Welsh Open 2020

Welsh Open 2020
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Attendees:	129
Venue:	Motorpoint Arena , Cardiff , Wales
Opening:	February 10, 2020
Endgame:	February 16, 2020
Winner:	Shaun Murphy
Finalist:	Kyren Wilson
Highest Break:	147 ( Kyren Wilson )
← 2019

The ManBetX Welsh Open in 2020 were a world ranking tournament at the Snooker - season 2019/20 . From February 10th to 16th the tournament took place in the Motorpoint Arena Cardiff . For the sixth year in a row the event hall in the Welsh capital has been the venue and for the fourth time the tournament marked the end of the Home Nations series , which consisted of four tournaments in the four parts of the United Kingdom.

The defending champion was Australian Neil Robertson , who lost 5-0 to Kyren Wilson in the quarter-finals and thus failed to reach the final of a tournament for the first time since the Masters in mid-January after three finals in a row . Wilson had already played the highest break of the tournament with the 156th maximum break in snooker history and later reached the final of the tournament, but lost in this with 1: 9 to Shaun Murphy . This secured his 9th title in a world ranking tournament.

Prize money

There was £ 39,000 more in each of the four Home Nations series tournaments than in the previous season. The individual awards increased by £ 500 in the first two rounds and £ 1,500 in the round of 16, above which the amounts remained unchanged. With Mark Selby , a player had won two Home Nations tournaments for the first time, but also lost one, so that he was no longer eligible for the one million bonus for four wins.

	Prize money
winner	£ 70,000
finalist	£ 30,000
Semi-finalist	£ 20,000
Quarter finalist	£ 10,000
Round of 16	£ 7,500
Last 32	£ 4,000
Last 64	£ 3,000
Highest break	£ 5,000
All in all	£ 405,000

Tournament results

As in 2018 , 127 world ranking professionals registered this year. Since the Welsh Federation had the right to award two wild cards to local amateurs, the two candidates had to play a qualifying game beforehand in order to play the main round participant. The qualifier was a replay of the final of the Welsh Amateur Championship from last year, through which Darren Morgan and Gavin Lewis had secured the wildcards. Up to the round of 16, four winning frames ( Best of 7 mode ) were played.

Pre-qualification

game Player 1 Result Player 2 1 (WC)  Gavin Lewis  4th0: 40  Darren Morgan  (toilet)

First round to round of 16

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	Neil Robertson	4th
	92	Jamie Clarke	2
						1	Neil Robertson	4th
						65	Mark Joyce	2
	69	Fergal O'Brien	3
	65	Mark Joyce	4th
											1	Neil Robertson	4th
											32	Noppon Saengkham	3
	32	Noppon Saengkham	4th
	54	Alan McManus	3
						32	Noppon Saengkham	4th
						85	Alexander Ursenbacher	1
	94	Hammad Miah	2
	85	Alexander Ursenbacher	4th
																1	Neil Robertson	4th
																104	Gerard Greene	0
	16	Ali Carter	4th
	104	Adam Stefanów	2
						16	Ali Carter	0
						108	Gerard Greene	4th
	108	Gerard Greene	4th
	38	Liang Wenbo	2
											104	Gerard Greene	4th
											55	Daniel Wells	2
	17th	Joe Perry	3
	84	Ashley Carty	4th
						84	Ashley Carty	2
						55	Daniel Wells	4th
	55	Daniel Wells	4th
	109	Barry Pinches	2

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
	45	Yuan Sijun	4th
	96	Thor Chuan Leong	0
						45	Yuan Sijun	2
						24	Jimmy Robertson	4th
	24	Jimmy Robertson	4th
	125	Riley Parsons	0
											24	Jimmy Robertson	1
											9	Ding Junhui	4th
	79	Nigel Bond	0
	37	Ricky Walden	4th
						37	Ricky Walden	1
						9	Ding Junhui	4th
	9	Ding Junhui	4th
	52	Marco Fu	2
																9	Ding Junhui	2
																8th	Kyren Wilson	4th
	33	Martin O'Donnell	4th
	123	Andy Hicks	0
						33	Martin O'Donnell	4th
						25th	Tom Ford	0
	25th	Tom Ford	4th
	106	Xu Si	3
											33	Martin O'Donnell	0
											8th	Kyren Wilson	4th
	73	Zhang Anda	3
	62	Liam Highfield	4th
						62	Liam Highfield	2
						8th	Kyren Wilson	4th
	8th	Kyren Wilson	4th
	98	Jackson Page	3

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	Mark Selby	4th
	86	David Grace	2
						5	Mark Selby	4th
						107	Chen Zifan	1
	42	Kurt Maflin	3
	107	Chen Zifan	4th
											5	Mark Selby	4th
											105	Andy Lee	2
	28	Matthew Selt	2
	105	Andy Lee	4th
						105	Andy Lee	4th
						58	Robbie Williams	3
	58	Robbie Williams	4th
	48	Chris Wakelin	1
																5	Mark Selby	4th
																36	Zhao Xintong	3
	12	David Gilbert	2
	35	Matthew Stevens	4th
						35	Matthew Stevens	4th
						117	Brandon Sargeant	0
	117	Brandon Sargeant	kl.
	51	Peter Ebdon	-
											35	Matthew Stevens	1
											36	Zhao Xintong	4th
	21st	Graeme Dott	0
	36	Zhao Xintong	4th
						36	Zhao Xintong	4th
						90	Louis Heathcote	2
	56	Lu Ning	3
	90	Louis Heathcote	4th

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
	101	Si Jiahui	4th
	120	Lei Peifan	1
						101	Si Jiahui	2
						117	Soheil Vahedi	4th
	20th	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	2
	117	Soheil Vahedi	4th
											117	Soheil Vahedi	4th
											13	Jack Lisowski	0
	80	Lee Walker	2
	78	John Astley	4th
						78	John Astley	3
						13	Jack Lisowski	4th
	13	Jack Lisowski	4th
	44	Li Hang	2
																117	Soheil Vahedi	0
																4th	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4th
	50	Anthony Hamilton	4th
	59	Michael White	3
						50	Anthony Hamilton	4th
						29	Lü Haotian	3
	29	Lü Haotian	4th
	89	Kishan Hirani	0
											50	Anthony Hamilton	2
											4th	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4th
	46	Stuart Carrington	4th
	72	Mike Dunn	3
						46	Stuart Carrington	2
						4th	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4th
	4th	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4th
	88	Zhang Jiankang	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

Mark Williams

4th

81

Oliver Lines

1

3

Mark Williams

4th

75

Jordan Brown

2

75

Jordan Brown

4th

126

Alex Borg

1

3

Mark Williams

1

30th

Anthony McGill

4th

30th

Anthony McGill

4th

118

Duane Jones

1

30th

Anthony McGill

4th

63

Mei Xiwen

1

63

Mei Xiwen

4th

49

Michael Georgiou

2

30th

Anthony McGill

3

19th

Yan Bingtao

4th

14th

Stuart Bingham

4th

57

Martin Gould

2

14th

Stuart Bingham

4th

95

Chen Feilong

1

95

Chen Feilong

4th

76

Sam Baird

3

14th

Stuart Bingham

3

19th

Yan Bingtao

4th

19th

Yan Bingtao

4th

39

Michael Holt

0

19th

Yan Bingtao

4th

93

Mitchell Mann

0

93

Mitchell Mann

4th

112

Bai Langning

1

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
	34	Luca Brecel	4th
	103	Kacper Filipiak	1
						34	Luca Brecel	4th
						22nd	Scott Donaldson	2
	22nd	Scott Donaldson	4th
	53	Sunny Akani	1
											34	Luca Brecel	4th
											50	Tian Pengfei	3
	60	Tian Pengfei	4th
	116	Jamie O'Neill	2
						50	Tian Pengfei	4th
						11	Barry Hawkins	0
	11	Barry Hawkins	4th
	64	Sam Craigie	2
																34	Luca Brecel	3
																6th	John Higgins	4th
	121	Peter Lines	1
	97	Fan Zhengyi	4th
						97	Fan Zhengyi	0
						27	Xiao Guodong	4th
	27	Xiao Guodong	4th
	124	Fraser Patrick	1
											27	Xiao Guodong	2
											6th	John Higgins	4th
	43	Mark King	1
	66	Ken Doherty	4th
						66	Ken Doherty	1
						6th	John Higgins	4th
	6th	John Higgins	4th
	67	Joe O'Connor	1

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	Mark Allen	4th
	61	Andrew Higginson	1
						7th	Mark Allen	4th
						87	James Wattana	0
	87	James Wattana	4th
	122	Jimmy White	2
											7th	Mark Allen	2
											91	Dominic Dale	4th
	26th	Ryan Day	1
	119	Simon Lichtenberg	4th
						119	Simon Lichtenberg	2
						91	Dominic Dale	4th
	114	David Lilley	0
	91	Dominic Dale	4th
																91	Dominic Dale	1
																10	Shaun Murphy	4th
	10	Shaun Murphy	4th
	WC	Darren Morgan	0
						10	Shaun Murphy	4th
						77	Alfie Burden	3
	77	Alfie Burden	4th
	127	Amine Amiri	0
											10	Shaun Murphy	4th
											41	Ben Woollaston	1
	23	Zhou Yuelong	1
	71	Elliot Slessor	4th
						71	Elliot Slessor	2
						41	Ben Woollaston	4th
	99	Eden Sharav	1
	41	Ben Woollaston	4th

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
	70	Jak Jones	0
	47	Robert Milkins	4th
						47	Robert Milkins	4th
						18th	Gary Wilson	1
	18th	Gary Wilson	4th
	100	Chang Bingyu	1
											47	Robert Milkins	3
											15th	Stephen Maguire	4th
	82	Ian Burns	4th
	83	Harvey Chandler	2
						82	Ian Burns	3
						15th	Stephen Maguire	4th
	15th	Stephen Maguire	4th
	109	Rod Lawler	2
																15th	Stephen Maguire	1
																2	Judd Trump	4th
	40	Hossein Vafaei	1
	110	Igor Figueiredo	4th
						110	Igor Figueiredo	4th
						31	Mark Davis	3
	31	Mark Davis	4th
	68	Luo Honghao	1
											110	Igor Figueiredo	1
											2	Judd Trump	4th
	74	Craig Steadman	2
	113	Billy Joe Castle	4th
						113	Billy Joe Castle	0
						2	Judd Trump	4th
	2	Judd Trump	4th
	102	James Cahill	1

WC = Wildcard player of the Welsh Federation WBSA

Quarter-finals to finals

From the quarterfinals onwards, the number of frames required to win a match rose from 5 to 6 to 9 (best of 9 to best of 17).

	Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames					Semi-final best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
	1	Neil Robertson	0
	8th	Kyren Wilson	5
						8th	Kyren Wilson	6th
						4th	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
	5	Mark Selby	1
	4th	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
											8th	Kyren Wilson	1
											10	Shaun Murphy	9
	19th	Yan Bingtao	5
	6th	John Higgins	2
						19th	Yan Bingtao	5
						10	Shaun Murphy	6th
	10	Shaun Murphy	5
	2	Judd Trump	3

final

Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Colin Humphries Motorpoint Arena ,  Cardiff , Wales , February 16, 2020
Kyren Wilson	1: 9	Shaun Murphy
Afternoon games: 8: 108 ( 108 ), 4: 97 (84), 52: 68 (Wilson 52), 45: 89 , 64: 66 (Wilson 64), 0: 78 (76), 74 : 31, 0: 134 ( 134 ) Evening games: 0: 102 ( 102 ), 56: 73 (56, 73)
64	Highest break	134
-	Century breaks	3
3	50+ breaks	6th

Century breaks

39 players played 77 century breaks together . Shaun Murphy and Judd Trump achieved the most with seven each.

Kyren Wilson managed the second maximum break in his professional career in the first frame of his first round game against the Welshman Jackson Page . In Round 2, Neil Robertson played the 700th Century of his career. He is the fourth player to reach this mark in the official statistics.

Per Century-Break, the WST (World Snooker Tour) and the World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association have donated £ 1000 to organizations in China that provide medical care for those suffering from the coronavirus . So that totaled £ 77,000. Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo had previously made personal donations.

Kyren Wilson 147 , 136, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan 142, 131, 125, 118, 100 Zhao Xintong 142, 100 Lü Haotian 141 Si Jiahui 140 Igor Figueiredo 140 Matthew Stevens 139, 114, 111 Mark Selby 138, 117 Stephen Maguire 136, 128 Neil Robertson 135, 133, 121, 116 Luo Honghao 135 Mitchell Mann 135 Shaun Murphy 134, 116, 109, 108, 102, 101, 100 Robert Milkins 133 Judd Trump 132, 126, 121 (2 ×), 101, 100 (2 ×) Ryan Day 132 Liam Highfield 130 David Grace 129 Luca Brecel 128, 117 Barry Hawkins 127, 122

Ricky Walden 127 Chen Feilong 126, 106 Yan Bingtao 125, 108, 100 Dominic Dale 123 Anthony McGill 120, 114 Robbie Williams 117 Ding Junhui 116, 110 John Higgins 116, 107, 104, 100 Liang Wenbo 116 Mark Allen 114, 101 Stuart Bingham 110, 100 Jimmy Robertson 109 Jack Lisowski 108 Tian Pengfei 108 Stuart Carrington 105 Andy Lee 104 Xiao Guodong 101 Gerard Greene 100 Elliot Slessor 100

swell

1. ↑ ManBetX Welsh Open Draw And Format. In: wst.tv. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , February 4, 2020, accessed February 5, 2020 . 
2. ↑ 2019-2020 Season Summary. (PDF; 144 kB) In: wst.tv. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , September 19, 2019, accessed February 5, 2020 . 
3. ↑ ManBetX Welsh Open 2020 (Draw). (PDF; 307 kB) World Snooker Ltd. , February 3, 2020, accessed on February 5, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Home Nations Series - ManBetX Welsh Open 2020. (PDF; 143 kB) Provisional Format of Play. World Snooker Ltd. , February 4, 2020, accessed on February 5, 2020 . 
5. ↑ ManBetX Welsh Open (2020). In: snooker.org. Retrieved February 16, 2020 . 
6. ↑ ManBetX Welsh Open 2020 - Centuries. In: worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , accessed February 16, 2020 . 
7. ^ Wilson Fires 147 In Cardiff. In: wst.tv. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , February 11, 2020, accessed February 16, 2020 . 
8. ↑ WST And WPBSA Donation Totals £ 77,000 WST announcement of February 15, 2020, accessed February 16, 2020