2008 Welsh Open (snooker)

the Darts tournament of the same name Welsh Open (darts) 2008 Welsh Open 200px 2008 02 11 2008 02 17 y Newport Centre Newport Wales WPBSA Ranking event £225,500 £35,000 Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG (143) Mark Selby ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 9–8 2007 2009 The 2008 Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 17 February 2008 in the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales. Neil Robertson was the defending champion, but he lost his last 16 match against Ali Carter. Mark Selby won his first ranking title by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8, after coming back from 5–8 down. Notable happenings Tian Pengfei won the last 3 frames to oust one of the Welsh favourites, Matthew Stevens 5–4. David Roe led John Higgins 3–1 before losing 3–5. Mark Williams won the last 3 frames to beat Marco Fu 5–4. Ali Carter led Neil Robertson 4–0 but won only 5–3. Ronnie O'Sullivan won the high break prize with a 143 in the last frame of his 6–3 semi-final victory over Shaun Murphy, surpassing an effort of 134 from Marcus Campbell. Mark Selby had a highest break of 77 in the final compared to O'Sullivan's 135. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Preisgeld Welsh Open 2008 http://www.brownball.de/welshopen08/preisgeld_welshopen08.html brownball.de 27 March 2011 70% 50% Winner: £35,000 Runner Up: £17,500 Semi Finalists: £8,750 Quarter Finalist: £6,500 Last 16: £4,275 Last 32: £2,750 Last 48: £1,725 Last 64: £1,325 50% Stage one highest break: £500 Stage two highest break: £2,000 Stage one maximum break: £1,000 Stage two maximum break: £20,000 Total: £225,500 Main draw Welsh Open 2008 http://www.snooker.org/trn/0708/wo2008_res.shtml Snooker.org 3 January 2011Welsh Open 2008 http://www.brownball.de/welshopen08/spielplan_welshopen08.html brownball.de 27 March 2011 Top half Last 48Best of 9 frames Last 32Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-FinalsBest of 11 frames 22 ENG Jamie Cope 5 61 ENG Jimmy Michie 4 20 WAL Matthew Stevens 4 69 CHN Tian Pengfei 5 21 ENG Mark King 5 42 ENG Andrew Norman 1 17 NIR Joe Swail 2 51 ENG Judd Trump 5 18 ENG Joe Perry 5 39 ENG John Parrott 2 23 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 ENG Matthew Selt 2 27 HKG Marco Fu 5 40 ENG Adrian Gunnell 3 28 ENG Ian McCulloch 5 57 SCO Drew Henry 1 1 AUS Neil Robertson 5 22 ENG Jamie Cope 1 14 ENG Ali Carter 5 69 CHN Tian Pengfei 2 15 ENG Steve Davis 5 21 ENG Mark King 3 6 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 51 ENG Judd Trump 3 7 ENG Peter Ebdon 1 18 ENG Joe Perry 5 10 SCO Stephen Maguire 4 23 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 12 WAL Mark Williams 5 27 HKG Marco Fu 4 4 ENG Shaun Murphy 5 28 ENG Ian McCulloch 3 1 AUS Neil Robertson 3 14 ENG Ali Carter 5 15 ENG Steve Davis 3 6 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 18 ENG Joe Perry 5 23 ENG Stuart Bingham 2 12 WAL Mark Williams 2 4 ENG Shaun Murphy 5 14 ENG Ali Carter 4 6 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 18 ENG Joe Perry 0 4 ENG Shaun Murphy 5 6 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 4 ENG Shaun Murphy 3 Bottom half Last 48Best of 9 frames Last 32Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-FinalsBest of 11 frames 25 ENG Nigel Bond 4 34 IRL Michael Judge 5 26 ENG Anthony Hamilton 2 44 ENG Andrew Higginson 5 29 NIR Mark Allen 5 45 ENG David Gilbert 4 24 ENG Michael Holt 5 58 IRL Joe Delaney 4 31 WAL Dominic Dale 2 38 SCO Alan McManus 5 30 ENG Dave Harold 5 49 ENG Rod Lawler 4 32 NIR Gerard Greene 3 52 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 19 ENG Barry Hawkins 2 55 ENG David Roe 5 3 SCO Graeme Dott 4 34 IRL Michael Judge 5 13 ENG Stephen Lee 5 44 ENG Andrew Higginson 3 16 WAL Ryan Day 5 29 NIR Mark Allen 2 8 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 24 ENG Michael Holt 1 5 IRL Ken Doherty 5 38 SCO Alan McManus 3 11 ENG Mark Selby 5 30 ENG Dave Harold 2 9 CHN Ding Junhui 5 52 SCO Marcus Campbell 4 2 SCO John Higgins 5 55 ENG David Roe 3 34 IRL Michael Judge 2 13 ENG Stephen Lee 5 16 WAL Ryan Day 4 8 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 5 IRL Ken Doherty 2 11 ENG Mark Selby 5 9 CHN Ding Junhui 1 2 SCO John Higgins 5 13 ENG Stephen Lee 2 8 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 11 ENG Mark Selby 5 2 SCO John Higgins 2 8 SCO Stephen Hendry 4 11 ENG Mark Selby 6 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams.Newport Centre, Newport, Wales, 17 February 2008. Ronnie O'Sullivan (6) 8–9 Mark Selby (11) Afternoon: 6–90 (77), 50–60, 69–5 (50), 72–44, 23–56 (51), 62–35, 0–139 (70, 65), 130–0 (108) Evening: 97–0 (93), 135–6 (135), 22–72 (72), 87–35 (63), 69–1 (54), 0–89, 28–86 (62), 53–67 (O'Sullivan 53), 37–72 135 Highest break 77 2 Century breaks 0 7 50+ breaks 6 Qualifying Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 26 January and 28 January 2008.Qualifikation Welsh Open 2008 http://www.brownball.de/welshopen08/quali_welshopen08.html brownball.de 27 March 2011 Round 1Best of 9 frames Round 2Best of 9 frames Round 3Best of 9 frames 200 ENG Joe Jogia 3 ENG Alfie Burden 5 CHN Tian Pengfei 5 AUS Steve Mifsud 3 CHN Liang Wenbo 5 ENG Ashley Wright 2 WAL Lee Walker 2 ENG Martin Gould 5 IRL David Morris 5 WAL Gareth Coppack 1 ENG Matthew Selt 5 ENG Ben Woollaston 1 CHN Liu Song 5 CHN Xiao Guodong 2 IRL Leo Fernandez 5 SCO Fraser Patrick 2 ENG Munraj Pal 3 NIR Patrick Wallace 5 SCO James McBain 3 IRL Rodney Goggins 5 NOR Kurt Maflin 5 THA I Kachaiwong 4 MLT Tony Drago 5 BEL Kevin Van Hove 1 ENG Mark Joyce 5 ENG Jimmy Robertson 4 ENG Jamie O'Neill 5 CHN Liu Chuang 2 ENG Lee Spick 5 THA Supoj Saenla 1 ENG Alex Davies 5 WAL Michael White 4 ENG Jimmy Michie 5 ENG Alfie Burden 2 SCO Scott MacKenzie 4 CHN Tian Pengfei 5 WAL Paul Davies 1 CHN Liang Wenbo 5 ENG Judd Trump 5 ENG Martin Gould 1 ENG Mike Dunn 5 IRL David Morris 2 ENG Barry Pinches 1 ENG Matthew Selt 5 ENG Tom Ford 5 CHN Liu Song 1 SCO Drew Henry 5 IRL Leo Fernandez 4 ENG Stuart Pettman 5 NIR Patrick Wallace 2 ENG Jimmy White 5 IRL Rodney Goggins 1 WAL Ian Preece 5 NOR Kurt Maflin 1 IRL Joe Delaney 5 MLT Tony Drago 4 FIN Robin Hull w/d ENG Mark Joyce w/o ENG Rod Lawler 5 ENG Jamie O'Neill 4 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 ENG Lee Spick 4 ENG David Roe 5 ENG Alex Davies 0 ENG Robert Milkins 2 ENG Jimmy Michie 5 ENG Rory McLeod 3 CHN Tian Pengfei 5 ENG Andrew Norman 5 CHN Liang Wenbo 2 ENG Andy Hicks 2 ENG Judd Trump 5 ENG John Parrott 5 ENG Mike Dunn 4 ENG Mark Davis 3 ENG Matthew Selt 5 ENG Adrian Gunnell 5 ENG Tom Ford 2 IRL Fergal O'Brien 4 SCO Drew Henry 5 IRL Michael Judge 5 ENG Stuart Pettman 2 ENG Andrew Higginson 5 ENG Jimmy White 2 ENG David Gilbert 5 WAL Ian Preece 1 SCO Jamie Burnett 2 IRL Joe Delaney 5 SCO Alan McManus 5 ENG Mark Joyce 1 THA James Wattana 2 ENG Rod Lawler 5 ENG Ricky Walden 4 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 ENG David Gray 1 ENG David Roe 5 Century breaks Main stage centuries 143, 135, 113, 108, 105, 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan 134 Marcus Campbell 133 Ken Doherty 132, 115, 108, 107 Joe Perry 130, 124 Stephen Hendry 129, 108, 105 Shaun Murphy 125, 114 John Higgins 123, 112 Judd Trump 123 Stuart Bingham 117, 101 Marco Fu 115 Ding Junhui 114, 101 Mark Selby 114, 100 Mark Williams 112 Michael Judge 109 Stephen Maguire 107 Jamie Cope 107 Andrew Higginson 105, 102 Ali Carter 103 Dave Harold 102 Rod Lawler 100 Anthony Hamilton 100 Neil Robertson Qualifying stage centuries 134 Stuart Pettman 128 Munraj Pal 126 Judd Trump 123 Tony Drago 122 Liang Wenbo 113 Issara Kachaiwong 112 Ian Preece 109 Tom Ford 105 David Roe 104 Jimmy Michie 100 Lee Walker References Category:Welsh Open (snooker) Welsh Open Open (snooker) Category:Welsh Open snooker in Newport