The 2019 Welsh Open (officially the 2019 ManBetX Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament which took place from 11 to 17 February 2019 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales. It was the thirteenth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season, and the final event of the season's Home Nations Series.
John Higgins was the defending champion, having beaten Barry Hawkins 9–7 in the 2018 final, but he was defeated 3–5 by Joe O'Connor in the quarter-finals.
Neil Robertson won the event, gaining his fifteenth ranking title, and his second Home Nations triumph since the re-brand in 2016, becoming the second player to claim two Home Nations victories after Stuart Bingham, whom he defeated 9–7 in the final. Bingham made eleven centuries throughout the tournament, while Robertson made the fourth 147 break of his career in the fourth frame of his Round 1 match with Jordan Brown, followed by a 140 break to win the match 4–1.
Noppon Saengkham made his first ever professionally recorded 147 break in the second frame of his third round match against Mark Selby. It was the fifth time two maximums had been made during the main stages of a ranking event, and the fourth time inside a year.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £70,000 Runner-up: £30,000 Semi-final: £20,000 Quarter-final: £10,000 Last 16: £6,000 Last 32: £3,500 Last 64: £2,500
Highest break: £2,000 Total: £366,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £15,000
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: Rob Spencer.Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales, 17 February 2019. Stuart Bingham (12) 7–9 Neil Robertson (10)Afternoon: 21–72, , , , , , , Evening: 53–65, , , , , , , 102 Highest break 83 1 Century breaks 0
Century breaks Total: 81
147, 140, 140, 136, 103 Neil Robertson 147, 102 Noppon Saengkham 140, 134, 127, 122, 115, 101 Jack Lisowski 140, 108 Liam Highfield 139, 135, 128, 115, 107 Mark Selby 139 Lyu Haotian 136, 127, 121 Joe Perry 135, 132, 129, 106, 104, 103 Zhao Xintong 134, 128, 125, 124, 119, 112, 107, 104, 103, 102, 100 Stuart Bingham 131 Joe O'Connor 131 Lukas Kleckers 131 Mei Xiwen 130, 110 Scott Donaldson 128 Matthew Selt 127, 100 Elliot Slessor 126 Kishan Hirani 125, 102 Robbie Williams 122 Alan McManus 120, 118, 116 Ronnie O'Sullivan 120, 104 Kurt Maflin 118, 118 Oliver Lines 116 Lu Ning 115 James Cahill 113 Martin O'Donnell 106, 103 John Higgins 106 Hossein Vafaei 105 Anthony McGill 105 Thor Chuan Leong 105 Lee Walker 104, 103, 102 Ian Burns 104 Sean O'Sullivan 104 Jackson Page 104 Jimmy Robertson 104 Xiao Guodong 103 Sam Craigie 103 Hammad Miah 102 Shaun Murphy 100 Mark Allen 100 Michael Georgiou
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