The 2017

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tournament that took place from 13 to 19 February 2017 at the Motorpoint Arena in

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. It was the fourteenth

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event of the 2016/2017 season. The 2017 Welsh Open was being held as part of a new Home Nations Series, introduced in the 2016/2017 season with the new

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, Northern Ireland Open and Scottish Open tournaments. The tournament's trophy was renamed to the Ray Reardon Trophy in honour of six-time world champion

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. The defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan lost 3–4 against

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in the last 64. Stuart Bingham won his first Welsh Open title and fourth ranking title overall, beating Judd Trump 9–8 in the final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money is shown below. *Winner: £70,000 *Runner-up: £30,000 *Semi-finals: £20,000 *Quarter-finals: £10,000 *Last 16: £6,000 *Last 32: £3,500 *Last 64: £2,500 *Highest break: £2,000 *Total: £366,000 The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £10,000.

Main draw

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Finals

Final

Century breaks

Total: 55 * 144

* 143, 133, 111, 102 Neil Robertson * 142 Fergal O'Brien * 140, 131, 102 Judd Trump * 136, 123, 118, 103 Hossein Vafaei * 136 Yan Bingtao * 132, 113 Anthony Hamilton * 131

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* 130 Lee Walker * 128, 101 Stuart Carrington * 128 Michael White * 127, 103, 101, 101 Stuart Bingham * 126 Graeme Dott * 120 Mitchell Mann * 118 Andy Hicks * 117 Joe Perry * 116, 113

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* 115

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* 114

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* 113, 101, 100 Barry Hawkins * 109, 101 Anthony McGill * 109

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* 108, 107, 101 Jimmy Robertson * 108 Gareth Allen * 106 Sanderson Lam * 105

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* 105 Igor Figueiredo * 105 Craig Steadman * 104 Ricky Walden * 102

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* 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan * 101 Allan Taylor * 101 Zhou Yuelong * 100 Ryan Day * 100 Stephen Maguire * 100

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References

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