2019 Indian Open

The 2019 Indian Open was a professional snooker tournament. It was due to take place between 18 and 22 September 2018 at the Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty in Kochi, India but was postponed due to the 2018 Kerala floods. The rescheduled Indian Open was played in Kochi from 27 February to 3 March 2019.[1] It was the fifteenth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.[2]

Indian Open
Tournament information
Dates27 February – 3 March 2019
VenueGrand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty
CityKochi
CountryIndia
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£323,000
Winner's share£50,000
Highest break Zhou Yuelong (147)
Final
Champion Matthew Selt
Runner-up Lyu Haotian
Score5–3
2017

Qualifying took place on 15 and 16 August 2018 in Preston, England.

John Higgins was the defending champion, having beaten Anthony McGill 5–1 in the 2017 final,[3] but he lost to Matthew Selt in the semi-finals.[4]

Selt went on to win his first ranking title, beating Lyu Haotian 5–3 in the final.[5]

Zhou Yuelong made the first maximum break of his career in the fourth frame of his first round loss to Lyu Haotian. It was the 150th maximum in professional events.[6]

Prize fund

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

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £10,000

Main draw

[7]

 
Last 64
Best of 7 frames
Last 32
Best of 7 frames
Last 16
Best of 7 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
                      
 
 
 
 
John Higgins4
 
 
 
Duane Jones0
 
John Higgins4
 
 
 
Hossein Vafaei3
 
Hossein Vafaei4
 
 
 
Dominic Dale3
 
John Higgins4
 
 
 
James Cahill1
 
Michael White2
 
 
 
James Cahill4
 
James Cahill4
 
 
 
Elliot Slessor2
 
David Gilbert3
 
 
 
Elliot Slessor4
 
John Higgins4
 
 
 
Li Hang3
 
Hamza Akbarw/d
 
 
 
Li Hangw/o
 
Li Hang4
 
 
 
Joe Perry2
 
Ashley Carty1
 
 
 
Joe Perry4
 
Li Hang4
 
 
 
Sam Craigie2
 
Peter Ebdon4
 
 
 
Ben Woollaston3
 
Peter Ebdon1
 
 
 
Sam Craigie4
 
Sam Craigie4
 
 
 
Liang Wenbo3
 
John Higgins2
 
 
 
Matthew Selt4
 
Stuart Bingham4
 
 
 
Peter Lines1
 
Stuart Bingham4
 
 
 
John Astley2
 
Gary Wilson1
 
 
 
John Astley4
 
Stuart Bingham3
 
 
 
Lu Ning4
 
Yan Bingtao4
 
 
 
Gerard Greene3
 
Yan Bingtao0
 
 
 
Lu Ning4
 
Lu Ning4
 
 
 
Liam Highfield1
 
Lu Ning3
 
 
 
Matthew Selt4
 
Matthew Selt4
 
 
 
Tom Ford2
 
Matthew Selt4
 
 
 
Joe Swail0
 
Joe Swail4
 
 
 
Jack Lisowski3
 
Matthew Selt4
 
 
 
Oliver Lines3
 
Fergal O'Brien1
 
 
 
Oliver Lines4
 
Oliver Lines4
 
 
 
Soheil Vahedi3
 
Robin Hull3
 
 
 
Soheil Vahedi4
 
Matthew Selt5
 
 
 
Lyu Haotian3
 
Andy Hicks4
 
 
 
Li Yuan2
 
Andy Hicks 4
 
 
 
Eden Sharav2
 
Eden Sharav4
 
 
 
Michael Georgiou3
 
Andy Hicks1
 
 
 
Lyu Haotian4
 
Luke Simmonds4
 
 
 
Mei Xiwen0
 
Luke Simmonds3
 
 
 
Lyu Haotian4
 
Zhou Yuelong3
 
 
 
Lyu Haotian4
 
Lyu Haotian4
 
 
 
Mark Davis2
 
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh4
 
 
 
Michael Holt2
 
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh1
 
 
 
Graeme Dott4
 
Alexander Ursenbacherw/d
 
 
 
Graeme Dottw/o
 
Graeme Dott3
 
 
 
Mark Davis4
 
Paul Davison0
 
 
 
Mark Davis4
 
Mark Davis4
 
 
 
Yuan Sijun2
 
Yuan Sijun4
 
 
 
Thor Chuan Leong1
 
Lyu Haotian4
 
 
 
Anthony Hamilton2
 
Luca Brecel4
 
 
 
Ian Burns0
 
Luca Brecel4
 
 
 
Andrew Higginson1
 
Digvijay Kadian0
 
 
 
Andrew Higginson4
 
Luca Brecel3
 
 
 
Scott Donaldson4
 
Craig Steadman4
 
 
 
Zhang Yong3
 
Craig Steadman1
 
 
 
Scott Donaldson4
 
Jimmy Robertson0
 
 
 
Scott Donaldson4
 
Scott Donaldson2
 
 
 
Anthony Hamilton4
 
Rory McLeod2
 
 
 
Anthony Hamilton4
 
Anthony Hamilton4
 
 
 
Zhao Xintong2
 
Sam Baird2
 
 
 
Zhao Xintong4
 
Anthony Hamilton4
 
 
 
Chris Wakelin2
 
Chris Wakelin4
 
 
 
Stuart Carrington3
 
Chris Wakelin4
 
 
 
Shaun Murphy2
 
Lee Walker2
 
 
Shaun Murphy4
 

Final

Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Colin Humphries
Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty, Kochi, India, 3 March 2019.
Matthew Selt
 England
5–3 Lyu Haotian
 China
57–48, 89–6 (84), 0–115 (115), 12–78 (56), 21–72 (66), 102–0 (102), 67–49, 96–41 (72)
102 Highest break 115
1 Century breaks 1
3 50+ breaks 3

Qualifying

These matches were held between 15 and 16 August 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.

John Higgins4–1[nb 1] Ashley Hugill
Duane Jones4–1 Adam Stefanow
Hossein Vafaei4–1 Sanderson Lam
Dominic Dale4–2[nb 1] Asutosh Padhy
Michael White4–1 Nigel Bond
Alan McManus3–4 James Cahill
David Gilbert4–2 Niu Zhuang
Daniel Wells3–4 Elliot Slessor
Robbie Williams2–4 Hamza Akbar
Li Hang4–0 Basem Eltahhan
Xu Si0–4 Ashley Carty
Joe Perry4–0 Joe O'Connor
Peter Ebdon4–3 Jamie Clarke
Ben Woollaston4–0[nb 1] S Shrikrishna
Jimmy White0–4 Sam Craigie
Liang Wenbo4–0 Mitchell Mann
Stuart Bingham4–1 Chris Totten
Peter Lines4–3 Zhang Anda
Gary Wilson4–2 Steven Hallworth
Mike Dunn3–4 John Astley
Yan Bingtao4–2 Leo Fernandez
Gerard Greene4–1 Andy Lee
Robert Milkins0–4 Lu Ning
Liam Highfield4–2 Billy Joe Castle
Matthew Selt4–2 Zhang Jiankang
Tom Ford4–3 Jordan Brown
Martin O'Donnell2–4 Joe Swail
Jack Lisowski4–0[nb 1] Himanshu Dinesh Jain
Fergal O'Brien4–2 Dechawat Poomjaeng
Mark Joyce2–4 Oliver Lines
Robin Hull4–2 Alfie Burden
Mark Allenw/d–w/o Soheil Vahedi
Neil Robertsonw/d–w/o Andy Hicks
Li Yuan4–3 Ross Muir
Kurt Maflin1–4 Eden Sharav
Michael Georgiou4–1 Ben Hancorn
Xiao Guodongw/d–w/o Luke Simmonds
Sunny Akani0–4 Mei Xiwen
Zhou Yuelong4–1[nb 1] Laxman Rawat
Lyu Haotian4–3 Tian Pengfei
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh4–2 Adam Duffy
Michael Holt4–1 Chen Zifan
Alexander Ursenbacher4–2 Simon Lichtenberg
Graeme Dott4–0 Kishan Hirani
Noppon Saengkham2–4 Paul Davison
Mark Davis4–1 Sean O'Sullivan
Yuan Sijun4–0 Hammad Miah
Anthony McGill1–4 Thor Chuan Leong
Luca Brecel4–3 Simon Bedford
Ian Burns4–2 Chen Feilong
Jamie Jonesw/d–w/o Digvijay Kadian
Andrew Higginson4–1 Harvey Chandler
Mark King2–4 Craig Steadman
Zhang Yong4–2 Fan Zhengyi
Jimmy Robertson4–3 David Lilley
Scott Donaldson4–3 Lukas Kleckers
Rory McLeod4–3 Rod Lawler
Anthony Hamilton4–1 Farakh Ajaib
Ken Doherty1–4 Sam Baird
Ricky Walden3–4 Zhao Xintong
Chris Wakelin4–2 Jak Jones
Stuart Carrington4–1 Luo Honghao
Allan Taylor1–4 Lee Walker
Shaun Murphy4–1[nb 1] Lucky Vatnani
Notes
  1. Match held over and played in Kochi.

Century breaks

Main stage centuries

Total: 32

Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 11

References

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  2. "Indian Open Draw and Preview - SnookerHQ". SnookerHQ. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  3. "Indian Open: John Higgins beats Anthony McGill to take title". BBC Sport. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  4. "Indian Open - World Snooker". World Snooker. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  5. "Indian Open: Matthew Selt ends 13-year wait, bags first world-ranking snooker title". Sportstar. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  6. "Zhou Joins 147 Club". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 28 February 2018.
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