Welsh Open 2009
Welsh Open 2009
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Newport Center, Newport , Wales |
| Opening: | February 16, 2009 |
| Endgame: | February 22, 2009
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| Winner: |
 Ali Carter
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| Finalist: |
 Joe Swail
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| Highest Break: | 142 ( Marco Fu )
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The Welsh Open 2009 was a snooker tournament of the 2008/09 season , which was held from February 16-22, 2009 at the Newport Center in the South Welsh port city of Newport . It was the 18th Welsh Open and the 12th time that Newport was the venue. After the main tournament had been played with 48 players in the last five years, they returned to a top 32 tournament.
Last year's winner Mark Selby was eliminated this time in the quarter-finals. In the final, Ali Carter defeated Joe Swail from Northern Ireland 9-5 . For Carter it was the first world rankings title, for Swail the only final in a full ranking tournament in his career.
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
In the previous year, a first round was played in Newport with 16 qualifiers and the world ranking players from 17th to 32nd place. This year this round was still part of the qualification. The exception was three games with Welsh participation, which were made up for the tournament opener in Newport. The final tournament began with the games of the 16 qualifying winners against the top 16 in the world rankings.
final
At the beginning of the final, the lead changed until Joe Swail was able to pull away to 5-2. Before the session break, Ali Carter cut to 3: 5. In the evening the Englishman started with two century breaks and after that Swail didn't manage to gain a single frame. With seven frame wins in a row, Carter turned the game around and took his first rankings title 9: 5.
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Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Colin Humphries Newport Center, Newport , Wales , February 22nd, 2009 |
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Ali Carter
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Joe Swail
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Afternoon : 9:81, 90: 0 (89), 55:44, 10: 103 (60), 16:83, 49:63, 18:66, 78: 0 (54); Evening : 120: 0 (116), 141: 0 (109), 72: 1 (61), 91:16 (91), 73: 0 (67), 65:54 |
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| 116 | Highest break | 60 |
| 2 | Century breaks | - |
| 7th | 50+ breaks | 1 |
qualification
The qualifying games took place from February 3 to 6, 2009 at the Pontin's Center in Prestatyn . In round 1, 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 and in round 4 numbers 17 to 32. The qualifiers of the Welsh top 32 players Mark Williams , Matthew Stevens and Dominic Dale were played at the beginning of the main tournament in Newport.
kl. = without a fight
Century breaks
18 players achieved 33 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament, Marco Fu and Ali Carter not only achieved the two highest breaks, but were both successful four times. There were 18 Centurys in the qualification divided between 16 players.
Main tournament
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qualification
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- ↑ a b 2009 Welsh Open - Finishes. CueTracker, accessed October 19, 2017 .
- ↑ 2009 Welsh Open. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed October 19, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Welsh Open 2009. snooker.org, accessed on October 19, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Rankings - 2008-2009. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed October 19, 2017 .
- ^ White & Davis in Welsh Open bid. BBC, February 10, 2009, accessed October 19, 2017 .
