able to start round two with the momentum from his first match and take a 4-1 lead. From the second session, however, Mark Williams took the lead and expanded it to a score of 13: 8. Ding Junhui also took the momentum from qualifying and the first match with him and took a 6-2 lead against Judd Trump after the mid session in the first part of the match with four frame wins in a row. Trump couldn't get close, after the intermediate scores of 10: 5 and 12: 7, the Englishman managed to get three more frames in a row before Ding got the last necessary frame. The fight between John Higgins and Ricky Walden was similar. Right from the start, the Scot gained a small lead, which he continued to expand until he clearly crossed the finish line with 13: 8. His compatriot Alan McManus fared very differently against Ali Carter. Right from the start, he was up to two frames behind. In the last part of the match he managed to equalize to 9: 9 with four frames in a row and then a two-frame lead, which he brought home to 13:11.

Quarter and semi-finals

In the quarterfinals, McManus was in a Scottish duel for the second time. At the beginning it was mixed up, after everyone had been up to two frames in the lead, at the end of the second session John Higgins was 9: 7 ahead. In the third part of the game it seemed as if the ex-world champion could now maintain this lead, but when the score was 11: 9, the game turned and McManus secured the victory with four frame wins in a row. After 1992 and 1993 it was his third semi-final at the World Cup and at 45 he was the oldest player to come that far in more than 30 years. In 1985 , Ray Reardon was seven years older. With the same result of 13:11, Marco Fu also secured his second semi-finals position after 2006 . Here, too, it was now 11: 9, but for Fu, who saved the lead at the finish. Previously, his opponent Barry Hawkins had made a total false start after his big win against Ronnie O'Sullivan and was 0: 5 and 1: 9 behind. His persistent race to catch up, which brought him back to within a frame, was not rewarded in the end. The other surprise player from the previous round, Kyren Wilson, also made a false start and was already 6-0 down against Mark Selby before he saved himself into the session break with 6-2. In session 2 it seemed to be able to stabilize and came within two frames before the world number one restored the four-frame gap. In the final session, Selby's 13: 8 win was safe. In contrast, Ding Junhui's game against Mark Williams was completely clear. The score was only equal until the first session break and the score was 2: 2, then the Chinese left the Welshman only one of the following 12 frames and moved into the World Cup for the second time in his career after 2011 with a clear 13: 3 - Semi-final one.

After Ding had put himself in a favorite position for the world championship title through his appearance, he also completed a sovereign semi-final. He started the game against Alan McManus 5-0 and scored three Centurys. Even if the by no means disappointing Scot came back to 8: 9 during a weaker phase of Ding, the Chinese then gradually increased his lead and won clearly with 17:11. With 7 Century Breaks in one match, he set a new crucible record. The second semifinal was much more even. Selby took the lead 3-0 and kept the lead up to 7-4, but then Marco Fu also managed a series of 3 frame wins and from 7: 7 to 15:15 no player was able to gain a decisive advantage . In the end, it was Selby who won two muddled frames and won at 17:15.

Tournament schedule

	Round of the last 32 Best of 19 Frames Sessions (9/10)					Round of 16 Best of 25 Frames Sessions (8/8/9)					Quarterfinals Best of 25 Frames Sessions (8/8/9)					Semi-final Best of 33 Frames Sessions (8/8/8/9)					Final Best of 35 Frames Sessions (8/9/8/10)
	1	Stuart Bingham	9
	31	Ali Carter	10
						31	Ali Carter	11
						29	Alan McManus	13
	16	Stephen Maguire	7th
	29	Alan McManus	10
											29	Alan McManus	13
											8th	John Higgins	11
	9	Ricky Walden	10
	57	Robbie Williams	8th
						9	Ricky Walden	8th
						8th	John Higgins	13
	8th	John Higgins	10
	20th	Ryan Day	3
																29	Alan McManus	11
																17th	Ding Junhui	17th
	5	Judd Trump	10
	18th	Liang Wenbo	8th
						5	Judd Trump	10
						17th	Ding Junhui	13
	12	Martin Gould	8th
	17th	Ding Junhui	10
											17th	Ding Junhui	13
											13	Mark Williams	3
	13	Mark Williams	10
	24	Graeme Dott	4th
						13	Mark Williams	13
						28	Michael Holt	8th
	4th	Neil Robertson	6th
	28	Michael Holt	10
																					17th	Ding Junhui	14th
																					2	Mark Selby	18th
	3	Shaun Murphy	8th
	30th	Anthony McGill	10
						30th	Anthony McGill	9
						14th	Marco Fu	13
	14th	Marco Fu	10
	32	Peter Ebdon	2
											14th	Marco Fu	13
											11	Barry Hawkins	11
	11	Barry Hawkins	10
	71	Zhang Anda	5
						11	Barry Hawkins	13
						6th	Ronnie O'Sullivan	12
	6th	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
	22nd	David Gilbert	7th
																14th	Marco Fu	15th
																2	Mark Selby	17th
	7th	Mark Allen	10
	74	Mitchell Mann	3
						7th	Mark Allen	9
						19th	Kyren Wilson	13
	10	Joe Perry	9
	19th	Kyren Wilson	10
											19th	Kyren Wilson	8th
											2	Mark Selby	13
	15th	Michael White	7th
	59	Sam Baird	10
						59	Sam Baird	11
						2	Mark Selby	13
	2	Mark Selby	10
	21st	Robert Milkins	6th

final

For Selby it was the third final entry after 2007 and 2014 when he became world champion for the first time. For him it was also about the position 1 in the world rankings, which he would lose in a final defeat. Ding Junhui was not only in the final of the World Cup for the first time, he was also the first player from Asia to reach it. Before 2016, only two players who were not seeded had won the world title. After a nervous start and sometimes an unfortunate course, Ding was quickly 6-0 down against Selby, who at the same time acted more decisively than before in the tournament. Though Ding was able to shorten it to 2: 6 at the end of the session, but after that he always ran after this deficit. If he could get within a frame, Selby countered immediately and restored the four-frame gap. At 16:12, too, Ding won two more frames in a row, the second with his 15th Century of this tournament; only Stephen Hendry had surpassed this so far (at the 2002 World Cup ) with 16 Centurys. Ultimately, however, Selby made his second world title perfect with two frame gains. He was the sixth player since 1977 to win more than one world title.

Final: Best of 35 Frames Referee: Paul Collier Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , 1st and 2nd May 2016
Ding Junhui	14: 18	Mark Selby
1st session: 8: 125 (91), 68: 70 (52 DJ), 43: 101 (76), 0: 124 (120), 0: 100 (70), 38: 77 , 68 : 47, 107 : 14 2nd session: 22: 73 , 92 : 30 (76), 103 : 1 (103), 93 : 49 (89), 1: 71 , 86 : 0 (86), 82 : 52 (55), 25: 86 , 27: 67 3rd session: 121 : 7 (89), 61 : 56, 11: 126 (126), 103 : 0 (103), 43: 75 (52), 9: 118 (68), 69 : 1 (52), 11: 75 (55) 4th session: 0: 103 (57), 60: 67 (60 DJ), 87 : 0 (73), 108 : 0 (70), 103 : 0 (103) , 11:59 , 0:74 (74)
103	Highest break	126
3	Century breaks	2
13	50+ breaks	10

qualification

The top 16 of the world rankings were set for the main tournament, their 16 challengers were determined through qualification. The three qualifying rounds took place April 6-13 , 2016 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Center in Sheffield . All games were played in best-of-19 mode .

In addition to the 112 Main Tour professionals who were not set for the main tournament, 16 amateur players invited by the WPBSA completed the field of participants in the qualification.

Only two amateurs survived the first round. Zhao Xintong defeated Rod Lawler after a 2: 6 deficit 10: 9, Jamie Rhys Clarke was able to prevail against Jamie Burnett with 10: 9 . In the second round, however, both were eliminated; Zhao lost 8:10 to Kurt Maflin , Clarke to Xiao Guodong . Lukas Kleckers , the only German participant, took the lead 3-1 in the first round match against Rory McLeod and was able to keep up until 7: 8, but finally had to admit defeat in the longest game of the day with 7:10. The women's world champion Ng On Yee , on the other hand, had no chance and after a 0: 9 session only managed the honor frame at 1:10 against Peter Lines . Three amateurs lost with 0:10.

In the fourth frame of the third round game against Anthony McGill , Thepchaiya Un-Nooh from Thailand was on his way to the maximum break . After a series of 140 points, however, he missed the last black. The same thing happened to him at the UK Championship 2015 .

Ding Junhui managed to qualify very confidently , he only lost seven frames in the three rounds. The Chinese had qualified directly as third in the world rankings the year before, but then fell just short of the top 16 within a year. The following players on the seeding list like Liang Wenbo and Kyren Wilson also prevailed more or less confidently. The top ranked player who failed to qualify was Matthew Selt (23rd). He lost to Mitchell Mann , who made his first entry into the Crucible and only for the second time in his career to reach the round of 32 in a full world rankings tournament. The second surprising qualification succeeded Zhang Anda , who defeated Mark Davis among others . Already in 2010 and 2015 , the Chinese had the Crucible come. Other higher-seeded players who missed qualification were Ben Woollaston and Luca Brecel , who two months earlier had been in the finals of two Main Tour tournaments.

Seven days after his loss to Fergal O'Brien in the first qualifying round, six-time world champion Steve Davis announced his retirement from active snooker.

Round 1

game Player 1 Result Player 2 1 (17)  Ding Junhui  4th10 : 410  Greg Casey  (A) 2 (80)  Ross Muir  510 : 510  Sean O'Sullivan  (88) 3 (49)  Andrew Higginson  109: 109  Nigel Bond  (94) 4th (48)  Gary Wilson  4th10 : 410  Leo Fernandez  (A) 5 (33)  Jamie Jones  105: 105  Hamza Akbar  (114) 6th (64)  Ian Burns  8th10 : 810  Duane Jones  (112) 7th (65)  Gerard Greene  910 : 910  Jimmy White  (113) 8th (32)  Peter Ebdon  6th10 : 610  James Wattana  (119) 9 (25)  Ben Woollaston  109: 109  Chris Wakelin  (83) 10 (72)  Anthony Hamilton  310 : 310  Sydney Wilson  (98) 11 (57)  Robbie Williams  7th10 : 710  Gareth Allen  (106) 12 (40)  Mark Joyce  7th10 : 710  Zak Surety  (84) 13 (41)  Mike Dunn  7th10 : 710  James Cahill  (104) 14th (56)  Li Hang  8th10 : 810  Lu Chenwei  (102) 15th (73)  Michael Georgiou  106: 106th  Noppon Saengkham  (82) 16 (24)  Graeme Dott  8th10 : 810  Brandon Sargeant  (A) 17th (21)  Robert Milkins  310 : 310  Ka Wai Cheung  (A) 18th (76)  Joel Walker  106: 106th  Scott Donaldson  (81) 19th (53)  Kurt Maflin  8th10 : 810  Sanderson Lam  (95) 20th (44)  Rod Lawler  109: 109  Zhao Xintong  (A) 21st (37)  Mark King  310 : 310  Fraser Patrick  (109) 22nd (60)  David Grace  510 : 510  Brendan O'Donoghue  (A) 23 (69)  Peter Lines  110 : 110  Ng On Yee  (A) 24 (28)  Michael Holt  6th10 : 610  Michael Wild  (103) 25th (29)  Alan McManus  510 : 510  Michael Wasley  (85) 26th (68)  David Morris  510 : 510  Chris Melling  (89) 27 (61)  Stuart Carrington  910 : 910  Hammad Miah  (136) 28 (36)  Jimmy Robertson  010 : 010  Tyler Rees  (A) 29 (45)  Tian Pengfei  107: 107th  Hossein Vafaei  (96) 30th (52)  Ken Doherty  6th10 : 610  Andy Hicks  (A) 31 (77)  Alfie Burden  7th10 : 710  Tony Drago  (92) 32 (20)  Ryan Day  210 : 210  Daniel Wells  (86)

game Player 1 Result Player 2 33 (19)  Kyren Wilson  310 : 310  Jason Weston  (108) 34 (78)  Martin O'Donnell  8th10 : 810  Kuldesh Johal  (A) 35 (51)  Joe Swail  107: 107th  Zhang Yong  (110) 36 (46)  Matthew Stevens  210 : 210  Josh Boileau  (A) 37 (35)  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh  910 : 910  Akani Songsermsawad  (116) 38 (62)  Yu Delu  109: 109  Paul Davison  (111) 39 (67)  Craig Steadman  310 : 310  Michael Leslie  (91) 40 (30)  Anthony McGill  110 : 110  Hatem Yaseen  (115) 41 (27)  Luca Brecel  8th10 : 810  Steven hallworth  (99) 42 (70)  Liam Highfield  210 : 210  Luke Simmonds  (A) 43 (59)  Sam Baird  8th10 : 810  Thor Chuan Leong  (100) 44 (38)  Tom Ford  210 : 210  Darryl Hill  (90) 45 (43)  Jack Lisowski  210 : 210  Alex Taubman  (A) 46 (54)  Rory McLeod  7th10 : 710  Lukas Kleckers  (A) 47 (75)  Lee Walker  010 : 010  Conor McCormack  (A) 48 (22)  David Gilbert  510 : 510  Rhys Clark  (93) 49 (23)  Matthew Selt  210 : 210  Igor Figueiredo  (117) 50 (74)  Mitchell Mann  7th10 : 710  Kishan Hirani  (A) 51 (55)  Robin Hull  7th10 : 710  Barry Pinches  (87) 52 (42)  Dechawat Poomjaeng  4th10 : 410  Eden Sharav  (107) 53 (39)  Fergal O'Brien  4th10 : 410  Steve Davis  (118) 54 (58)  Zhou Yuelong  310 : 310  Dylan Craig  (A) 55 (71)  Zhang Anda  210 : 210  Bratislav Krustev  (A) 56 (26)  Mark Davis  7th10 : 710  Adam Duffy  (A) 57 (31)  Ali Carter  210 : 210  Mateusz Baranowski  (A) 58 (66)  Cao Yupeng  010 : 010  Rodion Judin  (A) 59 (63)  Oliver Lines  510 : 510  Lu Ning  (97) 60 (34)  Dominic Dale  6th10 : 610  Ian Glover  (101) 61 (47)  Xiao Guodong  6th10 : 610  Allan Taylor  (105) 62 (50)  Jamie Burnett  109: 109  Jamie Rhys Clarke  (A) 63 (79)  Jamie Cope  4th10 : 410  Ashley Hugill  (A) 64 (18)  Liang Wenbo  210 : 210  Joe O'Connor  (A)

round 2

game Player 1 Result Player 2 65 (17)  Ding Junhui  110 : 110  Ross Muir  (80) 66 (94)  Nigel Bond  6th10 : 610  Gary Wilson  (48) 67 (114)  Hamza Akbar  103: 103  Ian Burns  (64) 68 (65)  Gerard Greene  109: 109  Peter Ebdon  (32) 69 (83)  Chris Wakelin  109: 109  Anthony Hamilton  (72) 70 (57)  Robbie Williams  4th10 : 410  Mark Joyce  (40) 71 (41)  Mike Dunn  910 : 910  Li Hang  (56) 72 (82)  Noppon Saengkham  108 108th  Graeme Dott  (24) 73 (21)  Robert Milkins  8th10 : 810  Scott Donaldson  (81) 74 (53)  Kurt Maflin  8th10 : 810  Zhao Xintong  (A) 75 (37)  Mark King  7th10 : 710  David Grace  (60) 76 (69)  Peter Lines  107: 107th  Michael Holt  (28) 77 (29)  Alan McManus  6th10 : 610  David Morris  (68) 78 (61)  Stuart Carrington  105: 105  Jimmy Robertson  (36) 79 (96)  Hossein Vafaei  107: 107th  Ken Doherty  (52) 80 (77)  Alfie Burden  109: 109  Ryan Day  (20)

game Player 1 Result Player 2 81 (19)  Kyren Wilson  6th10 : 610  Martin O'Donnell  (78) 82 (110)  Zhang Yong  103: 103  Matthew Stevens  (46) 83 (35)  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh  7th10 : 710  Paul Davison  (111) 84 (67)  Craig Steadman  109: 109  Anthony McGill  (30) 85 (27)  Luca Brecel  108 108th  Liam Highfield  (70) 86 (59)  Sam Baird  7th10 : 710  Tom Ford  (38) 87 (43)  Jack Lisowski  510 : 510  Rory McLeod  (54) 88 (75)  Lee Walker  102: 102  David Gilbert  (22) 89 (23)  Matthew Selt  109: 109  Mitchell Man  (74) 90 (55)  Robin Hull  105: 105  Dechawat Poomjaeng  (42) 91 (39)  Fergal O'Brien  106: 106th  Zhou Yuelong  (58) 92 (71)  Zhang Anda  510 : 510  Mark Davis  (26) 93 (31)  Ali Carter  8th10 : 810  Cao Yupeng  (66) 94 (63)  Oliver Lines  106: 106th  Dominic Dale  (34) 95 (47)  Xiao Guodong  8th10 : 810  Jamie Rhys Clarke  (A) 96 (79)  Jamie Cope  105: 105  Liang Wenbo  (18)

Round 3

game Player 1 Result Player 2 97 (17)  Ding Junhui  210 : 210  Nigel Bond  (94) 98 (64)  Ian Burns  102: 102  Peter Ebdon  (32) 99 (72)  Anthony Hamilton  109: 109  Robbie Williams  (57) 100 (41)  Mike Dunn  107: 107th  Graeme Dott  (24) 101 (21)  Robert Milkins  7th10 : 710  Kurt Maflin  (53) 102 (37)  Mark King  108 108th  Michael Holt  (28) 103 (29)  Alan McManus  210 : 210  Jimmy Robertson  (36) 104 (52)  Ken Doherty  106: 106th  Ryan Day  (20)

game Player 1 Result Player 2 105 (19)  Kyren Wilson  6th10 : 610  Matthew Stevens  (46) 106 (35)  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh  107: 107th  Anthony McGill  (30) 107 (70)  Liam Highfield  109: 109  Sam Baird  (59) 108 (43)  Jack Lisowski  107: 107th  David Gilbert  (22) 109 (74)  Mitchell Mann  910 : 910  Dechawat Poomjaeng  (42) 110 (58)  Zhou Yuelong  107: 107th  Zhang Anda  (71) 111 (31)  Ali Carter  6th10 : 610  Dominic Dale  (34) 112 (47)  Xiao Guodong  106: 106th  Liang Wenbo  (18)

Century breaks

Main round

At this world championship, 24 of the 32 participants in the main round reached at least one century break . In total there were 86 breaks of 100 or more points. This set the record of the previous World Cup in 2015 . Kyren Wilson received the award for the highest break of 143 points.

Kyren Wilson 143, 130, 129, 103 Barry Hawkins 141, 102 Michael Holt 140, 115, 109 Ronnie O'Sullivan 139, 124, 118, 103, 101 Marco Fu 138, 136, 135, 114, 111, 108, 102, 100 (2 ×) Ding Junhui 138, 132, 131, 128, 123, 113, 112, 110, 109, 103 (3 ×), 100 (3 ×) Alan McManus 136, 128, 125, 119, 114, 107 Mark Selby 134, 133, 132, 126, 125, 120, 115, 101 (2 ×) David Gilbert 125 Mark Allen 122, 104, 103 (2 ×) John Higgins 121, 107, 105 (2 ×), 101, 100 Anthony McGill 119, 117

Liang Wenbo 117, 107 Stuart Bingham 113 Martin Gould 111 Shaun Murphy 109, 105 Sam Baird 108, 103, 100 Neil Robertson 107, 101 Judd Trump 106 (2 ×) Robbie Williams 104 Ali Carter 103, 102, 100 Michael White 102 Mark Williams 102 Ricky Walden 102

qualification

In the qualification, 63 players played a total of 132 century breaks . Of the 16 qualifiers, only Michael Holt and Alan McManus did not achieve a Century.

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 144, 140, 102 Peter Lines 142 Ding Junhui 140, 137, 106 Zhou Yuelong 140, 137, 104 Liam Highfield 139, 120, 117, 104 Oliver Lines 139, 104 Ali Carter 138, 130, 111 (2 ×), 101 Hossein Vafaei 138, 110 Liang Wenbo 138, 108, 104, 101 Ryan Day 136, 131, 119, 104 Jimmy Robertson 136, 122, 118, 115, 106 Andrew Higginson 135 Noppon Saengkham 134, 118, 117, 106, 104 Dechawat Poomjaeng 134, 121, 114 Kurt Maflin 134, 110, 102 Lu Chenwei 134, 101 David Gilbert 133, 119, 115, 114 Xiao Guodong 133, 100 Kyren Wilson 131, 116 Ben Woollaston 131 Mark King 130, 108 Mark Davis 130 Lee Walker 128 Mitchell Mann 127, 105, 100 Daniel Wells 127 Jamie Jones 125 Zhao Xintong 123 Zhang Yong 123 Scott Donaldson 122, 104 Graeme Dott 121, 103 Kishan Hirani 121, 100 Li Hang 120, 108

Jack Lisowski 120, 107, 103, 102 Anthony Hamilton 116, 104 (2 ×), 100 Stuart Carrington 115, 105, 100 Matthew Stevens 114, 110 Zhang Anda 113, 111 Robert Milkins 112, 106, 103, 100 Alfie Burden 112, 109 James Wattana 111 David Morris 110, 107 Ian Glover 110 Ken Doherty 109, 106 Anthony McGill 109, 102, 101 Sam Baird 108, 100 (2 ×) Rory McLeod 108 Chris Melling 108 Matthew Selt 108 Thor Chuan Leong 107 Fergal O'Brien 107 Chris Wakelin 107 Michael Georgiou 106 Mark Joyce 106 Robbie Williams 106, 105 Tom Ford 105, 104, 103 Peter Ebdon 105 Allan Taylor 105 Joe Swail 105 Akani Songsermsawad 105 Gary Wilson 104 Luca Brecel 102 Eden Sharav 102 Gareth Allen 101

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