Indian Open

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 27 Feb - 3 Mar 2019; Venue: Grand Hyatt, Kochi, India; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: John Higgins; Twitter: @INopensnooker / #IndianOpen; Notes: See also results (127)

Final (Winner: £50,000; Runner-up: £25,000)
		Matthew Selt [45]	5	-	3	Lyu Haotian [46]	This was Selt's first ranking title. Before the event he had never made it beyond the quarterfinals. This was also Lyu's first ranking final.
	57-48, 89-6 (84), 0-115 (115), 12-78 (56) 21-72 (66), 102-0 (102), 67-49, 96-41 (72) Referee: Colin Humphries
Semifinals (Losers receive £15,000)
		Matthew Selt [45]	4	-	2	John Higgins [1]
	103-0 (103), 41-66, 58-5 (50), 62-61 5-105 (61), 107-8 (84)
		Lyu Haotian [46]	4	-	2	Anthony Hamilton [18]
	0-85 (69), 30-62, 69-17, 100-5 (86) 83-22 (56), 68-4 (68)
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £10,000)
		John Higgins [1]	4	-	3	Li Hang [24]
		Matthew Selt [45]	4	-	3	Lu Ning
	This was Lu's first ranking quarterfinal
		Lyu Haotian [46]	4	-	2	Mark Davis [27]
		Anthony Hamilton [18]	4	-	2	Scott Donaldson [42]
Round 3 (Last 16; Losers receive £6,000)
1		John Higgins [1]	4	-	1	James Cahill (a)
2		Li Hang [24]	4	-	2	Sam Craigie [87]	Li won the first frame by default, presumably because of Craigie not showing up on time.
3		Lu Ning	4	-	3	Stuart Bingham [5]
	Crazy four-ball clearance by Lu in the final frame. Watch on YouTube.
4		Matthew Selt [45]	4	-	3	Oliver Lines [83]
5		Lyu Haotian [46]	4	-	1	Andy Hicks (a)
6		Mark Davis [27]	4	-	3	Graeme Dott [11]
7		Scott Donaldson [42]	4	-	3	Luca Brecel [7]
8		Anthony Hamilton [18]	4	-	2	Chris Wakelin [34]
Round 2 (Last 32; Losers receive £4,000)
1		John Higgins [1]	4	-	3	Hossein Vafaei [32]
2		James Cahill (a)	4	-	2	Elliot Slessor
3		Li Hang [24]	4	-	2	Joe Perry [9]
4		Sam Craigie [87]	4	-	1	Peter Ebdon [40]
5		Stuart Bingham [5]	4	-	2	John Astley
	Bngham's 123 in frame 2 was his 400th career century
6		Lu Ning	4	-	0	Yan Bingtao [12]
7		Matthew Selt [45]	4	-	0	Joe Swail [73]
8		Oliver Lines [83]	4	-	3	Soheil Vahedi [72]
9		Andy Hicks (a)	4	-	2	Eden Sharav [70]
10		Lyu Haotian [46]	4	-	3	Luke Simmonds (a)
11		Graeme Dott [11]	4	-	1	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [43]
12		Mark Davis [27]	4	-	2	Yuan Sijun [59]
13		Luca Brecel [7]	4	-	1	Andrew Higginson [39]
14		Scott Donaldson [42]	4	-	1	Craig Steadman [81]
15		Anthony Hamilton [18]	4	-	2	Zhao Xintong [82]
16		Chris Wakelin [34]	4	-	2	Shaun Murphy [2]
Round 1 (Last 64; Losers receive £2,000)
1		John Higgins [1]	4	-	0	Duane Jones [64]
2		Hossein Vafaei [32]	4	-	3	Dominic Dale [33]
3		James Cahill (a)	4	-	2	Michael White [16]
4		Elliot Slessor	4	-	3	David Gilbert [17]
5		Li Hang [24]	w/o			Hamza Akbar [75]
	Akbar didn't show up because he has been denied a visa.
6		Joe Perry [9]	4	-	1	Ashley Carty [84]
7		Peter Ebdon [40]	4	-	3	Ben Woollaston [25]
8		Sam Craigie [87]	4	-	3	Liang Wenbo [8]
9		Stuart Bingham [5]	4	-	1	Peter Lines [60]
10		John Astley	4	-	1	Gary Wilson [28]
11		Yan Bingtao [12]	4	-	3	Gerard Greene [53]
12		Lu Ning	4	-	1	Liam Highfield [44]
13		Matthew Selt [45]	4	-	2	Tom Ford [20]
14		Joe Swail [73]	4	-	3	Jack Lisowski [13]
15		Oliver Lines [83]	4	-	1	Fergal O'Brien [36]
16		Soheil Vahedi [72]	4	-	3	Robin Hull [61]
17		Andy Hicks (a)	4	-	2	Li Yuan [62]
18		Eden Sharav [70]	4	-	3	Michael Georgiou [35]
19		Luke Simmonds (a)	4	-	0	Mei Xiwen [89]
20		Lyu Haotian [46]	4	-	3	Zhou Yuelong [19]
	A 147 by Zhou in frame 4. His first 147. It is also the first in Indian Open history.
21		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [43]	4	-	2	Michael Holt [22]
22		Graeme Dott [11]	w/o			Alexander Ursenbacher [54]
23		Mark Davis [27]	4	-	0	Paul S Davison [71]
24		Yuan Sijun [59]	4	-	1	Rory Thor
25		Luca Brecel [7]	4	-	0	Ian Burns [58]
26		Andrew Higginson [39]	4	-	0	Digvijay Kadian (a)
27		Craig Steadman [81]	4	-	3	Zhang Yong [55]
28		Scott Donaldson [42]	4	-	0	Jimmy Robertson [23]
29		Anthony Hamilton [18]	4	-	2	Rory McLeod [47]
30		Zhao Xintong [82]	4	-	2	Sam Baird
31		Chris Wakelin [34]	4	-	3	Stuart Carrington [31]
32		Shaun Murphy [2]	4	-	2	Lee Walker [90]

Indian Open Qualifiers

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 15-16 Aug 2018; Venue: Guild Hall, Preston, England; View on separate page; Twitter: #IndianOpen; Notes: See also results (64)

Qual Round 1 (Last 128)
1		John Higgins [1]	4	-	1	Ashley Hugill [68]
2		Duane Jones [64]	4	-	1	Adam Stefanow
3		Hossein Vafaei [32]	4	-	1	Sanderson Lam [77]
4		Dominic Dale [33]	4	-	2	Asutosh Padhy (a)
5		Michael White [16]	4	-	1	Nigel Bond [65]
6		James Cahill (a)	4	-	3	Alan McManus [49]
7		David Gilbert [17]	4	-	2	Niu Zhuang [67]
8		Elliot Slessor	4	-	3	Daniel Wells [48]
9		Hamza Akbar [75]	4	-	2	Robbie Williams [41]
	135 by Akbar in the last frame was the highest break of the qualifiers.
10		Li Hang [24]	4	-	0	Basem Eltahhan [91]
11		Ashley Carty [84]	4	-	0	Xu Si [56]
12		Joe Perry [9]	4	-	0	Joe O'Connor [85]
13		Peter Ebdon [40]	4	-	3	Jamie Clarke
14		Ben Woollaston [25]	4	-	0	Shrikrishna Suryanarayanan (a)
15		Sam Craigie [87]	4	-	0	Jimmy White [57]
16		Liang Wenbo [8]	4	-	0	Mitchell Mann (a)
17		Stuart Bingham [5]	4	-	1	Chris Totten [69]
18		Peter Lines [60]	4	-	3	Zhang Anda
19		Gary Wilson [28]	4	-	2	Steven Hallworth (a)
20		John Astley	4	-	3	Mike Dunn [37]
21		Yan Bingtao [12]	4	-	2	Leo Fernandez (a)
22		Gerard Greene [53]	4	-	1	Andy Lee
23		Lu Ning	4	-	0	Robert Milkins [21]
24		Liam Highfield [44]	4	-	2	Billy Castle [74]
25		Matthew Selt [45]	4	-	2	Zhang Jiankang
26		Tom Ford [20]	4	-	3	Jordan Brown
27		Joe Swail [73]	4	-	2	Martin O'Donnell [52]
28		Jack Lisowski [13]	4	-	0	Himanshu Jain (a)
29		Fergal O'Brien [36]	4	-	2	Dechawat Poomjaeng (a)
30		Oliver Lines [83]	4	-	2	Mark Joyce [29]
31		Robin Hull [61]	4	-	2	Alfie Burden [86]
32		Soheil Vahedi [72]	w/o			Mark Allen [4]
33		Andy Hicks (a)	w/o			Neil Robertson [3]
34		Li Yuan [62]	4	-	3	Ross Muir [76]
	Li was 0-3 down
35		Eden Sharav [70]	4	-	1	Kurt Maflin [30]
36		Michael Georgiou [35]	4	-	1	Ben Hancorn (a)
37		Luke Simmonds (a)	w/o			Xiao Guodong [14]
38		Mei Xiwen [89]	4	-	0	Sunny Akani [51]
39		Zhou Yuelong [19]	4	-	1	Laxman Rawat (a)
40		Lyu Haotian [46]	4	-	3	Tian Pengfei [88]
41		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [43]	4	-	2	Adam Duffy (a)
42		Michael Holt [22]	4	-	1	Chen Zifan [66]
43		Alexander Ursenbacher [54]	4	-	2	Simon Lichtenberg
44		Graeme Dott [11]	4	-	0	Kishan Hirani
45		Paul S Davison [71]	4	-	2	Noppon Saengkham [38]
46		Mark Davis [27]	4	-	1	Sean O'Sullivan [79]
47		Yuan Sijun [59]	4	-	0	Hammad Miah
48		Rory Thor	4	-	1	Anthony McGill [6]
	re-rack in frame 4
49		Luca Brecel [7]	4	-	3	Simon Bedford (a)
50		Ian Burns [58]	4	-	2	Chen Feilong
51		Digvijay Kadian (a)	w/o			Jamie Jones [26]
52		Andrew Higginson [39]	4	-	1	Harvey Chandler
53		Craig Steadman [81]	4	-	2	Mark King [10]
54		Zhang Yong [55]	4	-	2	Fan Zhengyi
55		Jimmy Robertson [23]	4	-	3	David Lilley (a)
56		Scott Donaldson [42]	4	-	3	Lukas Kleckers [80]
57		Rory McLeod [47]	4	-	3	Rod Lawler [78]
58		Anthony Hamilton [18]	4	-	1	Farakh Ajaib (a)
59		Sam Baird	4	-	1	Ken Doherty [50]
60		Zhao Xintong [82]	4	-	3	Ricky Walden [15]
61		Chris Wakelin [34]	4	-	2	Jak Jones
62		Stuart Carrington [31]	4	-	1	Luo Honghao
63		Lee Walker [90]	4	-	1	Allan Taylor [63]
64		Shaun Murphy [2]	4	-	1	Lucky Vatnani (a)

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