The 2019 English Open (also known as the 19.com English Open due to sponsorship) was a professional

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tournament that took place from 14 to 20 October 2019 at the K2 Leisure Centre in

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, England. It was the fourth

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event of the

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and the first of the 2019

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. The event was the fourth edition of the English Open, first held in 2016. Betting company 19.com sponsored the tournament. The defending champion was

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, who defeated Mark Davis 9–7 in the 2018 final. Bingham lost 1–4 to

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in the second round of the tournament.

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defeated David Gilbert 9–1 in the final to win his 16th ranking title. A total of 71

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s were made during the tournament.

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made the highest break of the event, his fifth career

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, and the second 147 of the season, in the of his 4–3 win over

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in the last 16.

Format

The English Open was first played in 2016 as a world ranking tournament and a part of the

. The 2019 event was held in the K2 Leisure Centre,

, England. The event was the fourth ranking tournament of the

, and the first of four Home Nations Series events. The event followed the China Championship and preceded the World Open.

, who defeated Mark Davis 9–7 in the 2018 final was the defending champion. All matches were played as the best of 7 until the quarter-finals, at which point the number increased: 9 in the quarter-finals; 11 in the semi-finals; and the best of 19 frames in the final. Chinese sports prediction website 19.com sponsored the event, which was broadcast by

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in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland; in Europe by

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;

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in Hong Kong; Superstars Online,

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and Zhibo.tv in China;

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in Canada; Truesport in Thailand and Sky Sport in New Zealand.

Prize fund

The event's total prize fund was a total of £405,000, with the winner receiving £70,000. The breakdown of prize money for the tournament 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

Summary

Rounds one to four were played between 14 and 17 October as the best of seven frames.

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defeated

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and

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to reach the last 16 round. He met

, who had defeated the defending champion Stuart Bingham in the second round 4–1. Tian completed a

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over Si Jiahui.

, seeded 24, completed 4–0 wins over

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and Lu Ning before defeating

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4–2. In the last 16, Ford played

, and made a

in the final frame to win the match 4–3. Twelfth seed David Gilbert defeated

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, amateur

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to meet

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in the last 16, which he won 4–3.

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received a bye in his second round match against Sam Craigie, after Craigie failed to arrive before defeating Michael Holt 4–3 to reach the last 16. There he met

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and won 4–2. Chinese player Mei Xiwen defeated

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, Li Hang and

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. He met five-time

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winner

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, defeating him 4–3. Mark Selby, ranked sixth defeated

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and

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before defeating

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4–1 to reach the quarter-finals. Mark Allen completed two whitewashes over Andy Lee and tenth seed

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to progress to the quarter-finals. World number 80

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defeated

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and

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to play world number one

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in the last 32. Trump did not a ball in the opening two frames as Walker won the match 4–2, and defeated Gary Wilson to reach the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals were played on 18 October as the best of 9 frames. Ford completed a 5-0 whitewash over Tian. Allen defeated Walker, who won only frame 5. Selby defeated Mei, who had led by three frames. The match between Gilbert and Walden went to a as Gilbert won 5–4. The semi-finals were played as the best of 11 frames on 19 October. The first was held as Gilbert defeated Ford 6–3. Allen and Selby faced off in the second semi-final, as Selby led 3–1 but later trailed 3–5. Selby took the last three frames to win the match 6–5. The final was played on 20 October between Selby and Gilbert, as the best of 17 frames held over two . Selby won the first five frames with breaks of 88, 68, 79 and 85 before Gilbert won frame six with a

. Selby made a of 130 in frame seven, before a 97 in the last frame of the session put him 7–1 up. Selby won both of the two frames in the second session, with a century break in frame 10 to win 9–1. After the win, Selby commented, "It's been a long time since I won my last tournament .. I've been second guessing myself wondering if I am doing things right." He also commented that Gilbert would win a ranking event soon. This was the 16th career ranking win for Selby.

Main draw

The results from the event are shown below. Seeded players have their seedings in brackets. Players highlighted in bold denote match winners.

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Finals

Final

Century breaks

A total of 71

s were made during the event. The highest was a

made by Ford in the final frame of his 4–3 win over Murphy. *

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, 128, 124, 102, 101

* 143

* 142

* 142 Mark Williams * 141 Gary Wilson * 136, 134, 130, 127, 112, 101 David Gilbert * 136

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* 135, 108, 101

* 134, 102

* 134 Jimmy Robertson * 133

* 132, 130, 130, 103, 101

* 130

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* 129, 125, 100 Mark Allen * 128 Joe Perry * 128

* 127 Joe O'Connor * 126, 126

* 125, 124

* 125, 121

* 124, 122, 122

* 122, 107 Michael Holt * 120 Mike Dunn * 120

Luo Honghao Luo Honghao (; born 31 January 2000) is a Chinese former professional snooker player. Career Amateur In July 2017, he reached the final of 2017 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship where he lost the final 7–6 to Fan Zhengyi. Later ...

* 119

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 ...

* 118, 100

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 ...

* 118

Sunny Akani Akani Songsermsawad (; born 10 September 1995), better known as Sunny Akani, is a Thai former professional snooker player. Career Early career Akani, a regular in amateur Thai snooker events since 2011, first came to international attention with ...

* 117, 104

* 115, 115, 101

* 114

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* 111, 103

* 108, 106 Mei Xiwen * 108 Ryan Day * 107

Hammad Miah Hammad Miah ( bn, হাম্মাদ মিঞা; born 6 July 1993) is a British professional snooker player of Bangladeshi-origin. In May 2013, Miah qualified for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 professional Main Tour as one of four semi- ...

* 106

Anthony McGill Anthony McGill (born 5 February 1991) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He is a practice partner of retired snooker player Alan McManus. McGill turned professional in 2010, after finishing fourth in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings. He wo ...

* 105 Zhang Anda * 104

Yuan Sijun Yuan Sijun (Chinese: 袁思俊; born 29 May 2000) is a Chinese professional snooker player. Career Yuan started to play snooker at the age of 10 and played as a wildcard in many professional tournaments between ages of 13 and 16. Yuan first drew ...

* 103 Adam Stefanow * 103

Matthew Stevens Matthew Stevens (born 11 September 1977) is a Welsh professional snooker player. He has won two of the game's Triple Crown events, the Masters in 2000 and the UK Championship in 2003. He has also been a two-time runner-up in the other triple ...

* 102 Andy Lee * 100 Kacper Filipiak

References

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