2016 Indian Open

The 2016 Indian Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5–9 July 2016 at the HICC Novotel Hotel in Hyderabad, India.[1] It was the second ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.[2]

Indian Open

Tournament information
Dates	5–9 July 2016
Venue	HICC Novotel Hotel
City	Hyderabad
Country	India
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£300,000[1]
Winner's share	£50,000
Highest break	Mark King (142)
Final
Champion	Anthony McGill
Runner-up	Kyren Wilson
Score	5–2
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Hyderabad hosted the event for the first time, the previous venue being Grand Hyatt in Mumbai.[1]

Michael White was the defending champion,[3] but he lost 1–4 against Anthony Hamilton in the held over qualifying round.[4]

Anthony McGill won the first ranking title of his career, defeating Kyren Wilson 5–2 in the final.[5]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6]

Winner: £50,000 Runner-up: £25,000 Semi-final: £13,500 Quarter-final: £9,000 Last 16: £6,000 Last 32: £3,000 Last 64: £2,000

Televised highest break: £2,000 Total: £300,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £30,000.[7]

Wildcard round

These matches were played in Hyderabad on 5 July 2016.[8][9][10][11]

Match		Score
WC1	Zhao Xintong	4–2	Kamal Chawla
WC2	Hamza Akbar	w/d–w/o	Dilip Kumar
WC3	Fraser Patrick	w/d–w/o	Ishpreet Singh Chadha
WC4	Andrew Higginson	4–1	Manan Chandra
WC5	Fang Xiongman	2–4	Pankaj Advani
WC6	David Grace	4–1	Lucky Vatnani

Main draw

[8][9][10][11]

	Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames					Semi-finals Best of 7 frames					Final Best of 9 frames
		Anthony Hamilton	4
		Eden Sharav	3
							Anthony Hamilton	2
							Gary Wilson	4
		Gary Wilson	4
		Zhao Xintong	1
												Gary Wilson	2
												Sunny Akani	4
		Mark Davis	4
		Robin Hull	3
							Mark Davis	2
							Sunny Akani	4
		Sunny Akani	4
		Jamie Burnett	1
																	Sunny Akani	2
																	Kyren Wilson	4
		Xiao Guodong	4
		Jimmy Robertson	3
							Xiao Guodong	3
							Kyren Wilson	4
		Martin O'Donnell	3
		Kyren Wilson	4
												Kyren Wilson	4
												Martin Gould	2
		James Wattana	3
		Jamie Jones	4
							Jamie Jones	2
							Martin Gould	4
		Allan Taylor	0
		Martin Gould	4
																						Kyren Wilson	4
																						Nigel Bond	1
		Marco Fu	4
		Dilip Kumar	0
							Marco Fu	0
							Dominic Dale	4
		Dominic Dale	4
		Ishpreet Singh Chadha	2
												Dominic Dale	1
												Peter Ebdon	4
		Liam Highfield	3
		Duane Jones	4
							Duane Jones	1
							Peter Ebdon	4
		Peter Ebdon	4
		Zhou Yuelong	1
																	Peter Ebdon	3
																	Nigel Bond	4
		Robbie Williams	w/o
		Luca Brecel	w/d
							Robbie Williams	2
							John Astley	4
		John Astley	4
		Ryan Day	3
												John Astley	2
												Nigel Bond	4
		Sam Baird	4
		Jack Lisowski	3
							Sam Baird	2
							Nigel Bond	4
		Nigel Bond	4
		Ricky Walden	1
																											Kyren Wilson	2
																											Anthony McGill	5
		Shaun Murphy	4
		Daniel Wells	1
							Shaun Murphy	4
							Michael Georgiou	3
		Michael Georgiou	4
		Dechawat Poomjaeng	2
												Shaun Murphy	4
												Oliver Lines	2
		Graeme Dott	1
		Oliver Lines	4
							Oliver Lines	4
							Andrew Higginson	2
		Mitchell Mann	1
		Andrew Higginson	4
																	Shaun Murphy	4
																	David Lilley	2
		Joe Swail	4
		Jimmy White	2
							Joe Swail	1
							Robert Milkins	4
		Stuart Carrington	1
		Robert Milkins	4
												Robert Milkins	2
												David Lilley	4
		David Lilley	4
		Mike Dunn	2
							David Lilley	4
							Mark Williams	3
		Zhang Yong	1
		Mark Williams	4
																						Shaun Murphy	2
																						Anthony McGill	4
		Barry Hawkins	4
		Ashley Hugill	0
							Barry Hawkins	4
							Rory McLeod	2
		Mark King	1
		Rory McLeod	4
												Barry Hawkins	3
												Stephen Maguire	4
		Stephen Maguire	4
		Alfie Burden	0
							Stephen Maguire	4
							Pankaj Advani	3
		Elliot Slessor	0
		Pankaj Advani	4
																	Stephen Maguire	1
																	Anthony McGill	4
		Oliver Brown	1
		Anthony McGill	4
							Anthony McGill	4
							Matthew Selt	2
		David Grace	2
		Matthew Selt	4
												Anthony McGill	4
												Stuart Bingham	0
		Matthew Stevens	4
		Mark Joyce	2
							Matthew Stevens	3
							Stuart Bingham	4
		Steven Hallworth	3
		Stuart Bingham	4

Final

Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Marcel Eckardt. HICC Novotel Hotel, Hyderabad, India, 9 July 2016.[9][10][11]
Kyren Wilson  England	2–5	Anthony McGill  Scotland
28–86, 88–16 (65), 27–83, 61–49 (50), 25–97 (96), 12–60, 39–50
65	Highest break	96
0	Century breaks	0
2	50+ breaks	1

Qualifying

These matches were held between 28 and 30 May 2016 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.[10][12][13]

Michael White 1–4[nb 1] Anthony Hamilton Sean O'Sullivan 1–4 Eden Sharav Gary Wilson 4–1 Rhys Clark Tom Ford 3–4 Zhao Xintong Mark Davis 4–0 James Cahill Robin Hull 4–1 Brandon Sargeant Ben Woollaston 3–4 Sunny Akani Jamie Burnett 4–1 Craig Steadman Xiao Guodong 4–2 Wang Yuchen Jimmy Robertson 4–0[nb 1] Aditya Mehta Martin O'Donnell 4–2 Rory Thor Kyren Wilson 4–0 Hatem Yassen Kurt Maflin 1–4 James Wattana Jamie Jones 4–2 Jason Weston Jamie Cope 3–4 Allan Taylor Martin Gould 4–1 Christopher Keogan Marco Fu 4–2 Louis Heathcote Chris Wakelin 1–4 Hamza Akbar Dominic Dale 4–0 Adam Duffy Rod Lawler 2–4 Fraser Patrick David Gilbert 2–4 Liam Highfield Yu Delu 2–4 Duane Jones Peter Ebdon 4–1 Daniel Womersley Zhou Yuelong 4–3 Gareth Allen Robbie Williams 4–2 Peter Lines Luca Brecel 4–2 Hammad Miah Ian Burns 2–4 John Astley Ryan Day 4–0 Sanderson Lam Sam Baird 4–0 Alex Borg Jack Lisowski 4–1 Michael Wild Nigel Bond 4–0 Joshua Thomond Ricky Walden 4–1 Zhang Anda

Shaun Murphy 4–0 Lu Chenwei Daniel Wells 4–0 Darryl Hill Fergal O'Brien 3–4 Michael Georgiou Dechawat Poomjaeng 4–0 Itaro Santos Graeme Dott 4–3 Michael Collumb Oliver Lines 4–0 Marc Davis Michael Holt 1–4 Mitchell Mann Andrew Higginson 4–2 Yan Bingtao Joe Swail 4–1 Kurt Dunham Allister Carter 1–4 Jimmy White Stuart Carrington 4–1 Sydney Wilson Robert Milkins 4–1 Boonyarit Keattikun Tian Pengfei 3–4 David Lilley Mike Dunn 4–2 Ian Preece Noppon Saengkham 2–4 Zhang Yong Mark Williams 4–1 David John Barry Hawkins 4–3 Scott Donaldson Ross Muir 2–4 Ashley Hugill Mark King 4–1 Lee Walker Rory McLeod 4–2 Andy Hicks Stephen Maguire 4–0 Charlie Walters Alfie Burden 4–0 Paul Davison Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 2–4 Elliot Slessor Li Hang 2–4 Fang Xiongman Ken Doherty 3–4 Oliver Brown Anthony McGill 4–0 Chen Zhe David Grace 4–1 Sam Craigie Matthew Selt 4–0 Gareth Green Matthew Stevens 4–1 Adam Stefanow Mark Joyce w/o–w/d Leo Fernandez Hossein Vafaei 3–4 Steven Hallworth Stuart Bingham 4–0 Cao Yupeng

Interior of the Preston Guild Hall during the qualifying round

1. Match was held over and played in Hyderabad.

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

Total: 23[14]

142 Mark King 140 Robert Milkins 137 Ryan Day 128 David Grace 127, 125 Anthony Hamilton 125 Kyren Wilson 124 Robin Hull 116 Rory McLeod 114, 101 Xiao Guodong 113 Stuart Bingham

112 Anthony McGill 109, 101 Shaun Murphy 109 Martin Gould 106 Matthew Stevens 106 Nigel Bond 104 Sunny Akani 104 Stephen Maguire 104 Marco Fu 102 Barry Hawkins 100 Matthew Selt

Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 9[15]

138 Kurt Maflin 132 Alfie Burden 115 Duane Jones 110 Mark Williams 110 Stuart Bingham

105 Luca Brecel 101 Robbie Williams 101 Rory McLeod 100 Martin O'Donnell

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