Welsh Open
Welsh Open
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| Tournament status | |||
| Ranking tournament: | since 1992 | ||
| Minor ranking tournament: | - | ||
| Invitation tournament: | - | ||
| Current tournament dates | |||
| Defending champion: |
 Shaun Murphy
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| Attendees: | 129 | ||
| Venue: | Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff | ||
| Prize money (total): | £ 405,000 | ||
| Prize money (winner): | £ 70,000 | ||
| Frames in the final: | Best of 17 | ||
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| Most wins: |
 John Higgins (5 ×)
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| Highest Break: |
147 ( Maximum Break ) Ronnie O'Sullivan (2 ×) (1999, 2014), Barry Pinches (Qual. 2000), Andrew Higginson (2007), Stephen Hendry (2011) Ding Junhui (2016) Neil Robertson (2019) Noppon Saengkham (2019) Kyren Wilson (2020)   
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The Welsh Open are a professional snooker tournament with the status of a world ranking tournament .
history
In 1992 the tournament was included in the world rankings. It replaced the Welsh Professional Championship , which had been held since 1980, but on which there were no world ranking points. The tournament was sponsored for twelve years by Regal , a tobacco brand from Imperial Tobacco .
It is held in Cardiff , Wales , at the beginning of the calendar year. The tournament took place in Newport between 1992 and 1998 and between 2005 and 2014 .
Most of the tournament wins at the Welsh Open went to the Scot John Higgins , who won his fifth victory in 2018.
The Welsh Open has been part of the Home Nations Series since the 2016/17 season , along with the Northern Ireland Open , Scottish Open and the English Open, which was founded in 2016 .
The winner's cup in honor of Ray Reardon has been called the Reardon Trophy since 2017 .
winner
Individual evidence
- ↑ Welsh Open Cup named after Ray Reardon.Retrieved October 19, 2016
