2010 World Open (snooker)

12bet.com World Open
Tournament information
Dates 18–26 September 2010
Venue S.E.C.C.
City Glasgow
Country Scotland
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £502,500
Winner's share £100,000
Highest break 147
Final
Champion Australia Neil Robertson
Runner-up England Ronnie O'Sullivan
Score 5–1
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The 2010 12bet.com World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament held between 18–26 September 2010 at the S.E.C.C. in Glasgow, Scotland. This was the first time that the World Open was sponsored by 12bet.com.[1]

Ronnie O'Sullivan made the 73rd official maximum break during his match against Mark King. This was O'Sullivan's record 10th official 147,[2] however he had to be persuaded by referee Jan Verhaas to play the final black, as he became aware that there was no distinct prize money for a maximum break in the tournament and planned to end his break at 140. There was only a £4,000 prize for the highest break of the tournament.[3]

Neil Robertson was the defending champion, and he retained his title by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 in the final.[4]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5]

  • Winner: £100,000
  • Runner-up: £40,000
  • Semi-final: £20,000
  • Quarter-final: £12,500
  • Last 16: £7,500
  • Last 32: £5,000
  • Last 64: £2,500
  • Last 96: £1,500
  • Stage one highest break: £500
  • Stage two highest break: £4,000
  • Total: £502,500

Field

The field of the tournament of 128 people was as follows:[6][7]

  • 96 professional players on the Main Tour
  • 10 Rileys Club qualifiers:
    • Middlesbrough: England Richard Beckman[8]
    • Dunfermline: Scotland Marc Davis[8]
    • Norwich: Wales Jamie Edwards[8]
    • Leicester: England Ian Glover[8]
    • Stevenage: England Sam Harvey[8]
    • Guildford: England James Loft[8]
    • Cardiff: Wales Allan Morgan[8]
    • Glasgow: Scotland Gary Thomson[8]
    • Preston: England John Whitty[8]
    • Plymouth: England Matt Williams[8]
  • 10 independent club qualifiers:
    • South West Snooker Academy, Gloucester: England Sam Baird[9]
    • Grove Snooker Centre, Romford: England Ryan Causton[10]
    • The Ivy Rooms, Carlow: Republic of Ireland Jason Devaney[11]
    • Keynsham Snooker Club, Bristol: England Mike Finn[12]
    • Castle Snooker Club, Brighton: England Anish Gokool[12]
    • QE1 Snooker Club, Belfast: Northern Ireland Julian Logue[13]
    • The Q Club, Glasgow: Scotland Craig MacGillivray[12]
    • Landywood Snooker Centre, Landywood: England Mitchell Mann[14]
    • Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds: England James McGouran[15]
    • The Q-Bar, Chester: England Chris Norbury[9]

Draw

Qualifying rounds

The first two rounds took place between 21 and 23 August 2010 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield. Eleven selected round three matches were held over until the start of the tournament in Glasgow. The rest took place at the Academy on 24 August. All matches were best of 5 frames. All times are BST.[18][19][20]

Round 1

All amateurs and players ranked 65–96 entered at this stage.

Round 2

Players ranked 33–64 entered at this stage.

Round 3

The top 32 players in the rankings entered the tournament at this stage.[21][22]

Main rounds

Matches were played on a roll-on/roll-off basis. Play started at the allocated time each day with a 15 minute interval between matches. The evening session did not start before the time indicated on the format.

The draw up to and including the semi-finals were made on a random basis. All matches up to and including the semi-finals were best of 5 frames and the final was best of 9 frames. All times are BST.[6][21][22][23][24]

Last 32

Last 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams.
S.E.C.C., Glasgow, Scotland, 26 September 2010.
Ronnie O'Sullivan
 England 		1–5 Neil Robertson
 Australia
51–75, 0–107 (107), 79–18 (72), 15–73 (59), 0–66 (66), 44–63
72 Highest break 107
0 Century breaks 1
1 50+ breaks 3

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

[25]

Televised stage centuries

[22]

References

  1. ↑ "12bet.com Takes On The World Through Sponsorship Of Snooker’s World Open". matchroomsport.com. Matchroom Sport. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "Perfect Ten For Ronnie". worldsnooker.com (World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association). 20 September 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Ronnie O'Sullivan hits cheeky 147 break in World Open". BBC Sport. 20 September 2010. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  4. ↑ "Robertson Has The World At His Feet". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  5. ↑ "Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 4 September 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  6. 1 2 "World Open" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 August 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  7. ↑ "World Open Qualifiers Line-Up Complete". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "World Open – Rileys Winners". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  9. 1 2 "World Open Spots For Baird And Norbury". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  10. ↑ "The Eagle Has Landed". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  11. ↑ "Devaney Earns World Open Spot". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  12. 1 2 3 "Finn, Gokool And MacGillivray Through To Sheffield". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  13. ↑ "Joy For Julian". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  14. ↑ "Mann edges nearer to World Open spot". thisissuttoncoldfield.co.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  15. ↑ "McGouran Shows Northern Sou". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  16. ↑ "Jans And Rizzuti Handed World Open Slots". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  17. ↑ "Brecel And Walker Handed World Open Slots". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  18. ↑ "World Open Qualifying Format". WPBSA. Archived from the original on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  19. ↑ "World Open Qualifiers Drawsheet". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  20. ↑ "2010 World Open qualifying rounds results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  21. 1 2 "World Open Format". WPBSA. Archived from the original on 17 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  22. 1 2 3 "2010 World Open results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  23. ↑ "World Open Drawsheet". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 8 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  24. ↑ "World Open". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  25. ↑ "Century Breaks". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  26. ↑ "Robertson On Target For World Double". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 8 November 2011.

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