ManBetX Welsh Open

Date: 11-17 Feb 2019; Venue: Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: John Higgins; Twitter: #WelshOpen; Notes: See also results (127)

Final (Winner: £70,000; Runner-up: £30,000)
		Neil Robertson [10]	9	-	7	Stuart Bingham [12]
	Session 1: 72-21 (71), 75-42, 29-69, 97-34 (69) 72-6 (72), 22-79 (50), 70-13 (70) 1-122 (102) Session 2: 65-53 (65), 92-26 (56), 8-96, 58-60 1-78, 9-87, 61-36, 83-0 (83) Referee: Rob Spencer This was Robertson's 15th ranking title.
Semifinals (Losers receive £20,000)
		Stuart Bingham [12]	6	-	2	Joe O'Connor [101]
	61-22, 43-61, 117-9 (107), 119-0 (100), 13-63, 104-0 (104), 125-0 (125), 68-24 (67) This was O'Connor's first ever ranking semifinal. Before the event he had never made it beyond the last 32.
		Neil Robertson [10]	6	-	0	Hossein Vafaei [38]
	103-0 (103), 92-25, 89-25 (61), 140-4 (140) 66-0, 101-1 (83)
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £10,000)
		Joe O'Connor [101]	5	-	3	John Higgins [1]
		Stuart Bingham [12]	5	-	2	Zhao Xintong [66]
		Hossein Vafaei [38]	5	-	1	Scott Donaldson [48]
		Neil Robertson [10]	5	-	4	Kurt Maflin [49]
Round 4 (Last 16; Losers receive £6,000)
1		John Higgins [1]	4	-	3	Jack Lisowski [16]
2		Joe O'Connor [101]	4	-	1	Ding Junhui [9]
3		Stuart Bingham [12]	4	-	2	Robbie Williams [62]	From 2-1 down Bingham made three straight centuries. There were four consecutive centuries as Williams made one in the third frame.
4		Zhao Xintong [66]	4	-	2	Alexander Ursenbacher [70]
5		Hossein Vafaei [38]	4	-	3	Mark Selby [3]
6		Scott Donaldson [48]	4	-	2	Ian Burns [68]
7		Neil Robertson [10]	4	-	0	Michael Georgiou [52]
8		Kurt Maflin [49]	4	-	2	Elliot Slessor [103]
Round 3 (Last 32; Losers receive £3,500)
1		John Higgins [1]	4	-	2	Craig Steadman [95]
2		Jack Lisowski [16]	4	-	3	Sam Craigie [99]	Five half-centuries by Lisowski
3		Ding Junhui [9]	4	-	2	Joe Perry [18]
4		Joe O'Connor [101]	4	-	1	Jak Jones [86]
5		Robbie Williams [62]	4	-	0	Duane Jones [71]
6		Stuart Bingham [12]	4	-	1	Martin O'Donnell [43]	Seven half-centuries in five frames (five by Bingham, one in each frame)
7		Zhao Xintong [66]	4	-	2	Jimmy Robertson [23]
8		Alexander Ursenbacher [70]	4	-	2	Ronnie O'Sullivan [4]
9		Mark Selby [3]	4	-	1	Noppon Saengkham [32]
	147 by Saengkham in the second frame. This is his first career maximum and the second of this tournament. Watch it on YouTube.
10		Hossein Vafaei [38]	4	-	2	Lukas Kleckers [107]
11		Scott Donaldson [48]	4	-	0	James Cahill (a)
12		Ian Burns [68]	4	-	2	Mark Allen [6]
13		Michael Georgiou [52]	4	-	2	Barry Hawkins [7]
14		Neil Robertson [10]	4	-	3	Paul S Davison [87]
15		Kurt Maflin [49]	4	-	0	Mike Dunn [56]
16		Elliot Slessor [103]	4	-	2	Zhang Anda [80]
Round 2 (Last 64; Losers receive £2,500)
1		John Higgins [1]	4	-	2	Dominic Dale [64]
2		Craig Steadman [95]	4	-	1	Soheil Vahedi [100]
3		Jack Lisowski [16]	4	-	3	Marco Fu [25]
4		Sam Craigie [99]	4	-	1	Ken Doherty [65]
5		Joe Perry [18]	4	-	3	Hammad Miah [116]
6		Ding Junhui [9]	4	-	3	Oliver Lines [105]
7		Jak Jones [86]	4	-	3	Peter Lines [73]	Two reracks in frame 2
8		Joe O'Connor [101]	4	-	3	Kyren Wilson [8]
9		Duane Jones [71]	4	-	2	Judd Trump [5]	Trump needed a snooker to steal frame 4
10		Robbie Williams [62]	4	-	1	Anthony Hamilton [54]
11		Stuart Bingham [12]	4	-	1	Matthew Selt [51]	Two reracks in frame 5
12		Martin O'Donnell [43]	4	-	1	Ricky Walden [33]
13		Jimmy Robertson [23]	4	-	3	Nigel Bond [78]	Robertson was 3-0 down
14		Zhao Xintong [66]	4	-	0	Zhou Yuelong [30]
15		Alexander Ursenbacher [70]	4	-	1	Zhang Jiankang [111]
16		Ronnie O'Sullivan [4]	4	-	2	Yuan Sijun [63]
17		Mark Selby [3]	4	-	0	Adam Duffy (a)
18		Noppon Saengkham [32]	4	-	1	Xu Si [75]
19		Lukas Kleckers [107]	4	-	3	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [55]
20		Hossein Vafaei [38]	4	-	3	Ross Muir [89]
21		Scott Donaldson [48]	4	-	3	Joe Swail [88]
22		James Cahill (a)	4	-	2	Shaun Murphy [11]
23		Ian Burns [68]	4	-	3	Liang Wenbo [29]
24		Mark Allen [6]	4	-	1	Mei Xiwen [85]
25		Barry Hawkins [7]	4	-	2	Ben Woollaston [42]
26		Michael Georgiou [52]	4	-	1	Jimmy White [74]
27		Neil Robertson [10]	4	-	1	Gary Wilson [34]
28		Paul S Davison [87]	4	-	3	Thor Chuan Leong [115]
29		Mike Dunn [56]	4	-	3	James Wattana [119]
30		Kurt Maflin [49]	4	-	1	Billy Joe Castle [94]	Maflin missed the yellow on the way to maximum in frame four
31		Elliot Slessor [103]	4	-	0	Tom Ford [27]
32		Zhang Anda [80]	4	-	2	Mark J Williams [2]
Round 1 (Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1		John Higgins [1]	4	-	0	Graeme Dott [21]
2		Dominic Dale [64]	4	-	2	Li Yuan [90]
3		Soheil Vahedi [100]	4	-	0	Chen Feilong [109]
4		Craig Steadman [95]	4	-	2	Alfie Burden [82]
5		Jack Lisowski [16]	4	-	3	Niu Zhuang [92]
6		Marco Fu [25]	4	-	1	Tian Pengfei [76]
7		Ken Doherty [65]	4	-	1	Sean O'Sullivan [113]
8		Sam Craigie [99]	4	-	0	Mark King [26]
9		Hammad Miah [116]	4	-	3	Chris Wakelin [47]
10		Joe Perry [18]	4	-	3	Mark Davis [35]
11		Oliver Lines [105]	4	-	2	Fergal O'Brien [53]
12		Ding Junhui [9]	4	-	0	Chris Totten [91]
13		Jak Jones [86]	4	-	2	Matthew Stevens [41]
14		Peter Lines [73]	4	-	2	Michael White [37]
15		Joe O'Connor [101]	4	-	2	Rhys Clark [114]
16		Kyren Wilson [8]	4	-	0	Andy Lee [118]
17		Judd Trump [5]	4	-	0	Harvey Chandler [110]
18		Duane Jones [71]	4	-	3	Xiao Guodong [24]
19		Robbie Williams [62]	4	-	0	Rod Lawler [98]
20		Anthony Hamilton [54]	4	-	0	Sam Baird [83]
21		Stuart Bingham [12]	4	-	0	Allister Carter [19]
22		Matthew Selt [51]	4	-	2	Jamie Clarke
23		Martin O'Donnell [43]	4	-	0	Hamza Akbar [102]
24		Ricky Walden [33]	4	-	2	Lee Walker [96]
25		Jimmy Robertson [23]	4	-	3	David B Gilbert [17]
26		Nigel Bond [78]	4	-	3	Alan McManus [60]	A re-rack in the decider after over an hour of play with just two reds remaining.
27		Zhao Xintong [66]	4	-	1	Jackson Page (a)
28		Zhou Yuelong [30]	4	-	3	Stephen Maguire [13]	Five half-centuries by Zhou
29		Zhang Jiankang [111]	4	-	3	Fan Zhengyi [120]
30		Alexander Ursenbacher [70]	4	-	2	Yan Bingtao [22]
31		Yuan Sijun [63]	4	-	0	Allan Taylor [77]
32		Ronnie O'Sullivan [4]	4	-	2	Sanderson Lam [106]
33		Mark Selby [3]	4	-	2	Anthony McGill [20]
34		Adam Duffy (a)	4	-	2	Zhang Yong [72]
35		Xu Si [75]	4	-	2	Eden Sharav [67]
36		Noppon Saengkham [32]	4	-	3	Stuart Carrington [39]	Saengkham was 3-0 down. He had a maximum attempt in frame 5 (break 97).
37		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [55]	4	-	3	Ryan Day [14]	Un-Nooh attempted maximum in frame 4 (break 89).
38		Lukas Kleckers [107]	4	-	0	Peter Ebdon [44]
39		Hossein Vafaei [38]	4	-	3	Ashley Hugill [97]
40		Ross Muir [89]	4	-	2	Daniel Wells [58]
41		Scott Donaldson [48]	4	-	2	John Astley [108]
42		Joe Swail [88]	4	-	2	Li Hang [36]
43		James Cahill (a)	4	-	2	Gerard Greene [69]
44		Shaun Murphy [11]	4	-	1	Adam Stefanow [122]
45		Ian Burns [68]	4	-	1	Luo Honghao [79]
46		Liang Wenbo [29]	4	-	3	Liam Highfield [61]
47		Mei Xiwen [85]	4	-	3	Michael Holt [45]
48		Mark Allen [6]	4	-	2	Mark Joyce [46]
49		Barry Hawkins [7]	4	-	0	Akani Songsermsawad [50]
50		Ben Woollaston [42]	4	-	1	Lu Ning [84]
51		Michael Georgiou [52]	4	-	0	David Lilley (a)
52		Jimmy White [74]	4	-	2	Andrew Higginson [57]
53		Neil Robertson [10]	4	-	1	Jordan Brown [104]
	147 by Robertson in frame 4. Watch on YouTube. He followed up with a 140 in the final frame.
54		Gary Wilson [34]	4	-	0	Robin Hull [81]
55		Thor Chuan Leong [115]	4	-	0	Rory McLeod [59]
56		Paul S Davison [87]	4	-	1	Lü Haotian [40]
57		Mike Dunn [56]	4	-	0	Robert Milkins [31]
58		James Wattana [119]	4	-	3	Chen Zifan [93]
59		Billy Joe Castle [94]	4	-	3	Simon Lichtenberg [117]
60		Kurt Maflin [49]	4	-	2	Luca Brecel [15]
61		Elliot Slessor [103]	4	-	2	Alex Taubman (a)
62		Tom Ford [27]	4	-	2	Ashley Carty [112]
63		Zhang Anda [80]	4	-	3	Martin Gould [28]
64		Mark J Williams [2]	4	-	3	Kishan Hirani [121]