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2006 Welsh Open (snooker)

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:[1]

Main draw

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Final

Qualifying

Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 24 January and 26 January 2006.[3]

Century breaks

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Qualifying stage centuries

Televised stage centuries

References

  1. ^ "Preisgeld Welsh Open 2006". brownball.de. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Welsh Open 2006". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  3. ^ a b c "2006 Welsh Open". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 20 April 2006.