2010 World Open (snooker)
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The 2010 12bet.com World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament held between 18 and 26 September 2010 at the S.E.C.C. in Glasgow, Scotland. This was the first time that the World Open was sponsored by 12bet.com.
Ronnie O'Sullivan made the 73rd official maximum break during his match against Mark King. This was O'Sullivan's record 10th official 147, however he had to be persuaded by referee Jan Verhaas to play the final black, as he became aware that there was no distinct prize money for a maximum break in the tournament and planned to end his break at 140. There was only a £4,000 prize for the highest break of the tournament.
Neil Robertson was the defending champion, and he retained his title by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 in the final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
| Winner: £100,000 Runner-up: £40,000 Semi-final: £20,000 Quarter-final: £12,500 Last 16: £7,500 Last 32: £5,000 Last 64: £2,500 Last 96: £1,500 | Stage one highest break: £500 Stage two highest break: £4,000 Total: £502,500 |
Field
The field of the tournament of 128 players was as follows:
| 96 professional players on the Main Tour 10 Rileys Club qualifiers: Middlesbrough: England Richard Beckham Dunfermline: Scotland Marc Davis Norwich: Wales Jamie Edwards Leicester: England Ian Glover Stevenage: England Sam Harvey Guildford: England James Loft Cardiff: Wales Allan Morgan Preston: England John Whitty Plymouth: England Matt Williams 10 independent club qualifiers: South West Snooker Academy, Gloucester: England Sam Baird Grove Snooker Centre, Romford: England Ryan Causton The Ivy Rooms, Carlow: Republic of Ireland Jason Devaney Keynsham Snooker Club, Bristol: England Mike Finn Castle Snooker Club, Brighton: England Anish Gokool QE1 Snooker Club, Belfast: Northern Ireland Julian Logue The Q Club, Glasgow: Scotland Craig MacGillivray Landywood Snooker Centre, Landywood: England Mitchell Mann Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds: England James McGouran The Q-Bar, Chester: England Chris Norbury | 4 international qualifiers: Bahrain: Bahrain Habib Subah Belgium: Belgium Mario Geudens Germany: Germany Lasse Münstermann Thailand: Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Top 2 amateur players on the PTC Order of Merit: Wales Daniel Wells England Michael Wasley 2 ladies tour players: Belgium Wendy Jans Norway Anita Rizzuti 2 senior players: Wales Darren Morgan England Tony Knowles 2 youth players: England Joel Walker Belgium Luca Brecel |
Draw
Qualifying rounds
The first two rounds took place between 21 and 23 August 2010 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield. Eleven selected round three matches were held over until the start of the tournament in Glasgow. The rest took place at the Academy on 24 August. All matches were best of 5 frames. All times are BST.
Round 1
All amateurs and players ranked 65–96 entered at this stage.
Round 2
Players ranked 33–64 entered at this stage.
Round 3
The top 32 players in the rankings entered the tournament at this stage.
Main rounds
Matches were played on a roll-on/roll-off basis. Play started at the allocated time each day with a 15-minute interval between matches. The evening session did not start before the time indicated on the format.
The draw up to and including the semi-finals were made on a random basis. All matches up to and including the semi-finals were best of 5 frames and the final was best of 9 frames. All times are BST.
Last 32
Last 16
| Thursday, 23 September – 12:30 Scotland Marcus Campbell 0–3 China Ding Junhui Thursday, 23 September – 19:00 Wales Mark Williams 3–2 England Barry Hawkins England Peter Ebdon 3–2 China Liu Song | Friday, 24 September – 12:30 England Jamie Cope 1–3 England Ricky Walden Scotland Stephen Hendry 1–3 England Ronnie O'Sullivan Scotland Alan McManus 0–3 Scotland Stephen Maguire Friday, 24 September – 19:00 Australia Neil Robertson 3–2 England Andrew Higginson England Stephen Lee 0–3 England Martin Gould |
Quarter-finals
| Saturday, 25 September – 13:00 Wales Mark Williams 3–2 China Ding Junhui England Peter Ebdon 3–1 England Martin Gould | Saturday, 25 September – 19:00 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–1 Scotland Stephen Maguire England Ricky Walden 1–3 Australia Neil Robertson |
Semi-finals
- Sunday, 26 September – 14:00 England Peter Ebdon 1–3 England Ronnie O'Sullivan Wales Mark Williams 2–3 Australia Neil Robertson
Final
| Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. S.E.C.C., Glasgow, Scotland, 26 September 2010. | ||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan England | 1–5 | Neil Robertson Australia |
| 51–75, 0–107 (107), 79–18 (72), 15–73 (59), 0–66 (66), 44–63 | ||
| 72 | Highest break | 107 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 1 | 50+ breaks | 3 |
Century breaks
| Main stage centuries 147, 135, 116 – Ronnie O'Sullivan 132 – Stephen Maguire 129 – Fergal O'Brien 127 – Barry Hawkins 112 – Mark Williams 110, 109 – Ding Junhui 109 – Mark Selby 107, 103, 101 – Neil Robertson 107 – Liu Song 102 – Ricky Walden | Qualifying stage centuries 139 – Joe Swail 122 – Mark Davis 115 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 113 – Fergal O'Brien 113 – James McBain 108 – Anthony McGill 108 – Judd Trump 108 – Mark Allen 105 – Jamie Cope 104 – Liu Song 104 – Matthew Stevens 103 – Ricky Walden 101 – David Morris |
External links
- on YouTube