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Date: 11-17 Feb 2019; Venue: Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: John Higgins; Twitter: #WelshOpen; Notes: See also results (127)
Final Pencil
(Winner: £70,000; Runner-up: £30,000)
Australia Neil Robertson [10] 9-7 England Stuart Bingham [12] Head to head Details  Pencil

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 Pencil
(Losers receive £20,000)
England Stuart Bingham [12] 6-2 England Joe O'Connor [101]   Details  Pencil

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.

Australia Neil Robertson [10] 6-0 Iran Hossein Vafaei [38] Head to head Details  Pencil

103-0 (103), 92-25, 89-25 (61), 140-4 (140)
66-0, 101-1 (83)

Quarterfinals Pencil
(Losers receive £10,000)
England Joe O'Connor [101] 5-3 Scotland John Higgins [1]   Details  Pencil
England Stuart Bingham [12] 5-2 China Zhao Xintong [66] Head to head Details  Pencil
Iran Hossein Vafaei [38] 5-1 Scotland Scott Donaldson [48] Head to head Details  Pencil
Australia Neil Robertson [10] 5-4 Norway Kurt Maflin [49] Head to head Details  Pencil
Round 4 Pencil
(Last 16; Losers receive £6,000)
1 Scotland John Higgins [1] 4-3 England Jack Lisowski [16] Head to head Details  Pencil
2 England Joe O'Connor [101] 4-1 China Ding Junhui [9]   Details  Pencil
3 England Stuart Bingham [12] 4-2 England Robbie Williams [62] Head to head Details 
From 2-1 down Bingham made three straight centuries. There were four consecutive centuries as Williams made one in the third frame.
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4 China Zhao Xintong [66] 4-2 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [70] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 Iran Hossein Vafaei [38] 4-3 England Mark Selby [3] Head to head Details  Pencil
6 Scotland Scott Donaldson [48] 4-2 England Ian Burns [68] Head to head Details  Pencil
7 Australia Neil Robertson [10] 4-0 Cyprus Michael Georgiou [52] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 Norway Kurt Maflin [49] 4-2 England Elliot Slessor [103] Head to head Details  Pencil
Round 3 Pencil
(Last 32; Losers receive £3,500)
1 Scotland John Higgins [1] 4-2 England Craig Steadman [95] Head to head Details  Pencil
2 England Jack Lisowski [16] 4-3 England Sam Craigie [99] Head to head Details 
Five half-centuries by Lisowski
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3 China Ding Junhui [9] 4-2 England Joe Perry [18] Head to head Details  Pencil
4 England Joe O'Connor [101] 4-1 Wales Jak Jones [86] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 England Robbie Williams [62] 4-0 Wales Duane Jones [71] Head to head Details  Pencil
6 England Stuart Bingham [12] 4-1 England Martin O'Donnell [43] Head to head Details 
Seven half-centuries in five frames (five by Bingham, one in each frame)
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7 China Zhao Xintong [66] 4-2 England Jimmy Robertson [23] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [70] 4-2 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [4]   Details  Pencil
9 England Mark Selby [3] 4-1 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [32] Head to head Details  Pencil

147 by Saengkham in the second frame. This is his first career maximum and the second of this tournament. Watch it on YouTube.

10 Iran Hossein Vafaei [38] 4-2 Germany Lukas Kleckers [107]   Details  Pencil
11 Scotland Scott Donaldson [48] 4-0 England James Cahill (a) Head to head Details  Pencil
12 England Ian Burns [68] 4-2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [6] Head to head Details  Pencil
13 Cyprus Michael Georgiou [52] 4-2 England Barry Hawkins [7]   Details  Pencil
14 Australia Neil Robertson [10] 4-3 England Paul S Davison [87]   Details  Pencil
15 Norway Kurt Maflin [49] 4-0 England Mike Dunn [56] Head to head Details  Pencil
16 England Elliot Slessor [103] 4-2 China Zhang Anda [80]   Details  Pencil
Round 2 Pencil
(Last 64; Losers receive £2,500)
1 Scotland John Higgins [1] 4-2 Wales Dominic Dale [64] Head to head Details  Pencil
2 England Craig Steadman [95] 4-1 Iran Soheil Vahedi [100]   Details  Pencil
3 England Jack Lisowski [16] 4-3 Hong Kong Marco Fu [25] Head to head Details  Pencil
4 England Sam Craigie [99] 4-1 Ireland Ken Doherty [65] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 England Joe Perry [18] 4-3 England Hammad Miah [116] Head to head Details  Pencil
6 China Ding Junhui [9] 4-3 England Oliver Lines [105] Head to head Details  Pencil
7 Wales Jak Jones [86] 4-3 England Peter Lines [73] Head to head Details 
Two reracks in frame 2
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8 England Joe O'Connor [101] 4-3 England Kyren Wilson [8] Head to head Details  Pencil
9 Wales Duane Jones [71] 4-2 England Judd Trump [5] Head to head Details 
Trump needed a snooker to steal frame 4
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10 England Robbie Williams [62] 4-1 England Anthony Hamilton [54] Head to head Details  Pencil
11 England Stuart Bingham [12] 4-1 England Matthew Selt [51] Head to head Details 
Two reracks in frame 5
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12 England Martin O'Donnell [43] 4-1 England Ricky Walden [33] Head to head Details  Pencil
13 England Jimmy Robertson [23] 4-3 England Nigel Bond [78] Head to head Details 
Robertson was 3-0 down
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14 China Zhao Xintong [66] 4-0 China Zhou Yuelong [30] Head to head Details  Pencil
15 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [70] 4-1 China Zhang Jiankang [111]   Details  Pencil
16 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [4] 4-2 China Yuan Sijun [63]   Details  Pencil
17 England Mark Selby [3] 4-0 England Adam Duffy (a) Head to head Details  Pencil
18 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [32] 4-1 China Xu Si [75] Head to head Details  Pencil
19 Germany Lukas Kleckers [107] 4-3 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [55] Head to head Details  Pencil
20 Iran Hossein Vafaei [38] 4-3 Scotland Ross Muir [89]   Details  Pencil
21 Scotland Scott Donaldson [48] 4-3 Northern Ireland Joe Swail [88] Head to head Details  Pencil
22 England James Cahill (a) 4-2 England Shaun Murphy [11] Head to head Details  Pencil
23 England Ian Burns [68] 4-3 China Liang Wenbo [29] Head to head Details  Pencil
24 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [6] 4-1 China Mei Xiwen [85] Head to head Details  Pencil
25 England Barry Hawkins [7] 4-2 England Ben Woollaston [42] Head to head Details  Pencil
26 Cyprus Michael Georgiou [52] 4-1 England Jimmy White [74] Head to head Details  Pencil
27 Australia Neil Robertson [10] 4-1 England Gary Wilson [34] Head to head Details  Pencil
28 England Paul S Davison [87] 4-3 Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong [115] Head to head Details  Pencil
29 England Mike Dunn [56] 4-3 Thailand James Wattana [119] Head to head Details  Pencil
30 Norway Kurt Maflin [49] 4-1 England Billy Joe Castle [94]   Details 
Maflin missed the yellow on the way to maximum in frame four
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31 England Elliot Slessor [103] 4-0 England Tom Ford [27] Head to head Details  Pencil
32 China Zhang Anda [80] 4-2 Wales Mark J Williams [2] Head to head Details  Pencil
Round 1 Pencil
(Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1 Scotland John Higgins [1] 4-0 Scotland Graeme Dott [21] Head to head Details  Pencil
2 Wales Dominic Dale [64] 4-2 China Li Yuan [90]   Details  Pencil
3 Iran Soheil Vahedi [100] 4-0 China Chen Feilong [109]   Details  Pencil
4 England Craig Steadman [95] 4-2 England Alfie Burden [82] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 England Jack Lisowski [16] 4-3 China Niu Zhuang [92]   Details  Pencil
6 Hong Kong Marco Fu [25] 4-1 China Tian Pengfei [76] Head to head Details  Pencil
7 Ireland Ken Doherty [65] 4-1 England Sean O'Sullivan [113]   Details  Pencil
8 England Sam Craigie [99] 4-0 England Mark King [26] Head to head Details  Pencil
9 England Hammad Miah [116] 4-3 England Chris Wakelin [47]   Details  Pencil
10 England Joe Perry [18] 4-3 England Mark Davis [35] Head to head Details  Pencil
11 England Oliver Lines [105] 4-2 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [53] Head to head Details  Pencil
12 China Ding Junhui [9] 4-0 Scotland Chris Totten [91]   Details  Pencil
13 Wales Jak Jones [86] 4-2 Wales Matthew Stevens [41]   Details  Pencil
14 England Peter Lines [73] 4-2 Wales Michael White [37] Head to head Details  Pencil
15 England Joe O'Connor [101] 4-2 Scotland Rhys Clark [114]   Details  Pencil
16 England Kyren Wilson [8] 4-0 Hong Kong Andy Lee [118] Head to head Details  Pencil
17 England Judd Trump [5] 4-0 England Harvey Chandler [110]   Details  Pencil
18 Wales Duane Jones [71] 4-3 China Xiao Guodong [24]   Details  Pencil
19 England Robbie Williams [62] 4-0 England Rod Lawler [98] Head to head Details  Pencil
20 England Anthony Hamilton [54] 4-0 England Sam Baird [83] Head to head Details  Pencil
21 England Stuart Bingham [12] 4-0 England Allister Carter [19] Head to head Details  Pencil
22 England Matthew Selt [51] 4-2 Wales Jamie Clarke Head to head Details  Pencil
23 England Martin O'Donnell [43] 4-0 Pakistan Hamza Akbar [102]   Details  Pencil
24 England Ricky Walden [33] 4-2 Wales Lee Walker [96] Head to head Details  Pencil
25 England Jimmy Robertson [23] 4-3 England David B Gilbert [17] Head to head Details  Pencil
26 England Nigel Bond [78] 4-3 Scotland Alan McManus [60] Head to head Details 
A re-rack in the decider after over an hour of play with just two reds remaining.
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27 China Zhao Xintong [66] 4-1 Wales Jackson Page (a)   Details  Pencil
28 China Zhou Yuelong [30] 4-3 Scotland Stephen Maguire [13] Head to head Details 
Five half-centuries by Zhou
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29 China Zhang Jiankang [111] 4-3 China Fan Zhengyi [120]   Details  Pencil
30 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [70] 4-2 China Yan Bingtao [22] Head to head Details  Pencil
31 China Yuan Sijun [63] 4-0 England Allan Taylor [77] Head to head Details  Pencil
32 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [4] 4-2 England Sanderson Lam [106]   Details  Pencil
33 England Mark Selby [3] 4-2 Scotland Anthony McGill [20] Head to head Details  Pencil
34 England Adam Duffy (a) 4-2 China Zhang Yong [72]   Details  Pencil
35 China Xu Si [75] 4-2 Israel Eden Sharav [67]   Details  Pencil
36 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [32] 4-3 England Stuart Carrington [39]   Details 
Saengkham was 3-0 down. He had a maximum attempt in frame 5 (break 97).
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37 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [55] 4-3 Wales Ryan Day [14] Head to head Details 
Un-Nooh attempted maximum in frame 4 (break 89).
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38 Germany Lukas Kleckers [107] 4-0 England Peter Ebdon [44]   Details  Pencil
39 Iran Hossein Vafaei [38] 4-3 England Ashley Hugill [97] Head to head Details  Pencil
40 Scotland Ross Muir [89] 4-2 Wales Daniel Wells [58] Head to head Details  Pencil
41 Scotland Scott Donaldson [48] 4-2 England John Astley [108] Head to head Details  Pencil
42 Northern Ireland Joe Swail [88] 4-2 China Li Hang [36] Head to head Details  Pencil
43 England James Cahill (a) 4-2 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene [69] Head to head Details  Pencil
44 England Shaun Murphy [11] 4-1 Poland Adam Stefanow [122] Head to head Details  Pencil
45 England Ian Burns [68] 4-1 China Luo Honghao [79]   Details  Pencil
46 China Liang Wenbo [29] 4-3 England Liam Highfield [61] Head to head Details  Pencil
47 China Mei Xiwen [85] 4-3 England Michael Holt [45] Head to head Details  Pencil
48 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [6] 4-2 England Mark Joyce [46] Head to head Details  Pencil
49 England Barry Hawkins [7] 4-0 Thailand Akani Songsermsawad [50] Head to head Details  Pencil
50 England Ben Woollaston [42] 4-1 China Lu Ning [84] Head to head Details  Pencil
51 Cyprus Michael Georgiou [52] 4-0 England David Lilley (a)   Details  Pencil
52 England Jimmy White [74] 4-2 England Andrew Higginson [57] Head to head Details  Pencil
53 Australia Neil Robertson [10] 4-1 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [104]   Details  Pencil

147 by Robertson in frame 4. Watch on YouTube. He followed up with a 140 in the final frame.

54 England Gary Wilson [34] 4-0 Finland Robin Hull [81] Head to head Details  Pencil
55 Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong [115] 4-0 England Rory McLeod [59] Head to head Details  Pencil
56 England Paul S Davison [87] 4-1 China Lü Haotian [40] Head to head Details  Pencil
57 England Mike Dunn [56] 4-0 England Robert Milkins [31] Head to head Details  Pencil
58 Thailand James Wattana [119] 4-3 China Chen Zifan [93]   Details  Pencil
59 England Billy Joe Castle [94] 4-3 Germany Simon Lichtenberg [117]   Details  Pencil
60 Norway Kurt Maflin [49] 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [15] Head to head Details  Pencil
61 England Elliot Slessor [103] 4-2 Wales Alex Taubman (a) Head to head Details  Pencil
62 England Tom Ford [27] 4-2 England Ashley Carty [112]   Details  Pencil
63 China Zhang Anda [80] 4-3 England Martin Gould [28] Head to head Details  Pencil
64 Wales Mark J Williams [2] 4-3 Wales Kishan Hirani [121] Head to head Details  Pencil

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