2016 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 2016 BetVictor Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament held at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff from 15 to 21 February 2016. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2015/2016 season.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 15–21 February 2016 |
| Venue | Motorpoint Arena |
| City | Cardiff |
| Country | Wales |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £324,000 |
| Winner's share | £60,000 |
| Highest break |  |
| Final | |
| Champion |  |
| Runner-up | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Score | 9–5 |
← 2015 2017 → | |
The defending champion John Higgins lost 1–4 against Michael White in the last 16.[1]
Playing Barry Pinches in the first round, Ronnie O'Sullivan declined the opportunity to make a maximum break, describing the £10,000 prize money on offer as "too cheap". He potted the pink off the penultimate red and made a 146. World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn called O'Sullivan's actions "unacceptable" and "disrespectful".[2]
Ding Junhui made the 117th official maximum break in the sixth frame of his quarter-final against Neil Robertson. It was Ding's sixth maximum break in professional competition.[3]
O'Sullivan met Robertson in the final. From 2–5 behind, O'Sullivan won seven frames in a row, finishing with a break of 141 in the 14th frame, to defeat Robertson 9–5 and equal John Higgins's record of four Welsh Open titles.[4] It was O'Sullivan's 28th ranking title, which put him in joint second place with Higgins and Steve Davis for the number of career ranking titles.[5]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money is shown below:
|
|
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break was £10,000 (2nd ranking event since it was last won, £5,000 added for each ranking event)
Main draw
128 players started the tournament with 12 tables in the arena in the early stages.[6]
Top half
First quarter
| First Round Best of 7 frames | Second Round Best of 7 frames | Third Round Best of 7 frames | Fourth Round Best of 7 frames | Quarter Final Best of 9 frames | ||||||||||||||
 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Second quarter
.svg.png){kind=small}
Bottom half
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Last Eight
| Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| 9 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee:  Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales, 21 February 2016. | ||
| Neil Robertson |
5–9 | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Afternoon: 64–5, 78–0 (78), 33–88 (60), 76–1 (76), 12–71 (60), 66–0, 77–1 (77), 20–85 Evening: 39–94 (57), 42–78, 26–74 (67), 21–71 (70), 1–79 (61), 0–141 (141) | ||
| 78 | Highest break | 141 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Century breaks
|
|
References
- "Ronnie O'Sullivan wins at Welsh Open but John Higgins is out". BBC Sport. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- "Ronnie O'Sullivan criticised after turning down 'too cheap' 147 at Welsh Open". BBC Sport. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- "Ding Junhui goes where Rocket refused to go as he sweeps to brilliant 147". RTÉ Sport. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- "Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Neil Robertson to win a fourth Welsh Open title". BBC Sport. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- "Rocket Romps to Welsh Title". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- http://www.worldsnooker.com/betvictor-sponsor-snookers-welsh-open/
- "Welsh Open: centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2016-02-18. Retrieved 19 February 2016.