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ManBetX Welsh Open Pencil

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 10-16 Feb 2020; Venue: Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Neil Robertson; Twitter: #WelshOpen; Notes: See also results (128)
Final Pencil
(Winner: £70,000; Runner-up: £30,000)
England Shaun Murphy [10] 9-1 England Kyren Wilson [8] Head to head Details  Pencil

Session 1:
108-8 (108), 97-4 (84), 68-52 (52 KW), 89-45
66-64 (64 KW), 78-0 (76), 31-74, 134-0 (134)

Session 2:
102-0 (102), 73-56 (KW 56, SM 73)

Referee: Colin Humphries

This was Murphy's ninth ranking win and second of the season.

Semifinals Pencil
(Losers receive £20,000)
England Kyren Wilson [8] 6-5 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [4] Head to head Details  Pencil

65-72, 30-97, 94-11 (94), 8-110 (100), 75-12 (69)
1-129 (125), 100-0 (52), 136-1 (136)
30-85 (81), 95-1 (64), 68-0 (59)

England Shaun Murphy [10] 6-5 China Yan Bingtao [19] Head to head Details  Pencil

17-64 (50), 17-78, 86-2 (50), 80-1, 77-0 (77)
71-61, 14-83 (83), 52-63, 20-89, 97-45 (61)
109-0 (109)

Quarterfinals Pencil
(Losers receive £10,000)
England Kyren Wilson [8] 5-0 Australia Neil Robertson [1] Head to head Details  Pencil
England Ronnie O'Sullivan [4] 5-1 England Mark Selby [5] Head to head Details  Pencil
China Yan Bingtao [19] 5-2 Scotland John Higgins [6] Head to head Details  Pencil
England Shaun Murphy [10] 5-3 England Judd Trump [2] Head to head Details  Pencil
Round 4 Pencil
(Last 16; Losers receive £7,500)
1 Australia Neil Robertson [1] 4-0 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene [108] Head to head Details  Pencil
2 England Kyren Wilson [8] 4-2 China Ding Junhui [9] Head to head Details  Pencil
3 England Mark Selby [5] 4-3 China Zhao Xintong [36] Head to head Details  Pencil
4 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [4] 4-0 Iran Sohail Vahedi [117] Head to head Details  Pencil

Vahedi reached the last 16 for the first time.

5 China Yan Bingtao [19] 4-3 Scotland Anthony McGill [30] Head to head Details  Pencil
6 Scotland John Higgins [6] 4-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [34] Head to head Details  Pencil
7 England Shaun Murphy [10] 4-1 Wales Dominic Dale [91] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 England Judd Trump [2] 4-1 Scotland Stephen Maguire [15] Head to head Details  Pencil
Round 3 Pencil
(Last 32; Losers receive £4,000)
1 Australia Neil Robertson [1] 4-3 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [32] Head to head Details  Pencil
2 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene [108] 4-2 Wales Daniel Wells [55] Head to head Details  Pencil
3 China Ding Junhui [9] 4-1 England Jimmy Robertson [24] Head to head Details  Pencil
4 England Kyren Wilson [8] 4-0 England Martin O'Donnell [33] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 England Mark Selby [5] 4-2 Hong Kong Andy Lee [105] Head to head Details  Pencil
6 China Zhao Xintong [36] 4-1 Wales Matthew Stevens [35] Head to head Details  Pencil
7 Iran Sohail Vahedi [117] 4-0 England Jack Lisowski [13] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [4] 4-2 England Anthony Hamilton [50] Head to head Details  Pencil
9 Scotland Anthony McGill [30] 4-1 Wales Mark J Williams [3] Head to head Details  Pencil
10 China Yan Bingtao [19] 4-3 England Stuart Bingham [14] Head to head Details  Pencil

Decided on the final black. Yan needed a snooker in the decider.

11 Belgium Luca Brecel [34] 4-3 China Tian Pengfei [60] Head to head Details  Pencil

Brecel won the deciding frame by doubling the respotted black after having needed two snookers.

12 Scotland John Higgins [6] 4-2 China Xiao Guodong [27] Head to head Details  Pencil
13 Wales Dominic Dale [91] 4-2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [7] Head to head Details  Pencil
14 England Shaun Murphy [10] 4-1 England Ben Woollaston [41] Head to head Details  Pencil
15 Scotland Stephen Maguire [15] 4-3 England Robert Milkins [47] Head to head Details  Pencil
16 England Judd Trump [2] 4-1 Brazil Igor Figueiredo [110] Head to head Details  Pencil
Round 2 Pencil
(Last 64; Losers receive £3,000)
1 Australia Neil Robertson [1] 4-2 England Mark Joyce [65] Head to head Details  Pencil

Robertson made his 700th century in frame one as the fourth player in history

2 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [32] 4-1 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [85]   Details  Pencil
3 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene [108] 4-0 England Allister Carter [16] Head to head Details  Pencil
4 Wales Daniel Wells [55] 4-2 England Ashley Carty [84] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 England Jimmy Robertson [24] 4-2 China Yuan Sijun [45]   Details  Pencil
6 China Ding Junhui [9] 4-1 England Ricky Walden [37] Head to head Details  Pencil
7 England Martin O'Donnell [33] 4-0 England Tom Ford [25] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 England Kyren Wilson [8] 4-2 England Liam Highfield [62] Head to head Details  Pencil
9 England Mark Selby [5] 4-1 China Chen Zifan [107]   Details  Pencil
10 Hong Kong Andy Lee [105] 4-3 England Robbie Williams [58]   Details  Pencil

Decided on the final black

11 Wales Matthew Stevens [35] 4-0 England Brandon Sargeant [116]   Details  Pencil
12 China Zhao Xintong [36] 4-2 England Louis Heathcote [90]   Details  Pencil
13 Iran Sohail Vahedi [117] 4-2 China Si Jiahui [102] Head to head Details  Pencil
14 England Jack Lisowski [13] 4-3 England John Astley [78] Head to head Details  Pencil
15 England Anthony Hamilton [50] 4-3 China Lü Haotian [29] Head to head Details  Pencil

Hamilton was 3-0 down

16 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [4] 4-2 England Stuart Carrington [46] Head to head Details  Pencil
17 Wales Mark J Williams [3] 4-2 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [75] Head to head Details  Pencil
18 Scotland Anthony McGill [30] 4-1 China Mei Xiwen [63]   Details  Pencil
19 England Stuart Bingham [14] 4-1 China Chen Feilong [95] Head to head Details  Pencil
20 China Yan Bingtao [19] 4-0 England Mitchell Mann [93] Head to head Details  Pencil
21 Belgium Luca Brecel [34] 4-2 Scotland Scott Donaldson [22] Head to head Details  Pencil
22 China Tian Pengfei [60] 4-0 England Barry Hawkins [11] Head to head Details  Pencil
23 China Xiao Guodong [27] 4-0 China Fan Zhengyi [97] Head to head Details  Pencil
24 Scotland John Higgins [6] 4-1 Ireland Ken Doherty [66] Head to head Details  Pencil
25 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [7] 4-0 Thailand James Wattana [87] Head to head Details  Pencil
26 Wales Dominic Dale [91] 4-2 Germany Simon Lichtenberg [119]   Details  Pencil
27 England Shaun Murphy [10] 4-3 England Alfie Burden [77] Head to head Details  Pencil
28 England Ben Woollaston [41] 4-2 England Elliot Slessor [71] Head to head Details  Pencil
29 England Robert Milkins [47] 4-1 England Gary Wilson [18] Head to head Details  Pencil
30 Scotland Stephen Maguire [15] 4-3 England Ian Burns [82] Head to head Details  Pencil
31 Brazil Igor Figueiredo [110] 4-3 England Mark Davis [31]   Details  Pencil
32 England Judd Trump [2] 4-0 England Billy Joe Castle [113]   Details  Pencil
Round 1 Pencil
(Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1 Australia Neil Robertson [1] 4-2 Wales Jamie Clarke [92] Head to head Details  Pencil
2 England Mark Joyce [65] 4-3 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [69] Head to head Details  Pencil

The match took 4 hours 45 minutes (active playing time).

3 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [32] 4-3 Scotland Alan McManus [54] Head to head Details  Pencil
4 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [85] 4-2 England Hammad Miah [94] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 England Allister Carter [16] 4-2 Poland Adam Stefanow [104]   Details  Pencil
6 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene [108] 4-2 China Liang Wenbo [38] Head to head Details  Pencil
7 England Ashley Carty [84] 4-3 England Joe Perry [17] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 Wales Daniel Wells [55] 4-2 England Barry Pinches [109] Head to head Details  Pencil
9 China Yuan Sijun [45] 4-0 Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong [96] Head to head Details  Pencil
10 England Jimmy Robertson [24] 4-0 England Riley Parsons [126]   Details  Pencil
11 England Ricky Walden [37] 4-0 England Nigel Bond [79] Head to head Details  Pencil
12 China Ding Junhui [9] 4-2 Hong Kong Marco Fu [52] Head to head Details  Pencil
13 England Martin O'Donnell [33] 4-0 England Andy Hicks [122] Head to head Details  Pencil
14 England Tom Ford [25] 4-3 China Xu Si [106] Head to head Details  Pencil
15 England Liam Highfield [62] 4-3 China Zhang Anda [73] Head to head Details  Pencil
16 England Kyren Wilson [8] 4-3 Wales Jackson Page [98]   Details  Pencil

147 by Wilson in the first frame. Watch on YouTube.

17 England Mark Selby [5] 4-2 England David Grace [86] Head to head Details  Pencil
18 China Chen Zifan [107] 4-3 Norway Kurt Maflin [42]   Details  Pencil
19 Hong Kong Andy Lee [105] 4-2 England Matthew Selt [28] Head to head Details  Pencil
20 England Robbie Williams [58] 4-1 England Chris Wakelin [48] Head to head Details  Pencil
21 Wales Matthew Stevens [35] 4-2 England David B Gilbert [12] Head to head Details  Pencil
22 England Brandon Sargeant [116] w/o England Peter Ebdon [51]     Pencil
23 China Zhao Xintong [36] 4-0 Scotland Graeme Dott [21] Head to head Details  Pencil
24 England Louis Heathcote [90] 4-3 China Lu Ning [56]   Details  Pencil
25 China Si Jiahui [102] 4-1 China Lei Peifan [124]   Details  Pencil
26 Iran Sohail Vahedi [117] 4-2 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [20] Head to head Details  Pencil
27 England John Astley [78] 4-2 Wales Lee Walker [80]   Details  Pencil
28 England Jack Lisowski [13] 4-2 China Li Hang [44] Head to head Details  Pencil
29 England Anthony Hamilton [50] 4-3 Wales Michael White [59] Head to head Details  Pencil
30 China Lü Haotian [29] 4-0 Wales Kishan Hirani [89]   Details  Pencil
31 England Stuart Carrington [46] 4-3 England Mike Dunn [72] Head to head Details  Pencil
32 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [4] 4-1 China Zhang Jiankang [88]   Details  Pencil
33 Wales Mark J Williams [3] 4-1 England Oliver Lines [81] Head to head Details  Pencil
34 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [75] 4-1 Malta Alex Borg [125]   Details  Pencil
35 Scotland Anthony McGill [30] 4-1 Wales Duane Jones [118] Head to head Details  Pencil
36 China Mei Xiwen [63] 4-2 Cyprus Michael Georgiou [49] Head to head Details  Pencil
37 England Stuart Bingham [14] 4-2 England Martin Gould [57] Head to head Details  Pencil
38 China Chen Feilong [95] 4-3 England Sam Baird [76]   Details  Pencil
39 China Yan Bingtao [19] 4-0 England Michael Holt [39] Head to head Details  Pencil
40 England Mitchell Mann [93] 4-1 China Bai Langning [112]   Details  Pencil
41 Belgium Luca Brecel [34] 4-1 Poland Kacper Filipiak [103]   Details  Pencil
42 Scotland Scott Donaldson [22] 4-1 Thailand Akani Songsermsawad [53] Head to head Details  Pencil
43 China Tian Pengfei [60] 4-2 England Jamie O'Neill [115] Head to head Details  Pencil
44 England Barry Hawkins [11] 4-2 England Sam Craigie [64] Head to head Details  Pencil
45 China Fan Zhengyi [97] 4-1 England Peter Lines [121] Head to head Details  Pencil
46 China Xiao Guodong [27] 4-1 Scotland Fraser Patrick [123]   Details  Pencil
47 Ireland Ken Doherty [66] 4-1 England Mark King [43] Head to head Details  Pencil
48 Scotland John Higgins [6] 4-1 England Joe O'Connor [67] Head to head Details  Pencil
49 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [7] 4-1 England Andrew Higginson [61] Head to head Details  Pencil
50 Thailand James Wattana [87] 4-2 England Jimmy White [120] Head to head Details  Pencil
51 Germany Simon Lichtenberg [119] 4-1 Wales Ryan Day [26]   Details  Pencil
52 Wales Dominic Dale [91] 4-0 England David Lilley [114]   Details  Pencil
53 England Shaun Murphy [10] 4-0 Wales Darren Morgan (a)   Details  Pencil
54 England Alfie Burden [77] 4-0 Morocco Amine Amiri [127]   Details  Pencil
55 England Elliot Slessor [71] 4-1 China Zhou Yuelong [23]   Details  Pencil
56 England Ben Woollaston [41] 4-1 Israel Eden Sharav [99] Head to head Details  Pencil
57 England Robert Milkins [47] 4-0 Wales Jak Jones [70] Head to head Details  Pencil
58 England Gary Wilson [18] 4-1 China Chang Bingyu [100]   Details  Pencil
59 England Ian Burns [82] 4-1 England Harvey Chandler [83]   Details  Pencil
60 Scotland Stephen Maguire [15] 4-2 England Rod Lawler [111] Head to head Details  Pencil
61 Brazil Igor Figueiredo [110] 4-1 Iran Hossein Vafaei [40]   Details  Pencil
62 England Mark Davis [31] 4-1 China Luo Honghao [68] Head to head Details  Pencil
63 England Billy Joe Castle [113] 4-2 England Craig Steadman [74]   Details  Pencil
64 England Judd Trump [2] 4-1 England James Cahill [101] Head to head Details  Pencil
Qual Round 1 Pencil
(Last 129)
1 Wales Darren Morgan (a) 4-0 Wales Gavin Lewis (a)   Details  Pencil