The 2022 English Open (officially the 2022 BetVictor English Open) was a professional

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tournament that took place from 12 to 18 December 2022 at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England.BetVictor English Open - World Snooker
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of the 2022–23 season, it was the third tournament in the

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, following the Northern Ireland Open and the Scottish Open and preceding the Welsh Open. It was the fourth of eight tournaments in the season's

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. Qualifiers took place from 25 to 30 October at the

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, although matches involving the top 16 players in the world rankings were held over to be played at the final venue. Organised by the

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and sponsored by

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, the tournament was broadcast by

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in the UK and Europe. The winner received £80,000 from a total prize fund of £427,000. On the first day of the tournament, the

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suspended

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from professional competition, making him the seventh player suspended from the tour since October amid a major match-fixing investigation.

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was the defending champion, having defeated

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9–8 in the 2021 final. However, he was beaten 4–6 by

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in the semi-finals, meaning that he lost at the semi-final stage in each of the season's first three Home Nations events. Selby recorded his first win over Robertson in two years, after seven consecutive losses to him, and reached his first ranking final since winning the 2021 World Championship. He went on to win the event, defeating

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9–6 in the final to capture his 21st ranking title. He became the first player to win the English Open twice, and the second player, after

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, to win four Home Nations tournaments. Mark Williams made the tournament's highest break, the third

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of his career, in the fourth frame of his quarter-final match against Robertson. Aged 47 years and 270 days, he became the oldest player to make an officially recognised maximum break in professional competition.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below: * Winner: £80,000 * Runner-up: £35,000 * Semi-final: £17,500 * Quarter-final: £11,000 * Last 16: £7,500 * Last 32: £4,500 * Last 64: £3,000 * Highest break: £5,000 * Total: £427,000

Main draw

Top half

Bottom half

Final

Qualifying

Qualification for the tournament took place from 25 to 30 October 2022 at the

, England.

Main Qualifying

A single pre-qualifying match was played before the main qualifying draw was conducted: * PQ3: 4–2 * 4–1 * 1–4 * 4–0 * 0–4 * 4–1 * 3–4 * w/d–w/o * 2–4 * 2–4 * 4–2 * 3–4 * 4–1 * 0–4 * 4–2 * 4–1 * 4–3 * 4–0 * 4–3 * 3–4 * 1–4 * 1–4 * 2–4 * 4–0 * 4–2 * 4–0 * 4–1 * 4–2 * 0–4 * 2–4 * 2–4 * 0–4 * 4–1 * 4–2 * 3–4 * 4–3 * 0–4 * 4–0 * 4–0 * 2–4 * 4–0 * 4–0 * 4–2 * 4–1 * 2–4 * 4–1 * 4–3

Held-Over Matches

Matches involving the Top 16, the defending champion and the nominated wild-card players were played at the Brentwood Centre. The matches involving winners from the held-over pre-qualifying matches were also held over to the venue. *PQ1: 4–0 *PQ2: 4–1 * (1) 4–0 * 4–2 * 1–4 * (9) 4–1 * 4–0 * (8) 4–3 * (5) 4–0 * 4–2 * 4–2 * (4) 4–3 * (3) 4–3 * 1–4 * 4–3 * (6) 4–0 * (7) 4–2 * 4–1 * (15) w/d–w/o * (2) 4–3

Notes

Century breaks

Main stage centuries

Total: 73 * 147, 135, 134, 130, 123 Mark Williams * 142, 136, 100

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* 141, 135, 113, 109, 100

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* 141, 130, 127, 122, 110, 102, 100

* 137, 105

Mark Joyce Mark Joyce (born 11 August 1983) is an English former professional snooker player who lives in Walsall. He began his professional career by playing on the Challenge Tour in 2003. Joyce enjoyed an outstanding amateur career, winning the Europea ...

* 136, 134, 121

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* 136, 128, 127, 105, 104, 102

* 135, 122, 113, 108, 101

* 135

Zhao Xintong Zhao Xintong (; born 3 April 1997) is a Chinese professional snooker player and the reigning World Snooker Champion. He first turned professional in the 2016–17 season, aged 19, having previously recorded wins against a number of top p ...

* 130, 126, 103 Ryan Day * 129, 125, 122, 122, 102

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (, ; born 18 April 1985) is a Thai professional snooker player. He has won one ranking event, the 2019 Snooker Shoot Out, and finished as runner-up in the 2019 World Open. He is regarded as one of the fastest snooker players ...

* 128, 118

Martin Gould Martin Gould (born 14 September 1981) is an English former professional snooker player from Pinner in the London Borough of Harrow. He has appeared in four ranking finals and won one ranking title, the 2016 German Masters. Career Gould began ...

* 128

Scott Donaldson Scott Donaldson (born 19 March 1994) is a Scottish professional snooker player. Donaldson turned professional in 2012 after winning the 2012 EBSA European Snooker Championship and gained a two-year tour card for the 2012–13 and 2013–14 ...

* 127, 126, 101

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 Championship, ...

* 127, 119, 111, 105

Shaun Murphy Shaun Peter Murphy (born 10 August 1982) is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Snooker Championship, 2005 World Championship and has completed the Triple Crown (snooker), Triple Crown. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murp ...

* 124

Ding Junhui Ding Junhui (; born 1 April 1987) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He is the most successful Asian player in the history of the sport. Throughout his career, he has won 15 major ranking titles, including three UK Championships (2005 ...

* 121, 111

Jack Lisowski Jack 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 International Open Series, PIOS rankings. A left-handed player, he ...

* 121 Pang Junxu * 118

Sam Craigie Sam Craigie (born 29 December 1993) is an English professional snooker player from Newcastle. He enjoyed a successful junior career before turning professional in 2011. Career Early career Craigie qualified for the 2011/2012 Main Tour after ...

* 114 Louis Heathcote * 113

Matthew Selt Matthew Selt (born 7 March 1985) is an English professional snooker player. He qualified for the professional tour by finishing seventh in the Pontin's International Open Series in 2006/2007. Selt played in his first professional final in 2014 ...

* 111

Marco Fu Marco Fu Ka-chun (; born 8 January 1978) is a Hong Kong professional snooker player. He is a three-time snooker world rankings, ranking event winner, having won the 2007 Grand Prix (snooker), 2007 Grand Prix, the 2013 Australian Goldfie ...

* 106

Cao Yupeng Cao Yupeng (; born 27 October 1990) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He won the 2011 Asian Under-21 Championship, thus qualifying for the professional main tour for the 2011–12 season. In his first season on the circuit, he reached ...

* 106

Noppon Saengkham Noppon Saengkham (; born 15 July 1992) is a Thai professional snooker player. Since turning professional in 2010, he has reached one ranking final (the 2023 Scottish Open) in which he finished as runner-up to Gary Wilson. Career Early years I ...

* 104

Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional snooker player. Widely recognised as one of the most talented and accomplished players in snooker history, he has won the World Snooker Championship seven times, a m ...

* 103

* 102 Jamie Jones * 102

Yuan Sijun Yuan Sijun (; 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 attention in 201 ...

* 101

Ashley Hugill Ashley Hugill (born 28 September 1994 in York, Yorkshire) is an English former professional snooker player. Career Hugill came through the 2017 Q School by winning six matches to earn a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour for the 2017– ...

* 101

Tian Pengfei Tian Pengfei (; born 16 August 1987) is a Chinese former professional snooker player. He began his career by playing the Challenge Tour in 2004, at the time the second-level professional tour. Tian played on the Main Tour in 2006 and competed o ...

Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 26 * 141 Michael White * 140 Wu Yize * 138, 134, 106

* 134 Muhammad Asif * 132 David Gilbert * 122

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* 122

Chen Zifan Chen Zifan (; born 17 September 1995) is a Chinese professional snooker player who, in 2023, received a five-year ban from professional competition after committing match-fixing offences. In December 2022, Chen was suspended from the professio ...

* 120, 105

Xu Si Xu Si (; born 24 January 1998) is a Chinese professional snooker player. Career Xu Si first started playing snooker aged 12 at his local club in Jieyang during the school holidays. After a few weeks he became determined to become a snooker pla ...

* 118

Lu Ning Lu Ning (; born 1 January 1994 in Jilin) is a former professional snooker player from the People's Republic of China who, in 2023, was banned from professional competition for five years and four months after committing match-fixing offences. ...

* 112, 100

* 109 Mohamed Ibrahim * 109 Jamie Jones * 107, 100

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* 104

Chang Bingyu Chang Bingyu (; born 8 August 2002) is a Chinese professional snooker player who, in 2023, received a two-year ban from professional competition after committing match-fixing offences. In December 2022, Chang was suspended from the professional ...

* 104

* 103

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 ...

* 101

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* 101

Zhang Anda Zhang Anda (; born 25 December 1991) is a Chinese professional snooker player, who made his debut on the Main Tour for the 2009–10 season. He qualified by winning the ACBS Asian Under-21 Championship. In November 2023 he won his first world ...

* 101

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 2 ...

* 100

* 100 Mark Davis

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