2009 Welsh Open (snooker)
Snooker tournament
The 2009 Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 22 February 2009 at the Newport Centre in Newport , Wales .
The defending champion was Mark Selby , but he lost in the quarter-finals against Anthony Hamilton . The event was won Ali Carter , who claimed his first ranking tournament win by defeating Joe Swail 9–5 in the final, having come back from 2–5 down.[ 1] [ 2] This was the first ranking final refereed by Colin Humphries .[ 3]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[ 4]
Winner: £ 35,000
Runner-up: £17,500
Semi-finals: £8,750
Quarter-finals: £6,500
Last 16: £4,275
Last 32: £2,750
Last 48: £1,725
Last 64: £1,325
Stage one highest break: £500
Stage two highest break: £2,000
Stage one maximum break: £1,000
Stage two maximum break: £20,000
Total: £225,500
Main draw
[ 5] [ 6]
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Colin Humphries .Newport Centre , Newport , Wales , 22 February 2009.
Ali Carter (7) England
9 –5
Joe Swail Northern Ireland
Afternoon: 9–81 , 90 –0 (89), 55 –44 , 10–103 (60) , 16–83 , 49–63 , 16–66 , 70 –0 (54) Evening: 120 –0 (116), 141 –0 (109) , 72 –1 (61) , 91 –16 (91) , 73 –0 (67) , 65 –54
116
Highest break
60
2
Century breaks
0
7
50+ breaks
1
Qualifying
These matches took place between 3 and 6 February 2009 at the Pontins Centre in Prestatyn , Wales .[ 7] [ 8]
^ a b c Matches were held over and played in Newport.
Century breaks
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Qualifying stage centuries
Televised stage centuries
142, 117, 115, 101 – Marco Fu
141, 119, 116, 109 – Ali Carter
136, 116, 100 – Anthony Hamilton
135 – Martin Gould
132 – Steve Davis
131, 115 – David Gilbert
129, 101 – John Higgins
126 – Mark Selby
124, 107 – Neil Robertson
124, 104 – Dominic Dale
References