BetVictor Welsh Open

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 15-21 Feb 2021; Venue: The Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Shaun Murphy; Notes: See also results (127)

Final (Winner: £70,000; Runner-up: £30,000)
		Jordan Brown [79]	9	-	8	Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]
	Session 1: 59-28, 66-25 (58), 0-75 (74), 137-0 (78) 107-0 (107), 0-135 (135), 14-121 (121), 67-36 Session 2: 44-58, 0-68 (68), 8-71 (61), 68-43, 102-24, 0-64 (58), 69-25 (56) 0-119 (119), 74-1 (74) This was Brown's first final and first ranking title. Before this event he had reached the quarterfinals of a ranking event once. Referee: Ben Williams
Semifinals (Losers receive £20,000)
		Jordan Brown [79]	6	-	1	Stephen Maguire [8]
	135-0 (135), 63-68 (JB 52), 103-15 (56) 113-0 (113), 65-51, 73-47 (59), 66-28
		Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]	6	-	1	Mark J Williams [14]
	36-79 (73), 115-1 (102), 77-0 (77), 75-27 (54) 61-27, 65-40, 70-30 (69)
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £10,000)
		Stephen Maguire [8]	5	-	4	Shaun Murphy [1]
		Jordan Brown [79]	5	-	4	Mark Selby [5]
	Decided on the black. Selby needed a snooker in the decider and got it but lost on the black. Selby won the fifth frame on respotted black despite having needed two snookers.
		Mark J Williams [14]	5	-	4	Tom Ford [27]
		Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]	w/o			Ali Carter [26]
	Carter withdrew because of health reasons.
Round 4 (Last 16; Losers receive £7,500)
1		Shaun Murphy [1]	4	-	3	Barry Hawkins [17]
2		Stephen Maguire [8]	4	-	2	Pang Junxu [82]
3		Mark Selby [5]	4	-	2	Yan Bingtao [12]
4		Jordan Brown [79]	4	-	3	Mark King [50]
5		Mark J Williams [14]	4	-	2	Hossein Vafaei [34]
6		Tom Ford [27]	4	-	3	Jack Lisowski [11]
7		Ali Carter [26]	4	-	2	Mark Allen [10]
8		Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]	4	-	1	Zhou Yuelong [18]
Round 3 (Last 32; Losers receive £4,000)
1		Shaun Murphy [1]	4	-	1	Ryan Day [32]
2		Barry Hawkins [17]	4	-	3	Anthony McGill [16]
3		Pang Junxu [82]	4	-	2	Martin O'Donnell [46]	There were two reracks in frame 5, which in sum lasted longer than the frame itself
4		Stephen Maguire [8]	4	-	2	Matthew Selt [25]
5		Mark Selby [5]	4	-	3	Joe O'Connor [43]
6		Yan Bingtao [12]	4	-	1	Xiao Guodong [41]
7		Jordan Brown [79]	4	-	3	Alexander Ursenbacher [62]
8		Mark King [50]	4	-	2	Jak Jones [73]
9		Hossein Vafaei [34]	4	-	2	Judd Trump [3]
	Trump's run of wins in best-of-seven matches ends at 28
10		Mark J Williams [14]	4	-	2	Joe Perry [19]
11		Jack Lisowski [11]	4	-	2	Ricky Walden [38]
12		Tom Ford [27]	4	-	3	Kyren Wilson [6]
13		Ali Carter [26]	4	-	3	John Higgins [7]
14		Mark Allen [10]	4	-	3	Scott Donaldson [23]
15		Zhou Yuelong [18]	4	-	2	David Gilbert [15]
16		Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]	4	-	0	Martin Gould [31]
Round 2 (Last 64; Losers receive £3,000)
1		Shaun Murphy [1]	4	-	1	Stuart Carrington [58]
2		Ryan Day [32]	4	-	3	Mark Davis [49]
3		Anthony McGill [16]	4	-	0	David Lilley [99]
4		Barry Hawkins [17]	4	-	0	Simon Lichtenberg [97]
5		Martin O'Donnell [46]	4	-	0	Ken Doherty [95]
6		Pang Junxu [82]	4	-	2	Ding Junhui [9]
7		Matthew Selt [25]	4	-	0	Oliver Lines [108]
8		Stephen Maguire [8]	4	-	1	Matthew Stevens [39]
9		Mark Selby [5]	4	-	1	Jamie O'Neill [80]
10		Joe O'Connor [43]	4	-	1	Andrew Higginson [54]
11		Yan Bingtao [12]	4	-	0	Brian Ochoiski (a)
12		Xiao Guodong [41]	4	-	1	Gary Wilson [21]
13		Jordan Brown [79]	4	-	3	Sam Craigie [51]
14		Alexander Ursenbacher [62]	4	-	3	Robert Milkins [44]
15		Jak Jones [73]	4	-	2	David Grace [59]
16		Mark King [50]	4	-	3	Jamie Jones [69]
17		Judd Trump [3]	4	-	2	Si Jiahui [91]
18		Hossein Vafaei [34]	4	-	3	Zhao Xintong [30]
19		Mark J Williams [14]	4	-	1	Liam Highfield [52]
20		Joe Perry [19]	4	-	1	Dylan Emery (a)
21		Ricky Walden [38]	4	-	3	Graeme Dott [22]
22		Jack Lisowski [11]	4	-	2	Sunny Akani [57]
23		Tom Ford [27]	4	-	3	Elliot Slessor [45]
24		Kyren Wilson [6]	4	-	2	Alan McManus [47]
25		John Higgins [7]	4	-	3	Ben Woollaston [36]
	Higgins won the decider on the final black after having needed a snooker
26		Ali Carter [26]	4	-	1	Aaron Hill [109]
27		Mark Allen [10]	4	-	2	Nigel Bond [66]
28		Scott Donaldson [23]	4	-	2	Gerard Greene [74]
29		Zhou Yuelong [18]	4	-	0	Anthony Hamilton [48]
30		David Gilbert [15]	4	-	0	Jamie Wilson [121]
31		Martin Gould [31]	4	-	0	Jimmy Robertson [56]
32		Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]	4	-	0	Jimmy White [85]
Round 1 (Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1		Shaun Murphy [1]	4	-	1	Zak Surety [111]
2		Stuart Carrington [58]	4	-	1	Soheil Vahedi [93]
3		Ryan Day [32]	4	-	3	Ian Burns [65]
4		Mark Davis [49]	4	-	1	Lee Walker [118]
	Frame 1 was the third longest frame of the season (66:40).
5		Anthony McGill [16]	4	-	0	Louis Heathcote [68]
6		David Lilley [99]	4	-	3	Andy Hicks [83]
7		Barry Hawkins [17]	4	-	1	Chris Wakelin [60]
8		Simon Lichtenberg [97]	4	-	2	Riley Parsons [114]
9		Martin O'Donnell [46]	4	-	0	Li Hang [35]
10		Ken Doherty [95]	w/o			Kurt Maflin [24]
11		Pang Junxu [82]	4	-	0	Allan Taylor [100]
12		Ding Junhui [9]	4	-	1	Lyu Haotian [40]
13		Oliver Lines [108]	4	-	0	Jamie Clarke [89]
14		Matthew Selt [25]	4	-	0	Lukas Kleckers [112]
15		Matthew Stevens [39]	4	-	0	James Cahill [87]
16		Stephen Maguire [8]	4	-	1	Dominic Dale [64]
17		Mark Selby [5]	4	-	1	Barry Pinches [84]
	Selby missed the pink on the way to a max in frame 2
18		Jamie O'Neill [80]	4	-	3	Sean Maddocks [120]
19		Joe O'Connor [43]	4	-	1	Liang Wenbo [28]
20		Andrew Higginson [54]	4	-	2	Eden Sharav [71]
21		Yan Bingtao [12]	4	-	1	Xu Si [76]
22		Brian Ochoiski (a)	4	-	1	Paul S Davison (a)
23		Gary Wilson [21]	4	-	2	Ashley Hugill [113]
24		Xiao Guodong [41]	4	-	0	Iulian Boiko [122]
25		Jordan Brown [79]	4	-	0	Luo Honghao [63]
26		Sam Craigie [51]	4	-	3	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [20]	Craigie was 3-0 down
	Un-Nooh had a max attempt in frame 3 that ended on 120.						Craigie was 3-0 down
27		Alexander Ursenbacher [62]	4	-	1	Noppon Saengkham [42]
28		Robert Milkins [44]	4	-	2	Stuart Bingham [13]
29		Jak Jones [73]	4	-	3	Fan Zhengyi [119]
	Jones was 3-0 down
30		David Grace [59]	4	-	0	Michael Holt [29]
31		Jamie Jones [69]	4	-	1	Yuan Sijun [61]
32		Mark King [50]	w/o			Neil Robertson [4]
	Robertson withdrew for personal reasons
33		Judd Trump [3]	4	-	2	Zhao Jianbo [101]
34		Si Jiahui [91]	4	-	2	Brandon Sargeant [96]
35		Zhao Xintong [30]	4	-	2	Luca Brecel [37]
	143 by Zhao Xintong in frame 3 is the highest break of the event so far.
36		Hossein Vafaei [34]	4	-	2	Peter Lines [94]
37		Mark J Williams [14]	4	-	1	Michael White (a)
38		Liam Highfield [52]	4	-	3	Jamie Curtis-Barrett (a)
	Curtis-Barrett replaced Amine Amiri who withdrew
39		Joe Perry [19]	4	-	3	Chang Bingyu [72]
40		Dylan Emery (a)	4	-	3	Lu Ning [33]
41		Ricky Walden [38]	4	-	1	Jackson Page [70]
42		Graeme Dott [22]	4	-	2	Billy Castle [104]
43		Sunny Akani [57]	4	-	1	Igor Figueiredo [78]
44		Jack Lisowski [11]	4	-	3	Lei Peifan [98]
45		Elliot Slessor [45]	4	-	2	Ben Fortey (a)
46		Tom Ford [27]	4	-	0	Peter Devlin [103]
47		Alan McManus [47]	4	-	0	Tian Pengfei [55]
48		Kyren Wilson [6]	4	-	2	Chen Zifan [77]
49		John Higgins [7]	4	-	1	Steven Hallworth [106]
50		Ben Woollaston [36]	w/o			Alex Borg [115]
51		Ali Carter [26]	4	-	3	Daniel Wells [67]
52		Aaron Hill [109]	4	-	2	Fergal O'Brien [110]
53		Mark Allen [10]	4	-	2	Fraser Patrick [105]
54		Nigel Bond [66]	4	-	2	Rod Lawler [92]
55		Scott Donaldson [23]	4	-	2	Gao Yang [102]
56		Gerard Greene [74]	4	-	3	Farakh Ajaib [117]
57		Anthony Hamilton [48]	4	-	3	Ben Hancorn [116]
58		Zhou Yuelong [18]	4	-	0	Ashley Carty [90]
59		Jamie Wilson [121]	4	-	3	Duane Jones [88]
60		David Gilbert [15]	4	-	0	Rory McLeod [107]
61		Jimmy Robertson [56]	4	-	1	Kacper Filipiak [86]
62		Martin Gould [31]	4	-	0	Mitchell Mann [81]
63		Jimmy White [85]	w/o			Mark Joyce [53]
	Joyce withdrew because of potential Covid. Waiting on local test results.
64		Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]	4	-	0	Robbie Williams [75]

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