BetVictor Welsh Open

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 13-19 Feb 2023; Venue: Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Joe Perry; Twitter: #WelshOpen; Notes: See also results (127)

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Final (Winner: £80,000; Runner-up: £35,000)
		Robert Milkins [30]	9	-	7	Shaun Murphy [11]
	Session 1: 58-61 (60, 58), 25-62, 67-47, 28-70 116-7 (66), 68-58 (SM 58), 66-27, 6-111 (68) Session 2: 71-19 (55), 0-99 (70), 69-62 (RM 62) 72-5, 16-65 (64), 75-0 (64), 0-114 (114), 72-11 (64) Referee: John Pellew Milkins won frame 11 on respotted black ball. Milkins wins the BetVictor Welsh Open for the first time. It's his second ranking win and first of the season.
Semifinals (Losers receive £17,500)
		Shaun Murphy [11]	6	-	3	Pang Junxu [50]
	30-78, 72-65 (SM 59), 62-33, 62-82, 77-24 73-13 (58), 0-70 (62), 73-24, 83-0 (83) First ranking semifinal for Pang
		Robert Milkins [30]	6	-	2	Tian Pengfei [49]
	75-67 (RM 61, TP 56), 110-15 (109), 12-113 (58) 62-48, 22-85, 109-18 (89), 68-10, 82-4 (82) First ranking semifinal for Tian
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £11,000)
		Pang Junxu [50]	5	-	4	Joe O'Connor [37]
		Shaun Murphy [11]	5	-	0	Yuan Sijun [55]
	Murphy won the 4th frame after having needed snooker.
		Robert Milkins [30]	5	-	1	Mark Allen [6]
		Tian Pengfei [49]	5	-	0	Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]
Round 4 (Last 16; Losers receive £7,500)
1		Joe O'Connor [37]	4	-	0	Robbie Williams [53]
2		Pang Junxu [50]	4	-	2	Jak Jones [47]
3		Shaun Murphy [11]	4	-	1	Daniel Wells (a)
	After making a 145 in frame 2, Murphy made a 147 in frame 3! The maximum was his seventh and the 185th in professional snooker. Watch on YouTube.
4		Yuan Sijun [55]	4	-	1	Jack Lisowski [12]
5		Robert Milkins [30]	4	-	1	Hossein Vafaei [18]
6		Mark Allen [6]	4	-	2	Luca Brecel [10]
7		Tian Pengfei [49]	4	-	1	John Higgins [7]
8		Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]	4	-	0	Ben Mertens [105]
	Mertens reached the last 16 for the first time in his professional career.
Round 3 (Last 32; Losers receive £4,500)
1		Robbie Williams [53]	4	-	1	Joe Perry [1]
2		Joe O'Connor [37]	4	-	0	Stuart Carrington [56]
3		Pang Junxu [50]	4	-	1	Aaron Hill [91]
4		Jak Jones [47]	4	-	2	Julien Leclercq [100]
5		Daniel Wells (a)	4	-	2	Judd Trump [5]
6		Shaun Murphy [11]	4	-	2	Anthony McGill [20]
	Murphy won by making his 600th career century, the eighth player to have made at least 600 in competition.
7		Jack Lisowski [12]	4	-	2	David Lilley [85]
8		Yuan Sijun [55]	4	-	1	Dominic Dale [54]
9		Robert Milkins [30]	4	-	2	Mark Selby [3]
10		Hossein Vafaei [18]	4	-	3	Barry Hawkins [13]
	In frame 4 Hawkins needed a snooker to tie with just pink and black left. He got it, forced a re-spotted black and won the frame.
11		Luca Brecel [10]	4	-	1	Cao Yupeng [51]
12		Mark Allen [6]	4	-	1	Andy Hicks [62]
13		John Higgins [7]	4	-	3	Sanderson Lam [98]
14		Tian Pengfei [49]	4	-	2	Ali Carter [22]
15		Ben Mertens [105]	4	-	3	David Gilbert [17]
	Mertens made a career high break of 130 and reached the last 16 for the first time.
16		Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]	4	-	0	Rod Lawler [106]
Round 2 (Last 64; Losers receive £3,000)
1		Joe Perry [1]	4	-	1	Mark Joyce [52]
2		Robbie Williams [53]	4	-	0	Liam Davies (a)
3		Stuart Carrington [56]	4	-	2	Andy Lee [89]
4		Joe O'Connor [37]	4	-	2	Graeme Dott [36]
5		Aaron Hill [91]	4	-	2	Hammad Miah [66]
6		Pang Junxu [50]	4	-	2	Kyren Wilson [9]
7		Julien Leclercq [100]	4	-	2	Jordan Brown [24]
8		Jak Jones [47]	4	-	3	Mark J Williams [8]
9		Judd Trump [5]	4	-	2	Louis Heathcote [76]
10		Daniel Wells (a)	4	-	1	Matthew Selt [27]
11		Shaun Murphy [11]	4	-	1	Peng Yisong [110]
12		Anthony McGill [20]	4	-	2	Sam Craigie [33]
13		David Lilley [85]	4	-	1	Ricky Walden [19]
14		Jack Lisowski [12]	4	-	0	Ryan Thomerson [113]
15		Yuan Sijun [55]	4	-	1	Stephen Maguire [28]
16		Dominic Dale [54]	4	-	0	Neil Robertson [4]
17		Mark Selby [3]	4	-	3	Si Jiahui [80]
18		Robert Milkins [30]	4	-	2	Dean Young [90]
19		Barry Hawkins [13]	4	-	0	Ben Woollaston [40]
20		Hossein Vafaei [18]	4	-	1	Ken Doherty [97]
21		Cao Yupeng [51]	4	-	0	Ding Junhui [21]
22		Luca Brecel [10]	4	-	0	Elliot Slessor [58]
23		Andy Hicks [62]	4	-	3	Wu Yize [60]
24		Mark Allen [6]	4	-	1	Mitchell Mann [68]
25		John Higgins [7]	4	-	0	Martin Gould [43]
26		Sanderson Lam [98]	4	-	2	Mohamed Ibrahim [112]
27		Tian Pengfei [49]	4	-	2	Jimmy White [79]
28		Ali Carter [22]	4	-	1	Ian Martin (a)
29		David Gilbert [17]	4	-	2	Chris Wakelin [44]
30		Ben Mertens [105]	4	-	2	Jackson Page [61]
31		Rod Lawler [106]	4	-	3	Matthew Stevens [48]
32		Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]	4	-	3	Ross Muir (a)
	O'Sullivan's tip came off after frame 1. And again mid frame 2. He then lost the 6th frame on the 3 Miss Rule.

Welsh Open Qualifiers

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 11-13 Jan 2023; Venue: Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley, England; View on separate page; Twitter: #WelshOpen; Notes: See also results (64)

Qual Round 1 (Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1		Joe Perry [1]	4	-	0	Mark King [46]
2		Mark Joyce [52]	4	-	0	Himanshu Jain [103]
	Jain was docked two frames for arriving late
3		Liam Davies (a)	4	-	3	Noppon Saengkham [31]
4		Robbie Williams [53]	4	-	1	Oliver Briffett-Payne (a)
5		Stuart Carrington [56]	4	-	3	Ryan Day [15]
6		Andy Lee [89]	4	-	2	Jenson Kendrick [114]
7		Graeme Dott [36]	4	-	3	Gary Wilson [16]
8		Joe O'Connor [37]	4	-	1	Muhammad Asif [101]
9		Hammad Miah [66]	4	-	3	Zak Surety [87]
	Decided on the final pink
10		Aaron Hill [91]	4	-	1	Tom Ford [23]
	Ford lost the last frame on the 3-miss-rule
11		Pang Junxu [50]	4	-	3	Xu Si [67]
12		Kyren Wilson [9]	4	-	1	Asjad Iqbal [104]
13		Julien Leclercq [100]	4	-	0	Duane Jones [71]
14		Jordan Brown [24]	4	-	1	Steven Hallworth (a)
15		Jak Jones [47]	4	-	0	Rebecca Kenna (f) [118]
16		Mark J Williams [8]	4	-	2	Michael White [73]
17		Judd Trump [5]	4	-	0	David Grace [63]
18		Louis Heathcote [76]	4	-	1	James Cahill [99]
19		Matthew Selt [27]	4	-	2	Adam Duffy [116]
20		Daniel Wells (a)	4	-	2	Dechawat Poomjaeng [107]
21		Shaun Murphy [11]	4	-	0	Victor Sarkis [119]
22		Peng Yisong [110]	4	-	1	Reanne Evans (f) [115]
23		Anthony McGill [20]	4	-	3	Lukas Kleckers [95]
	Re-spotted black in frame 6 (47-47), won by Kleckers
24		Sam Craigie [33]	4	-	1	Mink Nutcharut (f) [109]
25		David Lilley [85]	4	-	3	Jamie Clarke [41]
26		Ricky Walden [19]	4	-	2	Liam Highfield [39]
27		Ryan Thomerson [113]	4	-	2	Andrew Pagett [84]
28		Jack Lisowski [12]	4	-	0	Zhang Anda [64]
29		Yuan Sijun [55]	4	-	1	Peter Lines [69]
30		Stephen Maguire [28]	4	-	1	Michael Judge [82]
31		Dominic Dale [54]	4	-	1	Farakh Ajaib (a)
	Ajaib replaced Chen Zifan who was suspended.
32		Neil Robertson [4]	4	-	1	Andrew Higginson (a)
	Higginson replaced Fraser Patrick.
33		Mark Selby [3]	4	-	2	Jamie O'Neill [94]
34		Si Jiahui [80]	4	-	0	Xiao Guodong [32]
35		Robert Milkins [30]	4	-	2	Oliver Brown [102]
36		Dean Young [90]	4	-	3	Gerard Greene [75]
37		Barry Hawkins [13]	4	-	1	Ian Burns [72]
38		Ben Woollaston [40]	4	-	0	Allan Taylor [108]
39		Hossein Vafaei [18]	4	-	2	Lyu Haotian [35]
40		Ken Doherty [97]	4	-	3	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [42]
41		Cao Yupeng [51]	4	-	1	Scott Donaldson [45]
42		Ding Junhui [21]	4	-	0	Ashley Hugill [77]
43		Elliot Slessor [58]	4	-	0	Dylan Emery [81]
	142 by Slessor in frame 1 is the highest break so far.
44		Luca Brecel [10]	4	-	1	Sean O'Sullivan [93]
45		Andy Hicks [62]	4	-	2	Ng On Yee (f) [96]
46		Wu Yize [60]	4	-	0	Zhou Yuelong [26]
47		Mitchell Mann [68]	4	-	1	Lei Peifan [70]
48		Mark Allen [6]	4	-	1	Alfie Burden [88]
49		John Higgins [7]	4	-	0	Alexander Ursenbacher [65]
50		Martin Gould [43]	4	-	2	Fergal O'Brien [111]
51		Mohamed Ibrahim [112]	4	-	3	Jimmy Robertson [25]
	Decided on the final black
52		Sanderson Lam [98]	4	-	2	Anthony Hamilton [38]
53		Tian Pengfei [49]	4	-	1	Michael Holt (a)
	Holt replaced Zhao Xintong who was suspended.
54		Jimmy White [79]	4	-	0	Craig Steadman [74]
55		Ali Carter [22]	4	-	2	John Astley [78]
56		Ian Martin (a)	4	-	3	Andres Petrov [92]
	Martin replaced Zhang Jiankang who was suspended.
57		Chris Wakelin [44]	4	-	1	Mark Davis [59]
58		David Gilbert [17]	4	-	2	Marco Fu [86]
59		Ben Mertens [105]	4	-	0	Barry Pinches [83]
	Re-rack in frame 4
60		Jackson Page [61]	4	-	1	Stuart Bingham [14]
61		Matthew Stevens [48]	4	-	1	Fan Zhengyi [34]
	Re-rack in frame 5
62		Rod Lawler [106]	4	-	2	Jamie Jones [30]
63		Ross Muir (a)	4	-	1	Anton Kazakov [117]
64		Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]	4	-	0	Oliver Lines [57]

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