World Open 2010

World Open 2010
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Venue:	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Center , Glasgow , Scotland
Opening:	September 18, 2010
Endgame:	September 26, 2010
Winner:	Neil Robertson
Finalist:	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Highest Break:	147 ( Ronnie O'Sullivan)
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The World Open 2010 was a snooker tournament that took place in Glasgow from September 18-26, 2010 .

Neil Robertson was the defending champion and won the tournament after beating Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final , who had previously scored his tenth official maximum break in Round 3 in the game against Mark King .

Prize money

	Prize money
winner	£ 100,000
finalist	£ 40,000
Semi-finalist	£ 20,000
Quarter finalist	£ 12,500
Round of 16	£ 7,500
Last 32	£ 5,000
Last 64	£ 2,500
Last 96	£ 1,500
Highest final round break	£ 4,000
Highest preliminary round break	£ 500
All in all	£ 502,500

Attendees

The 128 participants in the tournament were made up as follows:

96 professional players on the Main Tour 10 Riley's Club Qualifiers: Middlesbrough: Richard Beckham Dunfermline: Marc J. Davis Norwich: Jamie Edwards Leicester: Ian Glover Stevenage: Sam Harvey Guildford: James Loft Cardiff: Allan Morgan Glasgow: Gary Thomson Preston: John Whitty Plymouth: Matt Williams 10 club qualifiers: South West Snooker Academy, Gloucester: Sam Baird Grove Snooker Center, Romford: Ryan Causton The Ivy Rooms, Carlow: Jason Devaney Keynsham Snooker Club, Bristol: Mike Finn Castle Snooker Club, Brighton: Anish Gokool QE1 Snooker Club, Belfast: Julian Logue The Q Club, Glasgow: Craig MacGillivray Landywood Snooker Center, Landywood: Mitchell Mann Northern Snooker Center, Leeds: James McGouran The Q-Bar, Chester: Chris Norbury

4 international qualifiers: Habib Subah Mario Geudens Let Münstermann Thepchaiya Un-Nooh the best 2 amateur players of the Players Tour Championship 2010/11 Order of Merit: Daniel Wells Michael Wasley 2 players: Wendy Jans Anita Rizzuti 2 senior players: Darren Morgan Tony Knowles 2 youth players: Joel Walker Luca Brecel

qualification

Rounds 1 and 2 took place in Sheffield from August 21-23, 2010.

Round 1 contested all amateur players as well as the players 65-96 of the snooker world rankings.

In round 2, players 33-64 were added to the snooker world rankings.

In round 3, players 1–32 were added to the snooker world rankings. Eleven games were played in Glasgow from September 18-20, 2010. The remaining games took place in Sheffield on August 24th.

	Round 1				round 2				Round 3
	1	Jamie Jones	3		33	Jamie Burnett	0		65	Judd Trump	3
		Tony Knowles	0			Adrian Gunnell	3			Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon	0
	2	Matt Williams	1		34	Dominic Dale	3		66	Marco Fu	3
		Paul Davison	3			Sam Harvey	1			Alfie Burden	2
	3	John Whitty	0		35	Ben Woollaston	3		67	Shaun Murphy	0
		Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon	3			Justin Astley	0			Dave Harold	3
	4th	Noppon Saengkham	3		36	Liu Song	3		68	Matthew Selt	0
		Luca Brecel	1			Barry Pinches	1			Martin Gould	3
	5	Igor Figueiredo	3		37	Anthony Hamilton	1		69	Paul Davison	1
		Liu Chuang	2			James McBain	3			Jimmy White	3
	6th	Liam Highfield	3		38	Jimmy White	3		70	Fergal O'Brien	3
		Michael White	1			Michael Judge	0			Dominic Dale	1
	7th	Justin Astley	3		39	Dermot McGlinchey	1		71	Ricky Walden	3
		Michael Wasley	2			Paul Davison	3			Andy Hicks	1
	8th	Chris Norbury	3		40	Anthony McGill	3		72	Darren Morgan	2
		Richard Beckman	0			Mario Geudens	1			Matthew Stevens	3
	9	Adam Wicheard	2		41	Tom Ford	1		73	Andrew Higginson	3
		James McBain	3			Alfie Burden	3			Liang Wenbo	1
	10	Daniel Wells	3		42	Paul Davies	3		74	Ding Junhui	3
		Jamie O'Neill	1			James McGouran	2			Adrian Gunnell	0
	11	Jak Jones	1		43	Bjorn Haneveer	3		75	Ali Carter	3
		Joe Jogia	3			Joe Swail	2			Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	1
	12	Patrick Wallace	3		44	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	3		76	Gerard Greene	2
		Kurt Maflin	0			Peter Lines	0			Joe Jogia	3
	13	Jack Lisowski	3		45	Simon Bedford	3		77	Steve Davis	1
		Ryan Causton	1			Jimmy Robertson	2			Peter Ebdon	3
	14th	Xiao Guodong	3		46	Liam Highfield	2		78	Marcus Campbell	3
		James Loft	0			Fergal O'Brien	3			Simon Bedford	2
	15th	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	3		47	Noppon Saengkham	0		79	Liu Song	3
		Reanne Evans	1			Martin Gould	3			Michael Holt	1
	16	Julian Logue	1		48	Matthew Couch	3		80	Alan McManus	3
		Joel Walker	3			Ian McCulloch	0			Anthony McGill	0
	17th	Mike Finn	0		49	Jimmy Michie	3		81	Neil Robertson	3
		Kyren Wilson	3			Mark Joyce	2			Graeme Dott	1
	18th	Habib Subah	1		50	Jamie Jones	3		82	James Wattana	2
		Darren Morgan	3			Sam Baird	0			Jimmy Michie	3
	19th	Mitchell Mann	0		51	Darren Morgan	3		83	Stephen Hendry	3
		Ben Woollaston	3			Xiao Guodong	2			Bjorn Haneveer	0
	20th	Andrew Pagett	2		52	Tony Drago	3		84	Rory McLeod	1
		Kuldesh Johal	3			Joel Walker	1			Nigel Bond	3
	21st	Anish Gokool	0		53	Joe Delaney	2		85	Stuart Pettman	2
		Sam Harvey	3			Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon	3			Stephen Maguire	3
	22nd	Patrick Einsle	2		54	Chris Norbury	1		86	Mark King	0
		Dermot McGlinchey	3			Alan McManus	3			Ronnie O'Sullivan	3
	23	Issara Kachaiwong	2		55	Stuart Pettman	3		87	Mark Davis	3
		James McGouran	3			Kyren Wilson	0			Jamie Jones	0
	24	Sam Baird	3		56	Matthew Selt	3		88	Tony Drago	1
		Zhang Anda	2			Let Münstermann	1			Stephen Lee	3
	25th	Gary Thomson	0		57	Rod Lawler	2		89	Mike Dunn	3
		Let Münstermann	3			Nigel Bond	3			Ryan Day	1
	26th	Anthony McGill	3		58	Marcus Campbell	3		90	Mark Selby	2
		Ian Glover	1			Daniel Wells	0			Barry Hawkins	3
	27	Mario Geudens	3		59	Jack Lisowski	1		91	David Morris	3
		Jason Devaney	2			Andy Hicks	3			Ben Woollaston	0
	28	Anita Rizzuti	0		60	Rory McLeod	3		92	Mark Allen	2
		Alfie Burden	3			Kuldesh Johal	1			James McBain	3
	29	Allan Morgan	0		61	Igor Figueiredo	3		93	Matthew Couch	3
		Liu Song	3			David Gilbert	0			Paul Davies	0
	30th	Marc J. Davis	0		62	Robert Milkins	1		94	Ken Doherty	3
		Matthew Couch	3			David Morris	3			Joe Perry	2
	31	Wendy Jans	1		63	Patrick Wallace	1		95	Stuart Bingham	2
		Simon Bedford	3			Joe Jogia	3			Jamie Cope	3
	32	Jamie Edwards	1		64	Craig MacGillivray	0		96	Mark Williams	3
		Craig MacGillivray	3			James Wattana	3			Igor Figueiredo	0

Note: The pairings were drawn anew after each round.

Final round

	Round 4 Best of 5 Frames 20. – 23. September 2010					Round of 16 Best of 5 Frames 23./24. September 2010					Quarterfinals Best of 5 Frames September 25, 2010					Semi-final Best of 5 Frames September 26, 2010					Final Best of 9 Frames September 26, 2010
		Peter Ebdon	3
		Fergal O'Brien	2
							Peter Ebdon	3
							Liu Song	2
		Joe Jogia	1
		Liu Song	3
												Peter Ebdon	3
												Martin Gould	1
		Stephen Lee	3
		Nigel Bond	2
							Stephen Lee	0
							Martin Gould	3
		Martin Gould	3
		Matthew Couch	0
																	Peter Ebdon	1
																	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3
		Stephen Hendry	3
		Mark Davis	0
							Stephen Hendry	1
							Ronnie O'Sullivan	3
		Ronnie O'Sullivan	3
		Jimmy White	1
												Ronnie O'Sullivan	3
												Stephen Maguire	1
		Matthew Stevens	2
		Alan McManus	3
							Alan McManus	0
							Stephen Maguire	3
		Judd Trump	2
		Stephen Maguire	3
																						Ronnie O'Sullivan	1
																						Neil Robertson	5
		Ali Carter	1
		Mark Williams	3
							Mark Williams	3
							Barry Hawkins	2
		Barry Hawkins	3
		Ken Doherty	1
												Mark Williams	3
												Ding Junhui	2
		Mike Dunn	1
		Marcus Campbell	3
							Marcus Campbell	0
							Ding Junhui	3
		Ding Junhui	3
		Jimmy Michie	1
																	Mark Williams	2
																	Neil Robertson	3
		Jamie Cope	3
		Dave Harold	2
							Jamie Cope	1
							Ricky Walden	3
		James McBain	0
		Ricky Walden	3
												Ricky Walden	1
												Neil Robertson	3
		Neil Robertson	3
		David Morris	1
							Neil Robertson	3
							Andrew Higginson	2
		Marco Fu	1
		Andrew Higginson	3

Note: The pairings were drawn anew after each round.

final

Final: Best of 9 Frames Referee: Eirian Williams Scottish Exhibition and Conference Center ,  Glasgow , Scotland , September 26, 2010
Ronnie O'Sullivan	1: 5	Neil Robertson
51: 75 , 0: 107 (107), 79 (72): 18, 15: 73 (59), 0: 66 (66), 44: 63
72	Highest break	107
-	Century breaks	1
1	50+ breaks	3

Centurybreaks

Qualifying round The following century breaks were not played in Glasgow: 139 Joe Swail (£ 500 bonus) 122 Mark Davis 115 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 113 Fergal O'Brien 113 James McBain 108 Anthony McGill 108 Judd Trump 108 Mark Allen 105 Jamie Cope 104 Liu Song 104 Matthew Stevens 103 Ricky Walden 101 David Morris

Final round The following century breaks were played in Glasgow. (This includes 12 round 3 games which are actually still part of the qualifying round. However, since the £ 4,000 highest break bonus is awarded for all matches played in Glasgow, those 12 games are counted towards the final round.) 147 , 135, 116 Ronnie O'Sullivan 132 Stephen Maguire 129 Fergal O'Brien 127 Barry Hawkins 112 Mark Williams 110, 109 Ding Junhui 109 Mark Selby 107,103,101 Neil Robertson 107 Liu Song 102 Ricky Walden

Individual evidence

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