Snooker tournament
The 2014 Welsh Open (officially the 2014 BetVictor Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19 February and 2 March 2014 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales. It was the eighth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season,[1] and the second time that BetVictor sponsored the event.[2][3]
Stephen Maguire was the defending champion,[4] but he lost 3–4 against Joel Walker in the last 16.[5]
Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 26th ranking title by defeating Ding Junhui 9–3 in the final.[6] This was O'Sullivan's third Welsh Open title after 2004 and 2005, to equal the record jointly held by John Higgins and Stephen Hendry.[7] In the last frame of the final O'Sullivan made the 105th official maximum break.[8] This was O'Sullivan's record 12th competitive maximum break.[9]
Prize fund
The total prize money of the event was raised to £300,000 from the previous year's £250,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[10]
Main draw
[11][12][13][14]
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Finals
Final
Century breaks
[16]
- 147, 124, 115, 114, 104, 103, 103, 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 142 – Shaun Murphy
- 139, 128, 121, 121, 118, 114, 109, 108, 104 – Ding Junhui
- 139 – Michael White
- 137 – John Higgins
- 134, 134, 125, 102 – Barry Hawkins
- 131, 100 – Judd Trump
- 126 – Jamie Burnett
- 121, 114, 108 – Cao Yupeng
- 118 – Scott Donaldson
- 116 – Anthony McGill
- 115 – Ali Carter
- 115 – Joe Perry
- 114 – Jamie Cope
- 114 – Ross Muir
- 114 – Mark Joyce
- 113, 113 – Liang Wenbo
- 112, 106, 101 – Mark Allen
- 112, 104 – Neil Robertson
- 111 – Ken Doherty
- 108 – Mark Williams
- 103 – Marco Fu
- 102 – Noppon Saengkham
- 102 – Stuart Bingham
- 101 – Mark King
- 101 – Joel Walker
- 100 – Andrew Higginson
- 100 – Martin Gould
- 100 – Ben Woollaston
References
- ^ "Tournament Calendar 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "BetVictor Renew Sponsorship Of Welsh Open". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "Welsh Open snooker tournament to leave Newport Centre". BBC News. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ Symcox, Jonathan. "Maguire drought over after dramatic Welsh Open win". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "O'Sullivan takes just 48 minutes to reach Welsh Open last eight". Eurosport UK. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ Hafez, Shamoon (2 March 2014). "Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Ding Junhui in Welsh Open final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "'Rocket' Ronnie O'Sullivan crowns Welsh Open triumph with brilliant 147 maximum". Wales Online. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ a b "Magical Maximum Seals Rocket Triumph". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 March 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "O'Sullivan maximum seals title". Sporting Life. 2 March 2014. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "Prize Money Breakdowns 2013/14". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 1 May 2013. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "Welsh Open 2014 draw" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 March 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "BetVictor Welsh Open 2014 provisional format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "Welsh Open 2014: Scores, results and schedule". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ a b "BetVictor Welsh Open (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "Welsh Open: Final – Match 127 – Ding Junhui v Ronnie O'Sullivan". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "Welsh Open: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
External links
- 2014 BetVictor 伟德 Welsh Open – Pictures by World Snooker at Facebook
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 12th MAXIMUM 147 Final Frame Final Welsh Open 2014 Full HD on YouTube