2016 Indian Open

Indian Open
Tournament information
Dates	5–9 July 2016
Venue	HICC Novotel Hotel
City	Hyderabad
Country	India
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£300,000
Winner's share	£50,000
Highest break	Mark King (ENG) (142)
Final
Champion	Anthony McGill (SCO)
Runner-up	Kyren Wilson (ENG)
Score	5–2
	← 2015 2017 →

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.^[1] It was the second ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.^[2]

Hyderabad hosted the event for the first time, the previous venue being Grand Hyatt in Mumbai.^[1]

Michael White was the defending champion,^[3] but he lost 1–4 against Anthony Hamilton in the held over qualifying round.^[4]

Anthony McGill won the first ranking title of his career, defeating Kyren Wilson 5–2 in the final.^[5]

Prize fund[]

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[6]

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.^[7]

Wildcard round[]

These matches were played in Hyderabad on 5 July 2016.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

Match		Score
WC1	Zhao Xintong (CHN)	4–2	(IND)
WC2	Hamza Akbar (PAK)	w/d–w/o	(IND)
WC3	Fraser Patrick (SCO)	w/d–w/o	(IND)
WC4	Andrew Higginson (ENG)	4–1	Manan Chandra (IND)
WC5	Fang Xiongman (CHN)	2–4	Pankaj Advani (IND)
WC6	David Grace (ENG)	4–1	Lucky Vatnani (IND)

Main draw[]

^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

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

Anthony Hamilton	4

Eden Sharav	3
		Anthony Hamilton	2

		Gary Wilson	4
Gary Wilson	4

Zhao Xintong	1
				Gary Wilson	2

				Sunny Akani	4
Mark Davis	4

Robin Hull	3
		Mark Davis	2

		Sunny Akani	4
Sunny Akani	4

Jamie Burnett	1
						Sunny Akani	2

						Kyren Wilson	4
Xiao Guodong	4

Jimmy Robertson	3
		Xiao Guodong	3

		Kyren Wilson	4
Martin O'Donnell	3

Kyren Wilson	4
				Kyren Wilson	4

				Martin Gould	2
James Wattana	3

Jamie Jones	4
		Jamie Jones	2

		Martin Gould	4
Allan Taylor	0

Martin Gould	4
								Kyren Wilson	4

								Nigel Bond	1
Marco Fu	4

	0
		Marco Fu	0

		Dominic Dale	4
Dominic Dale	4

	2
				Dominic Dale	1

				Peter Ebdon	4
Liam Highfield	3

Duane Jones	4
		Duane Jones	1

		Peter Ebdon	4
Peter Ebdon	4

Zhou Yuelong	1
						Peter Ebdon	3

						Nigel Bond	4
Robbie Williams	w/o

Luca Brecel	w/d
		Robbie Williams	2

		John Astley	4
John Astley	4

Ryan Day	3
				John Astley	2

				Nigel Bond	4
Sam Baird	4

Jack Lisowski	3
		Sam Baird	2

		Nigel Bond	4
Nigel Bond	4

Ricky Walden	1
										Kyren Wilson	2

										Anthony McGill	5
Shaun Murphy	4

Daniel Wells	1
		Shaun Murphy	4

		Michael Georgiou	3
Michael Georgiou	4

Dechawat Poomjaeng	2
				Shaun Murphy	4

				Oliver Lines	2
Graeme Dott	1

Oliver Lines	4
		Oliver Lines	4

		Andrew Higginson	2
Mitchell Mann	1

Andrew Higginson	4
						Shaun Murphy	4

						David Lilley	2
Joe Swail	4

Jimmy White	2
		Joe Swail	1

		Robert Milkins	4
Stuart Carrington	1

Robert Milkins	4
				Robert Milkins	2

				David Lilley	4
David Lilley	4

Mike Dunn	2
		David Lilley	4

		Mark Williams	3
Zhang Yong	1

Mark Williams	4
								Shaun Murphy	2

								Anthony McGill	4
Barry Hawkins	4

Ashley Hugill	0
		Barry Hawkins	4

		Rory McLeod	2
Mark King	1

Rory McLeod	4
				Barry Hawkins	3

				Stephen Maguire	4
Stephen Maguire	4

Alfie Burden	0
		Stephen Maguire	4

		Pankaj Advani	3
Elliot Slessor	0

Pankaj Advani	4
						Stephen Maguire	1

						Anthony McGill	4
Oliver Brown	1

Anthony McGill	4
		Anthony McGill	4

		Matthew Selt	2
David Grace	2

Matthew Selt	4
				Anthony McGill	4

				Stuart Bingham	0
Matthew Stevens	4

Mark Joyce	2
		Matthew Stevens	3

		Stuart Bingham	4
Steven Hallworth	3

Stuart Bingham	4

Final[]

Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Marcel Eckardt. HICC Novotel Hotel, Hyderabad, India, 9 July 2016.^[9]^[10]^[11]
Kyren Wilson England	2–5	Anthony McGill Scotland
28–86, 88–16 (65), 27–83, 61–49 (50), 25–97 (96), 12–60, 39–50
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.^[10]^[12]^[13]


Michael White	1–4^{[nb 1]}	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^{[nb 1]}	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
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
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
Oliver Lines	4–0
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

Interior of the Preston Guild Hall during the qualifying round

^ ^a ^b Match was held over and played in Hyderabad.

Century breaks[]

Televised stage centuries[]

Total: 23^[14]

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^[15]

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

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Indian Open 2016". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 4 July 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
^ "Calendar 2016/2017". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
^ "Michael White wins first ranking title at Indian Open". BBC Sport. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
^ "Champion White Makes Early Exit". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
^ "Indian Open: Scot Anthony McGill secures first ranking title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
^ "Indicative prize money rankings schedule 2016/2017 season" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
^ "Rolling 147 Prizes". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Indian Open Draw" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Indian Open Format" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Indian Open". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Indian Open". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
^ "Indian Open Qualifiers Draw" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
^ "Indian Open, World Open and Riga Masters Qualifiers Format" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
^ "Indian Open Centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
^ "Indian Open Qualifiers: Century Breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

[heldover-14] Match was held over and played in Hyderabad.

[Indian_Open-1] "Indian Open 2016". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 4 July 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.

[calendar-2] "Calendar 2016/2017". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

[3] "Michael White wins first ranking title at Indian Open". BBC Sport. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2016.

[4] "Champion White Makes Early Exit". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 6 July 2016.

[5] "Indian Open: Scot Anthony McGill secures first ranking title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

[6] "Indicative prize money rankings schedule 2016/2017 season" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.

[7] "Rolling 147 Prizes". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 6 July 2016.

[draw-8] "Indian Open Draw" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

[format-9] "Indian Open Format" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

[results-10] "Indian Open". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 May 2016.

[matches-11] "Indian Open". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

[12] "Indian Open Qualifiers Draw" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 17 May 2016.

[13] "Indian Open, World Open and Riga Masters Qualifiers Format" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 17 May 2016.

[15] "Indian Open Centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

[16] "Indian Open Qualifiers: Century Breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

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Tournament information
Dates	5–9 July 2016 (2016-07-05 – 2016-07-09)
Venue	HICC Novotel Hotel
City	Hyderabad
Country	India
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£300,000^[1]
Winner's share	£50,000
Highest break	Mark King (ENG) (142)
Final
Champion	Anthony McGill (SCO)
Runner-up	Kyren Wilson (ENG)
Score	5–2
← 2015 2017 →