2020 European Masters (2020–21 season)
The September 2020 European Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament which took place from 21 to 27 September 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. Organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, it was the first completed ranking event of the 2020–21 season. The competition was the 22nd edition of the European Masters, first held in 1989 and the second held in 2020 after the January 2020 European Masters. The event featured 128 participants with five withdrawing from the event due to COVID-19 and another (Mark Davis) because of his snooker cue being stolen. The winner of the event won £80,000 from a total prize fund of £407,000. The event was sponsored by betting company BetVictor.
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| The Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England | |
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 21–27 September 2020 |
| Venue | Marshall Arena, Stadium MK |
| City | Milton Keynes |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £407,000 |
| Winner's share | £80,000 |
| Highest break | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Mark Allen (NIR) (145) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Mark Selby (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Martin Gould (ENG) |
| Score | 9–8 |
← 2020 (1) 2022 → | |
Neil Robertson was the defending champion, having defeated Zhou Yuelong in a 9–0 whitewash in the previous season's final. However, Robertson was defeated 4–5 by Shaun Murphy in the quarter-finals. Mark Selby won the event after he defeated Martin Gould on a deciding frame 9–8. There were 98 century breaks made during the tournament, the highest of which was a 145 made by Mark Allen. He also equalled the most consecutive century breaks, scoring four in succession in his 5–0 second round win over Ken Doherty.
Format
The September 2020 European Masters was a professional snooker tournament and the second tournament of the 2020–21 snooker season.[1] The event was played between 21 and 27 September 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England.[2] The arena will host the first eight tournaments of the season with events being moved to help reduce the spread during the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] This was the 22nd edition of the European Masters tournament, the first having been held as the European Open in 1989.[4][5] It was the second European Masters tournament to take place in 2020, after the 2020 European Masters held between 22 and 26 January was won by Neil Robertson who defeated Zhou Yuelong 9–0 in the final.[6]
The event featured 128 competitors with 124 participants from the World Snooker Tour with four additional places given to the four highest ranked players from continental Europe on the 2020 Q School Order of Merit.[7] Matches at the event were played as the best-of-9 frames until the semi-finals – played as best-of-11 – and final, a best-of-17 played over two sessions.[8][2]
Prize fund
The event had a total prize fund of £407,000 with the winner receiving £80,000. This was the same as that of the previous event in 2020.[9] A breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:[1][2]
- Winner: £80,000
- Runner-up: £35,000
- Semi-final: £17,500
- Quarter-final: £11,000
- Last 16: £6,000
- Last 32: £4,000
- Last 64: £3,000
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total: £407,000
Summary
The tournament began on 21 September 2020. During the first round, the World Snooker Tour announced that two players had tested positive for COVID-19. The players, Daniel Wells and Gary Wilson withdrew from the event.[10] A further three players also withdrew as Elliot Slessor and David Lilley had both been in contact with Wilson, while Michael White came into proximity to Wells.[10] Having received a walkover in the first round, the 2020 World Snooker Championship winner Ronnie O'Sullivan met new professional Aaron Hill. Hill took a lead of 3–1 before O'Sullivan won three frames to lead. Hill won the next two frames to win the match 5–4.[11] Hill suggested that comments made by O'Sullivan about the quality of newer players inspired his performance.[12] Hill commented that they were at the "back of [his] mind" during the match and "that one day I am going to show him what I can do. I think today was the day."[13]
Newly professional player Peter Devlin defeated three-time world champion Mark Williams 5–4. Devlin made his first professional century break in the deciding frame of the match.[11] In his second round 5–0 win over Ken Doherty, Mark Allen made breaks of 134, 101, 141 and 145 in a row. This was only the sixth time a player had made four consecutive century breaks in a professional match.[11] It was also his seventh century in his first two matches.[11][14]
Mark Davis withdrew ahead of his third round match with Mark Selby. His snooker cue was stolen after he left it resting against his car after leaving the hotel.[15][16] Davis offered a £1,000 reward for the return of the cue, which he had played with for more than 20 years.[17] Cue manufacturer John Parris also offered a new cue to be made as a reward for its return.[18] Davis' cue was returned before the end of the tournament.[19] This was Selby's second walkover of the tournament, having also been drawn against Michael White.[17] In the fourth round, Selby was 1–4 behind against Stuart Bingham but made four breaks above 50 to win the match 5–4.[20]
The quarter-finals and semi-finals were played on 26 September 2020. Two-time winner Judd Trump took a 4–0 lead over Kyren Wilson in the quarter-finals and eventually won 5–2, whilst defending champion Neil Robertson lost to Shaun Murphy on a deciding frame.[21] Ding Junhui won only one frame as he was defeated by Mark Selby 1–5.[21] The final quarter-final went to a deciding frame as Martin Gould defeated Yan Bingtao 5–4.[21] Both semi-finals were also played on the 26 September, but as the best-of-11 frames.[22] Selby met Murphy in a match and took a 5–1 lead, but missed chances in the next two frames before winning the match 6–3.[22] The other semi-final saw Gould defeat world number one Trump by the same scoreline to reach his first ranking final since the 2016 German Masters.[23][24]
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The final was played on 27 September as the best-of-17 frames held over two sessions and was refereed by Ben Williams.[23][25] Selby was contesting for his 18th ranking title, whereas Gould had only won the 2016 German Masters previously.[26] Selby won the opening frame of the match after fluking a snooker, forcing Gould to pocket the cue ball.[26] Gould scored the first point in frame two, but Selby scored 274 unanswered points as he went 4–0 ahead at the interval.[26] Selby made a break of 59 in frame five, but Gould made a clearance to win the frame by two points before winning the next frame. In frame seven, Gould made a break of 70 and a total clearance of 131 to tie the match at 4–4 after the first session.[26]
On the resumption of the match, Gould won the ninth frame with a break of 94, before Selby won frame 10 to tie the match at 5–5.[26] Gould then won frame 11 with a break of 65, before Selby tied the match again at 6–6 with a break of 113.[26] Selby won frame 13 but the match was tied again at 7–7 after a break of 107 by Gould in the next frame.[26] In frame 15 Gould required just the blue and pink balls to win, but hit the knuckle of the middle pocket. Selby then potted the remaining balls to win the frame and lead 8–7.[26] Gould tied the match up and forced a deciding frame with a break of 96.[26] The 17th frame was won by Selby who made a break of 72 to win the match.[26][27] Following the tournament, Gould rose 17 places in the world rankings from 53 to 36th.[28] This was the tenth final win in a row for Selby, who commented: "From being 4–0 down Martin played fantastically well to get back into the match and after that it was nip-and-tuck. It could have gone either way."[29]
Tournament draw
The results from the event are shown below. Players in bold denote match winners, whilst numbers in brackets display player seedings. Some matches involved a withdrawn player, denoted by "w/d" with players receiving a bye as "w/o".[1][8]
Section 1
| Last 128 Best of 9 frames | Last 64 Best of 9 frames | Last 32 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | |||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Neil Robertson (AUS) (1) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Sunny Akani (THA) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Neil Robertson (1) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Riley Parsons | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Riley Parsons (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Soheil Vahedi (IRN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Neil Robertson (1) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Allan Taylor | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Noppon Saengkham (THA) (32) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Allan Taylor (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Allan Taylor | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ben Woollaston | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Sam Craigie (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Neil Robertson (1) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Pang Junxu | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Perry (ENG) (16) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Robbie Williams (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Robbie Williams | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Pang Junxu | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ben Hancorn (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Pang Junxu (CHN) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Pang Junxu | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Barry Hawkins (17) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Barry Hawkins (ENG) (17) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Fan Zhengyi (CHN) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Barry Hawkins (17) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Jordan Brown | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Gerard Greene (NIR) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Jordan Brown (NIR) | 5 | |||||||||||||
Section 2
| Last 128 Best of 9 frames | Last 64 Best of 9 frames | Last 32 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | |||||||||||
 Antoni Kowalski (POL) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Sean Maddocks (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Antoni Kowalski | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Tom Ford (24) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Tom Ford (ENG) (24) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Mark King (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Tom Ford (24) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Stephen Maguire (9) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| James Cahill (ENG) | w/o | |||||||||||||
| Elliot Slessor (ENG) | w/d | |||||||||||||
| James Cahill | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Maguire (9) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Maguire (SCO) (9) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Chang Bingyu (CHN) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Tom Ford (24) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy (8) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Jak Jones (WAL) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Jamie O'Neill (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Jak Jones | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Zhou Yuelong (25) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (25) | 5 | |||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Zhou Yuelong (25) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy (8) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Alan McManus (SCO) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Rod Lawler (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Alan McManus | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy (8) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy (ENG) (8) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Section 3
| Last 128 Best of 9 frames | Last 64 Best of 9 frames | Last 32 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | |||||||||||
| Mark Allen (NIR) (5) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Florian Nüßle (AUT) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Allen (5) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Ken Doherty | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Farakh Ajaib (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty (IRL) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Allen (5) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ashley Carty | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy Robertson (ENG) (28) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Ashley Carty (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ashley Carty | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Simon Lichtenberg | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Jamie Wilson (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Simon Lichtenberg (GER) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Allen (5) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Ding Junhui (12) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ding Junhui (CHN) (12) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Yuan Sijun (CHN) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ding Junhui (12) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Hossein Vafaei | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Brandon Sargeant (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Hossein Vafaei (IRN) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ding Junhui (12) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Lyu Haotian | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Graeme Dott (SCO) (21) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Xu Si (CHN) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Graeme Dott (21) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Lyu Haotian | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Lyu Haotian (CHN) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Alex Borg (MLT) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Section 4
| Last 128 Best of 9 frames | Last 64 Best of 9 frames | Last 32 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | |||||||||||
| Fraser Patrick (SCO) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Tian Pengfei (CHN) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Fraser Patrick | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Liam Highfield | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (20) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Liam Highfield (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Liam Highfield | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Stuart Bingham (13) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Chen Zifan (CHN) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Eden Sharav (ISR) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Chen Zifan | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Stuart Bingham (13) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Stuart Bingham (ENG) (13) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Louis Heathcote (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Stuart Bingham (13) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Selby (4) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Davis (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Amine Amiri (MAR) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Davis | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Zhao Xintong (CHN) (29) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Davis | w/d | |||||||||||||
| Mark Selby (4) | w/o | |||||||||||||
| Gao Yang (CHN) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Zhao Jianbo (CHN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Gao Yang | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Selby (4) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Selby (ENG) (4) | w/o | |||||||||||||
| Michael White (WAL) | w/d | |||||||||||||
Section 5
| Last 128 Best of 9 frames | Last 64 Best of 9 frames | Last 32 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | |||||||||||
| Judd Trump (ENG) (3) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Iulian Boiko (UKR) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Judd Trump (3) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Lukas Kleckers | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Lukas Kleckers (GER) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Joyce (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Judd Trump (3) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Michael Holt (30) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Michael Holt (ENG) (30) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Michael Holt (30) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Jamie Jones | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Jamie Jones (WAL) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Dominic Dale (WAL) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Judd Trump (3) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Jackson Page | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jack Lisowski (ENG) (14) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Brian Ochoiski (FRA) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Jack Lisowski (14) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Jackson Page | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Jackson Page (WAL) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Billy Castle (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Jackson Page | 5 | |||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Luca Brecel | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Ali Carter (ENG) (19) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Rory McLeod (JAM) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Ali Carter (19) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Luca Brecel | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Steven Hallworth (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Luca Brecel (BEL) | 5 | |||||||||||||
Section 6
| Last 128 Best of 9 frames | Last 64 Best of 9 frames | Last 32 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | |||||||||||
| Kacper Filipiak (POL) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Lines (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Lines | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Anthony McGill (22) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Anthony McGill (SCO) (22) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Luo Honghao (CHN) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Anthony McGill (22) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| David Gilbert (11) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Robert Milkins (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ben Mertens (BEL) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Robert Milkins | 3 | |||||||||||||
| David Gilbert (11) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| David Gilbert (ENG) (11) | w/o | |||||||||||||
| David Lilley (ENG) | w/d | |||||||||||||
| Anthony McGill (22) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Kyren Wilson (6) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| David Grace (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Lu Ning (CHN) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| David Grace | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Martin O'Donnell | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Kurt Maflin (NOR) (27) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Martin O'Donnell (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Martin O'Donnell | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Kyren Wilson (6) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Chris Wakelin (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Chris Wakelin | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Kyren Wilson (6) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Kyren Wilson (ENG) (6) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Walker (WAL) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Section 7
| Last 128 Best of 9 frames | Last 64 Best of 9 frames | Last 32 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | |||||||||||
| John Higgins (SCO) (7) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Martin Gould (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Martin Gould | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ian Burns | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Ian Burns (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Martin Gould | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Jamie Clarke | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Matthew Selt (ENG) (26) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Li Hang (CHN) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Matthew Selt (26) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Jamie Clarke | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Jamie Clarke (WAL) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ricky Walden (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Martin Gould | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Devlin | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Williams (WAL) (10) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ashley Hugill (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Williams (10) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Devlin | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Zak Surety (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Devlin (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Devlin | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Joe O'Connor | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Scott Donaldson (SCO) (23) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Mitchell Mann (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Scott Donaldson (23) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Joe O'Connor | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Lei Peifan (CHN) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Joe O'Connor (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
Section 8
| Last 128 Best of 9 frames | Last 64 Best of 9 frames | Last 32 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | |||||||||||
| Andrew Higginson (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Oliver Lines (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Andrew Higginson | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Duane Jones | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Wilson (ENG) (18) | w/d | |||||||||||||
| Duane Jones (WAL) | w/o | |||||||||||||
| Duane Jones | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Yan Bingtao (15) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Si Jiahui (CHN) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Ryan Day (WAL) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ryan Day | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Yan Bingtao (15) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Yan Bingtao (CHN) (15) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Barry Pinches (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Yan Bingtao (15) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Aaron Hill | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Matthew Stevens (WAL) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Igor Figueiredo (BRA) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Matthew Stevens | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Xiao Guodong (31) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Xiao Guodong (CHN) (31) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Stuart Carrington (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Matthew Stevens | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Aaron Hill | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Aaron Hill (IRL) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Andy Hicks (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Aaron Hill | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (2) | w/o | |||||||||||||
| Daniel Wells (WAL) | w/d | |||||||||||||
Finals
| Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||
| Neil Robertson (1) | 4 | |||||||||
| Shaun Murphy (8) | 5 | |||||||||
| Shaun Murphy (8) | 3 | |||||||||
| Mark Selby (4) | 6 | |||||||||
| Ding Junhui (12) | 1 | |||||||||
| Mark Selby (4) | 5 | |||||||||
| Mark Selby (4) | 9 | |||||||||
| Martin Gould | 8 | |||||||||
| Judd Trump (3) | 5 | |||||||||
| Kyren Wilson (6) | 2 | |||||||||
| Judd Trump (3) | 3 | |||||||||
| Martin Gould | 6 | |||||||||
| Martin Gould | 5 | |||||||||
| Yan Bingtao (15) | 4 | |||||||||
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Ben Williams Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England, 27 September 2020. | ||
| Mark Selby (4) England |
9–8 | Martin Gould England |
| Afternoon: 90–40, 130–1 (130), 96–0 (96), 78–1, 59–61 (Selby 59), 1–89, 0–74 (70), 0–131 (131) Evening: 4–100 (94), 79–6 (56), 25–65 (65), 113–10 (113), 84–41, 1–107 (107), 60–48, 0–96 (96), 80–1 (72) | ||
| 130 | Highest break | 131 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 2 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
Century breaks
There was a total of 98 century breaks made during the tournament, the highest of which was a 145 made by Mark Allen in frame four of his second round win over Ken Doherty.[30]
- 145, 141, 135, 134, 114, 104, 104, 101, 101 – Mark Allen
- 140, 121, 111 – David Gilbert
- 139 – Zhao Xintong
- 138, 136, 132, 125, 113, 112 – Stuart Bingham
- 138, 121, 101 – Mark Williams
- 137, 115, 110, 105, 102 – Shaun Murphy
- 135 – Fergal O'Brien
- 134 – Ken Doherty
- 133, 126, 115 – Yan Bingtao
- 132, 123, 105, 105, 100 – Judd Trump
- 132 – Ashley Carty
- 132 – Jimmy White
- 132 – Rory McLeod
- 132 – Sunny Akani
- 131, 130, 120 – Jamie Clarke
- 131, 107, 102 – Martin Gould
- 130, 129, 100 – Pang Junxu
- 130, 114, 113, 111 – Mark Selby
- 130 – Jackson Page
- 129, 129, 104 – Martin O'Donnell
- 129, 105, 100 – Anthony McGill
- 129, 102 – Allan Taylor
- 129 – James Cahill
- 125 – Jak Jones
- 120, 106, 100 – Kyren Wilson
- 117, 116 – Luo Honghao
- 117 – Chang Bingyu
- 117 – Graeme Dott
- 115 – Luca Brecel
- 113, 105, 102 – Barry Hawkins
- 113 – Ryan Day
- 111 – Joe Perry
- 109 – Anthony Hamilton
- 109 – Jamie Jones
- 109 – Li Hang
- 109 – Alexander Ursenbacher
- 108 – Mitchell Mann
- 107 – Ding Junhui
- 107 – Matthew Stevens
- 106, 101 – Lyu Haotian
- 104 – Andrew Higginson
- 103 – Simon Lichtenberg
- 102, 100, 100 – Neil Robertson
- 102 – Peter Devlin
- 102 – Jack Lisowski
- 102 – Florian Nüßle
- 102 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 100 – Aaron Hill
- 100 – Hossein Vafaei
Coverage
The event was broadcast by Eurosport in Europe and Australia; Superstar Online, Liaoning TV, Youku, Zhibo.tv and Migu in China; Now TV in Hong Kong; True Sport in Thailand; Sports Cast in Taiwan and Sky Sports in New Zealand.[31] In other territories without official broadcasters, the event was streamed online by Matchroom Sport.[31] The tournament was sponsored by betting company BetVictor.[31]
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