The 2012 Welsh Open (officially the 2012 888真人 Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13 and 19 February 2012 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales. This was the first time, that 888真人 sponsored the event.
John Higgins was the defending champion, but he lost 3–4 against Ding Junhui in the last 16.
Ding Junhui won his fifth ranking title by defeating Mark Selby 9–6 in the final.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £30,000 Runner-up: £15,000 Semi-final: £7,500 Quarter-final: £5,600 Last 16: £4,000 Last 32: £2,500 Last 48: £1,600 Last 64: £1,250
Stage one highest break: £500 Stage two highest break: £1,000 Total: £201,500
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri.Newport Centre, Newport, Wales, 19 February 2012. Ding Junhui (9) 9–6 Mark Selby (2) Afternoon: 1–136 (103), , , , , , , Evening: 14–80 (73), , , , , , 130 Highest break 145 2 Century breaks 3 6 50+ breaks 6
Qualifying These matches were held between 8 and 11 February 2012 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
142, 113, 111 Andy Hicks 141, 116, 100 Sam Baird 138 Stuart Carrington 137 Paul Davison 135 Kurt Maflin 134, 112 David Morris 134 Tom Ford 128 Yu Delu 126 Adam Duffy 123, 120, 104 Xiao Guodong
122, 101 Barry Hawkins 113 Gerard Greene 113 Steve Davis 112, 109 David Gilbert 112 Liu Chuang 111 Mike Dunn 108, 106 Ian McCulloch 106 Tony Drago 102 Marco Fu
Televised stage centuries
145, 124, 110, 103 Mark Selby 141 Matthew Stevens 139, 125, 102, 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan 136 Sam Baird 135 Neil Robertson 133 Mark Williams 131, 111, 101 Stephen Maguire
130, 124 Ding Junhui 129 Stephen Lee 126 Shaun Murphy 123 Barry Hawkins 121, 117 Steve Davis 121 Mark Allen 109, 104, 100 Judd Trump
References