2012 Australian Goldfields Open
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The 2012 Australian Goldfields Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 9–15 July 2012 at the Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia. It was the second ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.
Stuart Bingham was the defending champion, but he lost in the first round 4–5 against Matthew Selt.
Barry Hawkins won his first ranking title by defeating Peter Ebdon 9–3 in the final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
| Winner: A$70,000 Runner-up: $30,000 Semi-final: $20,000 Quarter-final: $15,000 Last 16: $10,000 Last 32: $7,500 Last 48: $2,000 | Non-televised highest break: $500 Televised highest break: $2,500 Total: $435,000 |
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Bendigo on 9 July.
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Cao Yupeng (CHN) | 5–2 | Johl Younger (AUS) |
| WC2 | Alan McManus (SCO) | 5–0 | James Mifsud (AUS) |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, Australia, 15 July 2012. | ||
| Barry Hawkins (14) England | 9–3 | Peter Ebdon (13) England |
| Afternoon: 27–69, 75–8 (57), 80–0 (74), 120–0 (106), 119–0 (114), 7–68 (63), 72–46, 32–64 Evening: 133–0 (133), 65–10, 74–12 (74), 73–40 (51) | ||
| 133 | Highest break | 63 |
| 3 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 1 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 12 and 15 June 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
| 142, 116, 102 – Barry Pinches 140 – Mitchell Mann 136, 109 – Xiao Guodong 134, 121, 101 – Marco Fu 130, 101 – Cao Yupeng 130, 101 – Jimmy Robertson 126, 121 – Liu Chuang 119 – Ken Doherty 114, 112 – Liang Wenbo 113 – Tony Drago | 112 – James Wattana 108 – Tom Ford 104, 102 – Michael Wild 104 – Jack Lisowski 103 – Sam Baird 102 – David Gilbert 101 – Aditya Mehta 101 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 100 – Ian Burns |
Televised stage centuries
| 143, 102 – Cao Yupeng 135, 113 – Neil Robertson 133, 114, 106, 102 – Barry Hawkins 129, 113 – Ding Junhui 128 – Matthew Stevens 128 – Joe Perry | 126, 105 – Stephen Lee 111 – Peter Ebdon 111 – Shaun Murphy 108, 108 – Marco Fu 106 – Rory McLeod 103 – Jamie Cope |