English Open 2016

English Open 2016
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Venue:	Event City, Manchester , England
Opening:	October 10, 2016
Endgame:	October 16, 2016
Winner:	Liang Wenbo
Finalist:	Judd Trump
Highest Break:	147 ( Alfie Burden )
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The Coral English Open 2016 was a world ranking tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour 2016/17 and was held from October 10th to 16th, 2016 in Event City in Manchester , England . The tournament was held for the first time and was part of the Home Nations Series with four tournaments in the four parts of the United Kingdom .

In the sixth frame of the first round, Alfie Burden managed the 122nd official maximum break . It is the first in the Home Nations Series and the first in the Englishman's career.

The winner was Liang Wenbo from China , who won a full ranking tournament for the first time. He defeated Judd Trump in the final 9: 6. The Englishman had won the European Masters a week earlier .

Prize money

The prize money was the same for all four tournaments of the Home Nations Series and was in the middle of all Main Tour tournaments. If a player wins all four tournaments in the series in one season, he will also receive a special prize of 1 million pounds.

	Prize money
winner	£ 70,000
finalist	£ 30,000
Semi-finalist	£ 20,000
Quarter finalist	£ 10,000
Round of 16	£ 6,000
Last 32	£ 3,500
Last 64	£ 2,500
Highest break	£ 2,000
Maximum break	£ 10,000
All in all	£ 366,000

Tournament results

First round to round of 16

The tournament was held in the same format as the Welsh Open in previous years : 128 players competed in the first round without prior qualification. 121 players from the Main Tour professionals are taking part, the remaining places were filled by Jamie Bodle and Wayne Townsend, the finalists of the English Amateur Championship, who received the two wildcards from the English Association, as well as other amateurs who won a Q -School ranking had qualified. Up to the round of 16, four winning frames ( Best of 7 mode ) were played.

In round 1, Alfie Burden , who previously reached the quarter-finals at the European Masters , achieved his first official maximum break against Daniel Wells . However, Burden lost the subsequent decision frame and was eliminated 3: 4.

The semi-finalists from Bucharest all made it through to the next round. Mark Selby and Ronnie O'Sullivan prevailed with smooth 4-0 wins, Judd Trump and Neil Robertson each won 4-1. The Australian managed a 139 break in frame two.

Mark Williams's compatriot David John struggled to beat 4-2 after Williams had damaged the bitter orange in the opening frame. Stuart Bingham turned a 1: 3 deficit against Robert Milkins and won 4: 3. Xiao Guodong and Michael Holt delivered a break festival . The Chinese moved away 3-0 with two Centuries of 102 and 135 points, before the English shortened with a 105. Xiao could not be taken away from the lead and prevailed 4-1.

Upper half 1

	First round best of 7 frames					Second round best of 7 frames					Third round best of 7 frames					Round of 16 best of 7 frames
	1	Mark Selby	4th
	39	Gary Wilson	0
						1	Mark Selby	3
						103	Liam Highfield	4th
	87	Sam Craigie	-
	103	Liam Highfield	kl.
											103	Liam Highfield	1
											23	Ryan Day	4th
	95	Gareth Allen	3
	19th	Stephen Maguire	4th
						19th	Stephen Maguire	3
						23	Ryan Day	4th
	23	Ryan Day	4th
	42	Kurt Maflin	1
																23	Ryan Day	1
																16	Barry Hawkins	4th
	16	Barry Hawkins	4th
	44	Jack Lisowski	3
						16	Barry Hawkins	4th
						30th	Mark Davis	2
	30th	Mark Davis	4th
	50	Tian Pengfei	1
											16	Barry Hawkins	4th
											55	David Grace	1
	40	Dominic Dale	2
	55	David Grace	4th
						55	David Grace	4th
						56	Andrew Higginson	3
	56	Andrew Higginson	4th
	65	Nigel Bond	1

Upper half 2

	First round best of 7 frames					Second round best of 7 frames					Third round best of 7 frames					Round of 16 best of 7 frames
	21st	Michael White	4th
	108	Jason Weston	0
						21st	Michael White	1
						110	Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn	4th
	120	Boonyarit Keattikun	3
	110	Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn	4th
											110	Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn	3
											9	Ricky Walden	4th
	118	Alex Borg	0
	54	Li Hang	4th
						54	Li Hang	3
						9	Ricky Walden	4th
	9	Ricky Walden	4th
	61	Robin Hull	1
																9	Ricky Walden	4th
																99	Yan Bingtao	1
	43	Dechawat Poomjaeng	2
	75	John Astley	4th
						75	John Astley	0
						99	Yan Bingtao	4th
	99	Yan Bingtao	4th
	81	Sanderson Lam	2
											99	Yan Bingtao	4th
											8th	Mark Allen	3
	73	Sean O'Sullivan	2
	90	Scott Donaldson	4th
						90	Scott Donaldson	1
						8th	Mark Allen	4th
	8th	Mark Allen	4th
	116	Jamie Curtis-Barrett	1

Upper half 3

	First round best of 7 frames					Second round best of 7 frames					Third round best of 7 frames					Round of 16 best of 7 frames
	5	John Higgins	4th
	101	Michael Wild	2
						5	John Higgins	4th
						35	Mark King	1
	35	Mark King	4th
	84	Thor Chuan Leong	3
											5	John Higgins	4th
											106	Fraser Patrick	3
	106	Fraser Patrick	4th
	A.	Zak Surety	1
						106	Fraser Patrick	4th
						91	James Wattana	2
	96	Eden Sharav	1
	91	James Wattana	4th
																5	John Higgins	4th
																37	Tom Ford	1
	12	Marco Fu	4th
	66	Martin O'Donnell	3
						12	Marco Fu	2
						37	Tom Ford	4th
	53	Rory McLeod	2
	37	Tom Ford	4th
											37	Tom Ford	4th
											57	Joe Swail	2
	117	Itaro Santos	1
	57	Joe Swail	4th
						57	Joe Swail	4th
						82	James Cahill	1
	82	James Cahill	4th
	A.	Adam Stefanów	3

Upper half 4

First round best of 7 frames

Second round best of 7 frames

Third round best of 7 frames

Round of 16 best of 7 frames

60

Oliver Lines

1

105

Ian Preece

4th

105

Ian Preece

4th

113

Craig Steadman

1

45

Mark Joyce

3

113

Craig Steadman

4th

105

Ian Preece

1

13

Mark Williams

4th

62

Ian Burns

4th

112

Christopher Keogan

2

62

Ian Burns

1

13

Mark Williams

4th

13

Mark Williams

4th

119

David John

2

13

Mark Williams

0

4th

Judd Trump

4th

18th

Martin Gould

4th

89

Sydney Wilson

1

18th

Martin Gould

4th

47

Zhou Yuelong

2

47

Zhou Yuelong

4th

94

Jimmy White

3

18th

Martin Gould

1

4th

Judd Trump

4th

41

Matthew Stevens

1

WC

Jamie Bodle

4th

WC

Jamie Bodle

3

4th

Judd Trump

4th

4th

Judd Trump

4th

59

Ken Doherty

1

Lower half 1

	First round best of 7 frames					Second round best of 7 frames					Third round best of 7 frames					Round of 16 best of 7 frames
	3	Shaun Murphy	4th
	115	Chen Zhe	0
						3	Shaun Murphy	3
						20th	Liang Wenbo	4th
	20th	Liang Wenbo	4th
	29	Graeme Dott	0
											20th	Liang Wenbo	4th
											52	Fergal O'Brien	2
	51	Robbie Williams	0
	52	Fergal O'Brien	4th
						52	Fergal O'Brien	4th
						36	Ross Muir	2
	36	Ross Muir	4th
	72	Zhang Yong	3
																20th	Liang Wenbo	4th
																27	Ben Woollaston	3
	14th	Allister Carter	4th
	32	Luca Brecel	3
						14th	Allister Carter	4th
						80	Akani Songsermsawad	3
	80	Akani Songsermsawad	4th
	113	Kurt Dunham	0
											14th	Allister Carter	2
											27	Ben Woollaston	4th
	27	Ben Woollaston	4th
	98	Cao Yupeng	1
						27	Ben Woollaston	4th
						76	Zhang Anda	3
	121	Josh Boileau	2
	76	Zhang Anda	4th

Lower half 2

	First round best of 7 frames					Second round best of 7 frames					Third round best of 7 frames					Round of 16 best of 7 frames
	63	Yu Delu	1
	46	Rod Lawler	4th
						46	Rod Lawler	3
						58	Stuart Carrington	4th
	31	Peter Ebdon	1
	58	Stuart Carrington	4th
											58	Stuart Carrington	1
											104	Anthony Hamilton	4th
	100	Adam Duffy	1
	104	Anthony Hamilton	4th
						104	Anthony Hamilton	4th
						24	Matthew Selt	2
	11	Joe Perry	2
	24	Matthew Selt	4th
																104	Anthony Hamilton	4th
																111	Jak Jones	3
	48	Sam Baird	3
	107	Elliot Slessor	4th
						107	Elliot Slessor	3
						111	Jak Jones	4th
	111	Jak Jones	4th
	A.	Brandon Sargeant	0
											111	Jak Jones	4th
											6th	Ding Junhui	2
	74	Darryl Hill	1
	83	Mei Xiwen	4th
						83	Mei Xiwen	0
						6th	Ding Junhui	4th
	6th	Ding Junhui	4th
	109	Mitchell Mann	0

Lower half 3

	First round best of 7 frames					Second round best of 7 frames					Third round best of 7 frames					Round of 16 best of 7 frames
	7th	Neil Robertson	4th
	86	Hamza Akbar	1
						7th	Neil Robertson	4th
						85	Duane Jones	1
	38	Mike Dunn	0
	85	Duane Jones	4th
											7th	Neil Robertson	3
											49	Xiao Guodong	4th
	71	Noppon Saengkham	4th
	97	Michael Georgiou	1
						71	Noppon Saengkham	0
						49	Xiao Guodong	4th
	26th	Michael Holt	1
	49	Xiao Guodong	4th
																49	Xiao Guodong	3
																69	Chris Wakelin	4th
	10	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4th
	34	Jimmy Robertson	0
						10	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4th
						93	Zhao Xintong	3
	93	Zhao Xintong	4th
	102	Wang Yuchen	0
											10	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3
											69	Chris Wakelin	4th
	17th	Anthony McGill	4th
	67	Jamie Cope	2
						17th	Anthony McGill	1
						69	Chris Wakelin	4th
	69	Chris Wakelin	4th
	79	Allan Taylor	3

Lower half 4

First round best of 7 frames

Second round best of 7 frames

Third round best of 7 frames

Round of 16 best of 7 frames

116

Aditya Mehta

3

92

Lee Walker

4th

92

Lee Walker

2

77

Rhys Clark

4th

36

Jamie Jones

-

77

Rhys Clark

kl.

77

Rhys Clark

4th

15th

Kyren Wilson

3

64

Alfie Burden

3

68

Daniel Wells

4th

68

Daniel Wells

1

15th

Kyren Wilson

4th

15th

Kyren Wilson

4th

WC

Wayne Townsend

0

77

Rhys Clark

1

2

Stuart Bingham

4th

88

Hammad Miah

1

22nd

David Gilbert

4th

22nd

David Gilbert

4th

A.

Peter Lines

0

A.

Peter Lines

4th

78

Paul Davison

1

22nd

David Gilbert

0

2

Stuart Bingham

4th

28

Alan McManus

4th

33

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

1

28

Alan McManus

2

2

Stuart Bingham

4th

2

Stuart Bingham

4th

25th

Robert Milkins

3

WC = wildcard player of the English association EASB
A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2016/17 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)
kl. = continue without a fight

Quarter-finals to finals

	Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames					Semi-final best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
	16	Barry Hawkins	5
	9	Ricky Walden	2
						16	Barry Hawkins	2
						4th	Judd Trump	6th
	5	John Higgins	1
	4th	Judd Trump	5
											4th	Judd Trump	6th
											20th	Liang Wenbo	9
	20th	Liang Wenbo	5
	104	Anthony Hamilton	2
						20th	Liang Wenbo	6th
						2	Stuart Bingham	5
	69	Chris Wakelin	0
	2	Stuart Bingham	5

final

Judd Trump had previously won the European Masters and had previously been unbeaten in 14 games in two weeks. Liang Wenbo was in his third ranking tournament final after the Shanghai Masters 2009 and the UK Championship 2015 . The Chinese had the better start and narrowly missed a century break twice, but Trump was able to equalize again. Then Liang pulled away again and went into the session break with a 5-3 lead. In the evening the Englishman set an exclamation point with a 132 break, but Liang increased his lead to 7: 4 with two high breaks. After that, however, Trump came back into play and made the connection. With a score of 7: 6, he took the lead with 41 points in the 14th frame, but instead of equalizing a break of 62 followed by Liang. In the competitive frame that followed, he kept the upper hand and won his first world ranking tournament.

Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Greg Coniglio Event City,  Manchester , England , October 16, 2016 Judd Trump 6: 9 Liang Wenbo Afternoon games: 9: 126 (95), 0: 95 (95), 63 : 2, 76 : 45 (54), 0: 88 (76), 0: 96 (92), 62: 69 (51 Trump), 67 : 13 (52) evening games: 132 : 0 (132), 0: 84 (84), 0: 115 (98), 69 : 31 (51), 69 : 0 (50), 41: 69 (62), 51 : 75 132 Highest break 98 1 Century breaks - 6th 50+ breaks 7th

Winner Liang Wenbo

Century breaks

Alfie Burden 147 Li Hang 140 Neil Robertson 139, 125, 121, 102 Liang Wenbo 138, 136 (2 ×), 134, 106 Allister Carter 138 Mark Williams 138 Tian Pengfei 136 Xiao Guodong 135, 106, 102 Joe Perry 134 Judd Trump 134, 132, 120 Mark Allen 132 Zhao Xintong 130, 107 Chris Wakelin 130, 106 Zhang Anda 130 Stephen Maguire 126, 117, 110 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn 126 Mark Joyce 125 Anthony McGill 122 Ian Preece 121 Kyren Wilson 118, 103

Stuart Bingham 116 (2 ×) Ricky Walden 116, 115 Martin Gould 115 John Higgins 114, 103 Barry Hawkins 114 Zhou Yuelong 113 Scott Donaldson 112 David Gilbert 111, 102 Duane Jones 111 Ronnie O'Sullivan 110 Ding Junhui 108, 106 Shaun Murphy 108 Tom Ford 107 Ben Woollaston 107 Michael Holt 105 Ross Muir 105 Allan Taylor 104 Marco Fu 103, 100 Rory McLeod 101 Ryan Day 100 Rod Lawler 100

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