The 2016 Indian Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5–9 July 2016 at the HICC Novotel Hotel in Hyderabad, India. It was the second ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.
Hyderabad hosted the event for the first time, the previous venue being Grand Hyatt in Mumbai.
Michael White was the defending champion, but he lost 1–4 against Anthony Hamilton in the held over qualifying round.
Anthony McGill won the first ranking title of his career, defeating Kyren Wilson 5–2 in the final.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £50,000 Runner-up: £25,000 Semi-final: £13,500 Quarter-final: £9,000 Last 16: £6,000 Last 32: £3,000 Last 64: £2,000
Televised highest break: £2,000 Total: £300,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £30,000.
Wildcard round These matches were played in Hyderabad on 5 July 2016.
Match Score WC1 4–2 WC2 w/d–w/o WC3 w/d–w/o WC4 4–1 WC5 2–4 WC6 4–1
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Marcel Eckardt. HICC Novotel Hotel, Hyderabad, India, 9 July 2016. Kyren Wilson 2–5 Anthony McGill 28–86, 88–16 (65), 27–83, , , , 65 Highest break 96 0 Century breaks 0 2 50+ breaks 1
Qualifying These matches were held between 28 and 30 May 2016 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.
Michael White 1–4Match was held over and played in Hyderabad. Anthony Hamilton Sean O'Sullivan 1–4 Eden Sharav Gary Wilson 4–1 Rhys Clark Tom Ford 3–4 Zhao Xintong Mark Davis 4–0 James Cahill Robin Hull 4–1 Brandon Sargeant Ben Woollaston 3–4 Sunny Akani Jamie Burnett 4–1 Craig Steadman Xiao Guodong 4–2 Wang Yuchen Jimmy Robertson 4–0 Aditya Mehta Martin O'Donnell 4–2 Rory Thor Kyren Wilson 4–0 Hatem Yassen Kurt Maflin 1–4 James Wattana Jamie Jones 4–2 Jason Weston Jamie Cope 3–4 Allan Taylor Martin Gould 4–1 Christopher Keogan Marco Fu 4–2 Louis Heathcote Chris Wakelin 1–4 Hamza Akbar Dominic Dale 4–0 Adam Duffy Rod Lawler 2–4 Fraser Patrick David Gilbert 2–4 Liam Highfield Yu Delu 2–4 Duane Jones Peter Ebdon 4–1 Daniel Womersley Zhou Yuelong 4–3 Gareth Allen Robbie Williams 4–2 Peter Lines Luca Brecel 4–2 Hammad Miah Ian Burns 2–4 John Astley Ryan Day 4–0 Sanderson Lam Sam Baird 4–0 Alex Borg Jack Lisowski 4–1 Michael Wild Nigel Bond 4–0 Joshua Thomond Ricky Walden 4–1 Zhang Anda
Shaun Murphy 4–0 Lu Chenwei Daniel Wells 4–0 Darryl Hill Fergal O'Brien 3–4 Michael Georgiou Dechawat Poomjaeng 4–0 Itaro Santos Graeme Dott 4–3 Michael Collumb Oliver Lines 4–0 Marc Davis Michael Holt 1–4 Mitchell Mann Andrew Higginson 4–2 Yan Bingtao Joe Swail 4–1 Kurt Dunham Ali Carter 1–4 Jimmy White Stuart Carrington 4–1 Sydney Wilson Robert Milkins 4–1 Boonyarit Keattikun Tian Pengfei 3–4 David Lilley Mike Dunn 4–2 Ian Preece Noppon Saengkham 2–4 Zhang Yong Mark Williams 4–1 David John Barry Hawkins 4–3 Scott Donaldson Ross Muir 2–4 Ashley Hugill Mark King 4–1 Lee Walker Rory McLeod 4–2 Andy Hicks Stephen Maguire 4–0 Charlie Walters Alfie Burden 4–0 Paul Davison Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 2–4 Elliot Slessor Li Hang 2–4 Fang Xiongman Ken Doherty 3–4 Oliver Brown Anthony McGill 4–0 Chen Zhe David Grace 4–1 Sam Craigie Matthew Selt 4–0 Gareth Green Matthew Stevens 4–1 Adam Stefanow Mark Joyce w/o–w/d Leo Fernandez Hossein Vafaei 3–4 Steven Hallworth Stuart Bingham 4–0 Cao Yupeng
Century breaks
Televised stage centuries Total: 23
142 Mark King 140 Robert Milkins 137 Ryan Day 128 David Grace 127, 125 Anthony Hamilton 125 Kyren Wilson 124 Robin Hull 116 Rory McLeod 114, 101 Xiao Guodong 113 Stuart Bingham
112 Anthony McGill 109, 101 Shaun Murphy 109 Martin Gould 106 Matthew Stevens 106 Nigel Bond 104 Sunny Akani 104 Stephen Maguire 104 Marco Fu 102 Barry Hawkins 100 Matthew Selt
Qualifying stage centuries Total: 9
138 Kurt Maflin 132 Alfie Burden 115 Duane Jones 110 Mark Williams 110 Stuart Bingham
105 Luca Brecel 101 Robbie Williams 101 Rory McLeod 100 Martin O'Donnell
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