Hossein Vafaei

2024/2025 All available

re-rack in the final frame

Held over to main arena

Three strange episodes in the match: 1) Vafaei miscalculated in the second frame thinking he only needed pink. 2) Williams receiving a seven-point penalty in the final frame for picking up the cue ball as a joke. 3) Vafaei refusing to shake Williams' hand after the match because he slapped his thigh when missing a pink.

86-37 (54), 113-0 (113), 0-112 (112), 14-66
95-0 (60), 82-21 (52), 82-38 (50), 102-19 (90)

re-rack in frame 3

82-30 (66), 57-13, 44-93 (66), 7-111 (57, 54), 85-1,
65-58, 0-136 (135), 62-18 (62), 118-28 (71)

Referee: Colin Humphries

The 135 in frame 7 was Hossein Vafaei's 100th career century

He reached the quarterfinals for the first time. This is his third tournament as a professional.

9-49, 45-10, 1-40, 45-0, 0-42, 0-37
13-42, 50-20 (50), 37-29, 16-56
59-0 (59), 37-28, 68-8

In frame 4 Hawkins needed a snooker to tie with just pink and black left. He got it, forced a re-spotted black and won the frame.

143 by Vafaei in frame 4, equals Mark Williams current tournament high break

Vafaei replaced Zhao Xintong who was suspended.

Vafaei won the sixth frame after having needed a snooker

147 by Vafaei in frame 6. The second in the tournament and his first and the 178th in pro snooker. Watch on YouTube.

0-95 (94), 70-1 (70), 13-101 (85), 19-66
86-8 (51), 68-58, 53-79, 0-80
86-1 (66), 121-0 (121), 71-29

Decided on the last black.

Break 71.

This was Vafaei's first ranking title and the first for Iran. Williams played only the break-off shot in the frame.

Referee: Tatiana Woollaston

Break 54

Womersley reached the quarterfinals of a ranking event for the first time. His previous best was last 32.

Break 83

Break 123

Selby's foul on the final black lead to a respotted black in frame 8, and Vafaei eventually fluked it.