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2021 Scottish Open (snooker)

The 2021 Scottish Open (officially the 2021 BetVictor Scottish Open) was a professional snooker tournament that was played from 6 to 12 December 2021 at Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales.[1] It was the sixth ranking event of the 2021–22 season, and the third tournament in the Home Nations Series, following the Northern Ireland Open and English Open, and preceding the Welsh Open. It was also the third of eight tournaments in the season's European Series.The tournament was sponsored by BetVictor and broadcast by Eurosport in the UK and Europe.

2021 BetVictor Scottish Open
Tournament information
Dates6–12 December 2021 (2021-12-06 – 2021-12-12)
VenueVenue Cymru
CityLlandudno
CountryWales
OrganisationWorld Snooker Tour
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£405,000
Winner's share£70,000
Highest break Xiao Guodong (CHN) (147)
Final
Champion Luca Brecel (BEL)
Runner-up John Higgins (SCO)
Score9–5
← 2020
2022 →

The day before tickets were due to go on sale, the Emirates Arena in Glasgow informed the World Snooker Tour that the venue would not host an event sponsored by a betting company.[2] Unable to find a suitable replacement venue in Scotland, the organisers moved the event to Wales.[1] The qualifying stage of the tournament took place from 24 to 29 September 2021 at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England, although qualifying matches involving top-16 players and two wildcard entrants from the home nation were held over and played at Venue Cymru.[3] In his first-round match against Lee Walker, Jimmy Robertson scored 178 points in a single frame, including 44 points in fouls, breaking the previous professional record of 167 set by Dominic Dale at the 1999 World Championship.[4]

Mark Selby was the defending champion, having won the event in 2019 and 2020. By reaching the fourth round, Selby won 17 consecutive Scottish Open matches before he was defeated 3–4 by Anthony McGill.[5][6] Luca Brecel, who had been runner-up at the UK Championship a week earlier, defeated John Higgins 9–5 in the final to claim the second ranking title of his career. Higgins lost his fourth consecutive final of the season, as well as his third consecutive Home Nations final.[7][8] The highest break of the tournament was by Xiao Guodong, who made the first maximum break of his career in his qualifying round match against Fraser Patrick.[9]

Prize fund edit

The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:

  • Winner: £70,000
  • Runner-up: £30,000
  • Semi-final: £20,000
  • Quarter-final: £10,000
  • Last 16: £7,500
  • Last 32: £4,000
  • Last 64: £3,000
  • Highest break: £5,000
  • Total: £405,000

Main draw edit

Top half edit

 
Last 64
Best of 7 frames		Last 32
Best of 7 frames		Last 16
Best of 7 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
 
                  
 
 
 
 
  Mark Selby (ENG) (1)4
 
 
 
  Oliver Lines (ENG)1
 
  Mark Selby (1)4
 
 
 
  Xiao Guodong (32)2
 
  Xiao Guodong (CHN) (32)4
 
 
 
  Duane Jones (WAL)2
 
  Mark Selby (1)3
 
 
 
  Anthony McGill (16)4
 
  Anthony McGill (SCO) (16)4
 
 
 
  Chris Wakelin (ENG)1
 
  Anthony McGill (16)4
 
 
 
  Jimmy Robertson3
 
  Lee Walker (WAL)1
 
 
 
  Jimmy Robertson (ENG)4
 
  Anthony McGill (16)5
 
 
 
  Stephen Maguire (9)3
 
  Mark Davis (ENG)1
 
 
 
  Tom Ford (ENG) (24)4
 
  Tom Ford (24)0
 
 
 
  Stephen Maguire (9)4
 
  Sunny Akani (THA)1
 
 
 
  Stephen Maguire (SCO) (9)4
 
  Stephen Maguire (9)4
 
 
 
  Ben Woollaston1
 
  Robbie Williams (ENG)2
 
 
 
  Lei Peifan (CHN)4
 
  Lei Peifan1
 
 
 
  Ben Woollaston4
 
  Sanderson Lam (ENG)0
 
 
 
  Ben Woollaston (ENG)4
 
  Anthony McGill (16)1
 
 
 
  Luca Brecel6
 
  Kyren Wilson (ENG) (5)1
 
 
 
  Fergal O'Brien (IRL)4
 
  Fergal O'Brien4
 
 
 
  Gary Wilson (28)1
 
  Gary Wilson (ENG) (28)4
 
 
 
  Anthony Hamilton (ENG)1
 
  Fergal O'Brien1
 
 
 
  Luca Brecel4
 
  Pang Junxu (CHN)4
 
 
 
  Iulian Boiko (UKR)2
 
  Pang Junxu3
 
 
 
  Luca Brecel4
 
  Joe Perry (ENG) (21)2
 
 
 
  Luca Brecel (BEL)4
 
  Luca Brecel5
 
 
 
  Matthew Selt4
 
  Jackson Page (WAL)4
 
 
 
  Michael Judge (IRL)3
 
  Jackson Page3
 
 
 
  Matthew Selt4
 
  Matthew Selt (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Andrew Higginson (ENG)0
 
  Matthew Selt4
 
 
 
  Scott Donaldson2
 
  Scott Donaldson (SCO)4
 
 
 
  Steven Hallworth (ENG)3
 
  Scott Donaldson4
 
 
 
  Ben Hancorn2
 
  Si Jiahui (CHN)1
 
 
  Ben Hancorn (ENG)4
 

Bottom half edit

 
Last 64
Best of 7 frames		Last 32
Best of 7 frames		Last 16
Best of 7 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
 
                  
 
 
 
 
  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (3)4
 
 
 
  Michael Georgiou (CYP)0
 
  Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)4
 
 
 
  Liang Wenbo (30)3
 
  Liang Wenbo (CHN) (30)4
 
 
 
  Allan Taylor (ENG)0
 
  Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)4
 
 
 
  Jamie Jones3
 
  Stuart Carrington (ENG)0
 
 
 
  Jamie Jones (WAL)4
 
  Jamie Jones4
 
 
 
  Sam Craigie3
 
  Sam Craigie (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Zhao Jianbo (CHN)2
 
  Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)5
 
 
 
  Li Hang4
 
  Xu Si (CHN)4
 
 
 
  Ken Doherty (IRL)2
 
  Xu Si3
 
 
 
  Martin O'Donnell4
 
  Mark King (ENG)2
 
 
 
  Martin O'Donnell (ENG)4
 
  Martin O'Donnell2
 
 
 
  Li Hang4
 
  Hossein Vafaei (IRN)4
 
 
 
  Wu Yize (CHN)3
 
  Hossein Vafaei3
 
 
 
  Li Hang4
 
  Li Hang (CHN)4
 
 
 
  Shaun Murphy (ENG) (6)2
 
  Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)1
 
 
 
  John Higgins (7)6
 
  John Higgins (SCO) (7)4
 
 
 
  Noppon Saengkham (THA)1
 
  John Higgins (7)4
 
 
 
  Ryan Day (26)0
 
  Ryan Day (WAL) (26)4
 
 
 
  Gao Yang (CHN)0
 
  John Higgins (7)4
 
 
 
  Martin Gould (23)2
 
  Zhang Anda (CHN)4
 
 
 
  Mitchell Mann (ENG)1
 
  Zhang Anda2
 
 
 
  Martin Gould (23)4
 
  Martin Gould (ENG) (23)4
 
 
 
  Jordan Brown (NIR)3
 
  John Higgins (7)5
 
 
 
  David Gilbert (18)3
 
  Chang Bingyu (CHN)2
 
 
 
  David Gilbert (ENG) (18)4
 
  David Gilbert (18)4
 
 
 
  Hammad Miah0
 
  Hammad Miah (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Yan Bingtao (CHN) (15)1
 
  David Gilbert (18)4
 
 
 
  Judd Trump (2)3
 
  David Lilley (ENG)w/o
 
 
 
  Michael Holt (ENG) (31)w/d
 
  David Lilley0
 
 
 
  Judd Trump (2)4
 
  Craig Steadman (ENG)0
 
 
  Judd Trump (ENG) (2)4
 

Final edit

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Colin Humphries
Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 12 December 2021.
Luca Brecel
  Belgium 		9–5 John Higgins (7)
  Scotland
Afternoon: 71–33, 96–0, 61–8, 0–91, 69–21, 59–56, 46–75, 104–0 (104)
Evening: 79–27, 98–0, 5–97, 17–73, 25–62, 127–0 (127)
127 Highest break 73
2 Century breaks 0

Qualifying edit

Qualification for the tournament took place from 24 to 29 September 2021 at the Metrodome in Barnsley, but the matches which involve top 16 players and the two wild card players were played at Venue Cymru.[10] Zhou Yuelong was due to take part in this event, but withdrew and was replaced by John Astley.[11] Ahead of the final stages, Neil Robertson and Mark Williams withdrew, and were replaced by Bai Langning and James Cahill respectively.[12]

Century breaks edit

Main stage centuries edit

Total: 39[13]

Qualifying stage centuries edit

Total: 36[13][14]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Match was held over and played in Llandudno.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "BetVictor Scottish Open to be Staged in Llandudno". World Snooker Tour. 17 August 2021.
  2. ^ https://podcast.sport-social.co.uk/podcast/snooker-scene/ Episode 183 @ 47:50
  3. ^ "2021-22 Snooker Calendar Announced". World Snooker Tour. 7 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Snooker: Jimmy Robertson sets single-frame record of 178 points in win over Lee Walker". Irish Examiner. 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  5. ^ "Selby Extends Winning Streak". World Snooker. 2021-12-06. Archived from the original on December 7, 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  6. ^ "Scottish Open 2021 – Mark Selby's reign ended by Anthony McGill after bizarre end to deciding frame". Eurosport UK. 2021-12-09. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  7. ^ "Brilliant Brecel Claims Second Ranking Crown". World Snooker. 2021-12-12. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  8. ^ "Scottish Open snooker 2021 - Luca Brecel fends off John Higgins rally to win title". Eurosport UK. 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  9. ^ "Xiao Fires In Maiden Maximum". World Snooker. 2021-09-24. Archived from the original on September 24, 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  10. ^ "BetVictor Scottish Open Draw". World Snooker Tour. 26 August 2021
  11. ^ "Zhou Withdraws From Scottish Open". World Snooker Tour. 23 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Robertson And Williams Withdraw". World Snooker Tour. 5 December 2021.
  13. ^ a b "BetVictor Scottish Open 2021 | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. 6–12 December 2021. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  14. ^ "BetVictor Scottish Open 2021 Qualifiers | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. 24–29 September 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-09-24.
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