Snooker tournament
Snooker tournament
The 2020 Welsh Open (officially the 2020 ManBetX Welsh Open ) was a professional snooker tournament which took place from 10 to 16 February 2020 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff , Wales. It was the 12th ranking event of the 2019–20 snooker season , and the final tournament of the season's Home Nations Series . It was the 29th edition of the Welsh Open , first held in 1992 . The event featured a prize fund of £405,000 with the winner receiving £70,000.
Neil Robertson was the defending champion, having beaten Stuart Bingham 9–7 in the 2019 final, but he lost in the quarter-finals to Kyren Wilson . Shaun Murphy won the event, with a 9–1 win over Kyren Wilson in the final. There were a total of 77 century breaks at the event, the highest made by Wilson, a maximum break of 147 in the first frame of his first-round match with Jackson Page .
The Welsh Open began as a ranking tournament in 1992.[ 1] Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff , Wales between 10 and 16 February, the 29th edition of the event.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] World Snooker Tour ranking competition in the 2019–20 snooker season , following the World Grand Prix and preceding the Snooker Shoot Out .[ 3] Home Nations Series , and featured 128 participants from the World Snooker Tour.[ 5]
The defending Welsh Open champion from 2019 was Neil Robertson who won the final with a 9–7 victory over Stuart Bingham .[ 6] frames [ 5] sessions [ 5] BetVictor , and broadcast locally by BBC Cymru Wales ; Quest ; Eurosport in Europe and Australia; CCTV , Superstars Online , Youku and Zhibo.tv in China; True sport in Thailand; Sky Sports in New Zealand and DAZN in Canada.[ 7] Darren Morgan and Gavin Lewis.[ 8]
Prize fund
The event's total prize fund is £405,000, with the winner receiving £70,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[ 9] [ 10]
Winner: £70,000
Runner-up: £30,000
Semi-final: £20,000
Quarter-final: £10,000
Last 16: £7,500
Last 32: £4,000
Last 64: £3,000
Highest break: £5,000
Total: £405,000
Summary
Kyren Wilson made a maximum break in his first round match, and reached the final of the event.The opening round was played on 10 and 11 February.[ 11] Shaun Murphy 0–4 in the opening round.[ 8] Ashley Carty defeated Joe Perry , 4–3 after a break of 66 in the deciding frame [ 12] Soheil Vahedi defeated 20th seed Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4–2, whilst 12th seed David Gilbert was beaten by Matthew Stevens 2–4.[ 8] Kyren Wilson defeated Jackson Page 4–3, and made a maximum break in the opening frame, the second of his career.[ 13] [ 14]
The next three rounds were played on 12 and 13 February.[ 11] Jamie Clarke in the first round, defending champion Neil Robertson defeated Mark Joyce , Noppon Saengkham and completed a whitewash over Gerard Greene to reach the quarter-finals.[ 8] Liam Highfield , Martin O'Donnell and ninth seed Ding Junhui to play Robertson, which he won 5–0.[ 15] Mark Selby defeated David Grace , Chen Zifan , Andy Lee and Zhao Xintong to play Ronnie O'Sullivan in the quarter-finals, with O'Sullivan winning 5–1.[ 16] [ 17]
Seeded 19, Yan Bingtao defeated Michael Holt , Mitchell Mann , Stuart Bingham and Anthony McGill to reach the quarter-finals, who had defeated Luca Brecel 4–3 in the last 16.[ 8] [ 17] [ 18] Alfie Burden in the second round 4–3, before beating Ben Woollaston and Dominic Dale 4–1.[ 8] Judd Trump , the world number one, who had defeated James Cahill , Billy Joe Castle , Igor Figueiredo and Stephen Maguire in the quarter-final and won 5–3.[ 19] [ 20]
Shaun Murphy won the event, with a 9–1 win over Kyren Wilson .The final was played between eighth seed Kyren Wilson and tenth seed Shaun Murphy on 16 February.[ 8] sessions [ 8] century break , a 134, in frame eight as he won seven of the opening session frames to lead 7–1.[ 21] [ 22] fluked red ball [ 21] 2019 China Championship 9–8 over Mark Williams.[ 22]
Tournament draw
The results from the event is shown below. Players in bold denote match winners, whilst numbers in brackets are player's seedings.[ 8]
Qualifying round
Darren Morgan (WAL ) (WAL )
Main draw
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Finals
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Colin HumphriesMotorpoint Arena , Cardiff , Wales, 16 February 2020
Kyren Wilson (8)England
1–9
Shaun Murphy England
Afternoon: 8–108 (108), 4–97 , 52–68 , 45–89 , 64–66 , 0–78 , 74 –310–134 (134) Evening: 0–102 (102), 56–73
64
Highest break
134
0
Century breaks
3
Century breaks
The event had a total of 77 century breaks made during the event, the highest being a maximum break of 147 by Kyren Wilson in the second frame of his first round match.[ 23]
147 , 136, 100 – Kyren Wilson 142, 131, 125, 118, 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
142, 100 – Zhao Xintong
141 – Lyu Haotian
140 – Igor Figueiredo
140 – Si Jiahui
139, 114, 111 – Matthew Stevens
138, 117 – Mark Selby
136, 128 – Stephen Maguire
135, 133, 121, 116 – Neil Robertson
135 – Luo Honghao
135 – Mitchell Mann
134, 116, 109, 108, 102, 101, 100 – Shaun Murphy
133 – Robert Milkins
132, 126, 121, 121, 101, 100, 100 – Judd Trump
132 – Ryan Day
130 – Liam Highfield
129 – David Grace
128, 117 – Luca Brecel
127, 122 – Barry Hawkins
127 – Ricky Walden
126, 106 – Chen Feilong
125, 108, 100 – Yan Bingtao
123 – Dominic Dale
120, 114 – Anthony McGill
117 – Robbie Williams
116, 110 – Ding Junhui
116, 107, 104, 100 – John Higgins
116 – Liang Wenbo
114, 101 – Mark Allen
110, 100 – Stuart Bingham
109 – Jimmy Robertson
108 – Jack Lisowski
108 – Tian Pengfei
105 – Stuart Carrington
104 – Andy Lee
101 – Xiao Guodong
100 – Gerard Greene
100 – Elliot Slessor
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