2016 English Open (snooker) explained
The 2016 English Open (officially the 2016 BetVictor English Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10 and 16 October 2016 at the EventCity in Manchester, England.[1] It was the seventh ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.[2]
This was the inaugural English Open event, being held as part of a new Home Nations Series introduced in the 2016/2017 season with the existing Welsh Open and new Northern Ireland Open and Scottish Open tournaments.[3] [4] The winner of the English Open is awarded the Davis Trophy which is named in honour of six-time world champion Steve Davis.[5]
Liang Wenbo captured his only ranking title by beating Judd Trump 9–6 in the final.[6] As a result, he qualified for the Champion of Champions in November.[7]
Alfie Burden made the 122nd official maximum break in the sixth frame of his first round match against Daniel Wells. It was Burden's first professional maximum break.[8]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[9]
- Winner: £70,000
- Runner-up: £30,000
- Semi-final: £20,000
- Quarter-final: £10,000
- Last 16: £6,000
- Last 32: £3,500
- Last 64: £2,500
- Highest break: £2,000
- Total: £366,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £10,000.
Main draw
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Top half
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 8
Finals
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Greg Coniglio.[14] EventCity, Manchester, England, 16 October 2016. |
Judd Trump (4)
| 6–9 | Liang Wenbo
|
Afternoon: 9–126 (95),,,,,,, Evening: 132–0 (132),,,,,, |
132 | Highest break | 98 |
1 | Century breaks | 0 |
6 | 50+ breaks | 7 | |
Century breaks
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- 147 Alfie Burden
- 140 Li Hang
- 139, 125, 121, 102 Neil Robertson
- 138, 136, 136, 134, 106 Liang Wenbo
- 138 Ali Carter
- 138 Mark Williams
- 136 Tian Pengfei
- 135, 106, 102 Xiao Guodong
- 134, 132, 120 Judd Trump
- 134 Joe Perry
- 132 Mark Allen
- 130, 107 Zhao Xintong
- 130, 106 Chris Wakelin
- 130 Zhang Anda
- 126, 117, 110 Stephen Maguire
- 126 Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn
- 125 Mark Joyce
- 122 Anthony McGill
- 121 Ian Preece
- 118, 103 Kyren Wilson
- 116, 116 Stuart Bingham
Notes and References
- Web site: English Open 2016 . . 2 October 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20161104172538/http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/english-open-2016/ . 4 November 2016 .
- Web site: Calendar 2016/2017. Snooker.org. 2 October 2016.
- Web site: World Championship: Snooker tour to be revamped in 2016. BBC Sport. 2 October 2016.
- Web site: Hearn Announces New Five Year Plan. World Snooker. 2 October 2016.
- News: English Open snooker: Trophy named after Steve Davis. 25 September 2016. BBC Sport. 2 October 2016.
- Web site: Liang Wenbo wins first ranking title by beating Judd Trump in English Open. The Guardian. 17 October 2016.
- Web site: Liang Claims Maiden Ranking Title. World Snooker. 17 October 2016.
- Web site: Burden Makes First 147 . . 14 October 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161018224423/http://www.worldsnooker.com/burden-makes-first-147/ . 18 October 2016 .
- Web site: Indicative prize money rankings schedule 2016/2017 season . . 10 October 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161104205739/http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Tour-Prize-Money-Ranking-Points-Schedule-2016-17-v1.pdf . 4 November 2016 .
- Web site: English Open Draw. World Snooker. 2 October 2016.
- Web site: English Open Format. World Snooker. 2 October 2016.
- Web site: English Open Results. Snooker.org. 10 October 2016.
- Web site: English Open Matches . . 17 October 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20161017114818/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Index/13910/english-open . 17 October 2016 .
- Web site: Progress For Refs Greng And Malgorzata. World Snooker. 16 October 2016.
- Web site: English Open Centuries . . 17 October 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20161017114352/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13910/english-open . 17 October 2016 .