2012 Welsh Open (snooker)
Snooker tournament
The 2012 Welsh Open (officially the 2012 888真人 Welsh Open ) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13 and 19 February 2012 at the Newport Centre in Newport , Wales .[ 1] [ 2] This was the first time, that 888真人 sponsored the event.[ 3]
John Higgins was the defending champion,[ 1] but he lost 3–4 against Ding Junhui in the last 16.[ 4]
Ding Junhui won his fifth ranking title by defeating Mark Selby 9–6 in the final.[ 5] [ 6]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[ 7]
Winner: £ 30,000
Runner-up: £15,000
Semi-final: £7,500
Quarter-final: £5,600
Last 16: £4,000
Last 32: £2,500
Last 48: £1,600
Last 64: £1,250
Stage one highest break: £500
Stage two highest break: £1,000
Total: £201,500
Main draw
[ 2] [ 8] [ 9]
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri .Newport Centre , Newport , Wales , 19 February 2012.[ 2] [ 8]
Ding Junhui (9) China
9 –6
Mark Selby (2) England
Afternoon: 1–136 (103), 71 –8 (64) , 0–124 (124) , 64 –61 , 66 –40 , 90 –0 (90) , 0–91 (66) , 64 –29 (51) Evening: 14–80 (73), 84 –2 (83) , 34–91 (91) , 124 –3 (124) , 130 –0 (130) , 0–145 (145) , 74 –11
130
Highest break
145
2
Century breaks
3
6
50+ breaks
6
Qualifying
These matches were held between 8 and 11 February 2012 at the World Snooker Academy , Sheffield , England .[ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
^ a b Matches were held over and played in Newport.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
[ 13]
Televised stage centuries
[ 14]
References