Scottish Open (snooker)

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Scottish Open
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Tournament information
Location Edinburgh
CountryScotland
Established1981
Organisation(s) World Snooker Tour
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £427,000
Recent edition 2023
Current championFlag of England.svg  Gary Wilson  (ENG)

The Scottish Open is a ranking professional snooker tournament held in the United Kingdom. The tournament had many name changes in its history, as the tournament was formerly called International Open, Matchroom Trophy and Players Championship. Apart from a hiatus in the 1990/1991 and 1991/1992 seasons, the tournament remained a ranking event until 2003/2004. In the 2012/2013 season the tournament was added back to the calendar as part of the Players Tour Championship minor-ranking series.

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On 29 April 2015, Barry Hearn announced it would return to the main tour in 2016 at the Emirates Arena Glasgow, as part of the new Home Nations Series with the existing Welsh Open, and the new English Open and Northern Ireland Open tournaments. [1] [2] The winner of the Scottish Open is awarded the Stephen Hendry Trophy, which is named in honour of the Scottish seven-time world champion. The reigning champion is Gary Wilson, for the second time in a row, as he defended his 2022 title in the 2023 edition of the event.

History

The tournament began in 1981 as the International Open at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, and became the following year the second ranking event after the World Championship. The event moved to the Eldon Square in Newcastle upon Tyne. Until 1984 the event was sponsored by Jameson Whiskey. [3]

In 1985 the event moved to the Trentham Gardens in Stoke-on-Trent and was renamed (for this year only) to the Matchroom Trophy due to sponsorship from Matchroom and Goya. The International Open name returned the following year and the sponsorship was overtaken by BCE (1986 and 1989) and Fidelity Unit Trusts (1987 and 1988). After 1989 the event went on a two-year hiatus. [3]

The event returned in the 1992/1993 season with the sponsorship of Sky Sports. The event was moved to the second half of the season and was played at the Plymouth Pavilions. The event was moved again in 1994, this time to the Bournemouth International Centre. After an unsponsored year Sweater Shop took over for 1995 and 1996. In 1997 the event was moved to the Aberdeen Exhibition Centre and it was sponsored by Highland Spring. [3]

In 1998 the event was renamed to Scottish Open, and it was sponsored by Imperial Tobacco through their Regal brand, who also sponsored the Scottish Masters and Welsh Open. [3] [4] In 2003 the event was moved to Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh. For the first time in twelve years no top 16 player reached the final. The event than was renamed to the Players Championship for 2004, as it became the final event in the LG Electronics Tour. [4] The event was sponsored by Daily Record and held at the SECC in Glasgow. After the event Sky decided not to renew their contract, and without television coverage the event was dropped. [5] The event was added back to the calendar in the 2012/2013 season as minor-ranking tournament and was known as the Scottish Open. It was held at Ravenscraig as the fifth event of the European Tour. [6]

In 2015 Barry Hearn announced that the tournament would return in the 2016/17 season, held in Glasgow, as part of the Home Nations Series events, which would feature tournaments in the other home nations of snooker and have a one million pound bonus. [7]

Steve Davis was the tournament's most prolific winner, with a record 6 wins from 8 finals. This included a 9–0 whitewash of Dennis Taylor in the 1981 final. There have been eight maximum breaks in the history of the tournament, out of which two were made at the 2000 event: one by Stephen Maguire at the first qualifying round against Phaitoon Phonbun, and the other by Ronnie O'Sullivan in the last 32 against Quinten Hann. [4] [8] In 2012 Kurt Maflin achieved a 147 in the last 32 against Stuart Carrington. [9] In 2017, eventual runner-up Cao Yupeng made a maximum break in his first round match against Andrew Higginson, and the following year, John Higgins compiled his ninth career 147 in his second round match against Gerard Greene. [10] [11] In 2020, Zhou Yuelong made a maximum break in his first round match with Peter Lines, and in 2021 Xiao Guodong made the first maximum break of his career in his qualifying match against Fraser Patrick. [12] [13] The most recent maximum break was made in 2022 by Judd Trump in his second-round match against Mitchell Mann. [14]

Winners

YearWinnerRunner-upFinal scoreVenueCitySeason
International Open (non-ranking, 1981) [3] [15]
1981 Flag of England.svg  Steve Davis  (ENG)Ulster Banner.svg  Dennis Taylor  (NIR)9–0 Assembly Rooms Derby, England 1981/82
International Open (ranking, 1982–1984) [3] [15]
1982 Flag of England.svg  Tony Knowles  (ENG)Flag of England.svg  David Taylor  (ENG)9–6 Assembly Rooms Derby, England 1982/83
1983 Flag of England.svg  Steve Davis  (ENG)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Cliff Thorburn  (CAN)9–4Eldon Square Recreation Centre Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England 1983/84
1984 Flag of England.svg  Steve Davis  (ENG)Flag of England.svg  Tony Knowles  (ENG)9–2 1984/85
Matchroom Trophy (ranking, 1985) [3] [15]
1985 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Cliff Thorburn  (CAN)Flag of England.svg  Jimmy White  (ENG)12–10 Trentham Gardens Stoke-on-Trent, England 1985/86
International Open (ranking, 1986–1997) [3] [15]
1986 Flag of England.svg  Neal Foulds  (ENG)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Cliff Thorburn  (CAN)12–9 Trentham Gardens Stoke-on-Trent, England 1986/87
1987 Flag of England.svg  Steve Davis  (ENG)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Cliff Thorburn  (CAN)12–5 1987/88
1988 Flag of England.svg  Steve Davis  (ENG)Flag of England.svg  Jimmy White  (ENG)12–6 1988/89
1989 Flag of England.svg  Steve Davis  (ENG)Flag of Scotland.svg  Stephen Hendry  (SCO)9–4 1989/90
1993 Flag of Scotland.svg  Stephen Hendry  (SCO)Flag of England.svg  Steve Davis  (ENG)10–6 Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth, England 1992/93
1994 Flag of England.svg  John Parrott  (ENG)Flag of Thailand.svg  James Wattana  (THA)9–5 Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth, England 1993/94
1995 Flag of Scotland.svg  John Higgins  (SCO)Flag of England.svg  Steve Davis  (ENG)9–5 1994/95
1996 Flag of Scotland.svg  John Higgins  (SCO)Flag of England.svg  Rod Lawler  (ENG)9–3 Link Centre Swindon, England 1995/96
1997 Flag of Scotland.svg  Stephen Hendry  (SCO)Flag of Malta.svg  Tony Drago  (MLT)9–1 Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre Aberdeen, Scotland 1996/97
Scottish Open (ranking, 1998–2003) [4] [15]
1998 Flag of England.svg  Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)Flag of Scotland.svg  John Higgins  (SCO)9–5 Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre Aberdeen, Scotland 1997/98
1999 Flag of Scotland.svg  Stephen Hendry  (SCO)Flag of Scotland.svg  Graeme Dott  (SCO)9–1 1998/99
2000 Flag of England.svg  Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Mark Williams  (WAL)9–1 1999/00
2001 Flag of England.svg  Peter Ebdon  (ENG)Flag of Ireland.svg  Ken Doherty  (IRL)9–7 2000/01
2002 Flag of England.svg  Stephen Lee  (ENG)Flag of England.svg  David Gray  (ENG)9–2 2001/02
2003 Flag of England.svg  David Gray  (ENG)Flag of England.svg  Mark Selby  (ENG)9–7 Royal Highland Centre Edinburgh, Scotland 2002/03
Players Championship (ranking, 2004) [5]
2004 Flag of England.svg  Jimmy White  (ENG)Flag of England.svg  Paul Hunter  (ENG)9–7 Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre Glasgow, Scotland 2003/04
Scottish Open (minor-ranking, 2012)
2012 [16] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ding Junhui  (CHN)Flag of Scotland.svg  Anthony McGill  (SCO)4–2 Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility Ravenscraig, Scotland 2012/13
Scottish Open (ranking, 2016–present)
2016 [17] Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Marco Fu  (HKG)Flag of Scotland.svg  John Higgins  (SCO)9–4 Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome Glasgow, Scotland 2016/17
2017 [18] Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Neil Robertson  (AUS)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Cao Yupeng  (CHN)9–8 2017/18
2018 [19] Ulster Banner.svg  Mark Allen  (NIR)Flag of England.svg  Shaun Murphy  (ENG)9–7 2018/19
2019 Flag of England.svg  Mark Selby  (ENG)Flag of England.svg  Jack Lisowski  (ENG)9–6 2019/20
2020 Flag of England.svg  Mark Selby  (ENG)Flag of England.svg  Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)9–3 Marshall Arena Milton Keynes, England 2020/21
2021 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Luca Brecel  (BEL)Flag of Scotland.svg  John Higgins  (SCO)9–5 Venue Cymru Llandudno, Wales 2021/22
2022 Flag of England.svg  Gary Wilson  (ENG)Flag of England.svg  Joe O'Connor  (ENG)9–2 Meadowbank Sports Centre Edinburgh, Scotland 2022/23
2023 Flag of England.svg  Gary Wilson  (ENG)Flag of Thailand.svg  Noppon Saengkham  (THA)9–5 2023/24

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