2012 Welsh Open (snooker)
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The 2012 Welsh Open (officially the 2012 888真人 Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13 and 19 February 2012 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales. This was the first time, that 888真人 sponsored the event.
John Higgins was the defending champion, but he lost 3–4 against Ding Junhui in the last 16.
Ding Junhui won his fifth ranking title by defeating Mark Selby 9–6 in the final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
| Winner: £30,000 Runner-up: £15,000 Semi-final: £7,500 Quarter-final: £5,600 Last 16: £4,000 Last 32: £2,500 Last 48: £1,600 Last 64: £1,250 | Stage one highest break: £500 Stage two highest break: £1,000 Total: £201,500 |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri. Newport Centre, Newport, Wales, 19 February 2012. | ||
| Ding Junhui (9) China | 9–6 | Mark Selby (2) England |
| Afternoon: 1–136 (103), 71–8 (64), 0–124 (124), 64–61, 66–40, 90–0 (90), 0–91 (66), 64–29 (51) Evening: 14–80 (73), 84–2 (83), 34–91 (91), 124–3 (124), 130–0 (130), 0–145 (145), 74–11 | ||
| 130 | Highest break | 145 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 3 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 8 and 11 February 2012 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
| 142, 113, 111 – Andy Hicks 141, 116, 100 – Sam Baird 138 – Stuart Carrington 137 – Paul Davison 135 – Kurt Maflin 134, 112 – David Morris 134 – Tom Ford 128 – Yu Delu 126 – Adam Duffy 123, 120, 104 – Xiao Guodong | 122, 101 – Barry Hawkins 113 – Gerard Greene 113 – Steve Davis 112, 109 – David Gilbert 112 – Liu Chuang 111 – Mike Dunn 108, 106 – Ian McCulloch 106 – Tony Drago 102 – Marco Fu |
Televised stage centuries
| 145, 124, 110, 103 – Mark Selby 141 – Matthew Stevens 139, 125, 102, 101 – Ronnie O'Sullivan 136 – Sam Baird 135 – Neil Robertson 133 – Mark Williams 131, 111, 101 – Stephen Maguire | 130, 124 – Ding Junhui 129 – Stephen Lee 126 – Shaun Murphy 123 – Barry Hawkins 121, 117 – Steve Davis 121 – Mark Allen 109, 104, 100 – Judd Trump |