Dafabet Northern Ireland Open

Date: 20-26 Nov 2017; Venue: Waterfront Hall, Belfast, N.Ireland; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Mark King; Twitter: #NorthernIrelandOpen; Notes: See also results (127)

Final (Winner: £70,000; Runner-up: £30,000)
		Mark J Williams [15]	9	-	8	Yan Bingtao [33]
	Session 1: 43-79, 0-71 (51), 67-19, 32-74 104-0 (104), 29-94 (63), 63-3, 12-66 Session 2: 0-137 (137), 82-33 (62), 90-5 (90), 89-36 (58) 23-73 (59), 63-18, 45-75 (60), 75-26, 77-28 Referee: Marcel Eckardt This was Williams' 19th ranking title but first since the 2011 German Masters. Yan is the youngest player ever to have reached the final of a ranking event.
Semifinals (Losers receive £20,000)
		Yan Bingtao [33]	6	-	2	Lü Haotian [101]	L� Haotian reached the semifinals for the first time.
	67-40, 42-69, 44-84, 121-17 (73) 73-14, 75-0 (75), 80-29, 119-0 (112)						L� Haotian reached the semifinals for the first time.
		Mark J Williams [15]	6	-	2	Elliot Slessor [78]	Slessor reached the semifinals for the first time.
	78-46, 142-0 (127), 25-71 (70), 62-0 (61) 18-54, 69-13 (68), 58-42, 67-44 (54)						Slessor reached the semifinals for the first time.
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £10,000)
		Yan Bingtao [33]	5	-	4	Robert Milkins [30]
		Lü Haotian [101]	5	-	4	Tian Pengfei [58]	Tian Pengfei reached the quarterfinals for the first time
		Elliot Slessor [78]	5	-	4	Li Yuan [97]	Li Yuan reached the quarterfinals for the first time. Before the event he hadn't made it beyond the last 64.
		Mark J Williams [15]	5	-	1	Mike Dunn [42]
Round 4 (Last 16; Losers receive £6,000)
1		Yan Bingtao [33]	4	-	3	Ryan Day [16]
2		Robert Milkins [30]	4	-	2	Ricky Walden [18]
3		Tian Pengfei [58]	4	-	1	Chris Wakelin [59]
4		Lü Haotian [101]	4	-	2	Liam Highfield [66]
5		Li Yuan [97]	4	-	1	Gary Wilson [53]
6		Elliot Slessor [78]	4	-	1	Sam Craigie [77]	Craigie reached the last 16 for the first time.
7		Mike Dunn [42]	4	-	1	Joe Perry [19]
8		Mark J Williams [15]	4	-	2	David B Gilbert [21]
Round 3 (Last 32; Losers receive £3,500)
1		Yan Bingtao [33]	4	-	1	Mark King [1]
2		Ryan Day [16]	4	-	3	Robin Hull [98]
3		Ricky Walden [18]	4	-	3	Jimmy Robertson [34]
4		Robert Milkins [30]	4	-	3	Neil Robertson [8]
5		Tian Pengfei [58]	4	-	2	Noppon Saengkham [60]
6		Chris Wakelin [59]	4	-	0	Jimmy White [112]
7		Liam Highfield [66]	4	-	3	Ken Doherty [70]
8		Lü Haotian [101]	4	-	2	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [45]
9		Gary Wilson [53]	4	-	3	John Higgins [3]
	142 by Higgins in the second frame was the highest break of the event
10		Li Yuan [97]	4	-	3	Anthony McGill [14]
11		Sam Craigie [77]	4	-	2	Mei Xiwen [67]
12		Elliot Slessor [78]	4	-	1	Ronnie O'Sullivan [6]
13		Mike Dunn [42]	4	-	1	Michael Holt [20]
14		Joe Perry [19]	4	-	1	Xiao Guodong [31]
15		Mark J Williams [15]	4	-	1	Akani Songsermsawad [84]
16		David B Gilbert [21]	4	-	3	Ross Muir [100]
Round 2 (Last 64; Losers receive £2,500)
1		Mark King [1]	4	-	1	Ashley Hugill [111]
2		Yan Bingtao [33]	4	-	0	Jamie Curtis-Barrett [109]
3		Ryan Day [16]	4	-	2	Li Hang [29]
4		Robin Hull [98]	4	-	1	Zhou Yuelong [24]
5		Ricky Walden [18]	4	-	2	Jack Lisowski [40]
6		Jimmy Robertson [34]	4	-	3	Zhao Xintong [69]	Decided on the last black
7		Robert Milkins [30]	4	-	1	Oliver Lines [56]
8		Neil Robertson [8]	4	-	0	Billy Joe Castle [104]
9		Tian Pengfei [58]	4	-	3	Mark Allen [5]
10		Noppon Saengkham [60]	4	-	3	Yu Delu [50]
11		Chris Wakelin [59]	4	-	1	Fang Xiongman [81]
12		Jimmy White [112]	4	-	0	Jak Jones [80]
13		Ken Doherty [70]	4	-	1	Niu Zhuang [105]
14		Liam Highfield [66]	4	-	1	Liang Wenbo [13]
15		Lü Haotian [101]	4	-	1	Yuan Sijun [108]
16		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [45]	4	-	3	Chen Zifan [93]	105 (missed maximum) by Un-Nooh in the last frame
17		John Higgins [3]	4	-	1	Hossein Vafaei [47]
18		Gary Wilson [53]	4	-	0	Stephen Maguire [17]
19		Anthony McGill [14]	4	-	1	Adam Duffy [91]
20		Li Yuan [97]	4	-	0	Zhang Yong [90]
21		Mei Xiwen [67]	4	-	1	Alex Borg [89]
22		Sam Craigie [77]	4	-	2	Ben Woollaston [26]
23		Elliot Slessor [78]	4	-	2	Kurt Maflin [51]
24		Ronnie O'Sullivan [6]	4	-	0	Duane Jones [103]
25		Mike Dunn [42]	4	-	0	Matthew Stevens [52]
26		Michael Holt [20]	4	-	2	Michael Georgiou [68]
27		Xiao Guodong [31]	4	-	1	Allister Carter [10]
28		Joe Perry [19]	4	-	0	Matthew Selt [36]	129 (missed maximum) by Perry in the first frame
29		Akani Songsermsawad [84]	4	-	3	Wang Yuchen [83]
30		Mark J Williams [15]	4	-	0	Tom Ford [28]	The 113 break by Williams in frame three was the 400th century of his career
31		David B Gilbert [21]	4	-	2	Paul S Davison [110]
32		Ross Muir [100]	4	-	2	Stuart Carrington [48]
Round 1 (Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1		Mark King [1]	4	-	1	Matthew Bolton
2		Ashley Hugill [111]	4	-	2	Josh Boileau [96]
3		Jamie Curtis-Barrett [109]	4	-	1	Ian Preece [74]
4		Yan Bingtao [33]	4	-	0	Robbie Williams [44]
5		Ryan Day [16]	4	-	3	John Astley [62]
6		Li Hang [29]	4	-	3	Cao Yupeng [65]	Li was 3-0 down
7		Zhou Yuelong [24]	4	-	3	Graeme Dott [27]
8		Robin Hull [98]	4	-	3	Eden Sharav [95]
9		Ricky Walden [18]	4	-	0	Hammad Miah [71]
10		Jack Lisowski [40]	4	-	0	Sean O'Sullivan [113]
11		Jimmy Robertson [34]	4	-	2	Michael White [23]
12		Zhao Xintong [69]	4	-	3	Barry Hawkins [9]
13		Robert Milkins [30]	4	-	3	Alfie Burden [55]
14		Oliver Lines [56]	4	-	3	Xu Si [88]
15		Billy Joe Castle [104]	4	-	2	Declan Brennan (a)
16		Neil Robertson [8]	4	-	1	Jamie Jones [41]
17		Mark Allen [5]	4	-	2	Sanderson Lam [114]
18		Tian Pengfei [58]	4	-	2	Soheil Vahedi [115]
19		Yu Delu [50]	4	-	1	Craig Steadman [82]
20		Noppon Saengkham [60]	4	-	3	Hamza Akbar	Saengkham needed multiple snookers in the deciding frame. He was 43 points behind with 35 on the table.
21		Fang Xiongman [81]	w/o			Luca Brecel [12]
22		Chris Wakelin [59]	4	-	0	Chris Totten
23		Jimmy White [112]	4	-	3	Dominic Dale [32]
24		Jak Jones [80]	4	-	3	Lee Walker [64]
25		Niu Zhuang [105]	4	-	3	Ian Burns [87]
26		Ken Doherty [70]	4	-	2	Peter Lines [99]
27		Liam Highfield [66]	4	-	3	Mark Davis [35]
28		Liang Wenbo [13]	4	-	1	Jackson Page (a)
29		Yuan Sijun [108]	4	-	1	Alan McManus [25]
30		Lü Haotian [101]	4	-	3	Joe Swail [107]
31		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [45]	4	-	2	Allan Taylor [86]
32		Chen Zifan [93]	4	-	1	Shaun Murphy [4]
33		John Higgins [3]	4	-	2	Nigel Bond [117]
34		Hossein Vafaei [47]	4	-	2	Anthony Hamilton [22]
35		Stephen Maguire [17]	4	-	0	Basem Eltahhan
36		Gary Wilson [53]	4	-	1	Alexander Ursenbacher [72]
37		Anthony McGill [14]	w/o			Boonyarit Keattikun [106]
38		Adam Duffy [91]	4	-	2	Rory McLeod [54]
39		Zhang Yong [90]	4	-	3	Sam Baird [49]
40		Li Yuan [97]	4	-	0	Aditya Mehta [73]
41		Mei Xiwen [67]	4	-	0	Jordan Brown (a)
42		Alex Borg [89]	4	-	3	Peter Ebdon [37]
43		Ben Woollaston [26]	4	-	3	Mark Joyce [38]
44		Sam Craigie [77]	4	-	1	Kyren Wilson [11]
45		Elliot Slessor [78]	4	-	0	Kurt Dunham [116]
46		Kurt Maflin [51]	4	-	1	Andrew Higginson [46]
47		Duane Jones [103]	4	-	1	Mitchell Mann [75]
48		Ronnie O'Sullivan [6]	4	-	2	Lukas Kleckers [120]
49		Mike Dunn [42]	4	-	2	Jamie Clarke (a)	Clarke replaced Marco Fu who withdrew.
50		Matthew Stevens [52]	4	-	0	Leo Fernandez
51		Michael Georgiou [68]	4	-	0	David Grace [43]
52		Michael Holt [20]	w/o			Martin O'Donnell [79]
53		Allister Carter [10]	4	-	0	Chen Zhe [92]
54		Xiao Guodong [31]	4	-	2	Christopher Keogan [102]
55		Matthew Selt [36]	4	-	0	Rhys Clark [119]
56		Joe Perry [19]	4	-	3	Gerard Greene [94]	The match was supposed to be streamed but isn't.
57		Akani Songsermsawad [84]	4	-	2	Zhang Anda [63]
58		Wang Yuchen [83]	4	-	2	Scott Donaldson [61]
59		Tom Ford [28]	4	-	2	Fergal O'Brien [39]
60		Mark J Williams [15]	4	-	0	James Wattana [76]
61		David B Gilbert [21]	4	-	0	Daniel Wells [57]
62		Paul S Davison [110]	4	-	0	Rod Lawler [118]
63		Ross Muir [100]	4	-	3	Thor Chuan Leong [85]
64		Stuart Carrington [48]	4	-	2	Judd Trump [2]