2007 Welsh Open (snooker)
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 12–18 February 2007 |
Venue | Newport Centre |
City | Newport |
Country | Wales |
Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £245,500 |
Winner's share | £35,000 |
Highest break |
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Final | |
Champion |
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Runner-up |
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Score | 9–8 |
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The 2007 Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12 and 18 February at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.
Shaun Murphy became the first player to compile four consecutive century breaks in a best of 9 match against Jamie Cope.[1]
Stephen Lee was the defending champion, but he lost his last 32 match against Nigel Bond.
Neil Robertson won his second ranking title by beating Andrew Higginson 9–8. Higginson made his first official maximum break during his quarter-final match against Ali Carter.[2]
Tournament summary
Defending champion Stephen Lee was the number 1 seed with World Champion Graeme Dott seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.
Main draw
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Newport Centre, Newport, Wales, 18 February 2007.[3][4] | ||
Andrew Higginson |
8–9 | Neil Robertson (13) |
Afternoon: 0–77 (76), 114–1 (114), 19–117 (71), 47–67, 46–78, 25–98 (98), 67–8, 0–74 (74) Evening: 98–0 (54), 100–1 (100), 97–0 (97), 65–9, 80–0 (64), 85–39 (81), 2–124 (92), 5–98 (59), 0–70 | ||
114 | Highest break | 98 |
2 | Century breaks | 0 |
6 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place between 6 and 8 January 2007 at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales.[4]
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
- ↑ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Hallett wins English Pro title". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ↑ Turner, Maximum Breaks. "Maximum Breaks". Chris Tuerner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- 1 2 "Welsh Open 2007". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 "2007 Welsh Open". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008.