The 2022 English Open (officially the 2022 BetVictor English Open) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 12 to 18 December 2022 at the Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England.[1] 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 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 and sponsored by BetVictor, the tournament was broadcast by Eurosport in the UK and Europe. The winner received £80,000 from a total prize fund of £427,000.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 12–18 December 2022 |
| Venue | Brentwood Centre |
| City | Brentwood |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £427,000 |
| Winner's share | £80,000 |
| Highest break |  Mark Williams (WAL) (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Mark Selby (ENG) |
| Runner-up |  Luca Brecel (BEL) |
| Score | 9–6 |
← 2021 2023 → | |
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.[2][3]
Neil Robertson was the defending champion, having defeated John Higgins 9–8 in the 2021 final.[4] However, he was beaten 4–6 by Mark Selby in the semi-finals, meaning that he lost at the semi-final stage in each of the season's first three Home Nations events.[5] Selby recorded his first win over Robertson in two years, after seven consecutive losses to him,[6] and reached his first ranking final since winning the 2021 World Championship.[7] He went on to win the event, defeating Luca Brecel 9–6 in the final to capture his 21st ranking title.[8] He became the first player to win the English Open twice, and the second player, after Judd Trump, to win four Home Nations tournaments.[9]
Mark Williams made the tournament's highest break, the third maximum break of his career, in the fourth frame of his quarter-final match against Robertson.[10] Aged 47 years and 270 days, he became the oldest player to make an officially recognised maximum break in professional competition.[11][12]
Prize fund
editThe breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:[13]
- 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
editTop half
editBottom half
editFinal
edit| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Tatiana Woollaston Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England, 18 December 2022 | ||
| Mark Selby (4) |
9–6 | Luca Brecel (11) |
| Afternoon: 90–0, 64–4, 74–14, 27–96, 77–43, 45–96, 7–78, 2–72 Evening: 83–33, 73–5, 0–123 (122), 67–36, 62–20, 0–113 (113), 87–0 | ||
| 90 | Highest break | 122 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 2 |
Qualifying
editQualification for the tournament took place from 25 to 30 October 2022 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England.[1][14]
Main Qualifying
editA single pre-qualifying match was played before the main qualifying draw was conducted:
- PQ3:
Ian Burns (ENG) 4–2
Lei Peifan (CHN) 4–1
Fergal O'Brien (IRL)
Lukas Kleckers (GER) 0–4
Muhammad Asif (PAK)
Dominic Dale (WAL) 4–2
Julien Leclercq (BEL)
Mink Nutcharut (THA)
Anthony McGill (SCO) 4–3
Anton Kazakov (UKR) 1–4
Himanshu Jain (IND)
Mohamed Ibrahim (EGY)
Jordan Brown (NIR) 2–4
Andres Petrov (EST) 4–3
Victor Sarkis (BRA)
Ng On-yee (HKG)
Hossein Vafaei (IRN) 4–2
Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI)
Held-Over Matches
editMatches 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:
- PQ2:
Ryan Thomerson (AUS)
Notes
editCentury breaks
editMain stage centuries
editTotal: 73[15]
- 147, 135, 134, 130, 123 – Mark Williams
- 142, 136, 100 – Ali Carter
- 141, 135, 113, 109, 100 – Mark Allen
- 141, 130, 127, 122, 110, 102, 100 – Neil Robertson
- 137, 105 – Mark Joyce
- 136, 134, 121 – Lei Peifan
- 136, 128, 127, 105, 104, 102 – Mark Selby
- 135, 122, 113, 108, 101 – Luca Brecel
- 135 – Zhao Xintong
- 130, 126, 103 – Ryan Day
- 129, 125, 122, 122, 102 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- 128, 118 – Judd Trump
- 128, 118 – Martin Gould
- 128 – Scott Donaldson
- 127, 126, 101 – Barry Hawkins
- 127, 119, 111, 105 – Shaun Murphy
- 124 – Ding Junhui
- 121, 111 – Jack Lisowski
- 121 – Pang Junxu
- 118 – Sam Craigie
- 114 – Louis Heathcote
- 113 – Matthew Selt
- 111 – Marco Fu
- 106 – Cao Yupeng
- 106 – Noppon Saengkham
- 104 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 103 – John Higgins
- 102 – Jamie Jones
- 102 – Yuan Sijun
- 101 – Ashley Hugill
- 101 – Tian Pengfei
Qualifying stage centuries
editTotal: 26[16]
- 141 – Michael White
- 140 – Wu Yize
- 138, 134, 106 – Ding Junhui
- 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
- 107, 100 – Dylan Emery
- 104 – Chang Bingyu
- 104 – Martin Gould
- 103 – Ricky Walden
- 101 – Fan Zhengyi
- 101 – Zhang Anda
- 101 – Zhou Yuelong
- 100 – Ali Carter
- 100 – Mark Davis
References
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- ^ "Yan Bingtao Becomes Seventh Player To Be Suspended In Snooker Match-Fixing Probe". The Sportsman. 2022-12-12. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
- ^ "Yan suspended from tour amid match-fixing probe". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
- ^ "Robertson beats Higgins 9-8 in final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
- ^ "Snooker results: Mark Selby rallies to beat Neil Robertson 6-4 at English Open". www.sportinglife.com. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
- ^ "Selby Ends Losing Streak Against Robertson". World Snooker Tour. 17 December 2022. Archived from the original on December 17, 2022.
- ^ "Selby to face Brecel in English Open final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
- ^ "Selby Ends Barren Streak With English Title". World Snooker Tour. 18 December 2022. Archived from the original on December 18, 2022.
- ^ Davies, Jonathan (18 December 2022). "Mark Selby beats Luca Brecel to end title drought at English Open". livesnooker.com.
- ^ "Williams Makes 147 In Brentwood". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on December 16, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ "Williams becomes oldest player to make 147 break". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ "Neil Robertson Makes Semi-Final Of English Open Despite Mark Williams' 147". The Sportsman. 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ "2022–23 Season Prize Money Breakdown" (PDF). WST. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2022.
- ^ BetVictor English Open 2022 Qualifiers
- ^ "BetVictor English Open 2022 | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. 12–18 December 2022. Archived from the original on 20 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "BetVictor English Open 2022 Qualifiers | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. 25–30 October 2022. Archived from the original on 20 December 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.