The 2022 English Open (officially the 2022 BetVictor English Open) was a professional
snooker
Snooker (pronounced , ) is a cue sport played on a rectangular table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six pockets, one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side. First played by British Army officers stationed in Ind ...
tournament that took place from 12 to 18 December 2022 at the
Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England.
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''wst.tv.'' 2022-10-09. The seventh
ranking event of the
2022–23 season, it was the third tournament in the
Home Nations Series, 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
European Series. Qualifiers took place from 25 to 30 October at the
Morningside Arena
The Leicester Arena, known for sponsorship reasons as the Morningside Arena Leicester, is a multi-purpose built sports arena located in Leicester, England. The arena has a seating capacity for 3,000 spectators. The arena's main tenants are the ...
in
Leicester, although matches involving the top 16 players in the world rankings were held over to be played at the final venue. Organised by the
World Snooker Tour
The World Snooker Tour (WST) is the main professional snooker tour, consisting of approximately 128 players competing on a circuit of up to 28 tournaments each season. The World Snooker Tour is administered by World Snooker Ltd, the commercial ar ...
and sponsored by
BetVictor
BetVictor is an online gambling company headquartered in Gibraltar. Founded in 1946, it offers products such as sports betting and online casino. The company is currently owned by Michael Tabor.
History
The company was founded by William Chan ...
, the tournament was broadcast by
Eurosport
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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
WPBSA suspended
Yan Bingtao from professional competition, making him the seventh player suspended from the tour since October amid a major
match-fixing investigation.
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 ...
was the defending champion, having defeated
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 ( ...
9–8 in the
2021 final. However, he was beaten 4–6 by
Mark Selby
Mark Anthony Selby (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker player, who is a four-time World Snooker Champion. Ranked world number one on multiple occasions, he has won a total of 21 ranking titles, placing him eighth on the a ...
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
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 ...
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
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 ...
, to win four Home Nations tournaments.
Mark Williams made the tournament's highest break, the third
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 ...
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
Morningside Arena
The Leicester Arena, known for sponsorship reasons as the Morningside Arena Leicester, is a multi-purpose built sports arena located in Leicester, England. The arena has a seating capacity for 3,000 spectators. The arena's main tenants are the ...
in
Leicester, England.
Main Qualifying
A single pre-qualifying match was played before the main qualifying draw was conducted:
* PQ3: 4–2
* 4–1
* (32) 1–4
* 4–0
* 0–4
* (17) 4–1
* 3–4
* w/d–w/o
* 2–4
* 2–4
* 4–2
* 3–4
* (28) 4–1
* 0–4
* 4–2
* (21) 4–1
* 4–3
* 4–0
* (20) 4–3
* 3–4
* 1–4
* (29) 1–4
* 2–4
* 4–0
* (30) 4–2
* 4–0
* 4–1
* (19) 4–2
* 0–4
* 2–4
* (22) 2–4
* 0–4
* 4–1
* (27) 4–2
* 3–4
* 4–3
* (26) 0–4
* 4–0
* 4–0
* (23) 2–4
* 4–0
* 4–0
* (18) 4–2
* 4–1
* 2–4
* (31) 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
* (16) 4–2
* (24) 1–4
* (9) 4–1
* (25) 4–0
* (8) 4–3
* (5) 4–0
* (12) 4–2
* (13) 4–2
* (4) 4–3
* (3) 4–3
* (14) 1–4
* (11) 4–3
* (6) 4–0
* (7) 4–2
* (10) 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
Ali Carter
Allister Carter (born 25 July 1979) is an English professional snooker player. He has twice been the World Championship runner-up, in 2008 and 2012, losing both finals to Ronnie O'Sullivan. He has won four ranking titles and briefly reached num ...
* 141, 135, 113, 109, 100
Mark Allen
* 141, 130, 127, 122, 110, 102, 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 ...
* 137, 105
Mark Joyce
Mark Joyce (born 11 August 1983) is an English professional snooker player who lives in Walsall. He began his professional career by playing Challenge Tour in 2003. Joyce enjoyed an outstanding amateur career, winning the European Under-19 Cha ...
* 136, 134, 121
Lei Peifan
* 136, 128, 127, 105, 104, 102
Mark Selby
Mark Anthony Selby (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker player, who is a four-time World Snooker Champion. Ranked world number one on multiple occasions, he has won a total of 21 ranking titles, placing him eighth on the a ...
* 135, 122, 113, 108, 101
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
Zhao Xintong
* 130, 126, 103
Ryan Day
* 129, 125, 122, 122, 102
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
* 128, 118
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 ...
* 128, 118
Martin Gould
Martin Gould (born 14 September 1981) is an English 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 his profe ...
* 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
* 127, 119, 111, 105
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 ...
* 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 14 major ranking titles, including three UK Championships (200 ...
* 121, 111
Jack Lisowski
* 121
Pang Junxu
* 118
Sam Craigie
* 114
Louis Heathcote
* 113
Matthew Selt
* 111
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 ...
* 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
* 104
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional snooker player who is the current world champion and world number one. Widely recognised as one of the most talented and accomplished players in the sport's history, ...
* 103
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 ( ...
* 102
Jamie Jones Jamie Jones may refer to:
* Jamie Jones (DJ), Welsh DJ, producer and two-time DJ Awards winner
* Jamie Jones (footballer) (born 1989), English professional footballer for Wigan Athletic
* Jamie Jones (snooker player) (born 1988), Welsh professional ...
* 102
Yuan Sijun
* 101
Ashley Hugill
* 101
Tian Pengfei
Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 26
* 141
Michael White
* 140
Wu Yize
* 138, 134, 106
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 14 major ranking titles, including three UK Championships (200 ...
* 134
Muhammad Asif
* 132
David Gilbert
* 122
Alfie Burden
* 122
Chen Zifan
* 120, 105
Xu Si
* 118
Lu Ning
* 112, 100
Sam Craigie
* 109
Mohamed Ibrahim
* 109
Jamie Jones Jamie Jones may refer to:
* Jamie Jones (DJ), Welsh DJ, producer and two-time DJ Awards winner
* Jamie Jones (footballer) (born 1989), English professional footballer for Wigan Athletic
* Jamie Jones (snooker player) (born 1988), Welsh professional ...
* 107, 100
Dylan Emery
* 104
Chang Bingyu
* 104
Martin Gould
Martin Gould (born 14 September 1981) is an English 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 his profe ...
* 103
Ricky Walden
* 101
Fan Zhengyi
* 101
Zhang Anda
* 101
Zhou Yuelong
* 100
Ali Carter
Allister Carter (born 25 July 1979) is an English professional snooker player. He has twice been the World Championship runner-up, in 2008 and 2012, losing both finals to Ronnie O'Sullivan. He has won four ranking titles and briefly reached num ...
* 100
Mark Davis
References
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