Bulgarian Open 2014
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Victoria Bulgarian Open 2014 European Tour 2014/15 - Event 3
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| Tournament type: | Minor ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Universiada Hall, Sofia , Bulgaria |
| Opening: | October 1, 2014 |
| Endgame: | 5th October 2014
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| Winner: |
 Shaun Murphy
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| Highest Break: | 139 ( Dominic Dale )
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← 2013
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The Victoria Bulgarian Open 2014 (also European Tour 2014/15 - Event 3 ) was a snooker tournament that was held from October 1st to 5th, 2014 in the Universiada Hall in the Bulgarian capital Sofia . For the third year in a row, the minor ranking tournament was part of the Players Tour Championship and was thus part of the 2014/15 snooker season .
Defending champion was John Higgins , who lost 4-1 to Judd Trump in the round of 64 .
The winner of the tournament was Shaun Murphy , who beat Martin Gould 4-2 in the final and was able to celebrate his third title at a PTC tournament.
Prize money
| Prize money | |
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| winner | € 25,000 |
| finalist | € 12,000 |
| Semi-finalist | € 6,000 |
| Quarter finalist | € 4,000 |
| Round of 16 | € 2,300 |
| Last 32 | € 1,200 |
| Last 64 | € 700 |
| All in all | € 125,000 |
Preliminary round
207 players had registered for the tournament, so that three qualifying rounds were necessary to put together the main field of 128 players. 104 players were seeded for the first main round, the remaining 24 were previously determined on October 1st and 2nd from among the remaining 103 candidates. Four players from the German-speaking countries had registered, three of whom had to go through the qualification. In round two there was a duel between the Austrian master Andreas Ploner and the German master Lukas Kleckers . Last year the two had met at a PTC tournament at the Paul Hunter Classic and Kleckers had clearly won. This time he was able to prevail with a clear 4: 1. However, Kleckers failed as did the second German, Daniel Schneider, in round three.
All games were played in the best of 7 frames mode. The following pairings were set for the three preliminary rounds:
Round 1
| game | Result | game | Result | |||||
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| 1 |
 Vasil Todorov
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0: 4 |
Martin O'Donnell
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5 |
Bratislav Krustev
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4 : 3 |
 Serhiy Issajenko
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| 2 |
Iveilo Pekov
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kl. |
Alex Taubman
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6th |
Chris Jones
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4 : 1 |
Chris Bryant
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| 3 |
Sashko Dimitrov
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0: 4 |
Richard Beckham
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7th |
Nikolai Hristov
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0: 4 |
Paul Davison
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| 4th |
Teodor Chomovski
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4 : 0 |
Veselin Lazarov
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round 2
| game | Result | game | Result | |||||
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| 8th |
 Jeff Jacobs
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4 : 2 |
 Mark Owens
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32 |
Gareth Allen
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4 : 0 |
Mark Vincent
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| 9 |
 Kjetil Hårtveit
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2: 4 |
Stanislav Hadvipopov
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33 |
Ivaylo Hristov
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0: 4 |
Michael Collumb
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| 10 |
Ivan Kyupov
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1: 4 |
Martin O'Donnell
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34 |
Jeff Cundy
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4 : 0 |
Teodor Chomovski
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| 11 |
 Marko Vukovic
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0: 4 |
Alex Taubman
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35 |
Dylan Craig
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4 : 1 |
Josh Mulholland
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| 12 |
Sam Harvey
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4 : 0 |
Julian Petrov
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36 |
John Chapman
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0: 4 |
Oliver Brown
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| 13 |
Adam Bobat
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3: 4 |
Joe O'Connor
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37 |
Jake Nicholson
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3: 4 |
Nico Elton
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| 14th |
Christopher Keogan
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4 : 0 |
David Frew
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38 |
 Declan Brennan
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3: 4 |
Zack Richardson
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| 15th |
Georgi Velichkov
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1: 4 |
Richard Beckham
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39 |
 Kacper Filipiak
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kl. |
Michał Zieliński
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| 16 |
Hans Blanckaert
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1: 4 |
 Josh Boileau
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40 |
Sanderson Lam
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4 : 0 |
Bratislav Krustev
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| 17th |
Kristof Vermeiren
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4 : 3 |
Jack Bradford
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41 |
Sean O'Sullivan
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4 : 1 |
Kishan Hirani
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| 18th |
Sydney Wilson
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4 : 0 |
 Karen Osipov
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42 |
Anthony Jeffers
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3: 4 |
Ben jones
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| 19th |
Damail Tugov
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1: 4 |
Spasian Spasov
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43 |
John Sutton
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2: 4 |
Luke Garland
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| 20th |
Simon Dent
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4 : 0 |
 Corina Maracine
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44 |
Eden Sharav
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4 : 3 |
Chris Jones
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| 21st |
Matthew Day
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4 : 1 |
Rhys Clark
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45 |
 Arshad Qureshi
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kl. |
 Daniel Schneider
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| 22nd |
 Farhan Mirza
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0: 4 |
Thomas Dowling
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46 |
Hristo Sirakov
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3: 4 |
Conor McCormack
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| 23 |
Reanne Evans
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4 : 3 |
Nikola Kemilev
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47 |
Luchezar Gergov
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0: 4 |
Grzegorz Biernadski
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| 24 |
Billy Brown
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3: 4 |
Ryan Causton
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48 |
Andrew Rogers
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2: 4 |
Paul Davison
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| 25th |
Tomasz Skalski
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4 : 1 |
Daniel Wells
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49 |
Joshua Baddeley
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4 : 0 |
Jayson Wholey
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| 26th |
Joe Steele
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2: 4 |
Mitchell Travis
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50 |
Kobi Mates
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0: 4 |
Jurian Heusdens
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| 27 |
Peter Devlin
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4 : 0 |
Matthew Hulatt
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51 |
William Lemons
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3: 4 |
Brandon Sargeant
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| 28 |
 Brian Cini
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4 : 1 |
Matthew Glasby
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52 |
 Andreas Ploner
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1: 4 |
Lukas Kleckers
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| 29 |
Ashley Hugill
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4 : 0 |
Krasimir Kameshev
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53 |
Michael Williams
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4 : 0 |
Viktor Iliev
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| 30th |
Marc Davis
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4 : 1 |
Jonathan Mabey
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54 |
Jamie Rhys Clarke
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3: 4 |
Ashley Carty
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| 31 |
Adam Duffy
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4 : 0 |
Stefan Simeonovski
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55 |
John Parkin
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4 : 0 |
Aleksandr Kurgankov
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Round 3
| game | Result | game | Result | |||||
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| 56 |
Jeff Jacobs
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4 : 0 |
Stanislav Hadvipopov
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68 |
Gareth Allen
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4 : 0 |
Michael Collumb
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| 57 |
Martin O'Donnell
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3: 4 |
Alex Taubman
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69 |
Jeff Cundy
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4 : 3 |
Dylan Craig
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| 58 |
Sam Harvey
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4 : 3 |
Joe O'Connor
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70 |
Oliver Brown
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2: 4 |
Nico Elton
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| 59 |
Christopher Keogan
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4 : 1 |
Richard Beckham
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71 |
Zack Richardson
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3: 4 |
Kacper Filipiak
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| 60 |
Josh Boileau
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4 : 0 |
Kristof Vermeiren
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72 |
Sanderson Lam
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4 : 0 |
Sean O'Sullivan
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| 61 |
Sydney Wilson
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4 : 0 |
Spasian Spasov
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73 |
Ben jones
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4 : 2 |
Luke Garland
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| 62 |
Simon Dent
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1: 4 |
Matthew Day
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74 |
Eden Sharav
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4 : 0 |
Daniel Schneider
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| 63 |
Thomas Dowling
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4 : 3 |
Reanne Evans
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75 |
Conor McCormack
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1: 4 |
Grzegorz Biernadski
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| 64 |
Ryan Causton
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3: 4 |
Tomasz Skalski
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76 |
Paul Davison
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4 : 0 |
Joshua Baddeley
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| 65 |
Mitchell Travis
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4 : 0 |
Peter Devlin
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77 |
Jurian Heusdens
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1: 4 |
Brandon Sargeant
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| 66 |
Brian Cini
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3: 4 |
Ashley Hugill
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78 |
Lukas Kleckers
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3: 4 |
Michael Williams
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| 67 |
Marc Davis
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2: 4 |
Adam Duffy
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79 |
Ashley Carty
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4 : 2 |
John Parkin
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Main round
104 professional players and the 24 amateurs who had previously prevailed in the qualification met from October 3rd in the Universiada Hall. The only professional from the German-speaking area, the Swiss Alexander Ursenbacher , met in round 1 with the Welshman Jamie Jones on a top 50 player and lost 2: 4.
Round 1 to the round of 16
On the first day of the tournament, World Champion Mark Selby reached the round of 16 after having to walk the full distance of seven frames in rounds one and three. Shanghai Masters winner Stuart Bingham and top ten player Marco Fu failed in the first round. In the second round is needed to Neil Robertson the Northern Irishman Gerard Greene with 1: 4 beaten. After Greene pulled away 3-0, the world number two shortened with a 133 break to 1: 3, but could not turn the game around. Defending champion John Higgins also failed 4-1 on the strong Judd Trump .
In round three there was a duel between Stephen Maguire and Shaun Murphy after both players had impressed with smooth 4-0 wins. Murphy won the first three frames in a row, laying the foundation for victory. Maguire was able to shorten it to 2: 3, but finally had to admit defeat to the “Magier” with 2: 4. In the lower half of the table, Joe Perry prevailed against number five in the world, Barry Hawkins , with a score of 3: 3 in the final on black. Judd Trump, who had shone with high breaks and clear wins in his first two games, had a hard time against Graeme Dott for a long time. The lead changed every other frame. Only after seven frames did Trump make it into the last 16 with a 59 break.
In the first round of 16 the number one, Mark Selby, prevailed 4-2 against compatriot Robbie Williams , who had previously taken the lead 2-0. In the last frame, Selby achieved his fifth century break in the tournament with a series of 108 points . Shaun Murphy beat Jimmy White 4-0 after a bizarre third frame with a total of 58 foul points and two excellent snookers on both sides. Peter Ebdon prevailed 4-2 against Joe Perry after he had had to go the full distance against Barry Hawkins one round earlier. The biggest surprise in the last sixteen was the 4-3 victory of Michael Wasley , number 102 in the world rankings, over Judd Trump. In the last frame when the score was 3: 3, Trump had already taken the lead with 73 points, but Wasley was able to turn the game around and won with 75:73.
Part 1
| Round 1 best of 7 frames |
Round 2 best of 7 frames |
Round 3 best of 7 frames |
Round of 16 best of 7 frames |
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| Mark Selby
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4th | |||||||||||||||||
| Barry Pinches
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3 | Mark Selby
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Joe Swail
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4th | Joe Swail
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Jeff Jacobs |
1 | Mark Selby
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond
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4th | Fraser Patrick
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Peter Lines
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0 | Nigel Bond
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Fraser Patrick
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4th | Fraser Patrick
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Alex Taubman |
0 | Mark Selby
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew Selt
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4th | Robbie Williams
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Sam Harvey |
2 | Matthew Selt
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| David Gilbert
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3 | Mitchell Mann
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0 | |||||||||||||||
| Mitchell Mann
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4th | Matthew Selt
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Robbie Williams
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4th | Robbie Williams
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Hammad Miah
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3 | Robbie Williams
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Milkins
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4th | Robert Milkins
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Christopher Keogan
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2 | |||||||||||||||||
Part 2
| Round 1 best of 7 frames |
Round 2 best of 7 frames |
Round 3 best of 7 frames |
Round of 16 best of 7 frames |
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| Stephen Maguire
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kl. | |||||||||||||||||
| Dave Harold
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- | Stephen Maguire
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Kyren Wilson
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4th | Kyren Wilson
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0 | |||||||||||||||
| Josh Boileau
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1 | Stephen Maguire
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Tony Drago
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- | Shaun Murphy
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Stuart Carrington
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kl. | Stuart Carrington
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0 | |||||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy
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4th | Shaun Murphy
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Joel Walker
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1 | Shaun Murphy
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| James Cahill
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kl. | Jimmy White
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0 | |||||||||||||||
 Robin Hull
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- | James Cahill
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Michael Leslie
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1 | Zak Surety
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Zak Surety
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4th | James Cahill
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
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4th | Jimmy White
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Sydney Wilson
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1 | Jimmy White
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4th | |||||||||||||||
 Dechawat Poomjaeng
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4th | Dechawat Poomjaeng
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew Day |
0 | |||||||||||||||||
part 3
| Round 1 best of 7 frames |
Round 2 best of 7 frames |
Round 3 best of 7 frames |
Round of 16 best of 7 frames |
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| Rod Lawler
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kl. | |||||||||||||||||
| Ali Carter
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- | Rod Lawler
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Ben Woollaston
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3 | Andrew Pagett
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Andrew Pagett
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4th | Andrew Pagett
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Anthony Hamilton
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4th | Michael White
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Rory McLeod
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3 | Anthony Hamilton
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Michael White
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4th | Michael White
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Ian Burns
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1 | Michael White
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Jamie Cope
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4th | Jimmy Robertson
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Dowling
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0 | Jamie Cope
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Michael Holt
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4th | Michael Holt
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Tomasz Skalski
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2 | Michael Holt
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0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Robertson
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4th | Jimmy Robertson
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Alex Davies
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2 | Jimmy Robertson
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4th | |||||||||||||||
 Aditya Mehta
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3 | Mitchell Travis |
2 | |||||||||||||||
| Mitchell Travis
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4th | |||||||||||||||||
Part 4
| Round 1 best of 7 frames |
Round 2 best of 7 frames |
Round 3 best of 7 frames |
Round of 16 best of 7 frames |
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| Fergal O'Brien
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4th | |||||||||||||||||
 Ahmed Saif
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2 | Fergal O'Brien
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Mark Joyce
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4th | Mark Joyce
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Ryan Clark
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0 | Mark Joyce
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Sam Baird
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4th | Luca Brecel
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Ashley Hugill
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1 | Sam Baird
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Luca Brecel
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4th | Luca Brecel
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Craig Steadman
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2 | Luca Brecel
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Liam Highfield
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4th | Mark King
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Adam Duffy
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1 | Liam Highfield
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Mark King
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4th | Mark King
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Alex Borg
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2 | Mark King
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
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3 | Anthony McGill
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Kurt Maflin
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4th | Kurt Maflin
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Anthony McGill
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4th | Anthony McGill
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Lee Walker
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2 | |||||||||||||||||
Part 5
| Round 1 best of 7 frames |
Round 2 best of 7 frames |
Round 3 best of 7 frames |
Round of 16 best of 7 frames |
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| Ricky Walden
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4th | |||||||||||||||||
| Gareth Allen
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2 | Ricky Walden
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Ryan Day
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kl. | Ryan Day
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Jamie Burnett
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- | Ricky Walden
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Lisowski
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4th | Oliver Lines
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Jeff Cundy
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2 | Jack Lisowski
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Mark Williams
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1 | Oliver Lines
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Oliver Lines
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4th | Ricky Walden
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Stuart Bingham
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3 | Martin Gould
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| David Grace
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4th | David Grace
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Martin Gould
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4th | Martin Gould
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Ross Muir
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1 | Martin Gould
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Jamie Jones
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4th | Jamie Jones
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1 | |||||||||||||||
 Alexander Ursenbacher
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2 | Jamie Jones
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4th | |||||||||||||||
 Tian Pengfei
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3 | Andrew Higginson
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Andrew Higginson
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4th | |||||||||||||||||
Part 6
| Round 1 best of 7 frames |
Round 2 best of 7 frames |
Round 3 best of 7 frames |
Round of 16 best of 7 frames |
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| Chris Wakelin
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4th | |||||||||||||||||
| Nico Elton |
2 | Chris Wakelin
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Noppon Saengkham
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1 | Elliot Slessor
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Elliot Slessor
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4th | Elliot Slessor
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Dominic Dale
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4th | Mark Davis
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4th | |||||||||||||||
 Vinnie Calabrese
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3 | Dominic Dale
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Mark Davis
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4th | Mark Davis
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Michael Georgiou
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3 | Mark Davis
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Mike Dunn
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4th | Alan McManus
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Tom Ford
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3 | Mike Dunn
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Gary Wilson
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4th | Gary Wilson
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty
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2 | Mike Dunn
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Jak Jones
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3 | Alan McManus
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Alfie Burden
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4th | Alfie Burden
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Alan McManus
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4th | Alan McManus
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Kacper Filipiak
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3 | |||||||||||||||||
Part 7
| Round 1 best of 7 frames |
Round 2 best of 7 frames |
Round 3 best of 7 frames |
Round of 16 best of 7 frames |
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| Barry Hawkins
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4th | |||||||||||||||||
| Sanderson Lam
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0 | Barry Hawkins
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew Stevens
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4th | Matthew Stevens
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0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ben jones
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1 | Barry Hawkins
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Scott Donaldson
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kl. | Joe Perry
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Steve Mifsud
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- | Scott Donaldson
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Xiao Guodong
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3 | Joe Perry
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Joe Perry
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4th | Joe Perry
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Neil Robertson
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4th | Peter Ebdon
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Steven Hallworth
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1 | Neil Robertson
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Gerard Greene
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4th | Gerard Greene
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Eden Sharav
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3 | Gerard Greene
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Chris Melling
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4th | Peter Ebdon
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Grzegorz Biernadski |
2 | Chris Melling
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Peter Ebdon
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4th | Peter Ebdon
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Davison
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0 | |||||||||||||||||
Part 8
| Round 1 best of 7 frames |
Round 2 best of 7 frames |
Round 3 best of 7 frames |
Round of 16 best of 7 frames |
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 Marco Fu
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3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chris Norbury
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4th | Chris Norbury
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Michael Wasley
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4th | Michael Wasley
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| John Astley
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0 | Michael Wasley
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Allan Taylor
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4th | Liang Wenbo
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Lee Page
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3 | Allan Taylor
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Liang Wenbo
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4th | Liang Wenbo
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Lü Haotian
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2 | Michael Wasley
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Graeme Dott
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4th | Judd Trump
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Brandon Sargeant
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2 | Graeme Dott
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Ian Glover
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4th | Ian Glover
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Ratchayothin Yotharuck
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2 | Graeme Dott
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| John Higgins
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4th | Judd Trump
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Michael Williams |
0 | John Higgins
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Judd Trump
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4th | Judd Trump
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Ashley Carty
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0 | |||||||||||||||||
Quarter-finals to finals
With Mark Selby and Shaun Murphy , the last two remaining top 16 players of the tournament met in the first quarter-finals. Murphy built on his strong performances and played his third century break in the competition in the first frame. The further course of the game was characterized by smaller breaks on both sides. Selby succeeded again and again, but he had bad luck several times in his split attempts, which opened up new opportunities for Murphy. With a 52 break, Selby's highest break in the game, the world champion kept the chance of reaching the semi-finals and made it 2: 3 in the meantime. Murphy remained nervous and defeated the number one in the world rankings 4-2.
Michael White prevailed against the Belgian Luca Brecel 4-2 and reached the semi-finals of a professional snooker tournament for the third time. In the second of three English duels, Martin Gould won 4-2 after his opponent Mark Davis had already taken a 2-0 lead. The last semi-final ticket was secured by Peter Ebdon against Michael Wasley , who had caused one of the biggest surprises of the tournament with his quarter-finals.
In the first semifinals, Shaun Murphy continued his winning streak and clearly beat Michael White 4-0. The number 7 in the world ranking achieved a strong 379 points in four frames. Martin Gould won 4-2 against Peter Ebdon, making it the fourth time in his career in the final of a minor ranking tournament.
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| Michael White
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| Michael Wasley
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final
Shaun Murphy and Martin Gould have faced each other seven times so far, with Murphy winning the game six times. In their only final encounter at the PTC Grand Finals in 2011, Murphy clearly won 4-0.
The new edition of the endgame only got off to a moderate start. After three hard-fought games in the morning and afternoon, both players looked exhausted and hole errors crept in again and again. Gould used this phase to temporarily lead 2-1 until Murphy finally found his strong form from the previous games and decided the game with breaks of 89, 99 and 63. This was the third time that the Englishman won a minor ranking tournament and the 15th title of his professional career.
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Final: Best of 7 Frames Referee: Ingo Schmidt Universiada Hall, Sofia , Bulgaria , October 5, 2014 |
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Shaun Murphy
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Martin Gould
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| 80 : 0, 25: 78 (60), 1: 73 , 102 : 0 (89), 115 : 4 (99), 88 : 16 (63) | ||
| 99 | Highest break | 60 |
| - | Century breaks | - |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | 1 |
Century Breaks
Main round
The tournament's highest Century Break of 139 points was achieved by Welsh Dominic Dale in Round 2 against Mark Davis , who won the game 4-3. The world champion and world number one, Mark Selby , played five century breaks, most of all tournament participants, four of them on the first day of the main round. In total, the 100 point mark was reached or exceeded exactly 50 times.
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- ↑ Murphy Storms To Bulgaria Title ( English ) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . October 5, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
- ↑ European Tour 2014/2015 Entry pack for Bulgarian Open 2014 - Sofia, Bulgaria (ET3) (PDF; 222 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . August 7, 2014. Archived from the original on September 12, 2014. Retrieved on September 13, 2014.
- ↑ a b Bulgarian Open (ET3) Draw (PDF; 1.64 MB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . October 6, 2014. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
- ↑ a b European Tour 3 - Victoria Bulgarian Open 2014 Format (PDF; 220 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
- ↑ a b European Tour Event Three (2014) . Snooker.org. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- ↑ Neil Robertson Vs. Gerard Greene . love-snooker.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
- ↑ Stephen Maguire Vs. Shaun Murphy . love-snooker.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
- ↑ Graeme Dott Vs. Judd Trump . love-snooker.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
- ↑ Mark Selby Vs. Robbie Williams . love-snooker.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- ↑ Shaun Murphy Vs. Jimmy White . love-snooker.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- ↑ Michael Wasley Vs. Judd Trump . love-snooker.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- ↑ Mark Selby Vs. Shaun Murphy . love-snooker.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- ↑ Shaun Murphy vs. Martin Gould - Head to Head . Snooker.org. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- ↑ Shaun Murphy Vs. Martin Gould . love-snooker.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- ^ Bulgarian Open (ET3) - Century Breaks . In: worldsnookerdata.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on October 5, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
