2022 English Open (snooker)

2022 BetVictor English Open
Tournament information
Dates12–18 December 2022 (2022-12-12 – 2022-12-18)
VenueBrentwood Centre
CityBrentwood
CountryEngland
OrganisationWorld Snooker Tour
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£427,000
Winner's share£80,000
Highest break Mark Williams (WAL) (147)
Final
Champion Mark Selby (ENG)
Runner-up Luca Brecel (BEL)
Score9–6
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The 2022 English Open (officially the 2022 BetVictor English Open) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 12 to 18 December 2022 at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England.[1] The seventh ranking event of the 2022–23 season, it was the third tournament in the Home Nations Series, following the Northern Ireland Open and the Scottish Open and preceding the Welsh Open. It was the fourth of eight tournaments in the season's European Series. Qualifiers took place from 25 to 30 October at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, although matches involving the top 16 players in the world rankings were held over to be played at the final venue. Organised by the World Snooker Tour and sponsored by BetVictor, the tournament was broadcast by Eurosport in the UK and Europe. The winner received £80,000 from a total prize fund of £427,000.

On the first day of the tournament, the WPBSA suspended Yan Bingtao from professional competition, making him the seventh player suspended from the tour since October amid a major match-fixing investigation.[2][3]

Neil Robertson was the defending champion, having defeated John Higgins 9–8 in the 2021 final.[4] However, he was beaten 4–6 by Mark Selby in the semi-finals, meaning that he lost at the semi-final stage in each of the season's first three Home Nations events.[5] Selby recorded his first win over Robertson in two years, after seven consecutive losses to him,[6] and reached his first ranking final since winning the 2021 World Championship.[7] He went on to win the event, defeating Luca Brecel 9–6 in the final to capture his 21st ranking title.[8] He became the first player to win the English Open twice, and the second player, after Judd Trump, to win four Home Nations tournaments.[9]

Mark Williams made the tournament's highest break, the third maximum break of his career, in the fourth frame of his quarter-final match against Robertson.[10] Aged 47 years and 270 days, he became the oldest player to make an officially recognised maximum break in professional competition.[11][12]

Prize fund

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The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:[13]

  • Winner: £80,000
  • Runner-up: £35,000
  • Semi-final: £17,500
  • Quarter-final: £11,000
  • Last 16: £7,500
  • Last 32: £4,500
  • Last 64: £3,000
  • Highest break: £5,000
  • Total: £427,000

Main draw

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Top half

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Last 64
Best of 7 frames		Last 32
Best of 7 frames		Last 16
Best of 7 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
 
                  
 
 
 
 
 Neil Robertson (AUS) (1)4
 
 
 
 Lei Peifan (CHN)3
 
Australia Neil Robertson (1)4
 
 
 
England Elliot Slessor0
 
 Elliot Slessor (ENG)w/o
 
 
 
 Chang Bingyu (CHN)w/d
 
Australia Neil Robertson (1)4
 
 
 
Wales Ryan Day (16)2
 
 Ryan Day (WAL) (16)4
 
 
 
 Hammad Miah (ENG)3
 
Wales Ryan Day (16)4
 
 
 
England Ricky Walden (17)3
 
 Ricky Walden (ENG) (17)4
 
 
 
 Liam Highfield (ENG)0
 
Australia Neil Robertson (1)5
 
 
 
Wales Mark Williams (8)3
 
 Peter Lines (ENG)1
 
 
 
 Marco Fu (HKG)4
 
Hong Kong Marco Fu2
 
 
 
England Barry Hawkins (9)4
 
 Muhammad Asif (PAK)2
 
 
 
 Barry Hawkins (ENG) (9)4
 
England Barry Hawkins (9)2
 
 
 
Wales Mark Williams (8)4
 
 Louis Heathcote (ENG)3
 
 
 
 Matthew Selt (ENG) (25)4
 
England Matthew Selt (25)0
 
 
 
Wales Mark Williams (8)4
 
 Dominic Dale (WAL)2
 
 
 
 Mark Williams (WAL) (8)4
 
Australia Neil Robertson (1)4
 
 
 
England Mark Selby (4)6
 
 John Higgins (SCO) (5)4
 
 
 
 Mark King (ENG)1
 
Scotland John Higgins (5)4
 
 
 
England Robert Milkins (28)3
 
 Robert Milkins (ENG) (28)4
 
 
 
 Julien Leclercq (BEL)1
 
Scotland John Higgins (5)2
 
 
 
England Ali Carter (21)4
 
 Jack Lisowski (ENG) (12)4
 
 
 
 Stuart Carrington (ENG)0
 
England Jack Lisowski (12)2
 
 
 
England Ali Carter (21)4
 
 Ali Carter (ENG) (21)4
 
 
 
 Chen Zifan (CHN)0
 
England Ali Carter (21)3
 
 
 
 England Mark Selby (4)5
 
 Michael White (WAL)1
 
 
 
 Anthony McGill (SCO) (20)4
 
Scotland Anthony McGill (20)2
 
 
 
England Shaun Murphy (13)4
 
 Sam Craigie (ENG)1
 
 
 
 Shaun Murphy (ENG) (13)4
 
England Shaun Murphy (13)3
 
 
 
England Mark Selby (4)4
 
 Wu Yize (CHN)4
 
 
 
 Cao Yupeng (CHN)3
 
China Wu Yize1
 
 
 
England Mark Selby (4)4
 
 Joe O'Connor (ENG)2
 
 
 Mark Selby (ENG) (4)4
 

Bottom half

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Last 64
Best of 7 frames		Last 32
Best of 7 frames		Last 16
Best of 7 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
 
                  
 
 
 
 
 Judd Trump (ENG) (3)4
 
 
 
 Craig Steadman (ENG)1
 
England Judd Trump (3)4
 
 
 
Scotland Fraser Patrick0
 
 Lu Ning (CHN)w/d
 
 
 
 Fraser Patrick (SCO)w/o
 
England Judd Trump (3)4
 
 
 
Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh2
 
 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)4
 
 
 
 Tian Pengfei (CHN)1
 
Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh4
 
 
 
China Yuan Sijun1
 
 David Gilbert (ENG) (19)1
 
 
 
 Yuan Sijun (CHN)4
 
England Judd Trump (3)1
 
 
 
Belgium Luca Brecel (11)5
 
 Mark Davis (ENG)2
 
 
 
 Scott Donaldson (SCO)4
 
Scotland Scott Donaldson1
 
 
 
Belgium Luca Brecel (11)4
 
 Oliver Lines (ENG)2
 
 
 
 Luca Brecel (BEL) (11)4
 
Belgium Luca Brecel (11)4
 
 
 
Wales Jamie Jones (27)2
 
 Ken Doherty (IRL)2
 
 
 
 Jamie Jones (WAL) (27)4
 
Wales Jamie Jones (27)4
 
 
 
England Kyren Wilson (6)1
 
 Ben Woollaston (ENG)0
 
 
 
 Kyren Wilson (ENG) (6)4
 
Belgium Luca Brecel (11)6
 
 
 
Northern Ireland Mark Allen (10)2
 
 Zhao Xintong (CHN) (7)4
 
 
 
 Andres Petrov (EST)0
 
China Zhao Xintong (7)0
 
 
 
England John Astley4
 
 Zhang Anda (CHN)1
 
 
 
 John Astley (ENG)4
 
England John Astley1
 
 
 
Northern Ireland Mark Allen (10)4
 
 Mark Allen (NIR) (10)4
 
 
 
 Dylan Emery (WAL)1
 
Northern Ireland Mark Allen (10)4
 
 
 
China Ding Junhui3
 
 Xu Si (CHN)1
 
 
 
 Ding Junhui (CHN)4
 
Northern Ireland Mark Allen (10)5
 
 
 
England Ashley Hugill0
 
 Pang Junxu (CHN)4
 
 
 
 Hossein Vafaei (IRN) (18)2
 
China Pang Junxu2
 
 
 
England Ashley Hugill4
 
 Fan Zhengyi (CHN)3
 
 
 
 Ashley Hugill (ENG)4
 
England Ashley Hugill4
 
 
 
England Martin Gould1
 
 Martin Gould (ENG)4
 
 
 
 Gary Wilson (ENG) (31)2
 
England Martin Gould4
 
 
 
England Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)1
 
 Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA)2
 
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (2)4
 

Final

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Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Tatiana Woollaston
Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England, 18 December 2022
Mark Selby (4)
 England 		9–6 Luca Brecel (11)
 Belgium
Afternoon: 90–0, 64–4, 74–14, 27–96, 77–43, 45–96, 7–78, 2–72
Evening: 83–33, 73–5, 0–123 (122), 67–36, 62–20, 0–113 (113), 87–0
90 Highest break 122
0 Century breaks 2

Qualifying

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Qualification for the tournament took place from 25 to 30 October 2022 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England.[1][14]

Main Qualifying

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A single pre-qualifying match was played before the main qualifying draw was conducted:

Held-Over Matches

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Matches involving the Top 16, the defending champion and the nominated wild-card players were played at the Brentwood Centre. The matches involving winners from the held-over pre-qualifying matches were also held over to the venue.

  • PQ1:  Marco Fu (HKG) 4–0  Lewis Ullah (ENG)
  • PQ2:  Callum Beresford (ENG) 4–1  Ryan Thomerson (AUS)

Notes

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Century breaks

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Main stage centuries

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Total: 73[15]

Qualifying stage centuries

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Total: 26[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b BetVictor English Open - World Snooker. wst.tv. 2022-10-09.
  2. ^ "Yan Bingtao Becomes Seventh Player To Be Suspended In Snooker Match-Fixing Probe". The Sportsman. 2022-12-12. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  3. ^ "Yan suspended from tour amid match-fixing probe". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  4. ^ "Robertson beats Higgins 9-8 in final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  5. ^ "Snooker results: Mark Selby rallies to beat Neil Robertson 6-4 at English Open". www.sportinglife.com. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  6. ^ "Selby Ends Losing Streak Against Robertson". World Snooker Tour. 17 December 2022. Archived from the original on December 17, 2022.
  7. ^ "Selby to face Brecel in English Open final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  8. ^ "Selby Ends Barren Streak With English Title". World Snooker Tour. 18 December 2022. Archived from the original on December 18, 2022.
  9. ^ Davies, Jonathan (18 December 2022). "Mark Selby beats Luca Brecel to end title drought at English Open". livesnooker.com.
  10. ^ "Williams Makes 147 In Brentwood". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on December 16, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  11. ^ "Williams becomes oldest player to make 147 break". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  12. ^ "Neil Robertson Makes Semi-Final Of English Open Despite Mark Williams' 147". The Sportsman. 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  13. ^ "2022–23 Season Prize Money Breakdown" (PDF). WST. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2022.
  14. ^ BetVictor English Open 2022 Qualifiers
  15. ^ "BetVictor English Open 2022 | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. 12–18 December 2022. Archived from the original on 20 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  16. ^ "BetVictor English Open 2022 Qualifiers | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. 25–30 October 2022. Archived from the original on 20 December 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
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