The 2009

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was a professional ranking tournament that took place between 3–11 October 2009 at the

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in Glasgow, Scotland. Neil Robertson won in the final 9–4 against Ding Junhui.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: *Winner: £75,000 *Runner-up: £35,000 *Semi-finals: £20,000 *Quarter-finals: £12,000 *Last 16: £9,550 *Last 32: £7,100 *Last 48: £4,650 *Last 64: £2,200 *Stage one highest break: £500 *Stage two highest break: £4,000 *Stage one maximum break: £1,000 *Stage two maximum break: £20,000

Main draw

The draw for round one was made on the evening of 24 September 2009 at Pontins in Prestatyn and was streamed live by 110sport.com. The draw from round two up to and including the semi-finals was made on a random basis. The order of play and table numbers for all matches up to the semi-finals was determined once the draw for that round was made and published by the Tournament Director. All matches up to and including the quarter-finals were best of 9 frames, the semi-finals were best of 11 frames and the final was the best of 17 frames. (Seedings in parentheses, all times are BST.)

Last 32

* Saturday, 3 October – 13:00 ** John Higgins (1) 5–1 Mark Joyce ** Marco Fu (8) 4–5 Mark Davis * Saturday, 3 October – 19:00 ** Mark Selby (7) 3–5 Ken Doherty ** Joe Perry (12) 5–2 Marcus Campbell * Sunday, 4 October – 12:30 ** Ali Carter (5) 1–5 Robert Milkins ** Ding Junhui (13) 5–4 Matthew Stevens * Sunday, 4 October – 19:00 ** Ryan Day (6) 3–5 Jamie Cope ** Neil Robertson (9) 5–3 Gerard Greene * Monday, 5 October – 13:30 ** Stephen Hendry (10) 5–2 Matthew Selt ** Peter Ebdon (14) 5–2

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* Monday, 5 October – 19:00 ** Shaun Murphy (4) 4–5 Barry Pinches **

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(11) 5–3 Ian McCulloch * Tuesday, 6 October – 13:30 ** Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) 5–3 Jamie Burnett ** Mark Williams (15) 5–0 Stuart Bingham * Tuesday, 6 October – 19:00 ** Stephen Maguire (3) 5–3 Nigel Bond ** Mark King (16) 5–4 Ricky Walden

Last 16

* Wednesday, 7 October – 14:00 ** Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) 4–5 John Higgins (1) ** Jamie Cope 3–5

(11) * Wednesday, 7 October – 19:00 ** Neil Robertson (9) 5–2 Ken Doherty ** Joe Perry (12) 5–2 Barry Pinches * Thursday, 8 October – 13:30 ** Mark Williams (15) 5–2 Stephen Hendry (10) ** Peter Ebdon (14) 5–3 Mark Davis * Thursday, 8 October – 19:00 ** Stephen Maguire (3) 1–5 Ding Junhui (13) ** Robert Milkins 5–1 Mark King (16)

Quarter-finals

* Friday, 9 October – 13:30 ** John Higgins (1) 5–1

(11) ** Joe Perry (12) 1–5 Neil Robertson (9) * Friday, 9 October – 19:00 ** Peter Ebdon (14) 2–5 Ding Junhui (13) ** Mark Williams (15) 5–2 Robert Milkins

Semi-finals

* Saturday, 10 October – 13:00 ** John Higgins (1) 5–6 Neil Robertson (9) * Saturday, 10 October – 19:30 ** Mark Williams (15) 1–6 Ding Junhui (13)

Final

Qualifying

These matches took place from 21 to 24 September 2009 at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales.

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

* 142 Mark Williams * 135 John Higgins * 135 Peter Ebdon * 134 Ryan Day * 131, 126 Ronnie O'Sullivan * 130, 128, 124, 114, 108, 103, 100 Neil Robertson * 116 Stephen Hendry * 112, 107, 105, 103 Ding Junhui * 109 Barry Pinches * 105 Ken Doherty * 104 Marcus Campbell

Qualifying stage centuries

* 140 Atthasit Mahitthi * 137

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* 135 Marcus Campbell * 129, 115, 107 David Gilbert * 125 Tom Ford * 123, 117

* 123 Matthew Selt * 116 Michael Judge * 115 Adrian Gunnell * 113 Fergal O'Brien * 109 Jamie Cope * 106 Martin Gould * 106 Mark Davis * 104 Bjorn Haneveer * 103 Simon Bedford * 102 Daniel Wells * 101 Robert Milkins * 100 Jamie Burnett

References

{{Snooker season 2009/2010 World Open (snooker)

Grand Prix (snooker) Snooker competitions in Scotland