Mark Williams is the only Welsh winner, having captured the title in 1996 and 1999. John Higgins holds the record for the most Welsh Open wins, claiming the title five times.
The event was sponsored by Regal until 2003, but UK restrictions on tobacco advertising meant that it was without a sponsor until 2009.[3] The tournament was sponsored by Totesport.com in 2010,[4] by Wyldecrest Park Homes in 2011,[5] by 888真人 in 2012,[6] and by BetVictor from to 2013 to 2016.[7][8] In 2017 the tournament was sponsored by Coral.
In 1996, Paul Hunter reached the semi-finals at the age of 17 years and 111 days, becoming the youngest player to reach this stage of a ranking tournament.[3]
Like the Welsh Professional Championship, it was played at the Newport Centre in Newport, before moving to the Cardiff International Arena in 1999. It was moved back to Newport in 2005,[3] where it remained until 2014.[9] In January 2014, World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn announced that the 2014 tournament would be the last held in Newport, and that he would open negotiations to move the event to a larger venue, most likely in Cardiff.[10] The event was held at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff from 2015 to 2020, before moving back to Newport in 2021 and 2022. The 2023 event will be held in Llandudno, the first time in its history that it has been staged in neither Newport nor Cardiff.[11] The tournament is broadcast by BBC Wales, Eurosport, CCTV, SMG, Now TV and Showtime Arabia. In the early days it was televised by both BBC Wales (in English), S4C (in Welsh) and Sky Sports.
There have been nine maximum breaks in the history of the tournament. The first was made by Ronnie O'Sullivan in 1999, against James Wattana. The second was made at the qualifying stage of the 2000 event by Barry Pinches, against Joe Johnson. The third was made by Andrew Higginson in 2007, against Ali Carter. The fourth 147 was made in 2011 by Stephen Hendry, against Stephen Maguire.[12] This was Hendry's 10th 147 break, and with this he equalled the record for most maximums with Ronnie O'Sullivan.[13] He also became the oldest player at the time to compile a maximum break at the age of 42 years and 35 days.[14] The fifth maximum was made by O'Sullivan in 2014, in the last frame of the final against Ding Junhui. This was O'Sullivan's 12th 147 break, and with it he set the record for most maximums.[15] It was also the last maximum to be compiled before the event moved to Cardiff. Ding Junhui made the sixth at the quarter-finals of the 2016 tournament, against Neil Robertson.[16] Two maximum breaks were made at the 2019 event, one by Neil Robertson in the first round, against Jordan Brown,[17] and one by Noppon Saengkham in the third round, against Mark Selby.[18] The most recent maximum break was made in 2020 by Kyren Wilson on his first visit to the table in his first round match against Jackson Page.[19][20]
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The Welsh Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament that has been held annually since 1992 It replaced the Welsh Professional Championship which ran annually from 1980 to 1991 and was open only to Welsh players The Welsh Open is now the longest running ranking event after the World Championship and the UK Championship Since the 2016 17 season it has been one of four tournaments in the Home Nations Series alongside the Northern Ireland Open the Scottish Open and the English Open Since 2017 the winner of the event has received the Ray Reardon Trophy named after the Welsh six time world champion Reardon himself presented the newly named trophy to 2017 winner Stuart Bingham Welsh OpenTournament informationVenueInternational Convention Centre WalesLocationNewportCountryWalesEstablished1992Organisation s World Professional Billiards and Snooker AssociationFormatRanking eventTotal prize fund 405 000Recent edition2022Current champion Joe Perry ENG Mark Williams is the only Welsh winner having captured the title in 1996 and 1999 John Higgins holds the record for the most Welsh Open wins claiming the title five times Joe Perry is the reigning champion Contents 1 History 2 Winners 3 Statistics 3 1 Finalists 4 See also 5 ReferencesHistory EditThe tournament began as a ranking tournament in 1992 It is now the third longest running ranking event on the World Snooker Tour after the World Championship and the UK Championship 1 In the 2016 17 season the event became part of the Home Nations Series alongside the Northern Ireland Open the Scottish Open and the English Open The event trophy was renamed the Ray Reardon Trophy Reardon himself presented the first trophy bearing his name to the 2017 winner Stuart Bingham 2 The event was sponsored by Regal until 2003 but UK restrictions on tobacco advertising meant that it was without a sponsor until 2009 3 The tournament was sponsored by Totesport com in 2010 4 by Wyldecrest Park Homes in 2011 5 by 888真人 in 2012 6 and by BetVictor from to 2013 to 2016 7 8 In 2017 the tournament was sponsored by Coral In 1996 Paul Hunter reached the semi finals at the age of 17 years and 111 days becoming the youngest player to reach this stage of a ranking tournament 3 John Higgins holds the record for the most Welsh Open titles having won the event on 5 occasions The other multiple winners are Ronnie O Sullivan with 4 victories Stephen Hendry with 3 and Steve Davis Ken Doherty Paul Hunter Mark Williams and Neil Robertson with 2 wins each Like the Welsh Professional Championship it was played at the Newport Centre in Newport before moving to the Cardiff International Arena in 1999 It was moved back to Newport in 2005 3 where it remained until 2014 9 In January 2014 World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn announced that the 2014 tournament would be the last held in Newport and that he would open negotiations to move the event to a larger venue most likely in Cardiff 10 The event was held at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff from 2015 to 2020 before moving back to Newport in 2021 and 2022 The 2023 event will be held in Llandudno the first time in its history that it has been staged in neither Newport nor Cardiff 11 The tournament is broadcast by BBC Wales Eurosport CCTV SMG Now TV and Showtime Arabia In the early days it was televised by both BBC Wales in English S4C in Welsh and Sky Sports There have been nine maximum breaks in the history of the tournament The first was made by Ronnie O Sullivan in 1999 against James Wattana The second was made at the qualifying stage of the 2000 event by Barry Pinches against Joe Johnson The third was made by Andrew Higginson in 2007 against Ali Carter The fourth 147 was made in 2011 by Stephen Hendry against Stephen Maguire 12 This was Hendry s 10th 147 break and with this he equalled the record for most maximums with Ronnie O Sullivan 13 He also became the oldest player at the time to compile a maximum break at the age of 42 years and 35 days 14 The fifth maximum was made by O Sullivan in 2014 in the last frame of the final against Ding Junhui This was O Sullivan s 12th 147 break and with it he set the record for most maximums 15 It was also the last maximum to be compiled before the event moved to Cardiff Ding Junhui made the sixth at the quarter finals of the 2016 tournament against Neil Robertson 16 Two maximum breaks were made at the 2019 event one by Neil Robertson in the first round against Jordan Brown 17 and one by Noppon Saengkham in the third round against Mark Selby 18 The most recent maximum break was made in 2020 by Kyren Wilson on his first visit to the table in his first round match against Jackson Page 19 20 Winners Edit 3 21 22 23 Year Winner Runner up Final score Venue Season1992 Stephen Hendry SCO Darren Morgan WAL 9 3 Newport Centre 1991 921993 Ken Doherty IRL Alan McManus SCO 9 7 1992 931994 Steve Davis ENG Alan McManus SCO 9 6 1993 941995 Steve Davis ENG John Higgins SCO 9 3 1994 951996 Mark Williams WAL John Parrott ENG 9 3 1995 961997 Stephen Hendry SCO Mark King ENG 9 2 1996 971998 Paul Hunter ENG John Higgins SCO 9 5 1997 981999 Mark Williams WAL Stephen Hendry SCO 9 8 Cardiff International Arena 1998 992000 John Higgins SCO Stephen Lee ENG 9 8 1999 002001 Ken Doherty IRL Paul Hunter ENG 9 2 2000 012002 Paul Hunter ENG Ken Doherty IRL 9 7 2001 022003 Stephen Hendry SCO Mark Williams WAL 9 5 2002 032004 Ronnie O Sullivan ENG Steve Davis ENG 9 8 Welsh Institute of Sport in Cardiff 2003 042005 Ronnie O Sullivan ENG Stephen Hendry SCO 9 8 Newport Centre 2004 052006 Stephen Lee ENG Shaun Murphy ENG 9 4 2005 062007 Neil Robertson AUS Andrew Higginson ENG 9 8 2006 072008 Mark Selby ENG Ronnie O Sullivan ENG 9 8 2007 082009 Ali Carter ENG Joe Swail NIR 9 5 2008 092010 John Higgins SCO Ali Carter ENG 9 4 2009 102011 John Higgins SCO Stephen Maguire SCO 9 6 2010 112012 24 Ding Junhui CHN Mark Selby ENG 9 6 2011 122013 25 Stephen Maguire SCO Stuart Bingham ENG 9 8 2012 132014 26 Ronnie O Sullivan ENG Ding Junhui CHN 9 3 2013 142015 27 John Higgins SCO Ben Woollaston ENG 9 3 Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff 2014 152016 28 Ronnie O Sullivan ENG Neil Robertson AUS 9 5 2015 162017 29 Stuart Bingham ENG Judd Trump ENG 9 8 2016 172018 30 John Higgins SCO Barry Hawkins ENG 9 7 2017 182019 31 Neil Robertson AUS Stuart Bingham ENG 9 7 2018 192020 32 Shaun Murphy ENG Kyren Wilson ENG 9 1 2019 202021 33 Jordan Brown NIR Ronnie O Sullivan ENG 9 8 Celtic Manor Resort in Newport 2020 212022 Joe Perry ENG Judd Trump ENG 9 5 ICC Wales in Newport 2021 22Statistics EditFinalists Edit Name Nationality Winner Runner upJohn Higgins Scotland 5 2Ronnie O Sullivan England 4 2Stephen Hendry Scotland 3 2Steve Davis England 2 1Ken Doherty Ireland 2 1Paul Hunter England 2 1Mark Williams Wales 2 1Neil Robertson Australia 2 1Stuart Bingham England 1 2Ali Carter England 1 1Ding Junhui China 1 1Stephen Lee England 1 1Stephen Maguire Scotland 1 1Mark Selby England 1 1Shaun Murphy England 1 1Jordan Brown Northern Ireland 1 0Joe Perry England 1 0Alan McManus Scotland 0 2Judd Trump England 0 2Barry Hawkins England 0 1Andrew Higginson England 0 1Mark King England 0 1Darren Morgan Wales 0 1John Parrott England 0 1Joe Swail Northern Ireland 0 1Ben Woollaston England 0 1Kyren Wilson England 0 12022 competitors are shown in bold See also EditWelsh Professional ChampionshipReferences Edit Ivan 21 December 2022 BetVictor Welsh Open Draw World Snooker Retrieved 22 December 2022 Ray Reardon at 90 Proud for Wales proud for myself BBC Sport Retrieved 22 December 2022 a b c d Turner Chris Welsh Open cajt pwp blueyonder co uk Chris Turner s Snooker Archive Archived from the original on 16 February 2012 Retrieved 1 March 2011 Totesport com Named Sponsor For Snooker s Welsh Open World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 21 January 2010 Retrieved 21 January 2010 Wyldecrest Park Homes To Sponsor Snooker s Welsh Open worldsnooker com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association Archived from the original on 26 February 2011 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