2012 Welsh Open (snooker)

"2012 Welsh Open" redirects here. For the darts tournament, see Welsh Open (darts).

2012 888真人 Welsh Open

Tournament information
Dates	13–19 February 2012 (2012-02-13 – 2012-02-19)
Venue	Newport Centre
City	Newport
Country	Wales
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£201,500
Winner's share	£30,000
Highest break	Mark Selby  (ENG) (145)
Final
Champion	Ding Junhui  (CHN)
Runner-up	Mark Selby  (ENG)
Score	9–6
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The 2012 Welsh Open (officially the 2012 888真人 Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13 and 19 February 2012 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales. ^{[1] [2]} This was the first time, that 888真人 sponsored the event. ^[3]

John Higgins was the defending champion, ^[1] but he lost 3–4 against Ding Junhui in the last 16. ^[4]

Ding Junhui won his fifth ranking title by defeating Mark Selby 9–6 in the final. ^{[5] [6]}

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: ^[7]

Winner: £30,000 Runner-up: £15,000 Semi-final: £7,500 Quarter-final: £5,600 Last 16: £4,000 Last 32: £2,500 Last 48: £1,600 Last 64: £1,250

Stage one highest break: £500 Stage two highest break: £1,000 Total: £201,500

Main draw

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	Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
	1	John Higgins	4
		Liang Wenbo	1
						1	John Higgins	3
						9	Ding Junhui	4
	9	Ding Junhui	4
		Mark Davis	0
											9	Ding Junhui	5
											15	Stephen Lee	4
	15	Stephen Lee	4
		Michael Holt	1
						15	Stephen Lee	4
							Tom Ford	1
	7	Graeme Dott	2
		Tom Ford	4
																9	Ding Junhui	6
																6	Shaun Murphy	2
	6	Shaun Murphy	4
		Mark Joyce	2
						6	Shaun Murphy	4
							Steve Davis	0
	11	Ali Carter	3
		Steve Davis	4
											6	Shaun Murphy	5
											10	Mark Allen	4
	10	Mark Allen	4
		Ken Doherty	0
						10	Mark Allen	4
							Stephen Hendry	0
	4	Neil Robertson	1
		Stephen Hendry	4
																					9	Ding Junhui	9
																					2	Mark Selby	6
	3	Mark Williams	4
		Andy Hicks	3
						3	Mark Williams	1
						16	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4
	16	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4
		Marco Fu	1
											16	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
											5	Judd Trump	3
	14	Stuart Bingham	4
		Mark King	2
						14	Stuart Bingham	1
						5	Judd Trump	4
	5	Judd Trump	4
		Fergal O'Brien	0
																16	Ronnie O'Sullivan	2
																2	Mark Selby	6
	8	Stephen Maguire	4
		Adam Wicheard	2
						8	Stephen Maguire	4
						13	Matthew Stevens	2
	13	Matthew Stevens	4
		Barry Hawkins	3
											8	Stephen Maguire	3
											2	Mark Selby	5
	12	Martin Gould	4
		Peter Ebdon	2
						12	Martin Gould	1
						2	Mark Selby	4
	2	Mark Selby	4
		Sam Baird	3

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri. Newport Centre, Newport, Wales, 19 February 2012. [2] [8]
Ding Junhui (9)   China	9–6	Mark Selby (2)   England
Afternoon: 1–136 (103), 71–8 (64), 0–124 (124), 64–61, 66–40, 90–0 (90), 0–91 (66), 64–29 (51) Evening: 14–80 (73), 84–2 (83), 34–91 (91), 124–3 (124), 130–0 (130), 0–145 (145), 74–11
130	Highest break	145
2	Century breaks	3
6	50+ breaks	6

Qualifying

These matches were held between 8 and 11 February 2012 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

	Round 1 Best of 7 frames				Round 2 Best of 7 frames				Round 3 Best of 7 frames				Round 4 Best of 7 frames
					Ben Woollaston	1			Liang Wenbo	4			Rory McLeod	1
					David Gilbert	4			David Gilbert	1			Liang Wenbo	4
	Tian Pengfei	0			Adrian Gunnell	2			Jamie Burnett	4			Mark Davis	4
	Cao Yupeng	4			Cao Yupeng	4			Cao Yupeng	2			Jamie Burnett	2
					Jimmy Robertson	2			Michael Holt	4			Ryan Day [nb 1]	0
					Alfie Burden	4			Alfie Burden	3			Michael Holt	4
					Michael White	1			Jimmy White	2			Tom Ford	4
					Ian McCulloch	4			Ian McCulloch	4			Ian McCulloch	3
	David Grace	3			Mark Joyce	4			Joe Jogia	0			Andrew Higginson	3
	Daniel Wells	4			Daniel Wells	3			Mark Joyce	4			Mark Joyce	4
	Sam Craigie	2			Barry Pinches	1			Steve Davis	4			Ricky Walden	3
	Lucky Vatnani	4			Lucky Vatnani	4			Lucky Vatnani	3			Steve Davis	4
					Peter Lines	2			Ken Doherty	4			Jamie Cope	2
					Rod Lawler	4			Rod Lawler	0			Ken Doherty	4
	Kurt Maflin	4			Tony Drago	2			Robert Milkins	0			Stephen Hendry	4
	Stuart Carrington	3			Kurt Maflin	4			Kurt Maflin	4			Kurt Maflin	0
	Andrew Norman	4			Andy Hicks	4			Anthony Hamilton	1			Joe Perry	2
	Aditya Mehta	0			Andrew Norman	2			Andy Hicks	4			Andy Hicks	4
					Liu Chuang	4			Matthew Selt	4			Marco Fu	4
					Liam Highfield	3			Liu Chuang	1			Matthew Selt	2
					Dave Harold	4			Alan McManus	3			Mark King	4
					Joe Swail	0			Dave Harold	4			Dave Harold	1
	David Morris	4			Xiao Guodong	4			Mike Dunn	4			Fergal O'Brien	4
	Paul Davison	3			David Morris	2			Xiao Guodong	3			Mike Dunn	3
	Andrew Pagett	1			Liu Song	3			Jamie Jones	1			Marcus Campbell	2
	Adam Wicheard	4			Adam Wicheard	4			Adam Wicheard	4			Adam Wicheard	4
	Yu Delu	4			Anthony McGill	4			Gerard Greene	4			Barry Hawkins	4
	Luca Brecel	0			Yu Delu	2			Anthony McGill	2			Gerard Greene	2
	Adam Duffy	w/o			James Wattana	0			Jack Lisowski	2			Peter Ebdon	4
	Dechawat Poomjaeng	w/d			Adam Duffy	4			Adam Duffy	4			Adam Duffy	0
	Passakorn Suwannawat	1			Li Yan	1			Nigel Bond	3			Dominic Dale [nb 1]	2
	Sam Baird	4			Sam Baird	4			Sam Baird	4			Sam Baird	4

1. Matches were held over and played in Newport.

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

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142, 113, 111 – Andy Hicks 141, 116, 100 – Sam Baird 138 – Stuart Carrington 137 – Paul Davison 135 – Kurt Maflin 134, 112 – David Morris 134 – Tom Ford 128 – Yu Delu 126 – Adam Duffy 123, 120, 104 – Xiao Guodong

122, 101 – Barry Hawkins 113 – Gerard Greene 113 – Steve Davis 112, 109 – David Gilbert 112 – Liu Chuang 111 – Mike Dunn 108, 106 – Ian McCulloch 106 – Tony Drago 102 – Marco Fu

Televised stage centuries

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145, 124, 110, 103 – Mark Selby 141 – Matthew Stevens 139, 125, 102, 101 – Ronnie O'Sullivan 136 – Sam Baird 135 – Neil Robertson 133 – Mark Williams 131, 111, 101 – Stephen Maguire

130, 124 – Ding Junhui 129 – Stephen Lee 126 – Shaun Murphy 123 – Barry Hawkins 121, 117 – Steve Davis 121 – Mark Allen 109, 104, 100 – Judd Trump

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