The 2014 Welsh Open (officially the 2014 BetVictor Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19 February and 2 March 2014 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales. It was the eighth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season, and the second time that BetVictor sponsored the event.

Stephen Maguire was the defending champion, but he lost 3–4 against Joel Walker in the last 16.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 26th ranking title by defeating Ding Junhui 9–3 in the final. This was O'Sullivan's third Welsh Open title after 2004 and 2005, to equal the record jointly held by John Higgins and Stephen Hendry. In the last frame of the final O'Sullivan made the 105th official maximum break. This was O'Sullivan's record 12th competitive maximum break.

Prize fund The total prize money of the event was raised to £300,000 from the previous year's £250,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

Winner: £60,000 Runner-up: £30,000 Semi-finals: £20,000 Quarter-finals: £10,000 Last 16: £5,000 Last 32: £2,500 Last 64: £1,500

Highest break: £2,000 Maximum break: £10,000 Total: £310,000

Main draw

Top half Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Finals

Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Leo Scullion.Newport Centre, Newport, Wales, 2 March 2014. Ding Junhui (5) 3–9 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) Afternoon: 36–70, 8–91 (91), , , , , , Evening: 109–30 (109), , , 121 Highest break 147 2 Century breaks 1 3 50+ breaks 4

Century breaks

147, 124, 115, 114, 104, 103, 103, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan 142 Shaun Murphy 139, 128, 121, 121, 118, 114, 109, 108, 104 Ding Junhui 139 Michael White 137 John Higgins 134, 134, 125, 102 Barry Hawkins 131, 100 Judd Trump 126 Jamie Burnett 121, 114, 108 Cao Yupeng 118 Scott Donaldson 116 Anthony McGill 115 Ali Carter 115 Joe Perry 114 Jamie Cope 114 Ross Muir 114 Mark Joyce 113, 113 Liang Wenbo 112, 106, 101 Mark Allen 112, 104 Neil Robertson 111 Ken Doherty 108 Mark Williams 103 Marco Fu 102 Noppon Saengkham 102 Stuart Bingham 101 Mark King 101 Joel Walker 100 Andrew Higginson 100 Martin Gould 100 Ben Woollaston

References

External links 2014 BetVictor 伟德 Welsh Open – Pictures by World Snooker at Facebook