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The 2019 Indian Open was a professional snooker tournament. It was due to take place between 18 and 22 September 2018 at the Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty in Kochi, India but was postponed due to the 2018 Kerala floods. The rescheduled Indian Open was played in Kochi from 27 February to 3 March 2019.[1] It was the fifteenth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.[2]
Qualifying took place on 15 and 16 August 2018 in Preston, England.
John Higgins was the defending champion, having beaten Anthony McGill 5–1 in the 2017 final,[3] but he lost to Matthew Selt in the semi-finals.[4]
Selt went on to win his first ranking title, beating Lyu Haotian 5–3 in the final.[5]
Zhou Yuelong made the first maximum break of his career in the fourth frame of his first round loss to Lyu Haotian. It was the 150th maximum in professional events.[6]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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- Winner: £50,000
- Runner-up: £25,000
- Semi-final: £15,000
- Quarter-final: £10,000
- Last 16: £6,000
- Last 32: £4,000
- Last 64: £2,000
- Televised highest break: £2,000
- Total: £323,000
Template:Col-end The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £10,000
Main draw
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Final
| Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Colin Humphries Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty, Kochi, India, 3 March 2019. | ||
| Matthew Selt Template:ENG |
5–3 | Lyu Haotian Template:CHN |
| 57–48, 89–6 (84), 0–115 (115), 12–78 (56), 21–72 (66), 102–0 (102), 67–49, 96–41 (72) | ||
| 102 | Highest break | 115 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | 3 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 15 and 16 August 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.
- Notes
- ↑ 2018/19 Calendar Amendments – New Indian Open Dates Confirmed. World Snooker(3 September 2018). Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ↑ Indian Open Draw and Preview - SnookerHQ(26 February 2019). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ↑ Indian Open: John Higgins beats Anthony McGill to take title(16 September 2017). Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ↑ Indian Open - World Snooker. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ↑ Indian Open: Matthew Selt ends 13-year wait, bags first world-ranking snooker title. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ↑ Zhou Joins 147 Club. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association(28 February 2018).
- ↑ Indian Open (2019) - snooker.org, Årdalen, Hermund. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
Century breaks
Main stage centuries
There were a total of 33 century breaks made during the tournament.[1] Zhou Yuelong made a century in a held over match. Template:Colbegin
- 147, 102 Template:Ndash Zhou Yuelong
- 140 Template:Ndash Mark Davis
- 140 Template:Ndash Zhao Xintong
- 137 Template:Ndash Yuan Sijun
- 136 Template:Ndash Graeme Dott
- 133 Template:Ndash Andrew Higginson
- 132 Template:Ndash Scott Donaldson
- 130, 116, 109 Template:Ndash Li Hang
- 127, 113 Template:Ndash Anthony Hamilton
- 125 Template:Ndash Joe Perry
- 123 Template:Ndash Stuart Bingham
- 121, 104, 104 Template:Ndash John Higgins
- 120, 109, 101 Template:Ndash Luca Brecel
- 115, 114, 106 Template:Ndash Lyu Haotian
- 108 Template:Ndash Peter Ebdon
- 108 Template:Ndash Shaun Murphy
- 106, 103 Template:Ndash Hossein Vafaei
- 104 Template:Ndash Sam Craigie
- 103 Template:Ndash Sam Baird
- 103, 102 Template:Ndash Matthew Selt
- 102 Template:Ndash Michael Holt
Qualifying stage centuries
There were a total of 10 century breaks made during the qualifying matches preceding the event.[2] Template:Colbegin
- 135 Template:Ndash Hamza Akbar
- 122 Template:Ndash Rod Lawler
- 118 Template:Ndash Joe Swail
- 115 Template:Ndash Lyu Haotian
- 114 Template:Ndash Ross Muir
- 110 Template:Ndash Oliver Lines
- 102 Template:Ndash Gerard Greene
- 102 Template:Ndash Michael Holt
- 101 Template:Ndash Stuart Bingham
- 101 Template:Ndash Elliot Slessor
References
- ↑ Indian Open 2019 – Centuries. World Snooker. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ↑ Indian Open 2018 Qualifiers – Centuries. World Snooker. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
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