Background
Format
Coverage
The tournament was broadcast in the United Kingdom on thePrize fund
The winner of the event received £500,000 from a total prize fund of £2,395,000. The breakdown of prize money is shown below: * Winner: £500,000 * Runner-up: £200,000 * Semi-finalists: £100,000 * Quarter-finalists: £50,000 * Last 16: £30,000 * Last 32: £20,000 * Last 48: £15,000 * Last 80: £10,000 * Last 112: £5,000 * Highest break (qualifying stage included): £15,000Summary
Qualifying
First round
Second round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Main draw
The results for the main draw are shown below. Numbers given in brackets are the players' seedings. Match winners are denoted in bold.Qualifying
Qualifying draw
The results from qualifying are shown below. Numbers given before players' names show world rankings of the top 112 players, while "a" indicates the amateur players in the draw. The match winners are denoted in bold text. {{2NTeam-NTeamBracket, rounds=4, brackets=16, RD1-teams=4, RD2-teams=4, RD3-teams=4 , RD1 = Round 1 (Last 144)Century breaks
Main stage centuries
A record number of century breaks, 108, was made during the main event. There were 22 players that made at least one century break. The highest break was a 144 made by Shaun Murphy in his second-round match against Yan Bingtao. {{div col *144, 131, 124, 120, 117, 113, 109, 104, 103, 100, 100 {{ndashQualifying stage centuries
A total of 106 century breaks were made during the qualifying rounds. The highest was a 143 made by Mark Davis in his third-round match against Stuart Carrington. {{div col *143 {{ndashReferences
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