2011 Australian Goldfields Open

Australian Goldfields Open
Tournament information
Dates18–24 July 2011 (2011-07-18 – 2011-07-24)
VenueBendigo Stadium
CityBendigo
CountryAustralia
OrganisationWorld Snooker
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund$425,000
Winner's share$60,000
Highest break Mark Williams (WAL) (142)
Final
Champion Stuart Bingham (ENG)
Runner-up Mark Williams (WAL)
Score9–8
1995
2012

The 2011 Australian Goldfields Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 and 24 July 2011 at the Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia.

The event was last held in 1995 under the name Australian Masters, where Anthony Hamilton defeated Chris Small 8–6 in the final. However, Hamilton withdrew from the tournament in the qualifying rounds citing personal reasons and therefore did not compete to defend his title.[1]

Stuart Bingham won the first ranking title of his career by defeating Mark Williams 9–8 in the final.[2]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3][a]

Main draw

[4][5][6]

Last 32
Best of 9 frames
Last 16
Best of 9 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
               
1 Scotland John Higgins 4
England Matthew Selt[b1] 5
England Matthew Selt 5
16 Scotland Stephen Hendry 1
16 Scotland Stephen Hendry 5
England Martin Gould 3
England Matthew Selt 3
7 England Shaun Murphy 5
13 England Peter Ebdon 3
England Rory McLeod 5
England Rory McLeod 1
7 England Shaun Murphy 5
7 England Shaun Murphy 5
England Andrew Higginson 3
7 England Shaun Murphy 2
England Stuart Bingham 6
6 England Ali Carter 3
Scotland Marcus Campbell 5
Scotland Marcus Campbell 1
12 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 5
12 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 5
Wales Ryan Day 3
12 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 3
England Stuart Bingham 5
15 England Jamie Cope 3
England Tom Ford 5
England Tom Ford 0
England Stuart Bingham 5
4 China Ding Junhui 2
England Stuart Bingham 5
England Stuart Bingham 9
2 Wales Mark Williams 8
3 England Mark Selby 5
England Joe Perry 3
3 England Mark Selby 5
England Mark Davis 3
9 England Judd Trump 3
England Mark Davis 5
3 England Mark Selby 3
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5
14 Wales Matthew Stevens 4
China Liang Wenbo 5
  China Liang Wenbo 4
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5
8 Scotland Stephen Maguire 2
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 2
2 Wales Mark Williams 6
5 Australia Neil Robertson 5
England Nigel Bond 2
5 Australia Neil Robertson 4
Wales Dominic Dale 5
  Wales Dominic Dale 5
Australia Steve Mifsud[b2] 2
Wales Dominic Dale 4
2 Wales Mark Williams 5
  England David Gilbert[c] 5
Australia James Mifsud 1
England David Gilbert 2
2 Wales Mark Williams 5
2 Wales Mark Williams 5
England Barry Pinches 2

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb
Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, Australia[5]
Stuart Bingham
 England
9–8 Mark Williams (2)
 Wales
Afternoon: 139–0 (139), 0–89 (89), 71–39, 55–42, 9–98 (85), 40–66 (57), 19–84 (84), 64–52 (Williams 52)
Evening: 7–69 (52), 13–78, 4–71 (71), 51–10, 10–81 (68), 67–32, 70–8 (69), 76–0 (76), 80–34
139 Highest break 89
1 Century breaks 0
3 50+ breaks 8

Qualifying

These matches took place between 26 and 30 June 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.[3][7][8] David Gilbert was the only player to go through all four rounds of qualifying to make it to the main stage.

Preliminary round

Best of 9 frames

India Lucky Vatnani w/d–w/o Norway Kurt Maflin
Round 1–4
Round 1
Best of 9 frames
Round 2
Best of 9 frames
Round 3
Best of 9 frames
Round 4
Best of 9 frames
England Sam Baird5England Adrian Gunnell5England Matthew Selt5England Ricky Walden0
Belgium Luca Brecel1England Sam Baird4England Adrian Gunnell1England Matthew Selt5
Wales Andrew Pagett5England Jimmy Robertson5England Mark Joyce5England Martin Gould5
England Adam Wicheard4Wales Andrew Pagett2England Jimmy Robertson3England Mark Joyce3
England Paul Davison5England Jimmy White5England Rory McLeod5England Robert Milkins2
Republic of Ireland David Hogan3England Paul Davison2England Jimmy White3England Rory McLeod5
Belgium Bjorn Haneveer3China Liu Chuang3Scotland Jamie Burnett5England Andrew Higginson5
England Andrew Norman5England Andrew Norman5England Andrew Norman3Scotland Jamie Burnett4
Northern Ireland Joe Meara3England Rod Lawler5England Mike Dunn5Scotland Marcus Campbell5
Republic of Ireland David Morris5Republic of Ireland David Morris3England Rod Lawler3England Mike Dunn4
Wales Michael White4Northern Ireland Joe Swail1England Joe Jogia2Wales Ryan Day5
China Yu Delu5China Yu Delu5China Yu Delu5China Yu Delu0
Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng1England Jack Lisowski5England Tom Ford5Northern Ireland Gerard Greene2
Finland Robin Hull5Finland Robin Hull2England Jack Lisowski3England Tom Ford5
China Cao Yupeng1England Peter Lines3England Michael Holt5England Stuart Bingham5
Norway Kurt Maflin5Norway Kurt Maflin5Norway Kurt Maflin1England Michael Holt2
England Sam Craigie5China Liu Song3Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien5England Joe Perry5
England David Grace1England Sam Craigie5England Sam Craigie1Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien2
India Aditya Mehta1Scotland Anthony McGill1England Anthony Hamiltonw/dEngland Mark Davis5
China Tian Pengfei5China Tian Pengfei5China Tian Pengfeiw/oChina Tian Pengfei4
England Ben Woollaston5England Ian McCulloch3Wales Jamie Jones4China Liang Wenbo5
England Adam Duffy2England Ben Woollaston5England Ben Woollaston5England Ben Woollaston3
Scotland Scott MacKenzie5England Andy Hicks1Malta Tony Drago1Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty5
England Stuart Carrington4Scotland Scott MacKenzie5Scotland Scott MacKenzie5Scotland Scott MacKenzie2
Poland Kacper Filipiak0Scotland Alan McManus1England Nigel Bond5England Barry Hawkins4
China Li Yan5China Li Yan5China Li Yan3England Nigel Bond5
England Liam Highfield5China Xiao Guodong4England Steve Davisw/dWales Dominic Dale5
England Simon Bedford4England Liam Highfield5England Liam Highfieldw/oEngland Liam Highfield3
Thailand Passakorn Suwannawat4England Alfie Burden2England Dave Harold4England Mark King0
England David Gilbert5England David Gilbert5England David Gilbert5England David Gilbert5
Wales Daniel Wells2England Matthew Couch5England Barry Pinches5England Stephen Lee3
Thailand James Wattana5Thailand James Wattana4England Matthew Couch3England Barry Pinches5

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

[9]

Televised stage centuries

[10][11][12]

Notes

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