BetVictor Welsh Open

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 12-18 Feb 2024; Venue: Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Robert Milkins; Twitter: @WeAreWST / #WelshOpen; Notes: See also results (128)

Final (Winner: £80,000; Runner-up: £35,000)
		Gary Wilson [17]	9	-	4	Martin O'Donnell [77]
	Session 1: 98-1 (98), 74-44 (52), 102-0 (55), 106-5 23-73 (66), 67-4 (52), 59-45, 1-92 (92) Session 2: 24-59, 101-19 (100) 21-101 (85) 68-44, 82-0 Referee: Leo Scullion This was Wilson's third ranking title and second of the season. It was O'Donnell's first ranking final.
Semifinals (Losers receive £17,500)
		Gary Wilson [17]	6	-	4	John Higgins [13]
	104-4 (104), 151-0 (147), 82-0 (82), 81-10, 0-99 (93) 98-4 (89), 55-69 (55,69), 49-72 (66), 0-94 (78), 97-4 (73) 147 by Wilson in frame two. It was his fifth maximum break, the 199th in pro snooker and the 10th of the season. Watch on YouTube. In frame one he missed the 14th red in another maximum attempt.
		Martin O'Donnell [77]	6	-	5	Elliot Slessor [52]
	8-58, 72-41, 83-8 (78), 59-82 (82), 75-4 (61) 47-57 (55), 92-40 (88), 69-6 0-95 (95), 11-93 (65), 126-7 (126)
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £11,000)
		Gary Wilson [17]	5	-	0	Anthony McGill [24]
		John Higgins [13]	5	-	2	Mark Allen [5]
		Elliot Slessor [52]	5	-	3	Dominic Dale [49]
		Martin O'Donnell [77]	5	-	3	Luca Brecel [2]
Round 4 (Last 16; Losers receive £7,500)
1		Gary Wilson [17]	4	-	0	Robert Milkins [1]
2		Anthony McGill [24]	4	-	3	Ricky Walden [25]
3		Mark Allen [5]	4	-	0	Robbie Williams [47]
4		John Higgins [13]	4	-	3	Matthew Selt [29]
5		Dominic Dale [49]	4	-	0	Jak Jones [41]
6		Elliot Slessor [52]	4	-	3	Fan Zhengyi [33]
7		Martin O'Donnell [77]	4	-	2	Marco Fu [89]
8		Luca Brecel [2]	4	-	1	Tom Ford [18]
Round 3 (Last 32; Losers receive £4,500)
1		Robert Milkins [1]	4	-	0	David Gilbert [32]
2		Gary Wilson [17]	4	-	3	Jack Lisowski [16]
3		Anthony McGill [24]	4	-	1	Mark J Williams [9]
4		Ricky Walden [25]	4	-	2	Neil Robertson [8]
5		Mark Allen [5]	4	-	1	Si Jiahui [28]
6		Robbie Williams [47]	4	-	2	Adam Duffy [103]
7		John Higgins [13]	4	-	1	Ryan Day [20]
8		Matthew Selt [29]	4	-	1	Duane Jones (a)
9		Dominic Dale [49]	4	-	1	Stan Moody [110]
10		Jak Jones [41]	4	-	2	Hossein Vafaei [19]
11		Elliot Slessor [52]	4	-	1	Dylan Emery [69]
12		Fan Zhengyi [33]	4	-	1	Aaron Hill [66]
13		Marco Fu [89]	4	-	2	Daniel Wells [80]
14		Martin O'Donnell [77]	4	-	2	Anthony Hamilton [50]	Two re-racks in the first frame
15		Tom Ford [18]	4	-	1	Barry Hawkins [15]
16		Luca Brecel [2]	4	-	1	Graeme Dott [46]
Round 2 (Last 64; Losers receive £3,000)
1		Robert Milkins [1]	4	-	1	Allan Taylor [84]
2		David Gilbert [32]	4	-	2	Oliver Lines [55]
3		Jack Lisowski [16]	4	-	2	Liam Pullen [104]
4		Gary Wilson [17]	4	-	2	Iulian Boiko (a)
5		Anthony McGill [24]	4	-	1	Long Zehuang [102]
6		Mark J Williams [9]	4	-	3	Sanderson Lam [64]
7		Ricky Walden [25]	4	-	3	Matthew Stevens [45]	Walden was 3-0 down
8		Neil Robertson [8]	4	-	3	Stuart Carrington [98]
9		Mark Allen [5]	4	-	0	Ma Hailong [99]	Allen's 141 in frame 3 was his 600th career century
10		Si Jiahui [28]	4	-	2	Andrew Pagett [124]
11		Robbie Williams [47]	4	-	2	Ding Junhui [12]
12		Adam Duffy [103]	4	-	0	Jamie Clarke [54]
13		Ryan Day [20]	4	-	2	David Lilley [72]
14		John Higgins [13]	4	-	1	Tian Pengfei [58]
15		Matthew Selt [29]	4	-	1	Ross Muir [87]
16		Duane Jones (a)	4	-	1	Liam Davies (a)
17		Dominic Dale [49]	4	-	3	Alfie Davies (a)
18		Stan Moody [110]	4	-	3	Jordan Brown [42]
19		Jak Jones [41]	4	-	1	Zhang Anda [14]
20		Hossein Vafaei [19]	4	-	1	Julien Leclercq [67]
21		Dylan Emery [69]	4	-	2	Noppon Saengkham [22]
22		Elliot Slessor [52]	w/o			Andrew Higginson [105]
23		Fan Zhengyi [33]	4	-	2	Ben Mertens [73]
24		Aaron Hill [66]	4	-	2	Mark Selby [6]
25		Daniel Wells [80]	4	-	1	Barry Pinches (a)	Wells won the third frame after having needed two snookers
26		Marco Fu [89]	4	-	3	Zak Surety [75]
27		Anthony Hamilton [50]	4	-	1	Kyren Wilson [10]
28		Martin O'Donnell [77]	4	-	1	Chris Wakelin [23]
29		Tom Ford [18]	4	-	2	Ian Burns [93]
30		Barry Hawkins [15]	4	-	3	Xiao Guodong [38]
31		Graeme Dott [46]	4	-	2	Wu Yize [44]
32		Luca Brecel [2]	4	-	0	Joe O'Connor [35]

Welsh Open Qualifiers

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 25-27 Jan 2024; Venue: Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley, England; View on separate page; Twitter: #WelshOpen; Notes: See also results (65)

Qual Round 2 (Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1	Robert Milkins [1]	4	-	3	Jamie Jones [40]
2	Allan Taylor [84]	4	-	2	Haydon Pinhey (a)	Pinhey replaced Dean Young.
3	David Gilbert [32]	4	-	0	Ken Doherty [78]
4	Oliver Lines [55]	4	-	3	Michael White [62]
5	Jack Lisowski [16]	4	-	2	Oliver Brown [94]
6	Liam Pullen [104]	4	-	0	Rebecca Kenna (f) [123]
7	Gary Wilson [17]	4	-	1	Mark Davis [60]
8	Iulian Boiko (a)	4	-	0	Ishpreet Singh Chadha [95]	Boiko replaced Muhammad Asif.
9	Long Zehuang [102]	4	-	1	Andy Lee [90]
10	Anthony McGill [24]	4	-	1	M Phetmalaikul [120]
11	Sanderson Lam [64]	4	-	0	Baipat Siripaporn (f) [126]
12	Mark J Williams [9]	4	-	2	John Astley [74]
13	Matthew Stevens [45]	4	-	3	Louis Heathcote [111]
14	Ricky Walden [25]	4	-	2	Andy Hicks [65]
15	Stuart Carrington [98]	4	-	2	Reanne Evans (f) [119]
16	Neil Robertson [8]	4	-	1	Jackson Page [53]	Robertson made eight 50+ breaks!
17	Mark Allen [5]	4	-	3	Cao Yupeng [43]
18	Ma Hailong [99]	4	-	2	Rory Thor [96]
19	Si Jiahui [28]	4	-	2	Stephen Maguire [34]
20	Andrew Pagett [124]	4	-	2	Mink Nutcharut (f) [116]
21	Ding Junhui [12]	4	-	2	Jenson Kendrick [109]
22	Robbie Williams [47]	4	-	0	Peng Yisong [92]	146 by Williams in frame 4 was a new personal best. He had to take a pink on the seventh red because a red rolled down to block the pocket for black. It's the 33rd 146 in pro snooker.
23	Adam Duffy [103]	4	-	0	Zhou Yuelong [21]	Zhou conceded frame 2 at 13-46 with five reds left.
24	Jamie Clarke [54]	4	-	3	James Cahill [71]
25	David Lilley [72]	4	-	0	Victor Sarkis [121]
26	Ryan Day [20]	4	-	3	Mostafa Dorgham [122]
27	Tian Pengfei [58]	4	-	0	Rod Lawler [83]
28	John Higgins [13]	4	-	0	Mohamed Ibrahim [107]
29	Ross Muir [87]	4	-	2	Stephen Hendry [127]
30	Matthew Selt [29]	4	-	3	Sam Craigie [51]	The final frame lasted for more than 1 hour and 20 minutes
31	Liam Davies (a)	4	-	0	Alexander Ursenbacher [108]
32	Duane Jones (a)	4	-	2	Liam Highfield [61]	Re-rack in frame 1.
33	Alfie Davies (a)	4	-	1	Liam Graham [114]	Alfie Davies replaced Ronnie O'Sullivan who withdrew
34	Dominic Dale [49]	4	-	1	Jimmy White [118]
35	Jordan Brown [42]	4	-	3	Lyu Haotian [30]	Decided on the final black
36	Stan Moody [110]	4	-	2	Sean O'Sullivan [88]
37	Zhang Anda [14]	4	-	1	Ahmed Aly Elsayed [125]
38	Jak Jones [41]	4	-	3	Liu Hongyu [82]
39	Hossein Vafaei [19]	4	-	1	Scott Donaldson [48]
40	Julien Leclercq [67]	4	-	3	Alfie Burden [97]
41	Dylan Emery [69]	4	-	1	Fergal O'Brien [100]
42	Noppon Saengkham [22]	4	-	1	Himanshu Jain [117]	Jain missed the 11th black in a maximum attempt in frame 4.
43	Andrew Higginson [105]	4	-	2	Xing Zihao [86]
44	Elliot Slessor [52]	4	-	1	Ali Carter [11]
45	Ben Mertens [73]	4	-	0	Hammad Miah [85]
46	Fan Zhengyi [33]	4	-	2	Joe Perry [27]
47	Aaron Hill [66]	4	-	0	Anton Kazakov [113]
48	Mark Selby [6]	4	-	2	Yuan Sijun [39]
49	Barry Pinches (a)	4	-	3	Shaun Murphy [7]	Pinches won the decider on the black after having needed a snooker.. He replaced David Grace who withdrew for personal reasons.
50	Daniel Wells [80]	4	-	2	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [37]
51	Marco Fu [89]	4	-	1	Stuart Bingham [26]	Bingham conceded frame 5 on 0-59 with 6 reds left.
52	Zak Surety [75]	4	-	2	Mark Joyce [63]
53	Kyren Wilson [10]	4	-	3	Ashley Carty [81]
54	Anthony Hamilton [50]	4	-	0	Andres Petrov [101]
55	Chris Wakelin [23]	4	-	0	Jimmy Robertson [36]
56	Martin O'Donnell [77]	4	-	3	Ryan Thomerson [112]
57	Ian Burns [93]	4	-	2	Lukas Kleckers [76]
58	Tom Ford [18]	4	-	3	Ben Woollaston [57]
59	Xiao Guodong [38]	4	-	3	Ashley Hugill [70]
60	Barry Hawkins [15]	4	-	0	He Guoqiang [79]
61	Wu Yize [44]	4	-	1	Sydney Wilson (a)	Wilson replaced Martin Gould who withdrew for medical reasons
62	Graeme Dott [46]	4	-	3	Pang Junxu [31]
63	Joe O'Connor [35]	4	-	3	Xu Si [59]
64	Luca Brecel [2]	4	-	3	Jiang Jun [106]
Qual Round 1 (Last 129; Losers receive £0)
1	Liam Davies (a)	4	-	0	Riley Powell (a)

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