2022 Turkish Masters

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2022 Nirvana Turkish Masters
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Tournament information
Dates7–13 March 2022 (2022-03-07 – 2022-03-13)
VenueNirvana Cosmopolitan Hotel
CityAntalya
CountryTurkey
OrganisationWorld Snooker Tour
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£500,000
Winner's share£100,000

The 2022 Turkish Masters (officially the 2022 Nirvana Turkish Masters) is an ongoing professional snooker tournament that is taking place from 7 to 13 March 2022 at the Nirvana Cosmopolitan Hotel in Antalya, Turkey. The 13th ranking event of the 2021–22 snooker season, it is the inaugural staging of the Turkish Masters and the first time that a professional snooker event has been staged in Turkey. The tournament was originally scheduled to take place from 27 September to 3 October 2021, but the World Snooker Tour postponed it until March 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 Turkey wildfires. Qualification for the event was played from 2 to 6 February 2022 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. The tournament is being broadcast by Turkish Radio and Television Corporation domestically in Turkey, and Eurosport in Europe. The event features a total prize fund of £500,000, with the winner receiving £100,000.

Format[]

The event is the first edition of the Turkish Masters, the first time a snooker world ranking event is played in Turkey.[1] It is taking place from 7 to 13 March 2022 at the Nirvana Cosmopolitan Hotel in Antalya, Turkey.[2] Organised by the World Snooker Tour it is the 13th ranking event of the 2021–22 snooker season.[3] The tournament was originally scheduled to take place from 27 September to 3 October 2021, but was postponed it until March 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 Turkey wildfires. This postponement also affected the qualifying round, which was held from 2 to 6 February 2022 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester.[4][5] The event followed the Welsh Open and preceded the Gibraltar Open.[6] The tournament is being broadcast by the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation in Turkey and Eurosport in Europe.[3] The event will be shown on Liaoning TV, , Kuaishou, Migu, Youku and Huya.com in China; Premier Sports Network in the Phillipines; Now TV in Hong Kong; True Sport in Thailand; in Taiwan and in Malaysia. In all other territories, the event is available from Matchroom Sport.[6]

World number two Ronnie O'Sullivan declined to enter the tournament because he was not offered any additional financial incentive. WPBSA chairman Jason Ferguson stated that although he was disappointed by O'Sullivan's decision, the governing body had to maintain a level playing field and would not offer players extra money to appear in tournaments.[7] World number four Neil Robertson and reigning world champion Mark Selby both withdrew for personal reasons.[8] This meant that three of the top four players in the world rankings did not participate.[9]

Prize fund[]

There is a total prize fund of £500,000, with the winner recieving £100,000. A breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:[10]

  • Winner: £100,000
  • Runner-up: £45,000
  • Semi-final: £20,000
  • Quarter-final: £12,500
  • Last 16: £7,500
  • Last 32: £5,500
  • Last 64: £3,500
  • Highest break: £5,000
  • Total: £500,000

Summary[]

Robert Milkins arrived intoxicated at the tournament's opening ceremony on 6 March. He had verbal altercations with other players, hotel guests, and WPBSA chairman Jason Ferguson, fell and cut his chin in the hotel toilets, and was taken to hospital by his fellow professional Jimmy Robertson to have his stomach pumped. Although Milkins apologised to the tournament organisers and the hotel for his behaviour, he stated that he narrowly avoided being removed from the tournament.[11] The World Snooker Tour confirmed that it had referred Milkins to the governing body's disciplinary committee over the incident.[11][12][13]

In the round of 64, John Higgins made two century breaks, including a 128 in the final frame, to defeat the EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships winner 5–2.[14] Emery, playing as an amateur, had already gained a place on the World Snooker Tour from the Higgins predicted Emery would "do well" on the Tour, but said he was still "raw".[14] Si Jiahui, another amateur player, defeated world number 13 Anthony McGill 5–2. UK Championship winner Zhao Xintong defeated amateur Michael White 5–4, while Martin Gould produced back-to-back centuries from 3–4 behind to defeat David Grace 5–4.[15]

Luca Brecel celebrated his 27th birthday by making six half-centuries as he defeated Stuart Carrington 5–1.[16] Oliver Lines trailed by 50 points in the deciding frame against Xiao Guodong, but won the match with a clearance of 69.[17] Shaun Murphy, yet to reach a ranking semi-final in the season, whitewhashed Lyu Haotian in 63 minutes, making breaks of 64, 59, and 58. Jimmy Robertson came from 0–2 behind to win five consecutive frames and defeat Cao Yupeng 5–2.[18] Ding Junhui, who had slipped to 32nd in the world rankings, fell 1–4 behind against Milkins, but produced breaks of 131, 105, 81, and 55 to win 5–4.[17]

World number three Judd Trump won the first two frames against Chris Wakelin, but Wakelin made a 113 break in the third and drew level in the fourth. Trump regained his two-frame lead at 4–2, but scored only one point in the seventh frame as Wakelin reduced his arrears. The eighth frame was decided by a safety battle on the green ball, with Trump prevailing to win the match 5–3.[19] Jak Jones took a 4–2 lead against the 11th seed Mark Allen, but Allen drew level to force a deciding frame. Jones prevailed in the decider with a break of 79 to record one of the biggest wins of his career.[20] Jack Lisowski also won 5–4 against Martin O'Donnell, with the final frame decided on the black.[20] Joe Perry, who won the Welsh Open the previous week, lost 2–5 in the round of 64 to Liang Wenbo, while Hossein Vafaei defeated Ben Woollaston 5–3 with breaks of 98, 91, 52, 69 and 70.[20]

In the round of 32, Matthew Selt defeated Zhao 5–2, winning the first three frames on the colours, and later making breaks of 70 and 80. Selt noted that his safety game often helped him win matches when not playing at his best, calling himself "a poor man’s Mark Selby." Higgins whitewashed Michael Holt 5–0, making breaks of 121, 54, and 69, while Si reached the last 16 by defeating Tom Ford 5–1.[21]

Main draw[]

Top half[]

 
Last 64
Best of 9 frames		Last 32
Best of 9 frames		Last 16
Best of 9 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
 
                  
 
 
 
 
China Wu Yize5
 
 
 
Republic of Ireland Aaron Hill0
 
China Wu Yize
 
 
 
China Lu Ning (32)
 
China Lu Ning (32)w/o
 
 
 
England Zak Surety[22]w/d
 
China
 
 
 
England
 
England Jack Lisowski (16)5
 
 
 
England Martin O'Donnell (49)4
 
England Jack Lisowski (16)
 
 
 
England Martin Gould (17)
 
England Martin Gould (17)5
 
 
 
England David Grace (48)4
 
 
 
 
 
England Ashley Hugill2
 
 
 
Northern Ireland Jordan Brown (24)5
 
Northern Ireland Jordan Brown (24)
 
 
 
Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (56)
 
Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (56)5
 
 
 
Scotland Stephen Maguire (9)4
 
 
 
 
England Matthew Selt (25)
 
Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher (40)4
 
 
 
England Matthew Selt (25)5
 
England Matthew Selt (25)5
 
 
 
China Zhao Xintong (8)2
 
Wales Michael White4
 
 
 
China Zhao Xintong (8)5
 
 
 
 
 
Scotland John Higgins (5)5
 
 
 
Wales 2
 
Scotland John Higgins (5)5
 
 
 
England Michael Holt (37)0
 
Germany Lukas Kleckers4
 
 
 
England Michael Holt (37)5
 
Scotland John Higgins (5)
 
 
 
Scotland Graeme Dott (21)
 
Wales Jackson Page5
 
 
 
Germany Simon Lichtenberg0
 
Wales Jackson Page2
 
 
 
Scotland Graeme Dott (21)5
 
Scotland Graeme Dott (21)5
 
 
 
Scotland Scott Donaldson (44)4
 
Scotland
 
 
 
 
England Anthony Hamilton (45)2
 
 
 
England Tom Ford (20)5
 
England Tom Ford (20)1
 
 
 
China Si Jiahui5
 
China Si Jiahui5
 
 
 
Scotland Anthony McGill (13)2
 
China Si Jiahui
 
 
 
 
England Robert Milkins (36)4
 
 
 
China Ding Junhui (29)5
 
China Ding Junhui (29)
 
 
 
England Kyren Wilson (4)
 
China Tian Pengfei (61)1
 
 
England Kyren Wilson (4)5
 

Bottom half[]

 
Last 64
Best of 9 frames		Last 32
Best of 9 frames		Last 16
Best of 9 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
 
                  
 
 
 
 
Ukraine Iulian Boiko1
 
 
 
England Andrew Higginson (62)5
 
England Andrew Higginson (62)
 
 
 
England Oliver Lines
 
China Xiao Guodong (30)4
 
 
 
England Oliver Lines5
 
England
 
 
 
 
China Yan Bingtao (14)5
 
 
 
England Joe O'Connor (51)2
 
China Yan Bingtao (14)
 
 
 
England Elliot Slessor (46)
 
England Andy Hicks2
 
 
 
England Elliot Slessor (46)5
 
 
 
 
 
England Ben Woollaston (43)3
 
 
 
Iran Hossein Vafaei (22)5
 
Iran Hossein Vafaei (22)
 
 
 
Wales Jak Jones (54)
 
Wales Jak Jones (54)5
 
 
 
Northern Ireland Mark Allen (11)4
 
 
 
 
England
 
England Jimmy Robertson (38)5
 
 
 
China Cao Yupeng2
 
England Jimmy Robertson (38)
 
 
 
England Shaun Murphy (6)
 
China Lyu Haotian (59)0
 
 
 
England Shaun Murphy (6)5
 
 
 
 
 
Wales Mark Williams (7)3
 
 
 
Wales Matthew Stevens (58)5
 
Wales Matthew Stevens (58)
 
 
 
England Ali Carter (26)
 
England Ali Carter (26)5
 
 
 
Wales Jamie Jones (39)1
 
 
 
 
 
China Yuan Sijun5
 
 
 
England Mark Davis (55)3
 
China Yuan Sijun
 
 
 
England Sam Craigie (42)
 
England Ricky Walden (23)4
 
 
 
England Sam Craigie (42)5
 
 
 
 
 
China Fan Zhengyi4
 
 
 
China Zhou Yuelong (18)5
 
China Zhou Yuelong (18)
 
 
 
Belgium Luca Brecel (15)
 
England Stuart Carrington (50)1
 
 
 
Belgium Luca Brecel (15)5
 
 
 
 
 
England Joe Perry (34)2
 
 
 
China Liang Wenbo (31)5
 
China Liang Wenbo (31)
 
 
 
England Judd Trump (2)
 
England Chris Wakelin (63)3
 
 
England Judd Trump (2)5
 

Final[]

Final: Best of 19 frames.
Referee: Brendan Moore, Turkey, 13 March 2022.
—
Afternoon:
Evening:
Highest break
Century breaks
50+ breaks

Qualifying[]

Qualifying took place at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England (pictured in 2017).

Qualification for the tournament took place from 2 to 6 February 2022 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. Matches involving the top four seeds and the two wild card players were held over and played at the main venue.[23] Robbie Williams was due to take part in this event, but withdrew and was replaced by .[24] Noppon Saengkham was also due to take part, but withdrew and was replaced by . Mark Selby and Neil Robertson both withdrew three days before the start of the tournament and were replaced by and respectively.[25][26]

Century breaks[]

Main venue centuries[]

A total of 27 century breaks have been made during the main venue stage.[27]

Qualifying stage centuries[]

A total of 32 century breaks were made during qualification.[28]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Match was held over and played in Antalya.

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