Welsh Open 2008
Welsh Open 2008
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Newport Center, Newport , Wales |
| Opening: | February 11, 2008 |
| Endgame: | February 17, 2008
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| Winner: |
 Mark Selby
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| Finalist: |
Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| Highest Break: | 143 ( Ronnie O'Sullivan )
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The Welsh Open 2008 was a snooker tournament of the 2007/08 season that was held from February 11 to 17, 2008 at the Newport Center in Newport , South Wales .
Neil Robertson , who had won the previous year, was eliminated in the round of 16. In the final, Mark Selby and Ronnie O'Sullivan faced each other. Selby won the hard-fought match 9-8. The vice world champion secured his first world rankings title after winning his first professional title at an invitation tournament a month earlier at the Masters .
Prize money / world ranking points
There were no changes compared to the previous year in terms of both the prize money and the points for the world ranking list .
| Prize money | World ranking points a |
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| winner | £ 35,000 | 5,000 |
| finalist | £ 17,500 | 4,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 8,750 | 3,200 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 6,500 | 2,500 |
| Round of 16 | £ 4,275 | 1,900 |
| Last 32 | £ 2,750 | 1,400 |
| Last 48 | £ 1,725 | 1,150 |
| Last 64 | £ 1,325 | 900 |
| Last 80 | - | 650 |
| Last 96 | - | 200 |
| Highest Break (Final Round) | £ 2,000 | |
| Highest Break (Qualification) | £ 500 | |
| All in all | £ 225,500 |
Final round
While most tournaments were pure top 32 tournaments, 48 players competed in the main tournament in Wales. Apart from the Welsh tournament, this was only the case with the Northern Ireland Trophy this season .
Round 1
As in previous years, only three qualifying rounds had been played before the main tournament in Prestatyn . The fourth round was played as the opening round in Newport. The 16 qualifiers competed against the world ranking players from 17th to 32nd place.
Top 32 to the finalThe top 16 in the world were seeded for round 2. The winners from round 1 were drawn to them. finalRonnie O'Sullivan had already won 19 rankings at this point. Mark Selby attempted a final victory for the third time and came up with a victory at the Masters a few weeks earlier. The afternoon session was even and the split was 4: 4 at the break. In the evening the veteran had the better start, O'Sullivan pulled away 6: 4 and 8: 5. With his back to the wall, Selby showed his fighting skills. Without the really big breaks, however, he persistently managed the 8: 8 equalization and then also got the fourth frame in a row to 9: 8 victory and his first title in a tournament for world ranking points.
qualificationThe qualifiers took place from January 26th to 28th, 2008 at the Pontin's Center in Prestatyn . In round 1, the places 65 to 96 of the world rankings played against each other, the winners met in round 2 on places 49 to 64, in round 3 numbers 33 to 48 were added. kl. = without a fight Century breaks22 players scored 39 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament. There were 11 Centurys in the qualification divided between 16 players. Main tournament
a scored in round 1 (round of the last 48 without the top 16 players)
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