Snooker tournament
The 2016 English Open (officially the 2016 BetVictor English Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10 and 16 October 2016 at the EventCity in Manchester, England.[1] It was the seventh ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.[2]
This was the inaugural English Open event, being held as part of a new Home Nations Series introduced in the 2016/2017 season with the existing Welsh Open and new Northern Ireland Open and Scottish Open tournaments.[3][4] The winner of the English Open is awarded the Davis Trophy which is named in honour of six-time world champion Steve Davis.[5]
Liang Wenbo captured his only ranking title by beating Judd Trump 9–6 in the final.[6] As a result, he qualified for the Champion of Champions in November.[7]
Alfie Burden made the 122nd official maximum break in the sixth frame of his first round match against Daniel Wells. It was Burden's first professional maximum break.[8]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[9]
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £10,000.
Main draw
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Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Finals
Final
Century breaks
[15]
References
- ^ a b "English Open 2016". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
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- ^ "World Championship: Snooker tour to be revamped in 2016". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Hearn Announces New Five Year Plan". World Snooker. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "English Open snooker: Trophy named after Steve Davis". BBC Sport. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Liang Wenbo wins first ranking title by beating Judd Trump in English Open". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ "Liang Claims Maiden Ranking Title". World Snooker. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ "Burden Makes First 147". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "Indicative prize money rankings schedule 2016/2017 season" (PDF). World Snooker. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ "English Open Draw" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ a b "English Open Format" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ a b "English Open Results". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ a b "English Open Matches". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Progress For Refs Greng And Malgorzata". World Snooker. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "English Open Centuries". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
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