2020 Scottish Open (snooker)

2020 Matchroom.live Scottish Open

Tournament information
Dates	7–13 December 2020 (2020-12-07 – 2020-12-13)
Venue	Marshall Arena
City	Milton Keynes
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker Tour
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£405,000
Winner's share	£70,000
Highest break	Zhou Yuelong  (CHN) (147)
Final
Champion	Mark Selby  (ENG)
Runner-up	Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)
Score	9–3
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The 2020 Scottish Open (officially the 2020 Matchroom.live Scottish Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place on 7–13 December 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. ^[1] It was the sixth ranking event of the 2020–21 season and the third event of the Home Nations Series.

Mark Selby was the defending champion after a 9–6 defeat of Jack Lisowski in the 2019 final. ^[2] He successfully defended his title, winning against Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–3. ^[3] This was Selby's 19th career ranking title, and he became the second player, after Judd Trump, to win three Home Nations Series titles.

Zhou Yuelong made his second career maximum break in the third frame of his first-round match with Peter Lines. ^[4]

Prize fund

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

• Winner: £70,000
• Runner-up: £30,000
• Semi-final: £20,000
• Quarter-final: £10,000
• Last 16: £7,500
• Last 32: £4,000
• Last 64: £3,000
• Highest break: £5,000
• Total: £405,000

Tournament draw

Top half

Section 1

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Mark Selby  (ENG) (1)	4
	Yuan Sijun  (CHN)	1
					Mark Selby (1)	4
					Nigel Bond	2
	Gary Thomson (SCO)	2
	Nigel Bond  (ENG)	4
									Mark Selby (1)	4
									Mark Joyce	2
	Ben Woollaston  (ENG) (32)	4
	Amine Amiri  (MAR)	1
					Ben Woollaston (32)	2
					Mark Joyce	4
	Mark Joyce  (ENG)	4
	Xu Si  (CHN)	2
													Mark Selby (1)	4
													Lyu Haotian	1
	Jack Lisowski  (ENG) (16)	4
	Oliver Lines  (ENG)	2
					Jack Lisowski (16)	w/d
					Sunny Akani	w/o
	Sunny Akani  (THA)	4
	Ian Burns  (ENG)	2
									Sunny Akani	3
									Lyu Haotian	4
	Gary Wilson  (ENG) (17)	0
	Lyu Haotian  (CHN)	4
					Lyu Haotian	4
					Alan McManus	2
	Alan McManus  (SCO)	4
	Xiao Guodong  (CHN)	2

Section 2

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Pang Junxu  (CHN)	0
	Ricky Walden  (ENG)	4
					Ricky Walden	4
					Tom Ford (24)	3
	Tom Ford  (ENG) (24)	4
	Rory McLeod  (JAM)	0
									Ricky Walden	4
									Zak Surety	0
	Gao Yang  (CHN)	4
	Duane Jones  (WAL)	2
					Gao Yang	1
					Zak Surety	4
	Stephen Maguire  (SCO) (9)	1
	Zak Surety  (ENG)	4
													Ricky Walden	4
													Mark Allen (8)	3
	Barry Pinches  (ENG)	3
	Jordan Brown  (NIR)	4
					Jordan Brown	2
					Zhou Yuelong (25)	4
	Zhou Yuelong  (CHN) (25)	4
	Peter Lines  (ENG)	1
									Zhou Yuelong (25)	3
									Mark Allen (8)	4
	Iulian Boiko  (UKR)	1
	Joe O'Connor  (ENG)	4
					Joe O'Connor	2
					Mark Allen (8)	4
	Mark Allen  (NIR) (8)	4
	Jimmy White  (ENG)	1

Section 3

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Kyren Wilson  (ENG) (5)	4
	Simon Lichtenberg  (GER)	1
					Kyren Wilson (5)	4
					Steven Hallworth	1
	Steven Hallworth  (ENG)	4
	Brian Ochoiski  (FRA)	1
									Kyren Wilson (5)	4
									Michael Holt (28)	2
	Michael Holt  (ENG) (28)	4
	Gerard Greene  (NIR)	1
					Michael Holt (28)	4
					Louis Heathcote	2
	Louis Heathcote  (ENG)	4
	Si Jiahui  (CHN)	2
													Kyren Wilson (5)	4
													Barry Hawkins (21)	3
	Yan Bingtao  (CHN) (12)	1
	Jak Jones  (WAL)	4
					Jak Jones	0
					Liam Highfield	4
	Liam Highfield  (ENG)	4
	Fan Zhengyi  (CHN)	0
									Liam Highfield	3
									Barry Hawkins (21)	4
	Barry Hawkins  (ENG) (21)	4
	Stuart Carrington  (ENG)	0
					Barry Hawkins (21)	4
					Jamie Clarke	2
	James Cahill  (ENG)	2
	Jamie Clarke  (WAL)	4

Section 4

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Sean Maddocks  (ENG)	1
	Brandon Sargeant  (ENG)	4
					Brandon Sargeant	2
					Sam Craigie	4
	Anthony McGill  (SCO) (20)	2
	Sam Craigie  (ENG)	4
									Sam Craigie	3
									Jamie Jones	4
	Jamie Jones  (WAL)	4
	Daniel Wells  (WAL)	2
					Jamie Jones	4
					Matthew Stevens	3
	David Gilbert  (ENG) (13)	3
	Matthew Stevens  (WAL)	4
													Jamie Jones	4
													Eden Sharav	3
	Zhao Jianbo  (CHN)	4
	Kacper Filipiak  (POL)	0
					Zhao Jianbo	4
					Zhao Xintong (29)	2
	Zhao Xintong  (CHN) (29)	4
	Rod Lawler  (ENG)	0
									Zhao Jianbo	1
									Eden Sharav	4
	Eden Sharav  (ISR)	4
	Anthony Hamilton  (ENG)	3
					Eden Sharav	4
					Lei Peifan	2
	Neil Robertson  (AUS) (4)	w/d
	Lei Peifan  (CHN)	w/o

Bottom half

Section 5

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Judd Trump  (ENG) (3)	4
	Alexander Ursenbacher  (SUI)	1
					Judd Trump (3)	4
					Mark King	2
	Chen Zifan  (CHN)	0
	Mark King  (ENG)	4
									Judd Trump (3)	4
									Liang Wenbo (30)	2
	Liang Wenbo  (CHN) (30)	4
	David Lilley  (ENG)	1
					Liang Wenbo (30)	4
					Luca Brecel	1
	Andrew Higginson  (ENG)	3
	Luca Brecel  (BEL)	4
													Judd Trump (3)	4
													Mark Williams (14)	1
	Mark Williams  (WAL) (14)	4
	Lukas Kleckers  (GER)	3
					Mark Williams (14)	4
					Dominic Dale	2
	Dominic Dale  (WAL)	4
	Igor Figueiredo  (BRA)	3
									Mark Williams (14)	4
									Jackson Page	1
	Joe Perry  (ENG) (19)	3
	Jackson Page  (WAL)	4
					Jackson Page	4
					Ashley Carty	3
	Alex Borg  (MLT)	w/d
	Ashley Carty  (ENG)	w/o

Section 6

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Ashley Hugill  (ENG)	4
	Farakh Ajaib  (ENG)	0
					Ashley Hugill	1
					Robert Milkins	4
	Graeme Dott  (SCO) (22)	0
	Robert Milkins  (ENG)	4
									Robert Milkins	3
									Stuart Bingham (11)	4
	Lee Walker  (WAL)	4
	Fergal O'Brien  (IRL)	3
					Lee Walker	0
					Stuart Bingham (11)	4
	Stuart Bingham  (ENG) (11)	4
	Ben Hancorn  (ENG)	2
													Stuart Bingham (11)	3
													Li Hang	4
	Luo Honghao  (CHN)	3
	Li Hang  (CHN)	4
					Li Hang	4
					Matthew Selt (27)	3
	Matthew Selt  (ENG) (27)	4
	Elliot Slessor  (ENG)	0
									Li Hang	4
									Noppon Saengkham	1
	Jimmy Robertson  (ENG)	2
	Noppon Saengkham  (THA)	4
					Noppon Saengkham	4
					John Higgins (6)	2
	John Higgins  (SCO) (6)	4
	Soheil Vahedi  (IRN)	3

Section 7

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Shaun Murphy  (ENG) (7)	4
	David Grace  (ENG)	1
					Shaun Murphy (7)	4
					Peter Devlin	2
	Aaron Hill  (IRL)	2
	Peter Devlin  (ENG)	4
									Shaun Murphy (7)	2
									Jamie O'Neill	4
	Kurt Maflin  (NOR) (26)	3
	Jamie O'Neill  (ENG)	4
					Jamie O'Neill	4
					Hossein Vafaei	1
	Mitchell Mann  (ENG)	2
	Hossein Vafaei  (IRN)	4
													Jamie O'Neill	3
													Ding Junhui (10)	4
	Ding Junhui  (CHN) (10)	4
	Mark Davis  (ENG)	0
					Ding Junhui (10)	4
					Andy Hicks	2
	Andy Hicks  (ENG)	4
	Billy Castle  (ENG)	2
									Ding Junhui (10)	4
									Martin O'Donnell	0
	Scott Donaldson  (SCO) (23)	2
	Michael White  (WAL)	4
					Michael White	2
					Martin O'Donnell	4
	Jamie Wilson  (ENG)	2
	Martin O'Donnell  (ENG)	4

Section 8

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Robbie Williams  (ENG)	4
	Paul Davison  (ENG)	2
					Robbie Williams	4
					Ali Carter (18)	3
	Ali Carter  (ENG) (18)	4
	Ryan Day  (WAL)	2
									Robbie Williams	4
									Lu Ning	3
	Riley Parsons  (ENG)	0
	Lu Ning  (CHN)	4
					Lu Ning	4
					Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (15)	1
	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh  (THA) (15)	4
	Michael Collumb	3
													Robbie Williams	1
													Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)	4
	Chris Wakelin  (ENG)	4
	Fraser Patrick  (SCO)	0
					Chris Wakelin	1
					Tian Pengfei	4
	Martin Gould  (ENG) (31)	1
	Tian Pengfei  (CHN)	4
									Tian Pengfei	3
									Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)	4
	Ken Doherty  (IRL)	1
	Chang Bingyu  (CHN)	4
					Chang Bingyu	1
					Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)	4
	Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG) (2)	4
	Allan Taylor  (ENG)	2

Finals

	Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames				Semi-finals Best of 11 frames				Final Best of 17 frames
	Mark Selby (1)	5
	Ricky Walden	4
					Mark Selby (1)	6
					Jamie Jones	1
	Kyren Wilson (5)	1
	Jamie Jones	5
									Mark Selby (1)	9
									Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)	3
	Judd Trump (3)	4
	Li Hang	5
					Li Hang	4
					Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)	6
	Ding Junhui (10)	4
	Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)	5

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Leo Scullion Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England, 13 December 2020.
Mark Selby (1)   England	9–3	Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)   England
Afternoon:104–21, 5–72, 137–4 (102), 82–25, 62–76, 97–17, 119–0, 90–37 Evening:129–0, 40–96, 83–48, 76–64
102	Highest break	72
1	Century breaks	0

Century breaks

A total of 86 century breaks were made by 45 players during the tournament. ^[6]

147 – Zhou Yuelong 140, 126 – Liam Highfield 138, 132, 103, 102 – Barry Hawkins 137, 101 – Shaun Murphy 135, 129, 128, 123, 121, 102, 101, 100 – Mark Selby 135, 129, 112, 110, 109, 105 – Mark Allen 135, 126, 114, 114, 103, 101 – Ding Junhui 134, 127, 123 – Ronnie O'Sullivan 134, 127, 113, 100 – Kyren Wilson 134 – Lu Ning 134 – Kurt Maflin 134 – Matthew Stevens 133, 129 – Liang Wenbo 131 – Ashley Hugill 129, 104 – Tian Pengfei

129 – Stuart Bingham 128 – Chris Wakelin 127 – Noppon Saengkham 126, 121, 113, 108, 101 – Michael Holt 126 – Zhao Xintong 124 – Jimmy Robertson 123 – Dominic Dale 123 – Zak Surety 122 – Yuan Sijun 121 – Steven Hallworth 120 – Andy Hicks 117, 113 – Ricky Walden 112 – Alan McManus 110 Michael Collumb 109 – Jak Jones

108, 106 – Mark Joyce 107 – Lyu Haotian 106 – Jackson Page 105, 100 – Jamie Jones 104, 104, 103 – Judd Trump 104, 100 – Mark Williams 104 – Luo Honghao 103, 100 – Robbie Williams 103 – Ali Carter 102 – Jamie Clarke 102 – Jack Lisowski 102 – Si Jiahui 102 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 101, 100 – Li Hang 100 – Igor Figueiredo

References

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