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2019 Indian Open
Tournament information
Dates27 February – 3 March 2019 (2019-02-27 – 2019-03-03)
VenueGrand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty
CityKochi
CountryIndia
OrganisationWorld Snooker
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£323,000
Winner's share£50,000
Highest break Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (147)
Final
Champion Matthew Selt (ENG)
Runner-up Lyu Haotian (CHN)
Score5–3
2017

The 2019 Indian Open was a professional snooker tournament. It was due to take place between 18 and 22 September 2018 at the Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty in Kochi, India but was postponed due to the 2018 Kerala floods. The rescheduled Indian Open was played in Kochi from 27 February to 3 March 2019.[1] It was the fifteenth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.[2]

Qualifying took place on 15 and 16 August 2018 in Preston, England.

John Higgins was the defending champion, having beaten Anthony McGill 5–1 in the 2017 final,[3] but he lost to Matthew Selt in the semi-finals.[4]

Selt went on to win his first ranking title, beating Lyu Haotian 5–3 in the final.[5]

Zhou Yuelong made the first maximum break of his career in the fourth frame of his first round loss to Lyu Haotian. It was the 150th maximum in professional events.[6]

Prize fund

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The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £10,000

Main draw

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[7]

 
Last 64
Best of 7 frames
Last 32
Best of 7 frames
Last 16
Best of 7 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
                      
 
 
 
 
Scotland John Higgins4
 
 
 
Wales Duane Jones0
 
Scotland John Higgins4
 
 
 
Iran Hossein Vafaei3
 
Iran Hossein Vafaei4
 
 
 
Wales Dominic Dale3
 
Scotland John Higgins4
 
 
 
England James Cahill1
 
Wales Michael White2
 
 
 
England James Cahill4
 
England James Cahill4
 
 
 
England Elliot Slessor2
 
England David Gilbert3
 
 
 
England Elliot Slessor4
 
Scotland John Higgins4
 
 
 
China Li Hang3
 
Pakistan Hamza Akbarw/d
 
 
 
China Li Hangw/o
 
China Li Hang4
 
 
 
England Joe Perry2
 
England Ashley Carty1
 
 
 
England Joe Perry4
 
China Li Hang4
 
 
 
England Sam Craigie2
 
England Peter Ebdon4
 
 
 
England Ben Woollaston3
 
England Peter Ebdon1
 
 
 
England Sam Craigie4
 
England Sam Craigie4
 
 
 
China Liang Wenbo3
 
Scotland John Higgins2
 
 
 
England Matthew Selt4
 
England Stuart Bingham4
 
 
 
England Peter Lines1
 
England Stuart Bingham4
 
 
 
England John Astley2
 
England Gary Wilson1
 
 
 
England John Astley4
 
England Stuart Bingham3
 
 
 
China Lu Ning4
 
China Yan Bingtao4
 
 
 
Northern Ireland Gerard Greene3
 
China Yan Bingtao0
 
 
 
China Lu Ning4
 
China Lu Ning4
 
 
 
England Liam Highfield1
 
China Lu Ning3
 
 
 
England Matthew Selt4
 
England Matthew Selt4
 
 
 
England Tom Ford2
 
England Matthew Selt4
 
 
 
Northern Ireland Joe Swail0
 
Northern Ireland Joe Swail4
 
 
 
England Jack Lisowski3
 
England Matthew Selt4
 
 
 
England Oliver Lines3
 
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien1
 
 
 
England Oliver Lines4
 
England Oliver Lines4
 
 
 
Iran Soheil Vahedi3
 
Finland Robin Hull3
 
 
 
Iran Soheil Vahedi4
 
England Matthew Selt5
 
 
 
China Lyu Haotian3
 
England Andy Hicks4
 
 
 
China Li Yuan2
 
England Andy Hicks 4
 
 
 
Israel Eden Sharav2
 
Israel Eden Sharav4
 
 
 
Cyprus Michael Georgiou3
 
England Andy Hicks1
 
 
 
China Lyu Haotian4
 
England Luke Simmonds4
 
 
 
China Mei Xiwen0
 
England Luke Simmonds3
 
 
 
China Lyu Haotian4
 
China Zhou Yuelong3
 
 
 
China Lyu Haotian4
 
China Lyu Haotian4
 
 
 
England Mark Davis2
 
Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh4
 
 
 
England Michael Holt2
 
Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh1
 
 
 
Scotland Graeme Dott4
 
Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacherw/d
 
 
 
Scotland Graeme Dottw/o
 
Scotland Graeme Dott3
 
 
 
England Mark Davis4
 
England Paul Davison0
 
 
 
England Mark Davis4
 
England Mark Davis4
 
 
 
China Yuan Sijun2
 
China Yuan Sijun4
 
 
 
Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong1
 
China Lyu Haotian4
 
 
 
England Anthony Hamilton2
 
Belgium Luca Brecel4
 
 
 
England Ian Burns0
 
Belgium Luca Brecel4
 
 
 
England Andrew Higginson1
 
India Digvijay Kadian0
 
 
 
England Andrew Higginson4
 
Belgium Luca Brecel3
 
 
 
Scotland Scott Donaldson4
 
England Craig Steadman4
 
 
 
China Zhang Yong3
 
England Craig Steadman1
 
 
 
Scotland Scott Donaldson4
 
England Jimmy Robertson0
 
 
 
Scotland Scott Donaldson4
 
Scotland Scott Donaldson2
 
 
 
England Anthony Hamilton4
 
England Rory McLeod2
 
 
 
England Anthony Hamilton4
 
England Anthony Hamilton4
 
 
 
China Zhao Xintong2
 
England Sam Baird2
 
 
 
China Zhao Xintong4
 
England Anthony Hamilton4
 
 
 
England Chris Wakelin2
 
England Chris Wakelin4
 
 
 
England Stuart Carrington3
 
England Chris Wakelin4
 
 
 
England Shaun Murphy2
 
Wales Lee Walker2
 
 
England Shaun Murphy4
 

Final

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Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Colin Humphries
Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty, Kochi, India, 3 March 2019.
Matthew Selt
 England
5–3 Lyu Haotian
 China
57–48, 89–6, 0–115 (115), 12–78, 21–72, 102–0 (102), 67–49, 96–41
102 Highest break 115
1 Century breaks 1

Qualifying

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These matches were held between 15 and 16 August 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.

Scotland John Higgins 4–1[nb 1] England Ashley Hugill
Wales Duane Jones 4–1 Poland Adam Stefanow
Iran Hossein Vafaei 4–1 England Sanderson Lam
Wales Dominic Dale 4–2[nb 1] India Asutosh Padhy
Wales Michael White 4–1 England Nigel Bond
Scotland Alan McManus 3–4 England James Cahill
England David Gilbert 4–2 China Niu Zhuang
Wales Daniel Wells 3–4 England Elliot Slessor
England Robbie Williams 2–4 Pakistan Hamza Akbar
China Li Hang 4–0 Egypt Basem Eltahhan
China Xu Si 0–4 England Ashley Carty
England Joe Perry 4–0 England Joe O'Connor
England Peter Ebdon 4–3 Wales Jamie Clarke
England Ben Woollaston 4–0[nb 1] India S Shrikrishna
England Jimmy White 0–4 England Sam Craigie
China Liang Wenbo 4–0 England Mitchell Mann
England Stuart Bingham 4–1 Scotland Chris Totten
England Peter Lines 4–3 China Zhang Anda
England Gary Wilson 4–2 England Steven Hallworth
England Mike Dunn 3–4 England John Astley
China Yan Bingtao 4–2 Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez
Northern Ireland Gerard Greene 4–1 Hong Kong Andy Lee
England Robert Milkins 0–4 China Lu Ning
England Liam Highfield 4–2 England Billy Joe Castle
England Matthew Selt 4–2 China Zhang Jiankang
England Tom Ford 4–3 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown
England Martin O'Donnell 2–4 Northern Ireland Joe Swail
England Jack Lisowski 4–0[nb 1] India Himanshu Dinesh Jain
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 4–2 Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng
England Mark Joyce 2–4 England Oliver Lines
Finland Robin Hull 4–2 England Alfie Burden
Northern Ireland Mark Allen w/d–w/o Iran Soheil Vahedi
Australia Neil Robertson w/d–w/o England Andy Hicks
China Li Yuan 4–3 Scotland Ross Muir
Norway Kurt Maflin 1–4 Israel Eden Sharav
Cyprus Michael Georgiou 4–1 England Ben Hancorn
China Xiao Guodong w/d–w/o England Luke Simmonds
Thailand Sunny Akani 0–4 China Mei Xiwen
China Zhou Yuelong 4–1[nb 1] India Laxman Rawat
China Lyu Haotian 4–3 China Tian Pengfei
Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4–2 England Adam Duffy
England Michael Holt 4–1 China Chen Zifan
Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher 4–2 Germany Simon Lichtenberg
Scotland Graeme Dott 4–0 Wales Kishan Hirani
Thailand Noppon Saengkham 2–4 England Paul Davison
England Mark Davis 4–1 England Sean O'Sullivan
China Yuan Sijun 4–0 England Hammad Miah
Scotland Anthony McGill 1–4 Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong
Belgium Luca Brecel 4–3 England Simon Bedford
England Ian Burns 4–2 China Chen Feilong
Wales Jamie Jones w/d–w/o India Digvijay Kadian
England Andrew Higginson 4–1 England Harvey Chandler
England Mark King 2–4 England Craig Steadman
China Zhang Yong 4–2 China Fan Zhengyi
England Jimmy Robertson 4–3 England David Lilley
Scotland Scott Donaldson 4–3 Germany Lukas Kleckers
England Rory McLeod 4–3 England Rod Lawler
England Anthony Hamilton 4–1 England Farakh Ajaib
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 1–4 England Sam Baird
England Ricky Walden 3–4 China Zhao Xintong
England Chris Wakelin 4–2 Wales Jak Jones
England Stuart Carrington 4–1 China Luo Honghao
England Allan Taylor 1–4 Wales Lee Walker
England Shaun Murphy 4–1[nb 1] India Lucky Vatnani
Notes
  1. ^ a b c d e f Match held over and played in Kochi.

Century breaks

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Main stage centuries

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There were a total of 33 century breaks made during the tournament.[8] Zhou Yuelong made a century in a held over match.

Qualifying stage centuries

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There were a total of 10 century breaks made during the qualifying matches preceding the event.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "2018/19 Calendar Amendments – New Indian Open Dates Confirmed". World Snooker. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Indian Open Draw and Preview - SnookerHQ". SnookerHQ. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Indian Open: John Higgins beats Anthony McGill to take title". BBC Sport. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Indian Open - World Snooker". World Snooker. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Indian Open: Matthew Selt ends 13-year wait, bags first world-ranking snooker title". Sportstar. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Zhou Joins 147 Club". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 28 February 2018.
  7. ^ Årdalen, Hermund. "Indian Open (2019) - snooker.org". snooker.org (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Indian Open 2019 – Centuries". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Indian Open 2018 Qualifiers – Centuries". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 16 March 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2021.