The 2017 Gibraltar Open (officially the 2017 jojobet.com Gibraltar Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 1 to 5 March 2017, at the Tercentenary Sports Hall in Gibraltar. It was the 16th ranking event of the 2016/2017 season. The main event ran from 3 to 5 March and was preceded by amateur pre-qualifying rounds on 1 and 2 March.

Marco Fu Marco Fu Ka-chun, MH, JP (, born 8 January 1978) is a Hong Kong professional snooker player. He is a three-time ranking event winner, having won the 2007 Grand Prix, the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open and the 2016 Scottish Open. He ...

was the defending champion, but he chose not to participate in this edition of the tournament.

Shaun Murphy Shaun Peter Murphy (born 10 August 1982) is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Championship. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted for his straight cue action and his long potting. Born in Harlow, Essex and ra ...

won the tournament, beating

Judd Trump Judd Trump (born 20 August 1989) is an English professional snooker player, a former world champion and former world number one. Widely regarded as one of the sport's most talented players, he is currently sixth on the list of all-time ranki ...

4–2 in the final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below. *Winner:

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25,000 *Runner-up: €12,000 *Semi-finals: €6,000 *Quarter-finals: €4,000 *Last 16: €2,300 *Last 32: €1,200 *Last 64: €700 *Total: €125,000 The "rolling 147 prize" for a

maximum break A maximum break (also known as a maximum, a 147, or orally, a one-four-seven) is the highest possible in a single of snooker. A player compiles a maximum break by potting all 15 with 15 for 120 points, followed by all six for a further 27 ...

stood at £20,000 (€26,600).

Main draw

Main rounds draw

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Finals

Final

Preliminary rounds

These matches were played in Gibraltar on 1–2 March 2017. All matches were the best of 7 frames.

Round 1

* Match 1: * Match 2: Jeff Cundy 4–3 Oliver Brown * Match 3: Thomas Rees 0–4

Barry Pinches Barry Pinches (born 13 July 1970 in Catton, Norwich) is an English professional snooker player, recognisable for his bright and flamboyant waistcoats, which usually feature the yellow and green colours of Norwich City F.C. He is a former top 3 ...

* Match 4: John Foster 4–0

David Alcaide David Alcaide Bermúdez (born 14 December 1978) is a Spanish pool player. He is a two-time winner of the World Pool Masters, winning the 2017 event, defeating Jayson Shaw 8–7 in the final, and again in 2019 defeating Alexander Kazakis 9� ...

* Match 5: Sam Harvey 1–4 Michael Collumb * Match 6: Daniel Schneider 4–2 Matthew Glasby * Match 7: Joe Steele 4–1 Andrew Olivero * Match 8: Ryan Causton w/o–n/s Nader Al Dosari * Match 9: Joe O'Connor 4–2 Greg Casey * Match 10:

David Lilley David William Lilley (born 31 October 1977 in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire) is a Scottish former professional footballer who usually plays at centre back but has also played at right back. Lilley was most recently the manager of Bellshill ...

3–4 Charlie Sweeney * Match 11: Joshua Cooper 4–0 Conor McCormack * Match 12: Alex Taubman 4–2 Michael Williams * Match 13: Danny Connolly 4–3 Matthew Day * Match 14: Daniel O'Regan 4–1 Jurian Heusdens * Match 15:

Steven Hallworth Steven Hallworth (born 1 December 1995) is an English former professional snooker player. He is the only ever qualified professional from Lincoln. He is a practice partner of Stuart Carrington. Career Junior Hallworth started playing snooke ...

4–0

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* Match 16: Mark Vincent 4–3 James Budd * Match 17: Simon Dent 4–0 Mike Collins * Match 18: Lee Prickman 4–3 John Fearick * Match 19: Joshua Thomond 0–4

Gerard Greene Gerard Eamonn Greene (born 12 November 1973 in Chatham, Kent) is a Northern Irish professional snooker player. He represents Northern Ireland in international events, as his parents are from Belfast. Greene has enjoyed moderate success in his ...

* Match 20: Ejler Hame 1–4 Ian Glover * Match 21: Richard Beckham 1–4

Brandon Sargeant Brandon Sargeant (born 28 June 1997) is an English people, English former professional snooker player. Career Sargeant earned his place on the main tour after finishing top of the Challenge Tour 2018/2019 ranking list, earning him a two-year ca ...

* Match 22: Jenson Kendrick 1–4 Jamie Clarke * Match 23: Ben Murphy 4–2 Adam Stefanow * Match 24: Sean McAllister 2–4 Robin Otto * Match 25: Manasawin Phetmalaikul 1–4 Ian Martin * Match 26: Nev Graham 2–4 Phil O'Kane * Match 27: Andreas Ploner w/o–n/s Mourad Naitali * Match 28: Hans Blanckaert 3–4

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* Match 29: Felix Frede 0–4 George Pragnall * Match 30: Paul Burrell 4–0 Andrew Urbaniak * Match 31: Zack Richardson 4–0 Bhavesh Sodha * Match 32: James Dabell 4–1 Rees Carter * Match 33: Adam Longley 2–4 Dan Barsley

Round 2

* Match 34: Charlie Walters 4–2 Simon Lichtenberg * Match 35: Louis Heathcote 2–4 Jeff Cundy * Match 36:

3–4 John Foster * Match 37: Saqib Nasir 4–1 Michael Collumb * Match 38: Ben Jones 4–0 Daniel Schneider * Match 39: Laurens De Staelen 4–1 Joe Steele * Match 40: Adam Edge 4–0 Ryan Causton * Match 41: Joe O'Connor 4–3 Charlie Sweeney * Match 42:

Ashley Carty Ashley Carty (born 17 July 1995) is a former professional snooker player based in Thurcroft, Rotherham Rotherham () is a large minster and market town in South Yorkshire, England. The town takes its name from the River Rother which then ...

4–0 Joshua Cooper * Match 43:

Peter Lines Peter Lines (born 11 December 1969) is an English professional snooker player. He has reached the semi-finals of one ranking tournament, the 2018 Paul Hunter Classic. He reached his highest ranking, 42nd in the world, in 1999. He is the father ...

4–0 Alex Taubman * Match 44: Matthew Roberts 4–3 Danny Connolly * Match 45: Stephen Kershaw 4–3 Daniel O'Regan * Match 46: Boris Lazarkov 0–4

* Match 47: Mitchell Grinstead 4–0 Mark Vincent * Match 48: Simon Dent 4–3 Lee Prickman * Match 49:

4–2 Ian Glover * Match 50: Patrick Whelan 2–4

* Match 51: Joel Walker 2–4 Jamie Clarke * Match 52: Martin Pitcher 4–1 Ben Murphy * Match 53: Robin Otto 1–4 Ian Martin * Match 54: Daniel Devlin w/d–w/o Phil O'Kane * Match 55: Ashley Hugill 1–4 Andreas Ploner * Match 56: Francisco Sánchez Ruíz 0–4 George Pragnall * Match 57: Jaspal Bamotra 4–2 Paul Burrell * Match 58: Zack Richardson 4–0 James Dabell * Match 59: Kaif Shazad 0–4 Dan Barsley

Century breaks

Main rounds centuries

Total: 48 * 145, 129, 106, 104

Jack Lisowski Jack Adam Lisowski (born 25 June 1991) is an English professional snooker player from Churchdown, Gloucestershire. He turned professional in 2010 by finishing first in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings. A left-handed player, he is known for his att ...

* 140, 137, 122

* 138, 135, 101 Mark Allen * 136 Sam Craigie * 136

Luca Brecel Luca Brecel (born 8 March 1995) is a Belgian professional snooker player. He won the European Under-19 title at the age of 14 and went on to break Stephen Hendry's record as the youngest player ever to compete at the Crucible Theatre. He made hi ...

* 135 John Astley * 133, 131, 109, 102

Alfie Burden Alfred Burden (born 14 December 1976) is an English professional snooker player from London. Career Burden originally had his eyes set on making a career as a professional footballer, but a badly broken leg curtailed this ambition. He spent a c ...

* 132, 102

Ricky Walden Ricky Walden (born 11 November 1982) is an English professional snooker player from Chester. Walden turned professional in 2000 and it took him eight years to win his first ranking title at the Shanghai Masters. He has since won the 2012 Wuxi ...

* 131 David John * 130, 108, 101

Neil Robertson Neil Robertson (born 11 February 1982) is an Australian professional snooker player who is a former world champion and former world number one. The only Australian to have won a ranking event, he is also the only player from outside the United ...

* 129, 117, 102 Ryan Day * 129, 114, 112, 103

* 128, 102 Gary Wilson * 128

* 127 Mark Davis * 127

Zhou Yuelong Zhou Yuelong (; born 24 January 1998) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He has been runner-up at three ranking events, the January 2020 European Masters, the 2020 Snooker Shoot Out, and the 2022 Northern Ireland Open. Career Between 20 ...

* 121

John Higgins John Higgins, (born 18 May 1975) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He has won 31 career ranking titles, placing him in third position on the all-time list of ranking event winners, behind Ronnie O'Sullivan (39) and Stephen Hendry ( ...

* 118 Zhang Yong * 107 Michael White * 107

Ben Woollaston Ben Woollaston (born 14 May 1987) is an English professional snooker player from Leicester. His sole professional title came at the minor-ranking third Players Tour Championship event in 2011. Woollaston's only ranking event final came at th ...

* 107 Zhang Anda * 105, 100

Barry Hawkins Barry Hawkins (born 23 April 1979) is an English professional snooker player from Ditton, Kent. He turned professional in 1996, but only rose to prominence in the 2004–05 snooker season, when he reached the last 16 of the 2004 UK Championsh ...

* 105 Jamie Jones * 104

Fang Xiongman Fang Xiongman (,born 9 April 1993) is a former Chinese professional snooker player. Career Fang began competing at professional events in 2012, which included Asian Tour events as well as wildcard rounds of ranking tournaments. His most notable ...

* 102 Mark Williams * 102

Charlie Walters Charlie Walters (born 1 April 1897 – 13 May 1971) was a professional footballer who played for Oxford City, Tottenham Hotspur, Fulham and Mansfield Town. He was also an amateur cricketer. He was born in Sandford-on-Thames, Oxfordshire an ...

* 101

Mitchell Mann Mitchell Mann (born 26 December 1991) is an English professional snooker player. Career Junior Mann first played snooker aged 9, after being forced to quit football after a diagnosis of Legg–Calvé–Perthes syndrome, a rare disease which ...

* 100

References

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