The 2019 ManBetX Welsh Open was a professional ranking

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tournament which took place from 11 to 17 February 2019 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales. It was the thirteenth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season, and the final event of the season's Home Nations Series. John Higgins was the defending champion, having beaten Barry Hawkins 9–7 in the

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final, but he was defeated 3–5 by Joe O'Connor in the quarter-finals. Neil Robertson won the event, gaining his fifteenth ranking title, and his second Home Nations triumph since the re-brand in 2016, becoming the second player to claim two Home Nations victories after Stuart Bingham, whom he defeated 9–7 in the final. Bingham made eleven centuries throughout the tournament, while Robertson made the fourth

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of his career in the fourth frame of his Round 1 match with Jordan Brown, followed by a 140 break to win the match 4–1. Noppon Saengkham made his first ever professionally recorded 147 break in the second frame of his third round match against Mark Selby. It was the fifth time two maximums had been made during the main stages of a ranking event, and the fourth time inside a year.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: * Winner: £70,000 * Runner-up: £30,000 * Semi-final: £20,000 * Quarter-final: £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: £15,000

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: 81 *

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, 140, 140, 136, 103 Neil Robertson *

, 102 Noppon Saengkham * 140, 134, 127, 122, 115, 101 Jack Lisowski * 140, 108 Liam Highfield * 139, 135, 128, 115, 107 Mark Selby * 139 Lyu Haotian * 136, 127, 121 Joe Perry * 135, 132, 129, 106, 104, 103 Zhao Xintong * 134, 128, 125, 124, 119, 112, 107, 104, 103, 102, 100 Stuart Bingham * 131 Joe O'Connor * 131 Lukas Kleckers * 131 Mei Xiwen * 130, 110

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* 128 Matthew Selt * 127, 100 Elliot Slessor * 126

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* 125, 102 Robbie Williams * 122 Alan McManus * 120, 118, 116 Ronnie O'Sullivan * 120, 104 Kurt Maflin * 118, 118 Oliver Lines * 116 Lu Ning * 115 James Cahill * 113

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* 106, 103 John Higgins * 106 Hossein Vafaei * 105 Anthony McGill * 105 Thor Chuan Leong * 105 Lee Walker * 104, 103, 102

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* 104 Sean O'Sullivan * 104 Jackson Page * 104 Jimmy Robertson * 104 Xiao Guodong * 103 Sam Craigie * 103

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* 102 Shaun Murphy * 100

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* 100 Michael Georgiou

References

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