Marshall Arena Milton Keynes 6 July 2020

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tournament that took place from 27 to 31 January 2021. As a result of the

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, the tournament was staged at the

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. The tournament was the eighth

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event of the 2020–21 snooker season. It was the 15th edition of the

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, first held in 1995 as the 1995 German Open.

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made the sixth

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of his career in the first qualifying round against Chen Zifan. The event featured a prize fund of £400,000 with £80,000 given to the winner. It was sponsored for the first time by BildBet, a subsidiary company created by BetVictor in collaboration with the local newspaper

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. Despite the different name, the tournament was part of the BetVictor European Series.

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was the defending champion after defeating

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9–6 in the 2020 final. Trump met

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in the final, a repeat of the previous ranking event final, the World Grand Prix. It was the first time that the same two players had met in successive ranking event finals since

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and

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met in the Welsh Open and International Open finals at the start of 1995. Trump won by 9 frames to 2, becoming the first player ever to successfully defend the title.

Prize fund

The event featured a total prize fund of £400,000 with the winner receiving £80,000. The event was the third of the "European Series" all sponsored by sports betting company

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. The player accumulating the highest amount of prize money over the six events will receive a bonus of £150,000. * Winner: £80,000 * Runner-up: £35,000 * Semi-final: £20,000 * Quarter-final: £10,000 * Last 16: £5,000 * Last 32: £4,000 * Last 64: £3,000 * Highest break: £5,000 * Total: £400,000

Main draw

Below are the event's results from the last-32 stage to the final. Player names in bold denote match winners. Numbers in brackets denote player seedings.

Final

Qualifying

Qualifying for the event took place between 10 and 14 November 2020 at the

, England. There were two rounds of qualifying with matches being played as best-of-9 frames.

Round 1

Round 2

Century breaks

Main stage centuries

Total: 25 *140, 133, 116, 101

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*135, 113

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*134, 132, 131, 124, 104

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*131, 131, 119, 101, 100

*128

*115 Louis Heathcote *114 Liang Wenbo *110

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*104, 101

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*104 Jamie O'Neill *101 Jordan Brown *100

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Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 58

References

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