The 2021 Scottish Open (officially the 2021 BetVictor Scottish Open) was a professional snooker tournament that was played from 6 to 12 December 2021 at Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales."BetVictor Scottish Open to be Staged in Llandudno". World Snooker Tour. 17 August 2021. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2021–22 season, and the third tournament in the Home Nations Series, following the Northern Ireland Open and English Open, and preceding the Welsh Open. It was also the third of eight tournaments in the season's European Series. The tournament was sponsored by BetVictor and broadcast by Eurosport in the UK and Europe.

The day before tickets were due to go on sale, the Emirates Arena in Glasgow informed the World Snooker Tour that the venue would not host an event sponsored by a betting company.https://podcast.sport-social.co.uk/podcast/snooker-scene/ Episode 183 @ 47:50 Unable to find a suitable replacement venue in Scotland, the organisers moved the event to Wales. The qualifying stage of the tournament took place from 24 to 29 September 2021 at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England, although qualifying matches involving top-16 players and two wildcard entrants from the home nation were held over and played at Venue Cymru."2021-22 Snooker Calendar Announced". World Snooker Tour. 7 May 2021. In his first-round match against Lee Walker, Jimmy Robertson scored 178 points in a single frame, including 44 points in fouls, breaking the previous professional record of 167 set by Dominic Dale at the 1999 World Championship.

Mark Selby was the defending champion, having won the event in 2019 and 2020. By reaching the fourth round, Selby won 17 consecutive Scottish Open matches before he was defeated 3–4 by Anthony McGill. Luca Brecel, who had been runner-up at the UK Championship a week earlier, defeated John Higgins 9–5 in the final to claim the second ranking title of his career. Higgins lost his fourth consecutive final of the season, as well as his third consecutive Home Nations final. The highest break of the tournament was by Xiao Guodong, who made the first maximum break of his career in his qualifying round match against Fraser Patrick.

Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:

Winner: £70,000 Runner-up: £30,000 Semi-final: £20,000 Quarter-final: £10,000 Last 16: £7,500 Last 32: £4,000 Last 64: £3,000 Highest break: £5,000 Total: £405,000

Main draw Top half

Bottom half

Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Colin Humphries Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 12 December 2021.Luca Brecel 9–5John Higgins (7)Afternoon: 71–33, 96–0, 61–8, 0–91, 69–21, 59–56, 46–75, 104–0 (104) Evening: 79–27, 98–0, 5–97, 17–73, 25–62, 127–0 (127) 127Highest break 73 2Century breaks 0

Qualifying Qualification for the tournament took place from 24 to 29 September 2021 at the Metrodome in Barnsley, but the matches which involve top 16 players and the two wild card players were played at Venue Cymru."BetVictor Scottish Open Draw". World Snooker Tour. 26 August 2021 Zhou Yuelong was due to take part in this event, but withdrew and was replaced by John Astley."Zhou Withdraws From Scottish Open". World Snooker Tour. 23 September 2021. Ahead of the final stages, Neil Robertson and Mark Williams withdrew, and were replaced by Bai Langning and James Cahill respectively."Robertson And Williams Withdraw". World Snooker Tour. 5 December 2021.

(1) 4–1 Match was held over and played in Llandudno. 1–4 4–3 4–2 4–2 4–0 1–4 1–4 4–3 4–2 4–0 (9) 4–3 2–4 2–4 4–3 0–4 (5) 4–0 4–2 4–1 1–4 0–4 2–4 4–1 4–1 4–2 1–4 3–4 1–4 4–2 3–4 1–4 2–4 (3) 4–2 0–4 4–3 0–4 1–4 2–4 2–4 0–4 1–4 3–4 4–3 3–4 4–2 2–4 4–0 (6) 4–3 (7) 4–1 1–4 4–3 4–1 3–4 4–2 4–2 1–4 1–4 4–1 3–4 4–0 4–0 4–3 2–4 (2) 4–0

Century breaks

Main stage centuries

Total: 39

140 Fergal O'Brien 139, 125 John Higgins 135 Martin O'Donnell 133, 118 Jimmy Robertson 131 Jamie Jones 131 Ronnie O'Sullivan 130, 130, 113, 106 David Gilbert 128, 115 Liang Wenbo 127, 104 Luca Brecel 127 Pang Junxu 125 Gary Wilson 120 Ryan Day 117 Jordan Brown 117 Xiao Guodong 116, 107, 105 Mark Selby 116 Li Hang 113, 110 Anthony McGill 113, 109, 105, 104 Judd Trump 111 Zhao Jianbo 108 Sam Craigie 107 Sunny Akani 107 Steven Hallworth 104 Lei Peifan 103 Hossein Vafaei 101 Scott Donaldson 101 Matthew Selt

Qualifying stage centuries Total: 36

147, 108 Xiao Guodong 135, 100 Mark Selby 133, 100 Michael Judge 133 Fan Zhengyi 132 Jack Lisowski 132 Ronnie O'Sullivan 131, 113 David Gilbert 130, 107 Kyren Wilson 130 Shaun Murphy 130 Robbie Williams 126 Jackson Page 125 Michael Georgiou 121 Ricky Walden 118, 115 Noppon Saengkham 116 Oliver Lines 116 Kurt Maflin 115 Tom Ford 114 Elliot Slessor 112 Zhang Anda 109 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 109 Chang Bingyu 107 Mark Allen 107 Stephen Maguire 105 Si Jiahui 104 Martin Gould 103 Jak Jones 102 Michael Holt 102 David Lilley 100 Mitchell Mann 100 Judd Trump

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