The 2019 Indian Open was a professional

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tournament. It was due to take place between 18 and 22 September 2018 at the Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty in

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, India but was postponed due to the

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. The rescheduled Indian Open was played in Kochi from 27 February to 3 March 2019. It was the fifteenth

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event of the 2018/2019 season. Qualifying took place on 15 and 16 August 2018 in

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, England. John Higgins was the defending champion, having beaten Anthony McGill 5–1 in the

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final, but he lost to Matthew Selt in the semi-finals. Selt went on to win his first ranking title, beating

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5–3 in the final. Zhou Yuelong made the first maximum break of his career in the fourth frame of his first round loss to Lyu Haotian. It was the 150th maximum in professional events.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: * Winner: £50,000 * Runner-up: £25,000 * Semi-final: £15,000 * Quarter-final: £10,000 * Last 16: £6,000 * Last 32: £4,000 * Last 64: £2,000 * Televised highest break: £2,000 * Total: £323,000 The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £10,000

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

These matches were held between 15 and 16 August 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in

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. All matches were best of 7 frames. ;Notes

Century breaks

Main stage centuries

There were a total of 33 century breaks made during the tournament. Zhou Yuelong made a century in a held over match. *

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, 102 Zhou Yuelong * 140

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* 140

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* 137

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* 136 Graeme Dott * 133 Andrew Higginson * 132

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* 130, 116, 109 Li Hang * 127, 113 Anthony Hamilton * 125 Joe Perry * 123 Stuart Bingham * 121, 104, 104 John Higgins * 120, 109, 101

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* 115, 114, 106

* 108 Peter Ebdon * 108

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* 106, 103 Hossein Vafaei * 104 Sam Craigie * 103 Sam Baird * 103, 102 Matthew Selt * 102 Michael Holt

Qualifying stage centuries

There were a total of 10 century breaks made during the qualifying matches preceding the event. * 135

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* 122 Rod Lawler * 118

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* 115

* 114

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* 110 Oliver Lines * 102 Gerard Greene * 102 Michael Holt * 101 Stuart Bingham * 101 Elliot Slessor

References

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Indian Open

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