Gibraltar Open 2017

Gibraltar Open 2017 jojobet.com Gibraltar Open
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Venue:	Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar
Opening:	1st March 2017
Endgame:	5th March 2017
Winner:	Shaun Murphy
Finalist:	Judd Trump
Highest Break:	145 ( Jack Lisowski )
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The Gibraltar Open 2017 was a snooker tournament of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2016/17 season . They were held from March 1st to 5th, 2017 in the Tercentenary Sports Hall of Gibraltar . After the end of the Players Tour Championship in the previous season, it is now one of two remaining Pro-Am tournaments - tournaments for professionals and amateur players - on the Main Tour. The most successful amateurs of the Paul Hunter Classic 2016 and the Gibraltar Open got an additional chance to qualify for the following professional season via the EBSA Amateur Play Offs .

Prize money

	Prize money
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

The Rolling 147 Prize for a maximum break was £ 20,000 as no maximum break was played at the 2017 snooker shoot-out.

Preliminary round

102 professional players and 85 amateurs had registered for the tournament. The professionals were placed directly for the main tournament, the amateurs had to play for the remaining 26 places in two qualifying rounds. All games were played in the best of 7 frames mode. The two preliminary rounds were held on March 1st and 2nd.

Round 1

game Player 1 Result Player 2 1 (A)  Simon Lichtenberg  04 : 04th  Ivelin Bozhanov  (A) 2 (A)  Jeff Cundy  34 : 34th  Oliver Brown  (A) 3 (A)  Thomas Rees  4th0: 40  Barry Pinches  (A) 4th (A)  John Foster  04 : 04th  David Alcaide Bermudez  (A) 5 (A)  Sam Harvey  4th1: 41  Michael Collumb  (A) 6th (A)  Daniel Schneider  24 : 24th  Matthew Glasby  (A) 7th (A)  Joe Steele  14 : 14th  Andrew Olivero  (A) 8th (A)  Ryan Causton  kl.  Nader Aldosari  (A) 9 (A)  Joe O'Connor  24 : 24th  Greg Casey  (A) 10 (A)  David Lilley  4th3: 43  Charlie Sweeney  (A) 11 (A)  Joshua Cooper  04 : 04th  Conor McCormack  (A) 12 (A)  Alex Taubman  24 : 24th  Michael Williams  (A) 13 (A)  Danny Connolly  34 : 34th  Matthew Day  (A) 14th (A)  Daniel O'Regan  14 : 14th  Jurian Heusdens  (A) 15th (A)  Steven Hallworth  04 : 04th  Francis Becerra  (A) 16 (A)  Mark Vincent  34 : 34th  James Budd  (A) 17th (A)  Simon Dent  04 : 04th  Mike Collins  (A)

game Player 1 Result Player 2 18th (A)  Lee Prickman  34 : 34th  John Fearick  (A) 19th (A)  Joshua Thomond  4th0: 40  Gerard Greene  (A) 20th (A)  Ejler Hame  4th1: 41  Ian Glover  (A) 21st (A)  Richard Beckham  4th1: 41  Brandon Sargeant  (A) 22nd (A)  Jenson Kendrick  4th1: 41  Jamie Rhys Clarke  (A) 23 (A)  Ben Murphy  24 : 24th  Adam Stefanów  (A) 24 (A)  Sean McAllister  4th2: 42  Robin Otto  (A) 25th (A)  Manasawin Phetmalaikul  4th1: 41  Ian Martin  (A) 26th (A)  Nev Graham  4th2: 42  Phil O'Kane  (A) 27 (A)  Andreas Ploner  kl.  Mourad Naitali  (A) 28 (A)  Hans Blanckaert  4th3: 43  Francisco Sánchez Ruíz  (A) 29 (A)  Felix Frede  4th0: 40  George Pragnall  (A) 30th (A)  Paul Burrell  04 : 04th  Andrew Urbaniak  (A) 31 (A)  Zack Richardson  04 : 04th  Bhavesh Sodha  (A) 32 (A)  James Dabell  14 : 14th  Rees Carter  (A) 33 (A)  Adam Longley  4th2: 42  Dan Barsley  (A)

A = amateur player (not on the Main Tour during the 2016/17 season)
kl. = continue without a fight

round 2

game Player 1 Result Player 2 34 (A)  Charlie Walters  24 : 24th  Simon Lichtenberg  (A) 35 (A)  Louis Heathcote  4th2: 42  Jeff Cundy  (A) 36 (A)  Barry Pinches  4th3: 43  John Foster  (A) 37 (A)  Saqib Nasir  14 : 14th  Michael Collumb  (A) 38 (A)  Ben Jones  04 : 04th  Daniel Schneider  (A) 39 (A)  Laurens De Staelen  14 : 14th  Joe Steele  (A) 40 (A)  Adam Edge  04 : 04th  Ryan Causton  (A) 41 (A)  Joe O'Connor  34 : 34th  Charlie Sweeney  (A) 42 (A)  Ashley Carty  04 : 04th  Joshua Cooper  (A) 43 (A)  Peter Lines  04 : 04th  Alex Taubman  (A) 44 (A)  Matthew Roberts  34 : 34th  Danny Connolly  (A) 45 (A)  Stephen Kershaw  34 : 34th  Daniel O'Regan  (A) 46 (A)  Boris Lazarkov  4th0: 40  Steven Hallworth  (A)

game Player 1 Result Player 2 47 (A)  Mitchell Grinstead  04 : 04th  Mark Vincent  (A) 48 (A)  Simon Dent  34 : 34th  Lee Prickman  (A) 49 (A)  Gerard Greene  24 : 24th  Ian Glover  (A) 50 (A)  Patrick Whelan  4th2: 42  Brandon Sargeant  (A) 51 (A)  Joel Walker  4th2: 42  Jamie Rhys Clarke  (A) 52 (A)  Martin Pitcher  14 : 14th  Ben Murphy  (A) 53 (A)  Robin Otto  4th1: 41  Ian Martin  (A) 54 (A)  Daniel Devlin  kl.  Phil O'Kane  (A) 55 (A)  Ashley Hugill  4th1: 41  Andreas Ploner  (A) 56 (A)  Francisco Sánchez Ruíz  4th0: 40  George Pragnall  (A) 57 (A)  Jaspal Bamotra  24 : 24th  Paul Burrell  (A) 58 (A)  Zack Richardson  04 : 04th  James Dabell  (A) 59 (A)  Kaif Shazad  4th0: 40  Dan Barsley  (A)

A = amateur player (not on the Main Tour during the 2016/17 season)
kl. = continue without a fight

Main tournament

1 round

game Player 1 Result Player 2 1 (41)  Matthew Stevens  4th3: 43  Michael White  (23) 2 (42)  Kurt Maflin  04 : 04th  Hamza Akbar  (103) 3 (54)  Oliver Lines  4th3: 43  Charlie Walters  (A) 4th (12)  Barry Hawkins  04 : 04th  Jeff Cundy  (A) 5 (62)  Ken Doherty  kl.  Shaun Murphy  (5) 6th (89)  Sam Craigie  04 : 04th  John Foster  (A) 7th (94)  Allan Taylor  34 : 34th  Saqib Nasir  (A) 8th (112)  Elliot Slessor  04 : 04th  Josh Boileau  (116) 9 (36)  Jimmy Robertson  24 : 24th  Ben Jones  (A) 10 (90)  Paul Davison  4th3: 43  Lee Walker  (93) 11 (31)  Mark Davis  24 : 24th  Mark Joyce  (45) 12 (50)  Robbie Williams  4th3: 43  David John  (123) 13 (86)  Zhao Xintong  04 : 04th  Laurens De Staelen  (A) 14th (61)  Joe Swail  4th2: 42  Martin O'Donnell  (75) 15th (15)  Mark Williams  14 : 14th  Adam Edge  (A) 16 (49)  Andrew Higginson  4th2: 42  Zhang Yong  (92) 17th (65)  Alfie Burden  24 : 24th  Ian Burns  (63) 18th (18)  Anthony McGill  24 : 24th  Joe O'Connor  (A) 19th (43)  Mike Dunn  24 : 24th  Michael Wild  (111) 20th (40)  Zhou Yuelong  04 : 04th  James Cahill  (100) 21st (11)  Liang Wenbo  4th1: 41  Ricky Walden  (17) 22nd (70)  Yan Bingtao  14 : 14th  Ashley Carty  (A) 23 (32)  Robert Milkins  24 : 24th  Christopher Keogan  (124) 24 (109)  Adam Duffy  4th1: 41  Mark Selby  (1) 25th (39)  Gary Wilson  34 : 34th  Peter Lines  (A) 26th (107)  Thor Chuan Leong  04 : 04th  Matthew Roberts  (A) 27 (104)  Fraser Patrick  24 : 24th  Stephen Kershaw  (A) 28 (105)  Sydney Wilson  4th1: 41  Igor Figueiredo  (121) 29 (101)  Darryl Hill  4th0: 40  Steven Hallworth  (A) 30th (71)  Nigel Bond  34 : 34th  Aditya Mehta  (98) 31 (67)  Daniel Wells  34 : 34th  Kyren Wilson  (16) 32 (114)  Fang Xiongman  14 : 14th  Mitchell Grinstead  (A)

game Player 1 Result Player 2 33 (69)  Ross Muir  4th0: 40  Mark Allen  (10) 34 (35)  Dominic Dale  4th0: 40  John Higgins  (3) 35 (79)  Hossein Vafaei  4th1: 41  David Gilbert  (20) 36 (6)  Ding Junhui  14 : 14th  Jason Weston  (122) 37 (66)  Anthony Hamilton  kl.  Stuart Carrington  (55) 38 (51)  Tian Pengfei  24 : 24th  Liam Highfield  (80) 39 (21)  Mark King  34 : 34th  Simon Dent  (A) 40 (52)  Jack Lisowski  kl.  Itaro Santos  (126) 41 (25)  Stephen Maguire  34 : 34th  Gerard Greene  (A) 42 (29)  Matthew Selt  04 : 04th  Rory McLeod  (58) 43 (68)  Jamie Burnett  4th0: 40  Judd Trump  (4) 44 (113)  Craig Steadman  14 : 14th  Brandon Sargeant  (A) 45 (77)  Scott Donaldson  4th1: 41  Tom Ford  (37) 46 (38)  Peter Ebdon  04 : 04th  Jamie Rhys Clarke  (A) 47 (96)  Wang Yuchen  4th3: 43  Sanderson Lam  (97) 48 (73)  Zhang Anda  4th3: 43  Noppon Saengkham  (72) 49 (74)  Jamie Cope  4th2: 42  Duane Jones  (88) 50 (26)  Luca Brecel  14 : 14th  Martin Pitcher  (A) 51 (22)  Michael Holt  34 : 34th  Ian Martin  (A) 52 (24)  Ryan Day  04 : 04th  Phil O'Kane  (A) 53 (44)  Fergal O'Brien  4th3: 43  Ben Woollaston  (27) 54 (99)  Eden Sharav  14 : 14th  Sam Baird  (47) 55 (81)  John Astley  14 : 14th  Andreas Ploner  (A) 56 (83)  Michael Georgiou  4th3: 43  George Pragnall  (A) 57 (76)  Rhys Clark  14 : 14th  Sean O'Sullivan  (85) 58 (87)  Mitchell Mann  34 : 34th  David Grace  (48) 59 (110)  Gareth Allen  4th1: 41  Chris Wakelin  (64) 60 (7)  Neil Robertson  04 : 04th  Jaspal Bamotra  (A) 61 (102)  Jimmy White  14 : 14th  Kurt Dunham  (118) 62 (9)  Joe Perry  24 : 24th  Zack Richardson  (A) 63 (95)  Hammad Miah  04 : 04th  Dan Barsley  (A) 64 (78)  Mei Xiwen  4th1: 41  Jamie Jones  (34)

A = amateur player (not on the Main Tour during the 2016/17 season)
kl. = continue without a fight

2nd round

game Player 1 Result Player 2 65 (23)  Michael White  04 : 04th  Kurt Maflin  (42) 66 (A)  Charlie Walters  4th1: 41  Barry Hawkins  (12) 67 (5)  Shaun Murphy  14 : 14th  Sam craigie  (89) 68 (94)  Allan Taylor  24 : 24th  Elliot Slessor  (112) 69 (36)  Jimmy Robertson  4th0: 40  Lee Walker  (93) 70 (31)  Mark Davis  34 : 34th  David John  (123) 71 (86)  Zhao Xintong  24 : 24th  Martin O'Donnell  (75) 72 (15)  Mark Williams  24 : 24th  Zhang Yong  (92) 73 (65)  Alfie Burden  24 : 24th  Anthony McGill  (18) 74 (43)  Mike Dunn  4th0: 40  Zhou Yuelong  (40) 75 (17)  Ricky Walden  34 : 34th  Yan Bingtao  (70) 76 (32)  Robert Milkins  4th3: 43  Mark Selby  (1) 77 (39)  Gary Wilson  4th1: 41  Thor Chuan Leong  (107) 78 (104)  Fraser Patrick  4th3: 43  Igor Figueiredo  (121) 79 (A)  Steven Hallworth  4th1: 41  Nigel Bond  (71) 80 (67)  Daniel Wells  34 : 34th  Fang Xiongman  (114)

game Player 1 Result Player 2 81 (10)  Mark Allen  14 : 14th  John Higgins  (3) 82 (20)  David Gilbert  34 : 34th  Ding Junhui  (6) 83 (66)  Anthony Hamilton  24 : 24th  Tian Pengfei  (51) 84 (21)  Mark King  4th2: 42  Jack Lisowski  (52) 85 (25)  Stephen Maguire  4th2: 42  Matthew Selt  (29) 86 (4)  Judd Trump  14 : 14th  Craig Steadman  (113) 87 (37)  Tom Ford  4th0: 40  Peter Ebdon  (38) 88 (97)  Sanderson Lam  14 : 14th  Noppon Saengkham  (72) 89 (88)  Duane Jones  4th0: 40  Luca Brecel  (26) 90 (22)  Michael Holt  4th2: 42  Ryan Day  (24) 91 (27)  Ben Woollaston  24 : 24th  Eden Sharav  (99) 92 (81)  John Astley  14 : 14th  George Pragnall  (A) 93 (76)  Rhys Clark  34 : 34th  Mitchell Man  (87) 94 (64)  Chris Wakelin  4th2: 42  Neil Robertson  (7) 95 (102)  Jimmy White  4th2: 42  Joe Perry  (9) 96 (95)  Hammad Miah  4th0: 40  Jamie Jones  (34)

A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2016/17 season)

Tournament tree

	Round 3 best of 7 frames					Round of 16 best of 7 frames					Quarterfinals Best of 7 Frames					Semi-final best of 7 frames					Final best of 7 frames
	23	Michael White	2
	12	Barry Hawkins	4th
						12	Barry Hawkins	1
						5	Shaun Murphy	4th
	5	Shaun Murphy	4th
	94	Allan Taylor	3
											5	Shaun Murphy	4th
											15th	Mark Williams	3
	93	Lee Walker	3
	31	Mark Davis	4th
						31	Mark Davis	3
						15th	Mark Williams	4th
	86	Zhao Xintong	3
	15th	Mark Williams	4th
																5	Shaun Murphy	4th
																71	Nigel Bond	0
	65	Alfie Burden	4th
	40	Zhou Yuelong	2
						65	Alfie Burden	4th
						17th	Ricky Walden	3
	17th	Ricky Walden	4th
	1	Mark Selby	3
											65	Alfie Burden	3
											71	Nigel Bond	4th
	107	Thor Chuan Leong	3
	121	Igor Figueiredo	4th
						121	Igor Figueiredo	2
						71	Nigel Bond	4th
	71	Nigel Bond	4th
	67	Daniel Wells	0
																					5	Shaun Murphy	4th
																					4th	Judd Trump	2
	10	Mark Allen	4th
	20th	David Gilbert	1
						10	Mark Allen	1
						52	Jack Lisowski	4th
	66	Anthony Hamilton	0
	52	Jack Lisowski	4th
											52	Jack Lisowski	1
											4th	Judd Trump	4th
	29	Matthew Selt	1
	4th	Judd Trump	4th
						4th	Judd Trump	4th
						97	Sanderson Lam	1
	38	Peter Ebdon	1
	97	Sanderson Lam	4th
																4th	Judd Trump	4th
																24	Ryan Day	2
	26th	Luca Brecel	3
	24	Ryan Day	4th
						24	Ryan Day	4th
						81	John Astley	2
	27	Ben Woollaston	1
	81	John Astley	4th
											24	Ryan Day	4th
											7th	Neil Robertson	2
	76	Rhys Clark	2
	7th	Neil Robertson	4th
						7th	Neil Robertson	4th
						34	Jamie Jones	0
	9	Joe Perry	1
	34	Jamie Jones	4th

final

Final: Best of 7 Frames Referee: Peggy Li Tercentenary Sports Hall,  Gibraltar , United Kingdom , 5th March 2017
Shaun Murphy	4 : 2	Judd Trump
0: 117 (59), 83 : 45, 0: 84 (84), 75 : 7 (60), 76 : 56 (56 SM, 56 JT), 96 : 34 (96)
96	Highest break	84
-	Century breaks	-
3	50+ breaks	3

Century breaks

Preliminary round

During the preliminary round, seven century breaks were played by six players.

Steven Hallworth	129 , 120
Gerard Greene	110
Alex Taubman	110
Charlie Sweeney	105
Joel Walker	101
Simon Lichtenberg	101

Main tournament

During the main tournament 48 Centuries were played by 28 players.

Jack Lisowski 145 , 129, 106, 104 Shaun Murphy 140, 137, 122 Mark Allen 138, 135, 101 Luca Brecel 136 Sam Craigie 136 John Astley 135 Alfie Burden 133, 131, 109, 102 Ricky Walden 132, 102 David John 131 Neil Robertson 130, 108, 101 Judd Trump 129, 114, 112, 103 Ryan Day 129, 117, 102 Gary Wilson 128, 102 Gerard Greene 128

Mark Davis 127 Zhou Yuelong 127 John Higgins 121 Zhang Yong 118 Zhang Anda 107 Michael White 107 Ben Woollaston 107 Barry Hawkins 105, 100 Jamie Jones 105 Fang Xiongman 104 Mark Williams 102 Charlie Walters 102 Mitchell Mann 101 Steven Hallworth 100

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