2011 Welsh Open (snooker)

"2011 Welsh Open" redirects here. For the darts tournament, see Welsh Open (darts).

The 2011 Welsh Open (officially the 2011 Wyldecrest Park Homes Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14 and 20 February 2011 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales. This was the first time that the Welsh Open was sponsored by Wyldecrest Park Homes.^[1]

2011 Wyldecrest Park Homes Welsh Open

Tournament information
Dates	14–20 February 2011 (2011-02-14 – 2011-02-20)
Venue	Newport Centre
City	Newport
Country	Wales
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£201,500
Winner's share	£30,000
Highest break	Stephen Hendry (SCO) (147)
Final
Champion	John Higgins (SCO)
Runner-up	Stephen Maguire (SCO)
Score	9–6
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Stephen Hendry made the 77th official maximum break during his second round match against Stephen Maguire. This was Hendry's 10th 147 break, and with this equalled the record for most maximums with Ronnie O'Sullivan,^[2] and became the oldest player to compile a maximum break at the age of 42 years and 35 days.^[3]

John Higgins defended his title, which he won in 2010, after defeating Maguire 9–6 in the final.^[4] This was the first All-Scottish final since the 2005 Malta Cup final between Hendry and Graeme Dott.^[5]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[6]

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

	Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
	1	John Higgins	4
		Jack Lisowski	3
						1	John Higgins	4
							Dave Harold	1
	15	Ricky Walden	3
		Dave Harold	4
											1	John Higgins	5
												Matthew Stevens	3
	9	Ronnie O'Sullivan	2
		Ryan Day	4
							Ryan Day	3
							Matthew Stevens	4
	5	Shaun Murphy	0
		Matthew Stevens	4
																1	John Higgins	6
																7	Ali Carter	2
	7	Ali Carter	4
		Barry Hawkins	3
						7	Ali Carter	4
						12	Peter Ebdon	1
	12	Peter Ebdon	4
		Dominic Dale	2
											7	Ali Carter	5
											4	Ding Junhui	2
	11	Mark Allen	4
		Rod Lawler	1
						11	Mark Allen	3
						4	Ding Junhui	4
	4	Ding Junhui	4
		Marcus Campbell	3
																					1	John Higgins	9
																					8	Stephen Maguire	6
	3	Mark Williams	4
		Marco Fu	0
						3	Mark Williams	4
						13	Jamie Cope	0
	13	Jamie Cope	4
		Rory McLeod	3
											3	Mark Williams	3
											8	Stephen Maguire	5
	14	Stephen Hendry	4
		Joe Perry	0
						14	Stephen Hendry	2
						8	Stephen Maguire	4
	8	Stephen Maguire	4
		Gerard Greene	2
																8	Stephen Maguire	6
																6	Mark Selby	5
	6	Mark Selby	4
		Stuart Bingham	3
						6	Mark Selby	4
						16	Mark King	2
	16	Mark King	4
		Michael Holt	1
											6	Mark Selby	5
											10	Graeme Dott	3
	10	Graeme Dott	4
		Jamie Burnett	1
						10	Graeme Dott	4
						2	Neil Robertson	1
	2	Neil Robertson	4
		Nigel Bond	2

^[7][8][9]

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Newport Centre, Newport, Wales, 20 February 2011.[8]
John Higgins (1)  Scotland	9–6	Stephen Maguire (8)  Scotland
Afternoon: 0–83 (59), 32–71 (53), 121–1 (120), 0–101 (89), 72–58 (72, 58), 0–88 (76), 40–71, 71–18 (70) Evening: 55–49, 64–48 (63), 75–56, 75–0 (75), 0–75 (75), 127–1 (54, 66), 80–50 (72)
120	Highest break	89
1	Century breaks	0
8	50+ breaks	6

Qualifying

These matches took place between 8 and 11 February 2011 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.^{[7][10][11][12]}

	Round 1 Best of 7 frames				Round 2 Best of 7 frames				Round 3 Best of 7 frames				Round 4 Best of 7 frames
	Liam Highfield	4			Jack Lisowski	4			Fergal O'Brien	0			Martin Gould	3
	Joe Delaney	2			Liam Highfield	1			Jack Lisowski	4			Jack Lisowski	4
	Andrew Pagett	1			Dave Harold	4			Mike Dunn	3			Liang Wenbo	0
	Kuldesh Johal	4			Kuldesh Johal	3			Dave Harold	4			Dave Harold	4
	James McBain	4			Jimmy White	4			Robert Milkins	1			Ryan Day[nb 1]	4
	Justin Astley	0			James McBain	0			Jimmy White	4			Jimmy White	0
	David Morris	4			Bjorn Haneveer	1			Anthony Hamilton	4			Matthew Stevens[nb 1]	4
	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon	2			David Morris	4			David Morris	3			Anthony Hamilton	2
	Igor Figueiredo	w/o			Andy Hicks	4			Barry Pinches	2			Barry Hawkins	4
	Paul Davies	w/d			Igor Figueiredo	1			Andy Hicks	4			Andy Hicks	0
	Liu Chuang	4			Anthony McGill	3			Dominic Dale	4			Mark Davis	2
	Zhang Anda	2			Liu Chuang	4			Liu Chuang	1			Dominic Dale	4
	David Gilbert	2			Rod Lawler	4			Mark Joyce	3			Judd Trump	1
	Jak Jones	4			Jak Jones	2			Rod Lawler	4			Rod Lawler	4
	Michael Judge	4			Joe Jogia	4			Steve Davis	3			Marcus Campbell	4
	Reanne Evans	1			Michael Judge	3			Joe Jogia	4			Joe Jogia	0
	Michael White	4			Jamie Jones	4			Joe Swail	4			Marco Fu	4
	Adam Wicheard	2			Michael White	2			Jamie Jones	1			Joe Swail	1
	Jimmy Michie	w/d			Alfie Burden	4			Rory McLeod	4			Stephen Lee	1
	Kurt Maflin	w/o			Kurt Maflin	1			Alfie Burden	3			Rory McLeod	4
	Kyren Wilson	0			Matthew Selt	4			Tony Drago	4			Joe Perry	4
	Jamie O'Neill	4			Jamie O'Neill	3			Matthew Selt	2			Tony Drago	2
	Ben Woollaston	4			Ian McCulloch	4			Alan McManus	2			Gerard Greene	4
	Liu Song	0			Ben Woollaston	2			Ian McCulloch	4			Ian McCulloch	0
	Paul Davison	4			Stuart Pettman	0			Peter Lines	2			Stuart Bingham	4
	Dermot McGlinchey	2			Paul Davison	4			Paul Davison	4			Paul Davison	0
	Xiao Guodong	4			Patrick Wallace	3			Michael Holt	4			Andrew Higginson	1
	Issara Kachaiwong	1			Xiao Guodong	4			Xiao Guodong	2			Michael Holt	4
	James Wattana	3			Jimmy Robertson	4			Jamie Burnett	4			Tom Ford	0
	Simon Bedford	4			Simon Bedford	2			Jimmy Robertson	0			Jamie Burnett	4
	Matthew Couch	2			Adrian Gunnell	0			Nigel Bond	4			Ken Doherty	2
	Noppon Saengkham	4			Noppon Saengkham	4			Noppon Saengkham	1			Nigel Bond	4

1. Matches were held over and played in Newport.

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

^[11]

143 – Barry Hawkins 137 – James McBain 137 – Patrick Wallace 128 – Anthony Hamilton 125 – Ian McCulloch 124 – David Gilbert 124, 101, 100 – Jack Lisowski 124 – Xiao Guodong 119 – Jamie Jones

111 – Joe Jogia 110 – Jimmy Robertson 107, 103 – Jimmy White 105 – Kuldesh Johal 103 – Anthony McGill 103 – Dominic Dale 102 – Joe Perry 100 – Jamie Burnett

Televised stage centuries

^[13]

147 – Stephen Hendry 139 – Dominic Dale 137, 129, 109, 105 – Stephen Maguire 136, 132, 120 – John Higgins 133 – Matthew Stevens 130 – Neil Robertson 125, 113, 109, 102 – Ryan Day 125, 103 – Ding Junhui

120, 108, 100 – Mark Williams 120 – Jamie Cope 118 – Ali Carter 115 – Peter Ebdon 102 – Nigel Bond 102 – Mark Selby 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan