2019 Indian Open

2019 Indian Open

Tournament information
Dates	27 February – 3 March 2019 (2019-02-27 – 2019-03-03)
Venue	Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty
City	Kochi
Country	India
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£323,000
Winner's share	£50,000
Highest break	Zhou Yuelong  (CHN) (147)
Final
Champion	Matthew Selt  (ENG)
Runner-up	Lyu Haotian  (CHN)
Score	5–3
← 2017

The 2019 Indian Open was a professional snooker tournament. It was due to take place between 18 and 22 September 2018 at the Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty in Kochi, India but was postponed due to the 2018 Kerala floods. The rescheduled Indian Open was played in Kochi from 27 February to 3 March 2019. ^[1] It was the fifteenth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season. ^[2]

Qualifying took place on 15 and 16 August 2018 in Preston, England.

John Higgins was the defending champion, having beaten Anthony McGill 5–1 in the 2017 final, ^[3] but he lost to Matthew Selt in the semi-finals. ^[4]

Selt went on to win his first ranking title, beating Lyu Haotian 5–3 in the final. ^[5]

Zhou Yuelong made the first maximum break of his career in the fourth frame of his first round loss to Lyu Haotian. It was the 150th maximum in professional events. ^[6]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

Winner: £50,000 Runner-up: £25,000 Semi-final: £15,000 Quarter-final: £10,000 Last 16: £6,000 Last 32: £4,000 Last 64: £2,000

Televised highest break: £2,000 Total: £323,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £10,000

Main draw

^[7]

	Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames				Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 9 frames
	John Higgins	4
	Duane Jones	0
					John Higgins	4
					Hossein Vafaei	3
	Hossein Vafaei	4
	Dominic Dale	3
									John Higgins	4
									James Cahill	1
	Michael White	2
	James Cahill	4
					James Cahill	4
					Elliot Slessor	2
	David Gilbert	3
	Elliot Slessor	4
													John Higgins	4
													Li Hang	3
	Hamza Akbar	w/d
	Li Hang	w/o
					Li Hang	4
					Joe Perry	2
	Ashley Carty	1
	Joe Perry	4
									Li Hang	4
									Sam Craigie	2
	Peter Ebdon	4
	Ben Woollaston	3
					Peter Ebdon	1
					Sam Craigie	4
	Sam Craigie	4
	Liang Wenbo	3
																	John Higgins	2
																	Matthew Selt	4
	Stuart Bingham	4
	Peter Lines	1
					Stuart Bingham	4
					John Astley	2
	Gary Wilson	1
	John Astley	4
									Stuart Bingham	3
									Lu Ning	4
	Yan Bingtao	4
	Gerard Greene	3
					Yan Bingtao	0
					Lu Ning	4
	Lu Ning	4
	Liam Highfield	1
													Lu Ning	3
													Matthew Selt	4
	Matthew Selt	4
	Tom Ford	2
					Matthew Selt	4
					Joe Swail	0
	Joe Swail	4
	Jack Lisowski	3
									Matthew Selt	4
									Oliver Lines	3
	Fergal O'Brien	1
	Oliver Lines	4
					Oliver Lines	4
					Soheil Vahedi	3
	Robin Hull	3
	Soheil Vahedi	4
																				Matthew Selt	5
																					Lyu Haotian	3
	Andy Hicks	4
	Li Yuan	2
					Andy Hicks	4
					Eden Sharav	2
	Eden Sharav	4
	Michael Georgiou	3
									Andy Hicks	1
									Lyu Haotian	4
	Luke Simmonds	4
	Mei Xiwen	0
					Luke Simmonds	3
					Lyu Haotian	4
	Zhou Yuelong	3
	Lyu Haotian	4
													Lyu Haotian	4
													Mark Davis	2
	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4
	Michael Holt	2
					Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	1
					Graeme Dott	4
	Alexander Ursenbacher	w/d
	Graeme Dott	w/o
									Graeme Dott	3
									Mark Davis	4
	Paul Davison	0
	Mark Davis	4
					Mark Davis	4
					Yuan Sijun	2
	Yuan Sijun	4
	Thor Chuan Leong	1
																Lyu Haotian	4
																	Anthony Hamilton	2
	Luca Brecel	4
	Ian Burns	0
					Luca Brecel	4
					Andrew Higginson	1
	Digvijay Kadian	0
	Andrew Higginson	4
									Luca Brecel	3
									Scott Donaldson	4
	Craig Steadman	4
	Zhang Yong	3
					Craig Steadman	1
					Scott Donaldson	4
	Jimmy Robertson	0
	Scott Donaldson	4
													Scott Donaldson	2
													Anthony Hamilton	4
	Rory McLeod	2
	Anthony Hamilton	4
					Anthony Hamilton	4
					Zhao Xintong	2
	Sam Baird	2
	Zhao Xintong	4
									Anthony Hamilton	4
									Chris Wakelin	2
	Chris Wakelin	4
	Stuart Carrington	3
					Chris Wakelin	4
					Shaun Murphy	2
	Lee Walker	2
	Shaun Murphy	4

Final

Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Colin Humphries Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty, Kochi, India, 3 March 2019.
Matthew Selt   England	5–3	Lyu Haotian   China
57–48, 89–6, 0–115 (115), 12–78, 21–72, 102–0 (102), 67–49, 96–41
102	Highest break	115
1	Century breaks	1

Qualifying

These matches were held between 15 and 16 August 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.

John Higgins	4–1 [nb 1]	Ashley Hugill
Duane Jones	4–1	Adam Stefanow
Hossein Vafaei	4–1	Sanderson Lam
Dominic Dale	4–2 [nb 1]	Asutosh Padhy
Michael White	4–1	Nigel Bond
Alan McManus	3–4	James Cahill
David Gilbert	4–2	Niu Zhuang
Daniel Wells	3–4	Elliot Slessor
Robbie Williams	2–4	Hamza Akbar
Li Hang	4–0	Basem Eltahhan
Xu Si	0–4	Ashley Carty
Joe Perry	4–0	Joe O'Connor
Peter Ebdon	4–3	Jamie Clarke
Ben Woollaston	4–0 [nb 1]	S Shrikrishna
Jimmy White	0–4	Sam Craigie
Liang Wenbo	4–0	Mitchell Mann
Stuart Bingham	4–1	Chris Totten
Peter Lines	4–3	Zhang Anda
Gary Wilson	4–2	Steven Hallworth
Mike Dunn	3–4	John Astley
Yan Bingtao	4–2	Leo Fernandez
Gerard Greene	4–1	Andy Lee
Robert Milkins	0–4	Lu Ning
Liam Highfield	4–2	Billy Joe Castle
Matthew Selt	4–2	Zhang Jiankang
Tom Ford	4–3	Jordan Brown
Martin O'Donnell	2–4	Joe Swail
Jack Lisowski	4–0 [nb 1]	Himanshu Dinesh Jain
Fergal O'Brien	4–2	Dechawat Poomjaeng
Mark Joyce	2–4	Oliver Lines
Robin Hull	4–2	Alfie Burden
Mark Allen	w/d–w/o	Soheil Vahedi
Neil Robertson	w/d–w/o	Andy Hicks
Li Yuan	4–3	Ross Muir
Kurt Maflin	1–4	Eden Sharav
Michael Georgiou	4–1	Ben Hancorn
Xiao Guodong	w/d–w/o	Luke Simmonds
Sunny Akani	0–4	Mei Xiwen
Zhou Yuelong	4–1 [nb 1]	Laxman Rawat
Lyu Haotian	4–3	Tian Pengfei
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4–2	Adam Duffy
Michael Holt	4–1	Chen Zifan
Alexander Ursenbacher	4–2	Simon Lichtenberg
Graeme Dott	4–0	Kishan Hirani
Noppon Saengkham	2–4	Paul Davison
Mark Davis	4–1	Sean O'Sullivan
Yuan Sijun	4–0	Hammad Miah
Anthony McGill	1–4	Thor Chuan Leong
Luca Brecel	4–3	Simon Bedford
Ian Burns	4–2	Chen Feilong
Jamie Jones	w/d–w/o	Digvijay Kadian
Andrew Higginson	4–1	Harvey Chandler
Mark King	2–4	Craig Steadman
Zhang Yong	4–2	Fan Zhengyi
Jimmy Robertson	4–3	David Lilley
Scott Donaldson	4–3	Lukas Kleckers
Rory McLeod	4–3	Rod Lawler
Anthony Hamilton	4–1	Farakh Ajaib
Ken Doherty	1–4	Sam Baird
Ricky Walden	3–4	Zhao Xintong
Chris Wakelin	4–2	Jak Jones
Stuart Carrington	4–1	Luo Honghao
Allan Taylor	1–4	Lee Walker
Shaun Murphy	4–1 [nb 1]	Lucky Vatnani

Notes

1. Match held over and played in Kochi.

Century breaks

Main stage centuries

There were a total of 33 century breaks made during the tournament. ^[8] Zhou Yuelong made a century in a held over match.

• 147, 102 – Zhou Yuelong
• 140 – Mark Davis
• 140 – Zhao Xintong
• 137 – Yuan Sijun
• 136 – Graeme Dott
• 133 – Andrew Higginson
• 132 – Scott Donaldson
• 130, 116, 109 – Li Hang
• 127, 113 – Anthony Hamilton
• 125 – Joe Perry
• 123 – Stuart Bingham
• 121, 104, 104 – John Higgins
• 120, 109, 101 – Luca Brecel
• 115, 114, 106 – Lyu Haotian
• 108 – Peter Ebdon
• 108 – Shaun Murphy
• 106, 103 – Hossein Vafaei
• 104 – Sam Craigie
• 103 – Sam Baird
• 103, 102 – Matthew Selt
• 102 – Michael Holt

Qualifying stage centuries

There were a total of 10 century breaks made during the qualifying matches preceding the event. ^[9]

• 135 – Hamza Akbar
• 122 – Rod Lawler
• 118 – Joe Swail
• 115 – Lyu Haotian
• 114 – Ross Muir
• 110 – Oliver Lines
• 102 – Gerard Greene
• 102 – Michael Holt
• 101 – Stuart Bingham
• 101 – Elliot Slessor

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