2010 World Open (snooker)

12bet.com World Open

Tournament information
Dates	18–26 September 2010
Venue	S.E.C.C.
City	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£502,500
Winner's share	£100,000
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (147)
Final
Champion	Neil Robertson
Runner-up	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Score	5–1
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The 2010 12bet.com World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament held between 18–26 September 2010 at the S.E.C.C. in Glasgow, Scotland. This was the first time that the World Open was sponsored by 12bet.com.^[1]

Ronnie O'Sullivan made the 73rd official maximum break during his match against Mark King. This was O'Sullivan's record 10th official 147,^[2] however he had to be persuaded by referee Jan Verhaas to play the final black, as he became aware that there was no distinct prize money for a maximum break in the tournament and planned to end his break at 140. There was only a £4,000 prize for the highest break of the tournament.^[3]

Neil Robertson was the defending champion, and he retained his title by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 in the final.^[4]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[5]

Winner: £100,000 Runner-up: £40,000 Semi-final: £20,000 Quarter-final: £12,500 Last 16: £7,500 Last 32: £5,000 Last 64: £2,500 Last 96: £1,500

Stage one highest break: £500 Stage two highest break: £4,000 Total: £502,500

Field

The field of the tournament of 128 people was as follows:^[6][7]

96 professional players on the Main Tour 10 Rileys Club qualifiers: Middlesbrough: Richard Beckman[8] Dunfermline: Marc Davis[8] Norwich: Jamie Edwards[8] Leicester: Ian Glover[8] Stevenage: Sam Harvey[8] Guildford: James Loft[8] Cardiff: Allan Morgan[8] Glasgow: Gary Thomson[8] Preston: John Whitty[8] Plymouth: Matt Williams[8] 10 independent club qualifiers: South West Snooker Academy, Gloucester: Sam Baird[9] Grove Snooker Centre, Romford: Ryan Causton[10] The Ivy Rooms, Carlow: Jason Devaney[11] Keynsham Snooker Club, Bristol: Mike Finn[12] Castle Snooker Club, Brighton: Anish Gokool[12] QE1 Snooker Club, Belfast: Julian Logue[13] The Q Club, Glasgow: Craig MacGillivray[12] Landywood Snooker Centre, Landywood: Mitchell Mann[14] Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds: James McGouran[15] The Q-Bar, Chester: Chris Norbury[9]

4 international qualifiers: Bahrain: Habib Subah Belgium: Mario Geudens Germany: Lasse Münstermann Thailand: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Top 2 amateur players on the PTC Order of Merit: Daniel Wells Michael Wasley 2 ladies tour players:[16] Wendy Jans Anita Rizzuti 2 senior players: Darren Morgan Tony Knowles 2 youth players:[17] Joel Walker Luca Brecel

Draw

Qualifying rounds

The first two rounds took place between 21 and 23 August 2010 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield. Eleven selected round three matches were held over until the start of the tournament in Glasgow. The rest took place at the Academy on 24 August. All matches were best of 5 frames. All times are BST.^[18][19][20]

Round 1

All amateurs and players ranked 65–96 entered at this stage.

Saturday, 21 August – 10:00 Jamie Jones 3–0 Tony Knowles Matt Williams 1–3 Paul Davison John Whitty 0–3 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Noppon Saengkham 3–1 Luca Brecel Igor Figueiredo 3–2 Liu Chuang Liam Highfield 3–1 Michael White Saturday, 21 August – 12:00 Justin Astley 3–2 Michael Wasley Chris Norbury 3–0 Richard Beckman Adam Wicheard 2–3 James McBain Daniel Wells 3–1 Jamie O'Neill Jak Jones 1–3 Joe Jogia Patrick Wallace 3–0 Kurt Maflin Saturday, 21 August – 16:00 Jack Lisowski 3–1 Ryan Causton Xiao Guodong 3–0 James Loft Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 3–1 Reanne Evans Julian Logue 1–3 Joel Walker Mike Finn 0–3 Kyren Wilson Habib Subah 1–3 Darren Morgan

Saturday, 21 August – 18:00 Mitchell Mann 0–3 Ben Woollaston Andrew Pagett 2–3 Kuldesh Johal Anish Gokool 0–3 Sam Harvey Patrick Einsle 2–3 Dermot McGlinchey Issara Kachaiwong 2–3 James McGouran Sam Baird 3–2 Zhang Anda Sunday, 22 August – 10:00 Gary Thomson 0–3 Lasse Münstermann Anthony McGill 3–1 Ian Glover Mario Geudens 3–2 Jason Devaney Anita Rizzuti 0–3 Alfie Burden Allan Morgan 0–3 Liu Song Marc Davis 0–3 Matthew Couch Sunday, 22 August – 12:00 Wendy Jans 1–3 Simon Bedford Jamie Edwards 1–3 Craig MacGillivray

Round 2

Players ranked 33–64 entered at this stage.

Sunday, 22 August – 12:00 Jamie Burnett 0–3 Adrian Gunnell Dominic Dale 3–1 Sam Harvey Ben Woollaston 3–0 Justin Astley Liu Song 3–1 Barry Pinches Sunday, 22 August – 16:00 Anthony Hamilton 1–3 James McBain Jimmy White 3–0 Michael Judge Dermot McGlinchey 1–3 Paul Davison Mario Geudens 1–3 Anthony McGill Tom Ford 1–3 Alfie Burden Paul Davies 3–2 James McGouran Sunday, 22 August – 18:00 Bjorn Haneveer 3–2 Joe Swail Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 3–0 Peter Lines Simon Bedford 3–2 Jimmy Robertson Liam Highfield 2–3 Fergal O'Brien Noppon Saengkham 0–3 Martin Gould Matthew Couch 3–0 Ian McCulloch

Monday, 23 August – 10:00 Jimmy Michie 3–2 Mark Joyce Jamie Jones 3–0 Sam Baird Darren Morgan 3–2 Xiao Guodong Tony Drago 3–1 Joel Walker Joe Delaney 2–3 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Chris Norbury 1–3 Alan McManus Monday, 23 August – 12:00 Stuart Pettman 3–0 Kyren Wilson Matthew Selt 3–1 Lasse Münstermann Rod Lawler 2–3 Nigel Bond Marcus Campbell 3–0 Daniel Wells Jack Lisowski 1–3 Andy Hicks Rory McLeod 3–1 Kuldesh Johal Monday, 23 August – 16:00 Igor Figueiredo 3–0 David Gilbert Robert Milkins 1–3 David Morris Patrick Wallace 1–3 Joe Jogia Craig MacGillivray 0–3 James Wattana

Round 3

The top 32 players in the rankings entered the tournament at this stage.^[21][22]

Tuesday, 24 August – 10:00 Judd Trump 3–0 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Marco Fu 3–2 Alfie Burden Matthew Selt 0–3 Martin Gould Fergal O'Brien 3–1 Dominic Dale Tuesday, 24 August – 12:00 Ricky Walden 3–1 Andy Hicks Darren Morgan 2–3 Matthew Stevens Andrew Higginson 3–1 Liang Wenbo Gerard Greene 2–3 Joe Jogia Marcus Campbell 3–1 Simon Bedford Liu Song 3–1 Michael Holt Tuesday, 24 August – 16:00 Alan McManus 3–0 Anthony McGill James Wattana 2–3 Jimmy Michie Rory McLeod 1–3 Nigel Bond Mark Davis 3–0 Jamie Jones Tony Drago 1–3 Stephen Lee Mike Dunn 3–1 Ryan Day Tuesday, 24 August – 18:00 David Morris 3–0 Ben Woollaston Mark Allen 2–3 James McBain

Tuesday, 24 August – 18:00 Matthew Couch 3–0 Paul Davies Ken Doherty 3–2 Joe Perry Stuart Bingham 2–3 Jamie Cope Saturday, 18 September – 14:30 Neil Robertson 3–1 Graeme Dott Ali Carter 3–1 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Stuart Pettman 2–3 Stephen Maguire Saturday, 18 September – not before 19:00 Steve Davis 1–3 Peter Ebdon Shaun Murphy 0–3 Dave Harold Sunday, 19 September – 14:00 Stephen Hendry 3–0 Bjorn Haneveer Mark Williams 3–0 Igor Figueiredo Ding Junhui 3–0 Adrian Gunnell Sunday, 19 September – not before 19:00 Paul Davison 1–3 Jimmy White Mark Selby 2–3 Barry Hawkins Monday, 20 September – 12:30 Mark King 0–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan

Main rounds

Matches were played on a roll-on/roll-off basis. Play started at the allocated time each day with a 15-minute interval between matches. The evening session did not start before the time indicated on the format.

The draw up to and including the semi-finals were made on a random basis. All matches up to and including the semi-finals were best of 5 frames and the final was best of 9 frames. All times are BST.^{[6][21][22][23][24]}

Last 32

Monday, 20 September – 12:30 Matthew Stevens 2–3 Alan McManus Joe Jogia 1–3 Liu Song Monday, 20 September – 19:00 Jamie Cope 3–2 Dave Harold Mike Dunn 1–3 Marcus Campbell Tuesday, 21 September – 13:00 Ali Carter 1–3 Mark Williams Ding Junhui 3–1 Jimmy Michie Stephen Lee 3–2 Nigel Bond Tuesday, 21 September – 19:00 Stephen Hendry 3–0 Mark Davis Peter Ebdon 3–2 Fergal O'Brien

Wednesday, 22 September – 12:30 Neil Robertson 3–1 David Morris Wednesday, 22 September – not before 14:00 Barry Hawkins 3–1 Ken Doherty James McBain 0–3 Ricky Walden Wednesday, 22 September – 19:00 Judd Trump 2–3 Stephen Maguire Martin Gould 3–0 Matthew Couch Thursday, 23 September – 12:30 Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–1 Jimmy White Marco Fu 1–3 Andrew Higginson

Last 16

Thursday, 23 September – 12:30 Marcus Campbell 0–3 Ding Junhui Thursday, 23 September – 19:00 Mark Williams 3–2 Barry Hawkins Peter Ebdon 3–2 Liu Song

Friday, 24 September – 12:30 Jamie Cope 1–3 Ricky Walden Stephen Hendry 1–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan Alan McManus 0–3 Stephen Maguire Friday, 24 September – 19:00 Neil Robertson 3–2 Andrew Higginson Stephen Lee 0–3 Martin Gould

Quarter-finals

Saturday, 25 September – 13:00 Mark Williams 3–2 Ding Junhui Peter Ebdon 3–1 Martin Gould

Saturday, 25 September – 19:00 Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–1 Stephen Maguire Ricky Walden 1–3 Neil Robertson

Semi-finals

• Sunday, 26 September – 14:00
  • Peter Ebdon 1–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan
  • Mark Williams 2–3 Neil Robertson

Final

Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. S.E.C.C., Glasgow, Scotland, 26 September 2010.
Ronnie O'Sullivan  England	1–5	Neil Robertson  Australia
51–75, 0–107 (107), 79–18 (72), 15–73 (59), 0–66 (66), 44–63
72	Highest break	107
0	Century breaks	1
1	50+ breaks	3

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries [25] 139 Joe Swail 122 Mark Davis 115 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 113 Fergal O'Brien 113 James McBain 108 Anthony McGill 108 Judd Trump 108 Mark Allen 105 Jamie Cope 104 Liu Song 104 Matthew Stevens 103 Ricky Walden 101 David Morris

Televised stage centuries [22] 147, 135, 116 Ronnie O'Sullivan 132 Stephen Maguire 129 Fergal O'Brien 127 Barry Hawkins 112 Mark Williams 110, 109 Ding Junhui 109 Mark Selby 107, 103, 101 Neil Robertson 107 Liu Song 102 Ricky Walden[26]

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External links

• Ronnie O'Sullivan 147 World Open 20.09.2010 (HQ) on YouTube