2011 Australian Goldfields Open

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.

Australian Goldfields Open

Tournament information
Dates	18–24 July 2011 (2011-07-18 – 2011-07-24)
Venue	Bendigo Stadium
City	Bendigo
Country	Australia
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking 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)
Score	9–8
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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]

Winner: $60,000 Runner-up: $30,000 Semi-final: $20,000 Quarter-final: $15,000 Last 16: $10,000 Last 32: $7,500 Last 48: $2,000

Stage one highest break: $500 Stage two highest break: $2,500 Total: $425,000

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	John Higgins	4
		Matthew Selt[b1]	5
							Matthew Selt	5
						16	Stephen Hendry	1
	16	Stephen Hendry	5
		Martin Gould	3
												Matthew Selt	3
											7	Shaun Murphy	5
	13	Peter Ebdon	3
		Rory McLeod	5
							Rory McLeod	1
						7	Shaun Murphy	5
	7	Shaun Murphy	5
		Andrew Higginson	3
																7	Shaun Murphy	2
																	Stuart Bingham	6
	6	Ali Carter	3
		Marcus Campbell	5
							Marcus Campbell	1
						12	Mark Allen	5
	12	Mark Allen	5
		Ryan Day	3
											12	Mark Allen	3
												Stuart Bingham	5
	15	Jamie Cope	3
		Tom Ford	5
						Tom Ford		0
						Stuart Bingham		5
	4	Ding Junhui	2
		Stuart Bingham	5
																						Stuart Bingham	9
																					2	Mark Williams	8
	3	Mark Selby	5
		Joe Perry	3
						3	Mark Selby	5
							Mark Davis	3
	9	Judd Trump	3
		Mark Davis	5
											3	Mark Selby	3
												Ken Doherty	5
	14	Matthew Stevens	4
		Liang Wenbo	5
							Liang Wenbo	4
							Ken Doherty	5
	8	Stephen Maguire	2
		Ken Doherty	5
																	Ken Doherty	2
																2	Mark Williams	6
	5	Neil Robertson	5
		Nigel Bond	2
						5	Neil Robertson	4
							Dominic Dale	5
		Dominic Dale	5
		Steve Mifsud[b2]	2
												Dominic Dale	4
											2	Mark Williams	5
		David Gilbert[c]	5
		James Mifsud	1
							David Gilbert	2
						2	Mark Williams	5
	2	Mark Williams	5
		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

Lucky Vatnani

w/d–w/o

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
	Sam Baird	5			Adrian Gunnell	5			Matthew Selt	5			Ricky Walden	0
	Luca Brecel	1			Sam Baird	4			Adrian Gunnell	1			Matthew Selt	5
	Andrew Pagett	5			Jimmy Robertson	5			Mark Joyce	5			Martin Gould	5
	Adam Wicheard	4			Andrew Pagett	2			Jimmy Robertson	3			Mark Joyce	3
	Paul Davison	5			Jimmy White	5			Rory McLeod	5			Robert Milkins	2
	David Hogan	3			Paul Davison	2			Jimmy White	3			Rory McLeod	5
	Bjorn Haneveer	3			Liu Chuang	3			Jamie Burnett	5			Andrew Higginson	5
	Andrew Norman	5			Andrew Norman	5			Andrew Norman	3			Jamie Burnett	4
	Joe Meara	3			Rod Lawler	5			Mike Dunn	5			Marcus Campbell	5
	David Morris	5			David Morris	3			Rod Lawler	3			Mike Dunn	4
	Michael White	4			Joe Swail	1			Joe Jogia	2			Ryan Day	5
	Yu Delu	5			Yu Delu	5			Yu Delu	5			Yu Delu	0
	Dechawat Poomjaeng	1			Jack Lisowski	5			Tom Ford	5			Gerard Greene	2
	Robin Hull	5			Robin Hull	2			Jack Lisowski	3			Tom Ford	5
	Cao Yupeng	1			Peter Lines	3			Michael Holt	5			Stuart Bingham	5
	Kurt Maflin	5			Kurt Maflin	5			Kurt Maflin	1			Michael Holt	2
	Sam Craigie	5			Liu Song	3			Fergal O'Brien	5			Joe Perry	5
	David Grace	1			Sam Craigie	5			Sam Craigie	1			Fergal O'Brien	2
	Aditya Mehta	1			Anthony McGill	1			Anthony Hamilton	w/d			Mark Davis	5
	Tian Pengfei	5			Tian Pengfei	5			Tian Pengfei	w/o			Tian Pengfei	4
	Ben Woollaston	5			Ian McCulloch	3			Jamie Jones	4			Liang Wenbo	5
	Adam Duffy	2			Ben Woollaston	5			Ben Woollaston	5			Ben Woollaston	3
	Scott MacKenzie	5			Andy Hicks	1			Tony Drago	1			Ken Doherty	5
	Stuart Carrington	4			Scott MacKenzie	5			Scott MacKenzie	5			Scott MacKenzie	2
	Kacper Filipiak	0			Alan McManus	1			Nigel Bond	5			Barry Hawkins	4
	Li Yan	5			Li Yan	5			Li Yan	3			Nigel Bond	5
	Liam Highfield	5			Xiao Guodong	4			Steve Davis	w/d			Dominic Dale	5
	Simon Bedford	4			Liam Highfield	5			Liam Highfield	w/o			Liam Highfield	3
	Passakorn Suwannawat	4			Alfie Burden	2			Dave Harold	4			Mark King	0
	David Gilbert	5			David Gilbert	5			David Gilbert	5			David Gilbert	5
	Daniel Wells	2			Matthew Couch	5			Barry Pinches	5			Stephen Lee	3
	James Wattana	5			James Wattana	4			Matthew Couch	3			Barry Pinches	5

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

^[9]

141, 101 – Ian McCulloch 137, 111 – Barry Hawkins 137 – Liu Chuang 136, 111, 100 – Robin Hull 136 – Mark Davis 134 – Dominic Dale 126 – Mark Joyce 125 – Barry Pinches 123 – Ben Woollaston 122, 113 – David Gilbert 122 – Adrian Gunnell 118 – Aditya Mehta

117 – Jack Lisowski 115 – Liam Highfield 115 – Michael Holt 114, 100 – Matthew Selt 114 – Passakorn Suwannawat 114 – Stuart Bingham 113, 110, 107, 104 – Tian Pengfei 112 – Kurt Maflin 110 – Ben Woollaston 104 – Jamie Burnett 103 – Michael White 100 – Liang Wenbo

Televised stage centuries

^[10][11][12]

• 142, 140, 118, 110, 106 – Mark Williams
• 139, 118, 114, 112, 107 – Stuart Bingham
• 137 – Matthew Selt
• 134 – Ali Carter
• 124, 104 – Ding Junhui
• 123 – Dominic Dale
• 120, 111 – Liang Wenbo
• 120 – Stephen Hendry
• 111, 101 – Neil Robertson
• 102 – Jamie Cope
• 101, 100 – Mark Allen
• 100 – Rory McLeod

Notes

• ^a All prize money were subject to 46% local tax.^[13]
• ^{b1 b2} Originally Matthew Selt was set to play Steve Mifsud in the wildcard round, but after the withdrawal of Ronnie O'Sullivan for medical reasons Selt advanced to the last 32 to play John Higgins and Mifsud played against Dominic Dale.^[14][15]
• ^c Originally David Gilbert was set to play James Mifsud in the wildcard round, but after the withdrawal of Graeme Dott,^[16] their match was moved in the last 32 stage of the draw.