The 2009

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(often styled the 2009

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tournament held between 7 and 12 July 2009 at the Montien Riverside Hotel in

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. Twenty-three of the tournament's 48 competitors were on the 2009/10 professional

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won in the final 8–6 against

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Prize money

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: *Winner: 1,000,000

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*Runner-up: 500,000 baht *Semi-finalists: 250,000 baht *Quarter-finalists: 150,000 baht *Last 16: 70,000 baht *Last 32: 35,000 baht *Total: 3,720,000 baht

Round-robin stage

The top four players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames.

Group A

* Fung Kwok Wai 4–5 Judd Trump * Mohammed Al-Joakar 2–5 Phaithoon Phonbun * Ricky Walden 5–1 Daniel Thorp * Phaithoon Phonbun 2–5 Judd Trump * Daniel Thorp 1–5 Fung Kwok Wai * Daniel Thorp 0–5 Mohammed Al-Joakar * Ricky Walden 5–1 Fung Kwok Wai * Mohammed Al-Joakar 0–5 Judd Trump * Fung Kwok Wai 4–5 Phaithoon Phonbun * Ricky Walden 1–5 Judd Trump * Daniel Thorp 5–4 Phaithoon Phonbun * Ricky Walden 5–0 Mohammed Al-Joakar * Ricky Walden 2–5 Phaithoon Phonbun * Fung Kwok Wai 5–2 Mohammed Al-Joakar * Daniel Thorp 1–5 Judd Trump

Group B

* Alex Borg 5–2 Akar Soe Yin * Aditya Mehta 5–4 James Wattana * Alex Borg 2–5 Nigel Bond * Shaun Murphy 5–3 Akar Soe Yin * James Wattana 5–1 Nigel Bond * Alex Borg 5–4 Aditya Mehta * Akar Soe Yin 3–5 Nigel Bond * Shaun Murphy 5–1 Aditya Mehta * Shaun Murphy 5–3 James Wattana * Shaun Murphy 5–2 Alex Borg * Aditya Mehta 5–1 Nigel Bond * Akar Soe Yin 1–5 James Wattana * Shaun Murphy 1–5 Nigel Bond * Aditya Mehta 1–5 Akar Soe Yin * Alex Borg 1–5 James Wattana

Group C

* Noppadon Noppachorn 4–5 Matthew Stevens * John Higgins 0–5 Muhammad Sajjad * Sascha Lippe 5–3 Habib Subah * John Higgins 5–1 Matthew Stevens * Muhammad Sajjad 5–4 Noppadon Noppachorn * John Higgins 5–2 Noppadon Noppachorn * Sascha Lippe 3–5 Matthew Stevens * Habib Subah 5–2 Muhammad Sajjad * Sascha Lippe 1–5 Muhammad Sajjad * Habib Subah 1–5 Matthew Stevens * Sascha Lippe 4–5 Noppadon Noppachorn * Muhammad Sajjad 2–5 Matthew Stevens * John Higgins 5–2 Habib Subah * Habib Subah 2–5 Noppadon Noppachorn * John Higgins 5–2 Sascha Lippe

Group D

* Ryan Day 5–1 Au Chi Wai * Ken Doherty 5–3 Supoj Saenla * Ang Boon Chin 2–5 Michael Holt * Ken Doherty 5–2 Au Chi Wai * Ryan Day 3–5 Michael Holt * Ang Boon Chin 3–5 Supoj Saenla * Au Chi Wai 3–5 Michael Holt * Ryan Day 5–4 Ken Doherty * Au Chi Wai 1–5 Ang Boon Chin * Supoj Saenla 2–5 Michael Holt * Au Chi Wai 2–5 Supoj Saenla * Ken Doherty 5–3 Michael Holt * Ryan Day 5–0 Ang Boon Chin * Ryan Day 5–3 Supoj Saenla * Ken Doherty 5–3 Ang Boon Chin

Group E

* Joe Perry 5–0 Yutaka Fukuda * Issara Kachaiwong 5–3 Joe Swail * Jimmy White 5–1 Yutaka Fukuda * Joe Perry 5–4 Mohammed Shehab * Jimmy White 1–5 Issara Kachaiwong * Mohammed Shehab 5–1 Joe Swail * Yutaka Fukuda 1–5 Issara Kachaiwong * Joe Perry 3–5 Issara Kachaiwong * Yutaka Fukuda 1–5 Mohammed Shehab * Jimmy White 5–4 Joe Swail * Yutaka Fukuda 0–5 Joe Swail * Jimmy White 3–5 Mohammed Shehab * Joe Perry 5–3 Joe Swail * Mohammed Shehab 2–5 Issara Kachaiwong * Joe Perry 3–5 Jimmy White

Group F

* Darren Morgan 5–2 Noppadol Sangnil * Peter Ebdon 5–0 Raees Aslam * Manan Chandra 1–5 Stuart Bingham * Darren Morgan 5–2 Stuart Bingham * Manan Chandra 2–5 Noppadol Sangnil * Raees Aslam 2–5 Noppadol Sangnil * Peter Ebdon 1–5 Darren Morgan * Manan Chandra 5–2 Raees Aslam * Noppadol Sangnil 5–2 Stuart Bingham * Peter Ebdon 1–5 Stuart Bingham * Darren Morgan 5–3 Manan Chandra * Peter Ebdon 3–5 Manan Chandra * Raees Aslam 5–1 Stuart Bingham * Peter Ebdon 5–2 Noppadol Sangnil * Darren Morgan 5–1 Raees Aslam

Group G

* Mark Williams 2–5 Dave Harold * Glen Wilkinson 5–4 Wael Talat * Mohsen Abdul Aziz 3–5 Thepchaiya Un-nooh * Mark Williams 5–0 Wael Talat * Glen Wilkinson 0–5 Dave Harold * Glen Wilkinson 3–5 Mohsen Abdul Aziz * Wael Talat 2–5 Thepchaiya Un-nooh * Wael Talat 5–1 Dave Harold * Mark Williams 5–1 Mohsen Abdul Aziz * Glen Wilkinson 2–5 Thepchaiya Un-nooh * Mohsen Abdul Aziz 1–5 Dave Harold * Thepchaiya Un-nooh 5–2 Dave Harold * Mark Williams 5–0 Glen Wilkinson * Wael Talat 5–0 Mohsen Abdul Aziz * Mark Williams 5–0 Thepchaiya Un-nooh

Group H

* Mohammed Kayat 5–1 Nguyen Nhat Thanh * Mark King 5–2 Atthasit Mahitthi * Brendan O’Donnoghue 1–5 Barry Hawkins * Atthasit Mahitthi 4–5 Barry Hawkins * Brendan O’Donnoghue 5–0 Nguyen Nhat Thanh * Brendan O’Donnoghue 5–1 Atthasit Mahitthi * Nguyen Nhat Thanh 1–5 Barry Hawkins * Mark King 5–1 Mohammed Kayat * Mohammed Kayat 0–5 Atthasit Mahitthi * Mark King 5–1 Brendan O’Donnoghue * Mark King 5–0 Nguyen Nhat Thanh * Brendan O’Donnoghue 5–1 Mohammed Kayat * Mark King 5–3 Barry Hawkins * Nguyen Nhat Thanh 1–5 Atthasit Mahitthi * Mohammed Kayat 1–5 Barry Hawkins

Knockout stage

Maximum breaks

(Note a maximum break in six-red snooker is 75) * Michael Holt * Ryan Day *

References

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