The 2017 Indian Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12 and 16 September 2017 in Vishakhapatnam, India. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.
Qualifying took place between 1 and 2 August 2017 in Preston, England.
Anthony McGill was the defending champion, having beaten Kyren Wilson 5–2 in the 2016 final. McGill reached the final again but was beaten by John Higgins, who won his 29th ranking event.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £50,000 Runner-up: £25,000 Semi-final: £15,000 Quarter-final: £10,000 Last 16: £6,000 Last 32: £4,000 Last 64: £2,000
Televised highest break: £2,000 Total: £323,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £25,000.
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri Hotel Novotel Varun Beach, Vishakhapatnam, India, 16 September 2017. Anthony McGill 1–5 John Higgins 2–70, 43–84, 78–28, , , 49 Highest break 71 0 Century breaks 0 0 50+ breaks 1
Qualifying These matches were held between 1 and 2 August 2017 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.
Anthony McGill 4–0Match was held over and played in India. Aditya Mehta Mitchell Mann 1–4 Ashley Hugill Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 0–4 Jackson Page Rory McLeod 4–2 Ross Muir Anthony Hamilton 4–3 Alex Borg Hossein Vafaei 4–3 Sanderson Lam Michael White w/d–w/o Gerard Greene Li Hang 4–1 S ShrikrishnaWildcard Tian Pengfei 4–2 Eden Sharav Tom Ford 4–0 Chris Totten Zhang Anda 4–0 Lyu Haotian Martin Gould 1–4 Soheil Vahedi Sam Baird 4–2 Lucky Vatnani Mark Davis 4–0 Laxman Rawat John Astley 4–0 Paul Davison Ali Carter 2–4 Ken Doherty Stuart Bingham 4–1 Chen Zifan Mei Xiwen 2–4 Duane Jones Matthew Selt 4–3 Chen Zhe Mark Joyce 2–4 Cao Yupeng Mark King 4–2 Nigel Bond Noppon Saengkham 2–4 Adam Duffy Graeme Dott 4–3 Fang Xiongman Jack Lisowski 4–1 Joe Swail Matthew Stevens 2–4 Elliot Slessor Alan McManus 4–0 Malkeet Singh Daniel Wells 4–1 Billy Joe Castle Joe Perry w/o–w/d Hamza Akbar Fergal O'Brien 4–0 Craig Steadman Jimmy Robertson 4–2 Jak Jones Hammad Miah w/o–w/d Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn Shaun Murphy 4–2 E Pandurangaiah
Neil Robertson Robin Hull Michael Georgiou 2–4 Xu Si Xiao Guodong 3–4 Sean O'Sullivan David Grace 3–4 Josh Boileau Ricky Walden 4–2 Jimmy White Alfie Burden 4–2 Jamie Curtis-Barrett Ben Woollaston 4–2 Sam Craigie Yan Bingtao 4–2 Rhys Clark Kurt Maflin 4–2 James Wattana Zhou Yuelong 4–0 Kurt Dunham Chris Wakelin 3–4 Wang Yuchen David Gilbert 4–2 Allan Taylor Andrew Higginson 4–0 Asutosh Padhy Jamie Jones 1–4 Alexander Ursenbacher Lee Walker 1–4 Niu Zhuang Mark Allen 4–3 Thor Chuan Leong Kyren Wilson 2–4 Boonyarit Keattikun Liam Highfield 4–0 Matthew Bolton Robert Milkins 4–2 Yuan Sijun Yu Delu 4–2 Ian Burns Stephen Maguire 4–0 Hu Hao Scott Donaldson 2–4 Sunny Akani Dominic Dale 4–2 Zhang Yong Robbie Williams 2–4 Rod Lawler Gary Wilson 4–1 Lukas Kleckers Luca Brecel 4–0 Christopher Keogan Oliver Lines 0–4 Ian Preece Michael Holt 4–2 Peter Lines Mike Dunn 4–0 Jamie Clarke Peter Ebdon 2–4 Martin O'Donnell Zhao Xintong 4–0 Li Yuan John Higgins 4–1 David John
Notes
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 18
139 Michael Georgiou 128 Dominic Dale 126 Sam Craigie 121 Eden Sharav 117 Mark Joyce 114 Gary Wilson 113 Yu Delu 109 Jimmy Robertson 108 Daniel Wells
104 Stephen Maguire 103 Jimmy White 102 Zhang Anda 102 Mike Dunn 101 Peter Ebdon 101 Fergal O'Brien 101 Allan Taylor 101 Mitchell Mann 100 Josh Boileau
Televised stage centuries
Total: 14
141 Zhou Yuelong 135 Kurt Maflin 125, 105, 102 Shaun Murphy 122, 102 John Higgins 112, 102 David Gilbert
112 Stephen Maguire 110 Mark King 108 Alan McManus 103 Gary Wilson 101 Stuart Bingham
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