2017 English Open (snooker)

English Open
Tournament information
Dates	16–22 October 2017
Venue	Barnsley Metrodome
City	Barnsley
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£366,000
Winner's share	£70,000
Highest break	Liang Wenbo (CHN) (147)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Runner-up	Kyren Wilson (ENG)
Score	9–2
	← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Dafabet English Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 16 to 22 October 2017 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.^[1] It was the seventh ranking event of the 2017/2018 season and a part of the Home Nations Series.

Liang Wenbo was the defending champion, having beaten Judd Trump 9–6 in the 2016 final. Wenbo made a maximum break in his second round match against Tom Ford, but lost in the third round to Yan Bingtao. His maximum won him the "rolling 147 prize" of £40,000.

Ronnie O'Sullivan captured his 29th ranking title by beating Kyren Wilson 9–2 in the final. With his win O'Sullivan tied John Higgins for 2nd place on the all-time list of ranking event wins, only behind Stephen Hendry.^[2]

Prize fund[]

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[3]

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 stood at £40,000

Main draw[]

Qualifying Round[]


Allan Taylor	4–3	David Lilley
Ian Burns	3–4	Zhang Anda


Fang Xiongman	4–0	Joe O'Connor

Top half[]

Section 1[]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



Liang Wenbo (1)	4

Duane Jones	1
		Liang Wenbo (1)	4

		Tom Ford	3
Tom Ford	4

Xu Si	1
				Liang Wenbo (1)	0

				Yan Bingtao	4
Basem Eltahhan	0

Jamie Jones	4
		Jamie Jones	1

		Yan Bingtao	4
Noppon Saengkham	0

Yan Bingtao	4
						Yan Bingtao	3

						Anthony McGill (16)	4
Anthony McGill (16)	4

Michael Holt	3
		Anthony McGill (16)	4

		Lyu Haotian	2
Lyu Haotian	4

Allan Taylor	1
				Anthony McGill (16)	4

				Sunny Akani	3
Sunny Akani	4

Matthew Bolton	2
		Sunny Akani	4

		Joe Swail	2
Chris Totten	3

Joe Swail	4

Section 2[]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



Jimmy Robertson	4

Adam Duffy	2
		Jimmy Robertson	4

		Gary Wilson	2
Gary Wilson	4

Sean O'Sullivan	1
				Jimmy Robertson	2

				Neil Robertson (9)	4
Li Hang	4

Chris Wakelin	2
		Li Hang	3

		Neil Robertson (9)	4
Neil Robertson (9)	4

Billy Joe Castle	0
						Neil Robertson (9)	4

						Aditya Mehta	1
Ian Preece	4

Mei Xiwen	0
		Ian Preece	2

		Aditya Mehta	4
Sam Craigie	0

Aditya Mehta	4
				Aditya Mehta	4

				Chen Zifan	1
Chen Zifan	4

Sanderson Lam	3
		Chen Zifan	4

		Barry Hawkins (8)	3
Barry Hawkins (8)	4

Peter Lines	2

Section 3[]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



Judd Trump (5)	4

Robbie Williams	3
		Judd Trump (5)	4

		Mark Joyce	0
Yu Delu	3

Mark Joyce	4
				Judd Trump (5)	4

				Matthew Stevens	1
Matthew Stevens	4

Eden Sharav	0
		Matthew Stevens	4

		David Gilbert	2
Josh Boileau	0

David Gilbert	4
						Judd Trump (5)	3

						Jack Lisowski	4
Luca Brecel (12)	4

Ryan Day	1
		Luca Brecel (12)	1

		Mark Williams	4
David Grace	1

Mark Williams	4
				Mark Williams	2

				Jack Lisowski	4
Jamie Curtis-Barrett	2

Li Yuan	4
		Li Yuan	3

		Jack Lisowski	4
Rory McLeod	0

Jack Lisowski	4

Section 4[]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



Rhys Clark	4

Alan McManus	3
		Rhys Clark	2

		Zhang Yong	4
Zhang Yong	4

Kurt Dunham	3
				Zhang Yong	1

				Ronnie O'Sullivan (13)	4
Mark Davis	4

Chen Zhe	3
		Mark Davis	1

		Ronnie O'Sullivan (13)	4
Ronnie O'Sullivan (13)	4

Zhang Anda	1
						Ronnie O'Sullivan (13)	4

						John Higgins (4)	3
Robert Milkins	4

Stephen Maguire	0
		Robert Milkins	4

		Ashley Hugill	2
Ashley Hugill	4

Nigel Bond	2
				Robert Milkins	3

				John Higgins	4
Matthew Selt	4

Alfie Burden	2
		Matthew Selt	1

		John Higgins (4)	4
John Higgins (4)	4

Elliot Slessor	3

Bottom half[]

Section 5[]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



Ding Junhui (3)	4

Christopher Keogan	1
		Ding Junhui (3)	2

		Michael White	4
Lukas Kleckers	1

Michael White	4
				Michael White	4

				Ben Woollaston	0
Craig Steadman	4

Robin Hull	3
		Craig Steadman	3

		Ben Woollaston	4
Ben Woollaston	4

Peter Ebdon	2
						Michael White	4

						James Wattana	3
Ali Carter (14)	4

Oliver Lines	1
		Ali Carter (14)	3

		James Wattana	4
James Wattana	4

Martin O'Donnell	2
				James Wattana	4

				Yuan Sijun	2
John Astley	4

Paul Davison	2
		John Astley	3

		Yuan Sijun	4
Yuan Sijun	4

Joe Perry	1

Section 6[]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



Ken Doherty	1

Gerard Greene	4
		Gerard Greene	3

		Alexander Ursenbacher	4
Anthony Hamilton	2

Alexander Ursenbacher	4
				Alexander Ursenbacher	4

				Stuart Carrington	2
Stuart Carrington	4

Boonyarit Keattikun	1
		Stuart Carrington	4

		Mark Allen (11)	2
Mark Allen (11)	4

Jimmy White	0
						Alexander Ursenbacher	4

						Shaun Murphy (6)	1
Liam Highfield	4

Fergal O'Brien	3
		Liam Highfield	4

		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	3
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4

Kurt Maflin	2
				Liam Highfield	3

				Shaun Murphy (6)	4
Dominic Dale	1

Daniel Wells	4
		Daniel Wells	2

		Shaun Murphy (6)	4
Shaun Murphy (6)	4

Soheil Vahedi	1

Section 7[]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



Marco Fu (7)	1

Tian Pengfei	4
		Tian Pengfei	1

		Hammad Miah	4
Michael Georgiou	1

Hammad Miah	4
				Hammad Miah	1

				Andrew Higginson	4
Mitchell Mann	4

Leo Fernandez	3
		Mitchell Mann	0

		Andrew Higginson	4
Zhou Yuelong	w/d

Andrew Higginson	w/o
						Andrew Higginson	1

						Hossein Vafaei	4
Stuart Bingham (10)	4

Lee Walker	0
		Stuart Bingham (10)	4

		Fang Xiongman	2
Mark King	2

Fang Xiongman	4
				Stuart Bingham (10)	3

				Hossein Vafaei	4
Martin Gould	1

Zhao Xintong	4
		Zhao Xintong	2

		Hossein Vafaei	4
Hossein Vafaei	4

Niu Zhuang	2

Section 8[]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



Thor Chuan Leong	4

Graeme Dott	1
		Thor Chuan Leong	4

		Cao Yupeng	2
Cao Yupeng	4

Hamza Akbar	1
				Thor Chuan Leong	1

				Kyren Wilson (15)	4
Mike Dunn	4

Alex Borg	2
		Mike Dunn	0

		Kyren Wilson (15)	4
Kyren Wilson (15)	4

Rod Lawler	3
						Kyren Wilson (15)	4

						Xiao Guodong	0
Xiao Guodong	4

Wang Yuchen	2
		Xiao Guodong	4

		Ricky Walden	2
Jak Jones	2

Ricky Walden	4
				Xiao Guodong	4

				Mark Selby (2)	1
Sam Baird	3

Ross Muir	4
		Ross Muir	1

		Mark Selby (2)	4
Mark Selby (2)	4

Scott Donaldson	3

Finals[]

Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals Best of 11 frames		Final Best of 17 frames



Anthony McGill (16)	5

Neil Robertson (9)	3
		Anthony McGill (16)	4

		Ronnie O'Sullivan (13)	6
Jack Lisowski	2

Ronnie O'Sullivan (13)	5
				Ronnie O'Sullivan (13)	9

				Kyren Wilson (15)	2
Michael White	0

Alexander Ursenbacher	5
		Alexander Ursenbacher	3

		Kyren Wilson (15)	6
Hossein Vafaei	3

Kyren Wilson (15)	5

Final[]

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Colin Humphries. Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley, England, 22 October 2017.
Ronnie O'Sullivan (13) England	9–2	Kyren Wilson (15) England
Afternoon: 115–19 (115), 7–85 (74), 67–57 (O'Sullivan 54), 131–0 (131), 0–109 (109), 78–0 (77), 87–0 (87), 96–4 (96) Evening: 69–32 (50), 127–0 (127), 132–0 (132)
132	Highest break	109
4	Century breaks	1
9	50+ breaks	2

Century breaks[]

Total: 83

147, 107, 105 – Liang Wenbo
144, 132, 130, 128 – Jack Lisowski
143, 128, 114, 105 – Judd Trump
141, 127, 112, 104, 104 – Stuart Bingham
140, 124, 118, 109, 109, 106, 103 – Kyren Wilson
140, 104 – Liam Highfield
139, 136, 134, 133, 132, 131, 129, 127, 127, 126, 125, 115 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
139 – Thor Chuan Leong
138, 131 – John Higgins
136, 135, 134 – Shaun Murphy
136 – Mitchell Mann
135 – Marco Fu
134, 132 – Neil Robertson
132, 115, 105 – Matthew Stevens
131 – Ian Preece
131 – David Gilbert
128, 100 – Michael White
127 – Ali Carter
126 – Tian Pengfei
124 – Mark Selby
123, 104, 104 – Yuan Sijun
123 – Barry Hawkins
123 – Alexander Ursenbacher
121 – Scott Donaldson
120 – Stuart Carrington
116 – Aditya Mehta
113 – Ding Junhui
112 – Sunny Akani
111 – Yan Bingtao
110, 105 – Tom Ford
110 – Ross Muir
110 – Xiao Guodong
108 – James Wattana
107, 101 – Jimmy Robertson
107 – Fang Xiongman
106 – Robin Hull
104 – Hamza Akbar
104 – Jamie Jones
102 – Chen Zifan
101 – Craig Steadman
100 – Mark Joyce
100 – Anthony McGill

References[]

^ "2017/18 World Snooker Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
^ "Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Kyren Wilson 9-2 to claim title". BBC Sport. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
^ "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

[1] "2017/18 World Snooker Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

[2] "Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Kyren Wilson 9-2 to claim title". BBC Sport. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

[3] "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

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Tournament information

Dates	16–22 October 2017 (2017-10-16 – 2017-10-22)
Venue	Barnsley Metrodome
City	Barnsley
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£366,000
Winner's share	£70,000
Highest break	Liang Wenbo (CHN) (147)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Runner-up	Kyren Wilson (ENG)
Score	9–2
← 2016 2018 →