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2009 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 2009 Welsh Open (snooker), Welsh Open was a professional Snooker world rankings, ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 22 February 2009 at the Newport Centre (Wales), Newport Centre in Newport, Wales, Newport, Wales. The defending champion was Mark Selby, but he lost in the quarter-finals against Anthony Hamilton (snooker player), Anthony Hamilton. The event was won Ali Carter, who claimed his first ranking tournament win by defeating Joe Swail 9–5 in the final, having come back from 2–5 down. This was the first ranking final refereed by Colin Humphries. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: *Winner: Pound sterling, £35,000 *Runner-up: £17,500 *Semi-finals: £8,750 *Quarter-finals: £6,500 *Last 16: £4,275 *Last 32: £2,750 *Last 48: £1,725 *Last 64: £1,325 *Stage one highest break: £500 *Stage two highest break: £2,000 *Stage one maximum break: £1,000 *Stage two maximum break: £20,000 *Total: £225,500 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Open (snooker)
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. 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. History The tournament began as a ranking tournament in 1992. It is now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Humphries
Colin may refer to: * Colin (given name) * Colin (surname) * ''Colin'' (film), a 2008 Cannes film festival zombie movie * Colin (horse) (1905–1932), thoroughbred racehorse * Colin (humpback whale), a humpback whale calf abandoned north of Sydney, Australia, in August 2008 * Colin (river), a river in France * Colin (security robot) This page is a list of characters in ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', by Douglas Adams. The descriptions of the characters are accompanied by information on details about appearances and references to the characters. Main characters ..., in ''Mostly Harmless'' of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' series by Douglas Adams * Tropical Storm Colin (other) See also *Collin (other) *Kolin (other) *Colyn {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |