2017 Welsh Open (snooker)
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 13–19 February 2017 |
| Venue | Motorpoint Arena |
| City | Cardiff |
| Country | Wales |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £366,000 |
| Winner's share | £70.000 |
| Highest break |  Mark Davis (144) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Stuart Bingham |
| Runner-up | Judd Trump |
| Score | 9–8 |
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The 2017 Coral Welsh Open professional ranking snooker tournament is taking place at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff from 13 to 19 February 2017. It is the fourteenth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.
The 2017 Welsh Open is being held as part of a new Home Series introduced in the 2016/2017 season with the new English Open, Irish Open and Scottish Open tournaments.[1][2] The tournament's trophy was renamed to the Ray Reardon Trophy in honour of six-time world champion Ray Reardon.[3]
The defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan[4] lost 3–4 against Mark Davis in the last 64.[5]
Stuart Bingham won his first Welsh Open title, beating Judd Trump 9–8 in the final.[6][7]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below.[8]
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break is £10,000
Main draw
128 players start the tournament with 12 tables in the arena in the early stages.[9] The first four rounds are being played over the best of 7 frames with the quarter finals over 9 frames and the semi finals over the best of 11. The final will feature a maximum of 17 frames.
Top half
First quarter
Second quarter
Bottom half
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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Finals
| Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||
 Scott Donaldson
| 5 | |||||||||||||
 Zhou Yuelong
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scott Donaldson
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Judd Trump
| 6 | |||||||||||||
| Judd Trump
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| Barry Hawkins
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Judd Trump
| 8 | |||||||||||||
| Stuart Bingham
| 9 | |||||||||||||
| Stuart Bingham
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| Stuart Carrington
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Stuart Bingham
| 6 | |||||||||||||
| Robert Milkins
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Robert Milkins
| 5 | |||||||||||||
 Kurt Maflin
| 2 | |||||||||||||
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Colin Humphries. Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff,  Wales, 19 February 2017.
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| Judd Trump England
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8–9 | Stuart Bingham England
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| Afternoon: 45–69 (69), 64–65 (64, 65), 1–74 (74), 21–61, 63–35, 130–0 (68, 58), 0–87 (87), 61–50 Evening: 91–1, 48–63 (63), 69–0, 74–36, 52–62, 66–31, 64–46, 57–71, 25–79 (55) | ||
| 68 | Highest break | 87 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
Century breaks
Total: 55[11]
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References
- ^ "World Championship: Snooker tour to be revamped in 2016". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Hearn Announces New Five Year Plan". World Snooker. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Welsh Open Snooker trophy named after legend Ray Reardon". BBC Sport. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ "Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Neil Robertson to win Welsh Open". BBC News. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ^ "Welsh Open 2017: Ronnie O'Sullivan knocked out by Mark Davis in second round". BBC News. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ http://www.worldsnooker.com/bingham-is-prince-of-wales/
- ^ "Welsh Open 2017: Stuart Bingham beats Judd Trump 9-8 in final". BBC Sport. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Tour-Prize-Money-Ranking-Points-Schedule-2016-17-v1.pdf
- ^ http://www.worldsnooker.com/coral-sponsor-snookers-home-nations-series/
- ^ "Coral Welsh Open Draw and Format". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ "Coral Welsh Open: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 13 February 2017.