2009 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 2009 Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 22 February 2009 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.
The defending champion was Mark Selby, but he lost in the quarter-finals against Anthony Hamilton.
Ali Carter won his first ranking tournament by defeating Joe Swail 9–5 in the final, having come back from 2–5 down. This was the first ranking final refereed by Colin Humphries.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
These matches took place between 3 and 6 February 2009 at the Pontins Centre in Prestatyn, Wales.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
Televised stage centuries
References
2007 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 2007 Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12 and 18 February at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.
Shaun Murphy became the first player to compile four consecutive century breaks in a best of 9 match against Jamie Cope.
Neil Robertson won his second ranking title by beating Andrew Higginson 9–8. Higginson made his first official maximum break during his quarter-final match against Ali Carter.
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place between 6 and 8 January 2007 at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
Televised stage centuries
References
2008 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 2008 Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 17 February 2008 in the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.
Mark Selby won his first ranking title by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8, after coming back from an 5–8 deficit.
Notable happennings
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 26 January and 28 January 2008.
2010 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 2010 Totesport.com Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25–31 January 2010 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales. This was the first time that the Welsh Open was sponsored by Totesport.com.
John Higgins won in the final 9–4 against defending champion Ali Carter.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
These matches took place between 19 and 22 January 2010 at the Pontin's Centre, Prestatyn, Wales.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
Televised stage centuries
References
2014 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 2014 BetVictor Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19 February and 2 March 2014 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales. It was the eighth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season, and the second time that BetVictor sponsored the event. It was also the last time that the event was held in Newport.
Stephen Maguire was the defending champion, but he lost 3–4 against Joel Walker in the last 16.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 26th ranking title by defeating Ding Junhui 9–3 in the final. This was O'Sullivan's third Welsh Open title after 2004 and 2005. In the last frame of the final O'Sullivan made the 105th official maximum break. This was O'Sullivan's record 12th competitive maximum break.
Prize fund
The total prize money of the event was raised to £300,000 from the previous year's £250,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Main draw
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
2003 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 2003 Regal Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22 to 26 January at the Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff, Wales.
Paul Hunter was the defending champion, but he lost in the semi-finals 2–6 against Mark Williams.
Stephen Hendry won in the final 9–5 against Williams.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
Round 1
Best of 9 frames
Round 2–5
Century breaks
References
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