2006 Welsh Open (snooker)

the Darts tournament of the same name Welsh Open (darts) 2006 Welsh Open 2006 02 27 2006 03 5 y Newport Centre Newport Wales WPBSA Ranking event £225,000 £35,000 Robert Milkins ENG (144) Stephen Lee ENG Shaun Murphy ENG 9–4 2005 2007 The 2006 Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 February and 5 March at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales. Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he lost his last 32 match against Ian McCulloch. Stephen Lee won his fourth ranking title by defeating World Champion Shaun Murphy 9–4. Tournament summary Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion Shaun Murphy seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res05_6/05-6WelshOpenInfo.htm 2006 Welsh Open – Information Global Snooker Centre https://web.archive.org/web/20070419104423/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res05_6/05-6WelshOpenInfo.htm 19 April 2007 8 December 2025 70% 50% Winner: £35,000 Runner-up: £17,500 Semi-final: £8,750 Quarter-final: £6,500 Last 16: £4,275 Last 32: £2,750 50% Last 48: £1,725 Last 64: £1,325 Highest break: £2,000 Maximum break: £20,000 Total: £225,000 Main draw Welsh Open 2006 http://www.snooker.org/TRN/0506/wo2006_res.shtml Snooker.org 3 January 20112006 Welsh Open http://globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res05_6/05-6WelshOpen.htm Global Snooker Centre https://web.archive.org/web/20060420100847/http://globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/res05_6/05-6WelshOpen.htm 20 April 2006 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 FinalBest of 17 frames 17 ENG Ian McCulloch 5 44 ENG Dave Harold 3 25 ENG Robert Milkins 5 ENG Judd Trump 3 23 ENG Michael Holt 5 33 WAL Dominic Dale 2 18 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 43 IRL Fergal O'Brien 3 21 ENG Mark King 4 39 NIR Joe Swail 5 26 ENG Nigel Bond 0 CHN Liang Wenbo 5 24 HKG Marco Fu 2 34 SCO Drew Henry 5 27 AUS Neil Robertson 3 38 ENG Mark Selby 5 29 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 60 ENG David Roe 4 28 ENG John Parrott 1 32 WAL Ryan Day 5 31 THA James Wattana 5 47 ENG Ricky Walden 4 19 ENG Barry Pinches 4 68 SCO Scott MacKenzie 5 22 ENG David Gray 4 41 ENG Mark Davis 5 20 ENG Ali Carter 4 69 ENG Alfie Burden 5 21 AUS Quinten Hann w/d ENG Jamie Cope w/o 30 ENG Andy Hicks 5 49 NIR Patrick Wallace 3 1 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 1 17 ENG Ian McCulloch 5 13 SCO Alan McManus 4 25 ENG Robert Milkins 5 12 IRL Ken Doherty 5 23 ENG Michael Holt 4 6 ENG Paul Hunter 3 18 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 8 ENG Peter Ebdon 0 39 NIR Joe Swail 5 14 SCO Graeme Dott 5 CHN Liang Wenbo 3 11 ENG Stephen Lee 5 34 SCO Drew Henry 2 4 SCO Stephen Maguire 3 38 ENG Mark Selby 5 3 SCO Stephen Hendry 3 29 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 9 ENG Jimmy White 0 32 WAL Ryan Day 5 15 ENG Joe Perry 2 31 THA James Wattana 5 7 SCO John Higgins 5 68 SCO Scott MacKenzie 2 5 WAL Matthew Stevens 5 41 ENG Mark Davis 0 10 WAL Mark Williams 5 69 ENG Alfie Burden 3 16 ENG Steve Davis 4 ENG Jamie Cope 5 2 ENG Shaun Murphy 5 30 ENG Andy Hicks 3 17 ENG Ian McCulloch 5 25 ENG Robert Milkins 3 12 IRL Ken Doherty 3 18 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 39 NIR Joe Swail 2 14 SCO Graeme Dott 5 11 ENG Stephen Lee 5 38 ENG Mark Selby 2 29 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 32 WAL Ryan Day 2 31 THA James Wattana 5 7 SCO John Higgins 4 5 WAL Matthew Stevens 1 10 WAL Mark Williams 5 ENG Jamie Cope 4 2 ENG Shaun Murphy 5 17 ENG Ian McCulloch 2 18 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 14 SCO Graeme Dott 2 11 ENG Stephen Lee 5 29 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 31 THA James Wattana 3 10 WAL Mark Williams 2 2 ENG Shaun Murphy 5 18 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 11 ENG Stephen Lee 6 29 ENG Barry Hawkins 1 2 ENG Shaun Murphy 6 11 ENG Stephen Lee 9 2 ENG Shaun Murphy 4 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams.Newport Centre, Newport, Wales, 5 March 2006. Stephen Lee (11) 9–4 Shaun Murphy (2) Afternoon: 86–6, 74–0, 90–30, 120–0 (120), 47–75, 40–61, 0–90, 64–52 (Murphy 52) Evening: 88–0 (62), 39–64, 84–13, 64–52 (Murphy 52), 83–0 (71) 120 Highest break 52 1 Century breaks 0 3 50+ breaks 2 Qualifying Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 24 January and 26 January 2006. Round 1Best of 9 frames Round 2Best of 9 frames Round 3Best of 9 frames 200 ENG Andrew Norman w/o MAS Moh Keen Ho w/d ENG Rod Lawler 3 ENG Judd Trump 5 WAL Darren Morgan 5 SCO Hugh Abernethy 3 ENG Paul Wykes 0 ENG Gary Wilson 5 ENG Adam Davies 2 ENG Gary Wilkinson 5 ENG Sean Storey 0 CHN Liang Wenbo 5 WAL Paul Davies 5 ENG Nick Dyson 2 IRL Joe Delaney 5 MLT Alex Borg 2 ENG David Roe 5 SCO James McBain 4 IRL Leo Fernandez 2 NIR Mark Allen 5 CHN Ding Junhui w/o ENG Steve James w/d SCO Scott MacKenzie w/o CHN Jin Long w/d IRL David McDonnell 3 BEL Bjorn Haneveer 5 ENG Alfie Burden 5 ENG Stuart Mann 3 ENG Simon Bedford 2 ENG David Gilbert 5 ENG Joe Jogia 5 Bahrain Habib Subah 1 ENG James Tatton 2 ENG Andrew Norman 5 WAL Lee Walker 1 ENG Judd Trump 5 ENG Chris Norbury 5 WAL Darren Morgan 4 PAK Shokat Ali 3 ENG Gary Wilson 5 ENG Matthew Couch 5 ENG Gary Wilkinson 1 SCO Jamie Burnett 0 CHN Liang Wenbo 5 ENG Justin Astley 5 WAL Paul Davies 3 ENG Tom Ford 5 IRL Joe Delaney 4 ENG Lee Spick 4 ENG David Roe 5 ENG Jimmy Michie 1 NIR Mark Allen 5 FIN Robin Hull 0 CHN Ding Junhui 5 SCO Marcus Campbell 3 SCO Scott MacKenzie 5 ENG Mike Dunn 4 BEL Bjorn Haneveer 5 ENG Brian Morgan 3 ENG Alfie Burden 5 ENG Jamie Cope 5 ENG David Gilbert 3 NIR Patrick Wallace 5 ENG Joe Jogia 1 ENG Dave Harold 5 ENG Andrew Norman 1 ENG Adrian Gunnell 1 ENG Judd Trump 5 WAL Dominic Dale 5 ENG Chris Norbury 1 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 ENG Gary Wilson 3 NIR Joe Swail 5 ENG Matthew Couch 1 ENG Rory McLeod 3 CHN Liang Wenbo 5 SCO Drew Henry 5 ENG Justin Astley 2 ENG Mark Selby 5 ENG Tom Ford 2 ENG Stuart Pettman 3 ENG David Roe 5 WAL Ryan Day 5 NIR Mark Allen 3 ENG Ricky Walden 5 CHN Ding Junhui 3 MLT Tony Drago 3 SCO Scott MacKenzie 5 ENG Mark Davis 5 BEL Bjorn Haneveer 4 IRL Michael Judge 4 ENG Alfie Burden 5 ENG Stuart Bingham 3 ENG Jamie Cope 5 NIR Gerard Greene 2 NIR Patrick Wallace 5 Century breaks Qualifying stage centuries 139 Michael Judge 135, 125 Scott MacKenzie 135, 104 Lee Spick 131, 106, 104 Ding Junhui 130, 124, 100 Dave Gilbert 130 Matthew Couch 124 Dominic Dale 124 Ricky Walden 119 Fergal O'Brien 112, 108 Stuart Bingham 111, 102 Jamie Cope 111 Patrick Wallace 106 Dave Harold 103 Andrew Norman 102 Mark Allen 100 David Roe Televised stage centuries 144 Robert Milkins 141 Dave Harold 138 Matthew Stevens 135, 122, 113, 100 Ryan Day 134, 120, 106, 102 Shaun Murphy 133 Stephen Hendry 131 Steve Davis 128, 104, 102 Barry Hawkins 122, 110 Ian McCulloch 120, 100 Stephen Lee 120 Joe Perry 111 Neil Robertson 107 Liang Wenbo 103 Scott MacKenzie 100 Anthony Hamilton 100 John Higgins References Category:Welsh Open (snooker) Welsh Open Open (snooker) Category:Welsh Open snooker in Newport