2021 English Open (snooker)

The 2021 English Open (officially the 2021 BetVictor English Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 1–7 November 2021 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England.[1][2] It was the fourth ranking event of the 2021–22 season, and the second event in both the Home Nations Series and the European Series. Qualifying for the tournament took place from 17 to 22 September 2021 at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England,[3] although matches involving the top 16 players, and two other matches involving English wildcards, were held over and played at the Marshall Arena.[4] The event was broadcast on Eurosport across the United Kingdom and Europe.

2021 BetVictor English Open
Tournament information
Dates1–7 November 2021 (2021-11-01 – 2021-11-07)
VenueMarshall Arena
CityMilton Keynes
CountryEngland
OrganisationWorld Snooker Tour
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£405,000
Winner's share£70,000
Highest break Barry Hawkins (ENG) (146)
Final
Champion Neil Robertson (AUS)
Runner-up John Higgins (SCO)
Score9–8
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Judd Trump was the defending champion, having defeated Neil Robertson 9–8 in the previous year's final.[5] Trump lost 3–5 to Mark King in the quarter-finals.[6] Robertson faced John Higgins in the final. Although Robertson led 5–3 after the afternoon session, Higgins won the first four frames of the evening session to lead 7–5, and then moved within one frame of victory at 8–6. However, Robertson won the last three frames to defeat Higgins 9–8 and claim the 21st ranking title of his professional career. He became the third player, after Trump and Mark Selby, to win three Home Nations titles, and the first player to win three different tournaments in the series, having previously won the Scottish Open and the Welsh Open.[7][8]

Higgins sustained his second successive defeat from 8–6 ahead in a best-of-17 ranking final. He had lost the 2021 Northern Ireland Open final to Mark Allen under similar circumstances the previous month.[9]

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: £7,500
  • Last 32: £4,000
  • Last 64: £3,000
  • Highest break: £5,000
  • Total: £405,000

Main draw

Top half
 
Last 64
Best of 7 frames		Last 32
Best of 7 frames		Last 16
Best of 7 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
 
                  
 
 
 
 
 Judd Trump (ENG) (1)4
 
 
 
 Jimmy Robertson (ENG)2
 
England Judd Trump (1)4
 
 
 
England Steven Hallworth1
 
 Xiao Guodong (CHN) (32)2
 
 
 
 Steven Hallworth (ENG)4
 
England Judd Trump (1)4
 
 
 
Scotland Ross Muir1
 
 Anthony McGill (SCO) (16)4
 
 
 
 Gerard Greene (NIR)0
 
Scotland Anthony McGill (16)0
 
 
 
Scotland Ross Muir4
 
 Ross Muir (SCO)4
 
 
 
 Wu Yize (CHN)1
 
England Judd Trump (1)3
 
 
 
England Mark King5
 
 Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI)0
 
 
 
 Tom Ford (ENG) (24)4
 
England Tom Ford (24)3
 
 
 
England Mark King4
 
 Cao Yupeng (CHN)0
 
 
 
 Mark King (ENG)4
 
England Mark King4
 
 
 
England Paul Deaville0
 
 Xu Si (CHN)0
 
 
 
 Zhao Xintong (CHN) (25)4
 
China Zhao Xintong (25)3
 
 
 
England Paul Deaville4
 
 Chang Bingyu (CHN)3
 
 
 
England Paul Deaville4
 
England Mark King4
 
 
 
Australia Neil Robertson (4)6
 
 Kyren Wilson (ENG) (5)4
 
 
 
 Ashley Carty (ENG)2
 
England Kyren Wilson (5)4
 
 
 
England Ben Woollaston3
 
 Gary Wilson (ENG) (28)3
 
 
 
 Ben Woollaston (ENG)4
 
England Kyren Wilson (5)4
 
 
 
England Robbie Williams1
 
 Barry Hawkins (ENG) (12)4
 
 
 
 Jak Jones (WAL)3
 
England Barry Hawkins (12)1
 
 
 
England Robbie Williams4
 
 Soheil Vahedi (IRN)1
 
 
 
 Robbie Williams (ENG)4
 
England Kyren Wilson (5)4
 
 
 
Australia Neil Robertson (4)5
 
 Mark Davis (ENG)4
 
 
 
 Graeme Dott (SCO) (20)3
 
England Mark Davis4
 
 
 
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien1
 
 Fergal O'Brien (IRL)4
 
 
 
 Stuart Bingham (ENG) (13)3
 
England Mark Davis3
 
 
 
Australia Neil Robertson (4)4
 
 Sunny Akani (THA)4
 
 
 
 Ricky Walden (ENG) (29)3
 
Thailand Sunny Akani2
 
 
 
Australia Neil Robertson (4)4
 
 James Cahill (ENG)w/d
 
 
 Neil Robertson (AUS) (4)w/o
 

Bottom half
 
Last 64
Best of 7 frames		Last 32
Best of 7 frames		Last 16
Best of 7 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
 
                  
 
 
 
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (3)4
 
 
 
 Michael Georgiou (CYP)1
 
England Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)4
 
 
 
England Anthony Hamilton3
 
 Rory McLeod (JAM)1
 
 
 
 Anthony Hamilton (ENG)4
 
England Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)4
 
 
 
Wales Jamie Clarke0
 
 Mark Joyce (ENG)0
 
 
 
 Jamie Clarke (WAL)4
 
Wales Jamie Clarke4
 
 
 
Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (19)1
 
 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (19)4
 
 
 
 Peter Devlin (ENG)0
 
England Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)5
 
 
 
Belgium Luca Brecel1
 
 Li Hang (CHN)4
 
 
 
 Ali Carter (ENG) (22)2
 
China Li Hang1
 
 
 
Belgium Luca Brecel4
 
 Stuart Carrington (ENG)0
 
 
 
 Luca Brecel (BEL)4
 
Belgium Luca Brecel4
 
 
 
Scotland Fraser Patrick2
 
 Fraser Patrick (SCO)4
 
 
 
 Hossein Vafaei (IRN)2
 
Scotland Fraser Patrick4
 
 
 
England Shaun Murphy (6)2
 
 Joe O'Connor (ENG)2
 
 
 
 Shaun Murphy (ENG) (6)4
 
England Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)5
 
 
 
Scotland John Higgins (7)6
 
 John Higgins (SCO) (7)4
 
 
 
 Oliver Lines (ENG)0
 
Scotland John Higgins (7)4
 
 
 
China Lu Ning3
 
 Lu Ning (CHN)w/o
 
 
 
 Allan Taylor (ENG)w/d
 
Scotland John Higgins (7)4
 
 
 
China Ding Junhui (10)1
 
 Ding Junhui (CHN) (10)4
 
 
 
 Tian Pengfei (CHN)1
 
China Ding Junhui (10)4
 
 
 
England Martin Gould (23)0
 
 Martin Gould (ENG) (23)4
 
 
 
 Scott Donaldson (SCO)0
 
Scotland John Higgins (7)5
 
 
 
China Yan Bingtao (15)3
 
 Martin O'Donnell (ENG)1
 
 
 
 David Gilbert (ENG) (18)4
 
England David Gilbert (18)2
 
 
 
China Yan Bingtao (15)4
 
 Nigel Bond (ENG) 1
 
 
 
 Yan Bingtao (CHN) (15)4
 
China Yan Bingtao (15)4
 
 
 
England Mark Selby (2)3
 
 Stephen Hendry (SCO)0
 
 
 
 Chris Wakelin (ENG)4
 
England Chris Wakelin1
 
 
 
England Mark Selby (2)4
 
 Jamie Wilson (ENG)1
 
 
 Mark Selby (ENG) (2)4
 

Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Rob Spencer
Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England, 7 November 2021
Neil Robertson (4)
 Australia		 9–8 John Higgins (7)
 Scotland
Afternoon: 72–0 (57), 80–24, 0–90 (90), 51–66, 140–0 (140), 65–2, 16–68, 123–1 (123)
Evening: 39–68, 0–89, 37–71 (62), 43–74 (60), 87–7 (80), 18–71 (55), 79–9 (52), 121–1 (120), 74–22 (65)
140 Highest break 90
3 Century breaks 0
7 50+ breaks 4

Qualifying

Qualification for the tournament took place from 17 to 22 September 2021 at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England.[10] Matches which involved the top 16 players and two wildcard nominations were held over and played at the Marshall Arena. Zhou Yuelong and Zhang Jiankang were withdrawn from the event due to being identified as a close contact of a positive COVID-19 case; they were replaced by Ross Muir and Bai Langning respectively.[11] Separately, Lei Peifan withdrew and was replaced by James Cahill. Cahill won his qualifying match but then he had to withdraw due to a positive COVID-19 test.[12] Mark Williams was also withdrawn from the event after testing positive for COVID-19 in October; he was replaced by Mark Lloyd.[13] Teenage amateurs Paul Deaville and Oliver Sykes played in their first professional events after receiving an invite from WST.[14]

Notes
  1. Match was held over and played in Milton Keynes.

Century breaks

Main stage centuries

Total: 45[15]

Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 23[15][16]

References
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  8. Davies, Jonathan (17 October 2022). ""Extra incentive" as Neil Robertson eyes Home Nations grand slam". livesnooker.com.
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  10. "English Open Qualifiers (2021)". snooker.org.
  11. "Zhou and Zhang Withdrawn From English Open". World Snooker Tour. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  12. "Cahill Pulls Out of BetVictor English Open". November 2021.
  13. "Williams Withdraws From European Masters And English Open". World Snooker Tour. 27 October 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-10-27.
  14. "Deaville And Sykes Earn English Open Spots". World Snooker Tour. 23 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-08-28.
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