BetVictor Welsh Open

Date: 15-21 Feb 2016; Venue: Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: John Higgins; Twitter: #SnookerWelshOpen; Notes: See also results (127)

Final (Winner: £60,000; Runner-up: £30,000)
		Ronnie O'Sullivan [6]	9	-	5	Neil Robertson [4]
	First session: 5-64, 0-78 (78), 88-33 (60), 1-76 (76) 71-12 (60), 0-66, 1-77 (77), 85-20 Second session: 94-39 (57), 78-42, 74-26, 71-21 (70), 79-1, 141-0 (141) Referee: Terry Camilleri This was O'Sullivan's fourth Welsh Open title and 28th major ranking win in total.
Semifinals (Losers receive £20,000)
		Neil Robertson [4]	6	-	4	Mark Allen [9]
	1-77 (77), 40-82 (55), 65-57 (MA 56) 109-12 (51, 54), 75-0 (75), 86-31 (82) 72-1 (72), 0-124 (124), 1-96, 66-40
		Ronnie O'Sullivan [6]	6	-	3	Joe Perry [10]
	68-48, 0-139 (139), 129-0 (124), 1-92 (92), 105-0 (101) 94-29 (94), 88-3 (88), 39-83 (56), 98-24 (78)
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £10,000)
		Mark Allen [9]	5	-	0	Michael White [17]
	Allen needed snookers to win frame 2 but White knocked the pink in and left a free ball.
		Neil Robertson [4]	5	-	2	Ding Junhui [12]
	Ding compiled the 6th maximum break of his career in frame six. It earns him 12,000 pounds. Watch on YouTube.
		Ronnie O'Sullivan [6]	5	-	1	Mark Selby [3]
		Joe Perry [10]	5	-	1	Ben Woollaston [31]
Round 4 (Last 16; Losers receive £5,000)
1		Michael White [17]	4	-	1	John Higgins [1]
2		Mark Allen [9]	4	-	3	Barry Hawkins [8]
3		Ding Junhui [12]	4	-	2	Luca Brecel [28]
4		Neil Robertson [4]	4	-	2	Marco Fu [13]
5		Mark Selby [3]	4	-	2	Mark J Williams [14]
6		Ronnie O'Sullivan [6]	4	-	1	Yu Delu [54]
7		Joe Perry [10]	4	-	3	Judd Trump [7]
8		Ben Woollaston [31]	4	-	1	Martin Gould [15]
Round 3 (Last 32; Losers receive £3,000)
1		John Higgins [1]	4	-	1	Michael Georgiou [73]
2		Michael White [17]	4	-	1	Liang Wenbo [16]
3		Mark Allen [9]	4	-	1	Ryan Day [24]
4		Barry Hawkins [8]	4	-	2	Mark Davis [25]
5		Luca Brecel [28]	4	-	2	Shaun Murphy [5]
	Interesting black by Murphy in frame four. Watch on World Snooker's Facebook Page.
6		Ding Junhui [12]	4	-	3	Matthew Selt [21]
7		Marco Fu [13]	4	-	2	Graeme Dott [20]
8		Neil Robertson [4]	4	-	2	Anthony McGill [29]
9		Mark Selby [3]	4	-	2	Fergal O'Brien [35]
10		Mark J Williams [14]	4	-	2	Kurt Maflin [46]
11		Yu Delu [54]	4	-	3	Dechawat Poomjaeng [43]
12		Ronnie O'Sullivan [6]	4	-	0	Jimmy Robertson [38]
13		Judd Trump [7]	4	-	2	Alan McManus [26]
14		Joe Perry [10]	4	-	2	Ken Doherty [42]
15		Martin Gould [15]	4	-	3	Matthew Stevens [47]
16		Ben Woollaston [31]	4	-	3	Anthony Hamilton [67]
Round 2 (Last 64; Losers receive £2,000)
1		John Higgins [1]	4	-	0	Sam Baird [64]
2		Michael Georgiou [73]	4	-	2	Peter Ebdon [32]
3		Liang Wenbo [16]	4	-	1	Gary Wilson [49]
4		Michael White [17]	4	-	3	Tom Ford [48]
5		Ryan Day [24]	4	-	3	Mike Dunn [41]
6		Mark Allen [9]	4	-	3	Robin Hull [56]
7		Mark Davis [25]	4	-	1	James Cahill [107]
8		Barry Hawkins [8]	4	-	3	Robbie Williams [57]
9		Shaun Murphy [5]	4	-	3	Mitchell Mann [75]
10		Luca Brecel [28]	4	-	3	Mark King [37]
11		Ding Junhui [12]	4	-	3	Joe Swail [53]
12		Matthew Selt [21]	4	-	1	Sydney Wilson [97]
13		Graeme Dott [20]	4	-	3	Ross Muir [88]
14		Marco Fu [13]	4	-	1	Daniel Wells [84]
15		Anthony McGill [29]	4	-	1	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [36]
16		Neil Robertson [4]	4	-	1	Stuart Carrington [61]
17		Mark Selby [3]	4	-	2	Peter Lines [70]	In frame five Selby needed a snooker but he got it to lead 3-2 with a great clearance.
18		Fergal O'Brien [35]	4	-	3	Allister Carter [30]
19		Mark J Williams [14]	4	-	2	Rod Lawler [51]
20		Kurt Maflin [46]	4	-	1	Leo Fernandez (a)
21		Dechawat Poomjaeng [43]	4	-	1	Robert Milkins [22]
22		Yu Delu [54]	4	-	3	Ricky Walden [11]	Walden needed a snooker to force a decider
23		Jimmy Robertson [38]	4	-	1	Michael Holt [27]
24		Ronnie O'Sullivan [6]	4	-	0	Tian Pengfei [59]
	O'Sullivan made 3 centuries during the match.
25		Judd Trump [7]	4	-	1	Rory McLeod [58]
26		Alan McManus [26]	4	-	1	Mark Joyce [39]
27		Joe Perry [10]	4	-	2	Li Hang [55]
28		Ken Doherty [42]	4	-	3	David B Gilbert [23]
29		Matthew Stevens [47]	4	-	2	Martin O'Donnell [89]
30		Martin Gould [15]	4	-	3	Jack Lisowski [50]
31		Ben Woollaston [31]	4	-	1	Alfie Burden [91]
32		Anthony Hamilton [67]	4	-	2	Allan Taylor [109]
Round 1 (Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1		John Higgins [1]	4	-	0	Andy Hicks (a)
2		Sam Baird [64]	4	-	2	Thor Chuan Leong [99]
3		Peter Ebdon [32]	4	-	0	Zhang Anda [72]
4		Michael Georgiou [73]	4	-	0	Jamie Jones [33]
5		Liang Wenbo [16]	4	-	0	Hatem Yassin
6		Gary Wilson [49]	4	-	1	Jimmy White [115]
7		Michael White [17]	4	-	2	Joe O'Connor (a)
8		Tom Ford [48]	4	-	1	Jason Weston [106]
9		Mike Dunn [41]	4	-	3	Chris Wakelin [86]	Respot in the decider
10		Ryan Day [24]	4	-	0	Vinnie Calabrese [114]
11		Robin Hull [56]	4	-	2	Hossein Vafaei [92]
12		Mark Allen [9]	4	-	0	Sam Craigie (a)
13		James Cahill [107]	4	-	1	Xiao Guodong [40]
14		Mark Davis [25]	4	-	2	Zhao Xintong (a)
15		Robbie Williams [57]	4	-	3	Luke Simmonds (a)
16		Barry Hawkins [8]	4	-	2	Lee Walker [76]
17		Shaun Murphy [5]	4	-	1	Itaro Santos	Santos missed the last red on the way to a max and ended on 112
18		Mitchell Mann [75]	4	-	2	Zhou Yuelong [60]
19		Luca Brecel [28]	4	-	3	Ian Burns [69]
20		Mark King [37]	4	-	0	Scott Donaldson [78]
21		Ding Junhui [12]	4	-	1	Steven Hallworth [94]
22		Joe Swail [53]	4	-	1	Zak Surety [79]
23		Matthew Selt [21]	4	-	0	Nigel Bond [96]
24		Sydney Wilson [97]	4	-	3	Gerard Greene [44]
25		Ross Muir [88]	w/o			Jamie Burnett [45]	Burnett didn't show up
26		Graeme Dott [20]	4	-	1	Darryl Hill [95]
27		Daniel Wells [84]	4	-	2	Andrew Higginson [52]
28		Marco Fu [13]	4	-	0	Joel Walker [74]
29		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [36]	4	-	2	Paul S Davison [112]
30		Anthony McGill [29]	4	-	3	Liam Highfield [71]
31		Stuart Carrington [61]	4	-	0	Jordan Brown (a)
32		Neil Robertson [4]	4	-	3	Fraser Patrick [108]
33		Mark Selby [3]	4	-	0	Duane Jones [113]
34		Peter Lines [70]	4	-	2	David Grace [62]
35		Allister Carter [30]	4	-	1	Cao Yupeng [66]
36		Fergal O'Brien [35]	4	-	3	Noppon Saengkham [98]
37		Mark J Williams [14]	4	-	3	Lü Chenwei [101]
38		Rod Lawler [51]	4	-	3	Sanderson Lam [90]
39		Leo Fernandez (a)	4	-	3	Kyren Wilson [19]
40		Kurt Maflin [46]	4	-	3	Hammad Miah (a)	Maflin was 3-0 down
41		Dechawat Poomjaeng [43]	4	-	1	Craig Steadman [68]
42		Robert Milkins [22]	4	-	3	Sean O'Sullivan [83]
43		Yu Delu [54]	4	-	3	Ian Glover [100]
44		Ricky Walden [11]	4	-	3	James Wattana [111]
45		Jimmy Robertson [38]	4	-	3	Michael Wild [102]
46		Michael Holt [27]	4	-	3	Hamza Akbar
47		Tian Pengfei [59]	4	-	2	Ashley Hugill (a)
48		Ronnie O'Sullivan [6]	4	-	1	Barry Pinches [81]
	O'Sullivan made a 146 to clinch the match. He refused the max because he thought the bonus money (10k) was too low. Watch the bizarre moment on YouTube.
49		Judd Trump [7]	4	-	0	Michael Leslie [85]
50		Rory McLeod [58]	4	-	3	Michael Wasley [80]
51		Alan McManus [26]	4	-	3	Rhys Clark [103]
52		Mark Joyce [39]	4	-	0	Gareth Allen [104]
53		Joe Perry [10]	4	-	0	Tony Drago [87]
54		Li Hang [55]	4	-	0	Chris Melling [82]
55		David B Gilbert [23]	4	-	0	Zhang Yong [110]
56		Ken Doherty [42]	4	-	0	Lu Ning [93]
57		Matthew Stevens [47]	4	-	2	David Morris [65]
58		Martin O'Donnell [89]	4	-	3	Stephen Maguire [18]
59		Jack Lisowski [50]	4	-	2	Eden Sharav [105]
60		Martin Gould [15]	4	-	1	Adam Duffy (a)
61		Alfie Burden [91]	4	-	3	Dominic Dale [34]
62		Ben Woollaston [31]	4	-	0	Jamie Cope [77]
63		Allan Taylor [109]	4	-	1	Oliver Lines [63]
64		Anthony Hamilton [67]	4	-	1	Stuart Bingham [2]
	Hamilton with a fantastic 72 break to win from 71-0 down in frame 5.