2022 Gibraltar Open
Tournament information | |
---|---|
Dates | 24–26 March 2022 |
Venue | Europa Point Sports Complex |
City | Gibraltar |
Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £251,000 |
Winner's share | £50,000 |
Highest break | ![]() |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 4–2 |
← 2021 |
The 2022 Gibraltar Open (officially the 2022 BetVictor Gibraltar Open) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 24 to 26 March 2022 at the Europa Point Sports Complex. The 14th ranking event of the 2021–22 snooker season, it followed the Turkish Masters and preceded the Tour Championship. It was the seventh -- and currently final -- edition of the Gibraltar Open, first held in 2015, and the eighth and final event of the 2021–22 European Series.
The defending champion was Judd Trump, who defeated Jack Lisowski 4–0 in the 2021 final. However, Trump lost 0–4 to Ricky Walden in the last 16.[1] Robert Milkins defeated Kyren Wilson 4–2 in the final to win the first ranking title of his 27-year professional career. Aged 46, Milkins became the oldest first-time winner of a ranking event since Doug Mountjoy won the 1988 UK Championship.[2]
John Higgins secured the European Series bonus of £150,000, awarded to the player who won the most cumulative prize money over the eight tournaments. Stuart Bingham made the highest break of the tournament, a 147 in the final frame of his first-round match with Gerard Greene. It was the ninth maximum break of Bingham's career and the eighth of the 2021–22 season.[3]
Format
[edit]The event was the seventh iteration of the Gibraltar Open, which was first held in 2015.[4] It took place from 24 to 26 March 2022 at the Europa Point Sports Complex in Gibraltar.[5] The 14th ranking tournament of the 2021–22 snooker season, it followed the Turkish Masters and preceded the Tour Championship.[6][7] The defending champion was Judd Trump, who had defeated Jack Lisowski 4–0 in the 2021 final.[8] The tournament was organised by the World Snooker Tour and sponsored by BetVictor.[9] All matches were contested as the best of seven frames.[10]
The event saw a significant number of withdrawals, including Mark Williams, Shaun Murphy, Stephen Maguire, Kurt Maflin, Anthony McGill, Sam Craigie, David Gilbert and Anthony Hamilton. Additionally, bad weather in Gibraltar led to a number of flights being diverted to Málaga, where some players travelling on non-British passports did not meet Spanish visa requirements and had to return to the UK.[11][12][13]
European Series bonus
[edit]The Gibraltar Open was the concluding event of the 2021–22 European Series,[9] which carried a £150,000 bonus for the player who won the most cumulative prize money over its eight tournaments.[14] Eleven players remained in contention for the bonus at the beginning of the tournament. John Higgins topped the series money list with £98,000; Mark Allen had the same amount, but Higgins led on countback, having gone further in the European Masters than Allen.[15] Fan Zhengyi, Luca Brecel, Neil Robertson and Ronnie O’Sullivan all began the tournament with £90,000 or more. Zhao Xintong, Hossein Vafaei, Joe Perry, Judd Trump and Ricky Walden were also in contention.[16] Vafaei was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to visa issues in Spain.[13] O'Sullivan and Fan lost in the round of 128; Zhao, Perry, and Brecel lost in the round of 64; and Higgins and Allen lost in the round of 32. Trump and Robertson needed to reach the final to remain in contention, but both lost in the round of 16. Walden needed to win the event to capture the bonus, but he lost in the semi-finals. This meant that Higgins remained top of the series prize money list and won the bonus.[17]
Prize fund
[edit]The event featured a prize fund of £251,000, of which the winner received £50,000. The breakdown of the tournament's prize money is shown below:[18]
- Winner: £50,000
- Runner-up: £20,000
- Semi-final: £6,000
- Quarter-final: £5,000
- Last 16: £4,000
- Last 32: £3,000
- Last 64: £2,000
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total: £251,000
Tournament draw
[edit]Below is the full draw for the event. Players in bold denote match winners.[citation needed]
Top half
[edit]Section 1
[edit]Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | |||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/d | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/o | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
Section 2
[edit]Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | |||||||||||
![]() | w/d | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/o | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/o | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/d | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/d | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/o | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
Section 3
[edit]Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | |||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
Section 4
[edit]Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | |||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/o | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/d | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/d | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/o | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
Bottom half
[edit]Section 5
[edit]Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | |||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/o | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/d | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/o | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/d | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/d | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/o | |||||||||||||
Section 6
[edit]Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | |||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/o | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/d | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/o | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/d | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
Section 7
[edit]Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | |||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/d | |||||||||||||
![]() | w/o | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
Section 8
[edit]Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | |||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
Finals
[edit]Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 7 frames | Final Best of 7 frames | ||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
Final
[edit]Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Ben Williams Europa Point Sports Complex, Gibraltar, 26 March 2022 | ||
Kyren Wilson (4)![]() |
2–4 | Robert Milkins![]() |
Frame scores: 59–71, 29–62, 25–76, 85–20, 63–27, 10–74 | ||
65 | Highest break | 71 |
0 | Century breaks | 0 |
Century breaks
[edit]A total of 70 century breaks were made during the tournament.[19]
- 147, 119, 101 – Stuart Bingham
- 140, 112, 109, 103, 102 – Ricky Walden
- 139 – Zhou Yuelong
- 138, 103 – Zhang Anda
- 135 – Noppon Saengkham
- 133, 123, 119, 112 – Ding Junhui
- 132, 117, 114, 114, 101 – Jimmy Robertson
- 132, 117, 108, 100, 100 – Kyren Wilson
- 132 – James Cahill
- 130, 112, 108, 102 – Lyu Haotian
- 126, 112 – John Higgins
- 126 – Soheil Vahedi
- 122 – Tom Ford
- 122 – Jak Jones
- 120 – Matthew Stevens
- 119, 103 – Jack Lisowski
- 119 – Zhao Xintong
- 118 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- 117, 117, 105, 100 – Jordan Brown
- 116 – Jamie Jones
- 114, 102, 100 – Ben Hancorn
- 114 – Lee Walker
- 113 – Dominic Dale
- 112, 102 – Neil Robertson
- 109 – Gao Yang
- 106 – Joe Perry
- 105, 104 – Mark Allen
- 105 – David Grace
- 104, 101, 100 – Yuan Sijun
- 104, 100 – Ben Woollaston
- 104 – Louis Heathcote
- 104 – Mitchell Mann
- 103 – Luca Brecel
- 103 – Zhou Yuelong
- 102 – Ashley Hugill
- 102 – Robbie Williams
- 101 – Ross Muir
References
[edit]- ^ "Gibraltar Open – Judd Trump dumped out after defeat to Ricky Walden, ending hat-trick hopes". Eurosport. 2022-03-26. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ^ "Milkins Rules The Rock With First Ranking Crown". World Snooker. 2022-03-26. Archived from the original on March 26, 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ^ "Bingham On Cloud Nine With 147". World Snooker. 2022-03-25. Archived from the original on March 25, 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ "Entry Form – Gibraltar Open (ET5) 2015" (PDF). World Snooker. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "BetVictor Gibraltar Open - World Snooker". wst.tv. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Prickman And Becerra Awarded Gibraltar Wild Cards - World Snooker". World Snooker. 5 February 2022. Archived from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Calendar 2021/2022". snooker.org. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "Snooker Returns To the Rock!". World Snooker. 2022-01-20. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ a b Caulfield, David (26 September 2019). "World Snooker Announces New European Series". SnookerHQ. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ Årdalen, Hermund. "BetVictor Gibraltar Open (2022) - snooker.org". snooker.org. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "BetVictor Gibraltar Open - Statement". World Snooker. 2022-03-24. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ "Williams, Murphy and Maguire among long list of Gibraltar Open withdrawals". livesnooker.com. 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ a b "'Had to fly back to UK' – Bad weather and travel chaos rocks 2022 Gibraltar Open snooker on Rock with players forced out". Eurosport. 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ^ "Prickman And Becerra Awarded Gibraltar Wild Cards - World Snooker". World Snooker. 5 February 2022. Archived from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Trump On Course For Gibraltar Treble". World Snooker. 2022-03-25. Archived from the original on March 25, 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ^ "BetVictor Bonus: The 11 Contenders". World Snooker. 2022-03-23. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ "BetVictor £150,000 Bonus Goes To Higgins". World Snooker. 2022-03-26. Archived from the original on March 26, 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ^ Panigrahy, Subhankar (2022-03-25). "Gibraltar Open Snooker 2022 Results, Schedule, Date, Time, Draw, Players, Tickets, Prize Money, Live Stream TV Coverage". The SportsGrail. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ^ "BetVictor Gibraltar Open 2022 | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.