2010 World Open (snooker)

The 2010 12bet.com World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament held between 18 and 26 September 2010 at the S.E.C.C. in Glasgow, Scotland. This was the first time that the World Open was sponsored by 12bet.com.[1]

12bet.com World Open
Tournament information
Dates18–26 September 2010 (2010-09-18 – 2010-09-26)
VenueS.E.C.C.
CityGlasgow
CountryScotland
OrganisationWorld Snooker
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£502,500
Winner's share£100,000
Highest break Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion Neil Robertson (AUS)
Runner-up Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Score5–1
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Ronnie O'Sullivan made the 73rd official maximum break during his match against Mark King. This was O'Sullivan's record 10th official 147,[2] however he had to be persuaded by referee Jan Verhaas to play the final black, as he became aware that there was no distinct prize money for a maximum break in the tournament and planned to end his break at 140. There was only a £4,000 prize for the highest break of the tournament.[3]

Neil Robertson was the defending champion, and he retained his title by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 in the final.[4]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5]

Field

The field of the tournament of 128 players was as follows:[6][7]

Draw

Qualifying rounds

The first two rounds took place between 21 and 23 August 2010 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield. Eleven selected round three matches were held over until the start of the tournament in Glasgow. The rest took place at the Academy on 24 August. All matches were best of 5 frames. All times are BST.[18][19][20]

Round 1

All amateurs and players ranked 65–96 entered at this stage.

Round 2

Players ranked 33–64 entered at this stage.

Round 3

The top 32 players in the rankings entered the tournament at this stage.[21][22]

Main rounds

Matches were played on a roll-on/roll-off basis. Play started at the allocated time each day with a 15-minute interval between matches. The evening session did not start before the time indicated on the format.

The draw up to and including the semi-finals were made on a random basis. All matches up to and including the semi-finals were best of 5 frames and the final was best of 9 frames. All times are BST.[6][21][22][23][24]

Last 32

Last 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final
Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams.
S.E.C.C., Glasgow, Scotland, 26 September 2010.
Ronnie O'Sullivan
 England		 1–5 Neil Robertson
 Australia
51–75, 0–107 (107), 79–18 (72), 15–73 (59), 0–66 (66), 44–63
72 Highest break 107
0 Century breaks 1
1 50+ breaks 3

Century breaks

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