The 2009 Welsh Open was a professional

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tournament that took place between 16 and 22 February 2009 at the Newport Centre in

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. The defending champion was Mark Selby, but he lost in the quarter-finals against Anthony Hamilton. The event was won Ali Carter, who claimed his first ranking tournament win by defeating

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9–5 in the final, having come back from 2–5 down. This was the first ranking final refereed by

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Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: *Winner: £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

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

These matches took place between 3 and 6 February 2009 at the Pontins Centre in

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Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

*136 Barry Pinches *132 Daniel Wells *132 Stuart Pettman *131, 112, 110 Jamie Burnett *128, 105 Martin Gould *123 Andrew Norman *122, 108

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*120

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*119 Alan McManus *111 Gerard Greene *109 Paul Davison *102

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Televised stage centuries

*142, 117, 115, 101 Marco Fu *141, 119, 116, 109 Ali Carter *136, 116, 100 Anthony Hamilton *135 Martin Gould *132 Steve Davis *131, 115 David Gilbert *129, 101 John Higgins *126 Mark Selby *124, 107 Neil Robertson *124, 104 Dominic Dale *118 Ronnie O'Sullivan *116, 105

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*110 Paul Davies *109, 104 Ryan Day *109 Michael Judge *107 Joe Perry *105 Graeme Dott *105

*102 Barry Pinches *101 Stephen Maguire

References

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