2011 Australian Goldfields Open

Australian Goldfields Open 2011 Australian Goldfields Open logo.png 2011 07 18 2011 07 24 y Bendigo Stadium Bendigo Australia World Snooker Ranking event $425,000 $60,000 Mark Williams WAL (142) Stuart Bingham ENG Mark Williams WAL 9–8 1995 2012 The 2011 Australian Goldfields Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 and 24 July 2011 at the Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia. The event was last held in 1995 under the name Australian Masters, where Anthony Hamilton defeated Chris Small 8–6 in the final. However, Hamilton withdrew from the tournament in the qualifying rounds citing personal reasons and therefore did not compete to defend his title.Turner Chris Australian Events Chris Turner's Snooker Archive http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Aust.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120425135341/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Aust.html 25 April 2012 10 November 2011 Stuart Bingham won the first ranking title of his career by defeating Mark Williams 9–8 in the final.http://eurosport.yahoo.com/24072011/58/bingham-claims-maiden-ranking-title.html Bingham claims maiden ranking title Eurosport UK 24 July 2011 24 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120808120205/http://eurosport.yahoo.com/24072011/58/bingham-claims-maiden-ranking-title.html 8 August 2012 dead Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Australian Goldfields Open 2011 http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/e0/7a/0,,13165~162528,00.pdf worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 17 May 2024 26 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110626115749/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/e0/7a/0,,13165~162528,00.pdf dead Tax a a 70% 50% Winner: $60,000 Runner-up: $30,000 Semi-final: $20,000 Quarter-final: $15,000 Last 16: $10,000 Last 32: $7,500 Last 48: $2,000 50% Stage one highest break: $500 Stage two highest break: $2,500 Total: $425,000 Main draw 2011 Australian Goldfields Open Main Draw http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/Drawspage/0,,13165~2394712,00.html worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 6 July 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110722144852/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/Drawspage/0%2C%2C13165~2394712%2C00.html 22 July 2011 Australian Goldfields Open (2011) http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=127 Snooker.org 21 June 20112011 Australian Goldfields Open results http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-australian-open-2011-final-stages.asp Global Snooker 22 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110722114118/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-australian-open-2011-final-stages.asp 22 July 2011 usurped dmy-all Last 32Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 17 frames 1 SCO John Higgins 4 ENG Matthew SeltWC1a b1 b1 5 16 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 ENG Martin Gould 3 13 ENG Peter Ebdon 3 ENG Rory McLeod 5 7 ENG Shaun Murphy 5 ENG Andrew Higginson 3 6 ENG Ali Carter 3 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 12 NIR Mark Allen 5 WAL Ryan Day 3 15 ENG Jamie Cope 3 ENG Tom Ford 5 4 CHN Ding Junhui 2 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 3 ENG Mark Selby 5 ENG Joe Perry 3 9 ENG Judd Trump 3 ENG Mark Davis 5 14 WAL Matthew Stevens 4 CHN Liang Wenbo 5 8 SCO Stephen Maguire 2 IRL Ken Doherty 5 5 AUS Neil Robertson 5 ENG Nigel Bond 2   WAL Dominic Dale 5 AUS Steve MifsudWC1b b2 b2 2   ENG David GilbertWC2 c c 5 AUS James Mifsud 1 2 WAL Mark Williams 5 ENG Barry Pinches 2 ENG Matthew Selt 5 16 SCO Stephen Hendry 1 ENG Rory McLeod 1 7 ENG Shaun Murphy 5 SCO Marcus Campbell 1 12 NIR Mark Allen 5 ENG Tom Ford 0 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 3 ENG Mark Selby 5 ENG Mark Davis 3   CHN Liang Wenbo 4 IRL Ken Doherty 5 5 AUS Neil Robertson 4 WAL Dominic Dale 5 ENG David Gilbert 2 2 WAL Mark Williams 5 ENG Matthew Selt 3 7 ENG Shaun Murphy 5 12 NIR Mark Allen 3 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 3 ENG Mark Selby 3 IRL Ken Doherty 5 WAL Dominic Dale 4 2 WAL Mark Williams 5 7 ENG Shaun Murphy 2 ENG Stuart Bingham 6 IRL Ken Doherty 2 2 WAL Mark Williams 6 ENG Stuart Bingham 9 2 WAL Mark Williams 8 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Michaela TabbBendigo Stadium, Bendigo, Australia Stuart Bingham 9–8 Mark Williams (2) Afternoon: 139–0 (139), 0–89 (89), 71–39, 55–42, 9–98 (85), 40–66 (57), 19–84 (84), 64–52 (Williams 52) Evening: 7–69 (52), 13–78, 4–71 (71), 51–10, 10–81 (68), 67–32, 70–8 (69), 76–0 (76), 80–34 139 Highest break 89 1 Century breaks 0 3 50+ breaks 8 Qualifying These matches took place between 26 and 30 June 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.Australian Goldfields Open Qualifiers (2011) http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=126 Snooker.org 21 June 2011Results and reports from Australian qualifying http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2384920,00.html worldsnookercom World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 1 July 2011 David Gilbert was the only player to go through all four rounds of qualifying to make it to the main stage. Preliminary round Best of 9 frames IND Lucky Vatnani w/d–w/o NOR Kurt Maflin Round 1–4 no Round 1Best of 9 frames Round 2Best of 9 frames Round 3Best of 9 frames Round 4Best of 9 frames ENG Sam Baird 5 BEL Luca Brecel 1 WAL Andrew Pagett 5 ENG Adam Wicheard 4 ENG Paul Davison 5 IRL David Hogan 3 BEL Bjorn Haneveer 3 ENG Andrew Norman 5 NIR Joe Meara 3 IRL David Morris 5 WAL Michael White 4 CHN Yu Delu 5 THA Dechawat Poomjaeng 1 FIN Robin Hull 5 CHN Cao Yupeng 1 NOR Kurt Maflin 5 ENG Sam Craigie 5 ENG David Grace 1 IND Aditya Mehta 1 CHN Tian Pengfei 5 ENG Ben Woollaston 5 ENG Adam Duffy 2 SCO Scott MacKenzie 5 ENG Stuart Carrington 4 POL Kacper Filipiak 0 CHN Li Yan 5 ENG Liam Highfield 5 ENG Simon Bedford 4 THA Passakorn Suwannawat 4 ENG David Gilbert 5 WAL Daniel Wells 2 THA James Wattana 5 ENG Adrian Gunnell 5 ENG Sam Baird 4 ENG Jimmy Robertson 5 WAL Andrew Pagett 2 ENG Jimmy White 5 ENG Paul Davison 2 CHN Liu Chuang 3 ENG Andrew Norman 5 ENG Rod Lawler 5 IRL David Morris 3 NIR Joe Swail 1 CHN Yu Delu 5 ENG Jack Lisowski 5 FIN Robin Hull 2 ENG Peter Lines 3 NOR Kurt Maflin 5 CHN Liu Song 3 ENG Sam Craigie 5 SCO Anthony McGill 1 CHN Tian Pengfei 5 ENG Ian McCulloch 3 ENG Ben Woollaston 5 ENG Andy Hicks 1 SCO Scott MacKenzie 5 SCO Alan McManus 1 CHN Li Yan 5 CHN Xiao Guodong 4 ENG Liam Highfield 5 ENG Alfie Burden 2 ENG David Gilbert 5 ENG Matthew Couch 5 THA James Wattana 4 ENG Matthew Selt 5 ENG Adrian Gunnell 1 ENG Mark Joyce 5 ENG Jimmy Robertson 3 ENG Rory McLeod 5 ENG Jimmy White 3 SCO Jamie Burnett 5 ENG Andrew Norman 3 ENG Mike Dunn 5 ENG Rod Lawler 3 ENG Joe Jogia 2 CHN Yu Delu 5 ENG Tom Ford 5 ENG Jack Lisowski 3 ENG Michael Holt 5 NOR Kurt Maflin 1 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 ENG Sam Craigie 1 ENG Anthony Hamilton w/d CHN Tian Pengfei w/o WAL Jamie Jones 4 ENG Ben Woollaston 5 MLT Tony Drago 1 SCO Scott MacKenzie 5 ENG Nigel Bond 5 CHN Li Yan 3 ENG Steve Davis w/d ENG Liam Highfield w/o ENG Dave Harold 4 ENG David Gilbert 5 ENG Barry Pinches 5 ENG Matthew Couch 3 ENG Ricky Walden 0 ENG Matthew Selt 5 ENG Martin Gould 5 ENG Mark Joyce 3 ENG Robert Milkins 2 ENG Rory McLeod 5 ENG Andrew Higginson 5 SCO Jamie Burnett 4 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 ENG Mike Dunn 4 WAL Ryan Day 5 CHN Yu Delu 0 NIR Gerard Greene 2 ENG Tom Ford 5 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 ENG Michael Holt 2 ENG Joe Perry 5 IRL Fergal O'Brien 2 ENG Mark Davis 5 CHN Tian Pengfei 4 CHN Liang Wenbo 5 ENG Ben Woollaston 3 IRL Ken Doherty 5 SCO Scott MacKenzie 2 ENG Barry Hawkins 4 ENG Nigel Bond 5 WAL Dominic Dale 5 ENG Liam Highfield 3 ENG Mark King 0 ENG David Gilbert 5 ENG Stephen Lee 3 ENG Barry Pinches 5 Century breaks Qualifying stage centuries Century breaks (Qualifying) http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/centuries.aspx?t=963 livescores.worldsnookerdata.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 20 June 2011 141, 101 Ian McCulloch 137, 111 Barry Hawkins 137 Liu Chuang 136, 111, 100 Robin Hull 136 Mark Davis 134 Dominic Dale 126 Mark Joyce 125 Barry Pinches 123 Ben Woollaston 122, 113 David Gilbert 122 Adrian Gunnell 118 Aditya Mehta 117 Jack Lisowski 115 Liam Highfield 115 Michael Holt 114, 100 Matthew Selt 114 Passakorn Suwannawat 114 Stuart Bingham 113, 110, 107, 104 Tian Pengfei 112 Kurt Maflin 110 Ben Woollaston 104 Jamie Burnett 103 Michael White 100 Liang Wenbo Televised stage centuries Century breaks http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=964 worldsnookerdata.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 18 July 2011 1 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110801050846/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=964 live Century breaks http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-australian-open-2011-century-breaks.asp Global Snooker 22 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110723094746/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-australian-open-2011-century-breaks.asp 23 July 2011 usurped dmy-allAustralian Goldfields Open Century Breaks http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/48/86/0,,13165~165448,00.pdf worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 25 July 2011 142, 140, 118, 110, 106 Mark Williams 139, 118, 114, 112, 107 Stuart Bingham 137 Matthew Selt 134 Ali Carter 124, 104 Ding Junhui 123 Dominic Dale 120, 111 Liang Wenbo 120 Stephen Hendry 111, 101 Neil Robertson 102 Jamie Cope 101, 100 Mark Allen 100 Rory McLeod Notes Tax a a All prize money were subject to 46% local tax.Hendon David Trouble In Paradise https://snookerscene.blogspot.com/2011/10/trouble-in-paradise.html Snooker Scene Blog 24 October 2011 WC1a b1 b1WC1b b2 b2 Originally Matthew Selt was set to play Steve Mifsud in the wildcard round, but after the withdrawal of Ronnie O'Sullivan for medical reasons Selt advanced to the last 32 to play John Higgins and Mifsud played against Dominic Dale.O'Sullivan Pulls Out Of Australia Event http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2394154,00.html worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 16 July 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120616064248/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~2394154%2C00.html 16 June 2012 O'Sullivan pulls out of Australian event http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/16072011/58/o-sullivan-pulls-australian-event.html Eurosport UK 17 July 2011 WC2 c c Originally David Gilbert was set to play James Mifsud in the wildcard round, but after the withdrawal of Graeme Dott,Dott Withdraws From Australia Event http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2390261,00.html worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 11 July 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110714062506/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~2390261%2C00.html 14 July 2011 their match was moved in the last 32 stage of the draw. 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