The 2010 Welsh Open (officially the 2010 Totesport.com Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 and 31 January 2010 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales. This was the first time that the Welsh Open was sponsored by Totesport.com.
John Higgins won in the final 9–4 against defending champion Ali Carter.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £35,000 Runner-up: £17,500 Semi-final: £8,750 Quarter-final: £6,500 Last 16: £4,275 Last 32: £2,700 Last 48: £1,725 Last 64: £1,325
Stage one highest break: £500 Stage two highest break: £2,000 Stage one maximum break: £1,000 Stage two maximum break: £20,000 Total: £225,500
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Brendan MooreNewport Centre, Newport, Wales, 31 January 2010. Ali Carter (1) 4–9 John Higgins (2) Afternoon: 0–128 (95), , , , , , , Evening: 33–72 (72), , , , 73 Highest break 137 0 Century breaks 2 3 50+ breaks 10
Qualifying These matches took place between 19 and 22 January 2010 at the Pontin's Centre, Prestatyn, Wales.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
143 Craig Steadman 138 Li Hang 133 Liu Song 127 Judd Trump 125 Stephen Rowlings 125 Fergal O'Brien 123 Jimmy White 119 Dominic Dale 119 Tony Drago 115 Sam Baird
110 Tom Ford 110 Stuart Bingham 106, 103 Matthew Selt 106 Ken Doherty 105 Paul Davies 103 Alan McManus 102 David Gilbert 102 Jamie Cope 101 Mark Davis
Televised stage centuries
138, 137, 109, 105, 101 John Higgins 134 Ding Junhui 129 Neil Robertson 129 Joe Perry 123 Jamie Cope 122 Andrew Higginson 122 Ronnie O'Sullivan
120, 115 Ali Carter 115 Mark Selby 113 Stephen Hendry 112, 102 Mark Williams 109, 106 Matthew Stevens 105 Marco Fu 102 Fergal O'Brien
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