The 2021 Gibraltar Open (officially the 2021 BetVictor Gibraltar Open) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 1 to 7 March 2021 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. It was the twelfth ranking event of the 2020–21 snooker season, and the sixth and final event in the BetVictor European Series.

2021 BetVictor Gibraltar Open
Tournament information
Dates1–7 March 2021 (2021-03-01 – 2021-03-07)
VenueMarshall Arena
CityMilton Keynes
CountryEngland
OrganisationWorld Snooker Tour
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£251,000
Winner's share£50,000
Highest break Jamie Jones (WAL) (145)
Final
Champion Judd Trump (ENG)
Runner-up Jack Lisowski (ENG)
Score4–0
2020
2022

The event was the sixth instalment of the Gibraltar Open tournament, first held in 2015. It was organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association and sponsored by BetVictor. The defending champion was Judd Trump, who defeated Kyren Wilson 4–3 in the 2020 final. Trump retained his title, defeating Jack Lisowski 4–0 in the final and losing just three of the 31 frames he played in the tournament overall.[1][2] It was Trump's fifth ranking title of the season and the 22nd of his professional career. In addition to the winner's prize of £50,000, Trump secured the £150,000 European Series bonus, awarded to the player who wins the most prize money across the series, for a second consecutive season.[3]

The event featured the return to the professional tour of seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry, who retired in 2012, but accepted a two-year invitational tour card to begin in the 2020–21 season.[4] Matthew Selt beat Hendry 4–1 in the first round of the tournament.[5]

Prize fund

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The breakdown of the tournament's prize money is shown below:[6][7]

  • Winner: £50,000
  • Runner-up: £20,000
  • Semi-final: £6,000
  • Quarter-final: £5,000
  • Last 16: £4,000
  • Last 32: £3,000
  • Last 64: £2,000
  • Highest break: £5,000
  • Total: £251,000

Tournament draw

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Below is the full draw for the event. Players in bold denote match winners.[8]

Top half

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Section 1

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Last 128
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Last 64
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Last 32
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  Judd Trump (ENG) (1)4
 
 
 
  Robbie Williams (ENG)1
 
  Judd Trump (1)4
 
 
 
  Sunny Akani1
 
  Haydon Pinhey (ENG)1
 
 
 
  Sunny Akani (THA)4
 
  Judd Trump (1)4
 
 
 
  Robert Milkins0
 
  Brian Ochoiski (FRA)1
 
 
 
  Liang Wenbo (CHN)4
 
  Liang Wenbo3
 
 
 
  Robert Milkins4
 
  Robert Milkins (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Gary Wilson (ENG)3
 
  Judd Trump (1)4
 
 
 
  Alexander Ursenbacher0
 
  Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (16)4
 
 
 
  Xu Si (CHN)0
 
  Zhou Yuelong (16)1
 
 
 
  Alexander Ursenbacher4
 
  Yuan Sijun (CHN)1
 
 
 
  Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI)4
 
  Alexander Ursenbacher4
 
 
 
  Mitchell Mann0
 
  David Lilley (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Duane Jones (WAL)2
 
  David Lilley3
 
 
 
  Mitchell Mann4
 
  Mitchell Mann (ENG)4
 
 
  Lukas Kleckers (GER)0
 

Section 2

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  Rory McLeod (JAM)1
 
 
 
  Hossein Vafaei (IRN)4
 
  Hossein Vafaei4
 
 
 
  Allan Taylor1
 
  Andy Hicks (ENG)1
 
 
 
  Allan Taylor (ENG)4
 
  Hossein Vafaei2
 
 
 
  Mark Allen (9)4
 
  Iulian Boiko (UKR)4
 
 
 
  Fergal O'Brien (IRL)3
 
  Iulian Boiko3
 
 
 
  Mark Allen (9)4
 
  Mark Allen (NIR) (9)4
 
 
 
  Jamie Curtis-Barrett (ENG)0
 
  Mark Allen (9)4
 
 
 
  Ricky Walden1
 
  Scott Donaldson (SCO)4
 
 
 
  Peter Lines (ENG)2
 
  Scott Donaldson2
 
 
 
  Joe Perry4
 
  Joe Perry (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Mark Davis (ENG)2
 
  Joe Perry2
 
 
 
  Ricky Walden4
 
  Ricky Walden (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Mark Joyce (ENG)3
 
  Ricky Walden4
 
 
 
  Si Jiahui3
 
  Ding Junhui (CHN) (8)2
 
 
  Si Jiahui (CHN)4
 

Section 3

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  Kyren Wilson (ENG) (5)4
 
 
 
  Kuldesh Johal (ENG)2
 
  Kyren Wilson (5)4
 
 
 
  Fan Zhengyi0
 
  Oliver Brown (ENG)1
 
 
 
  Fan Zhengyi (CHN)4
 
  Kyren Wilson (5)3
 
 
 
  Matthew Selt4
 
  Matthew Selt (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Stephen Hendry (SCO)1
 
  Matthew Selt4
 
 
 
  Barry Hawkins3
 
  Barry Hawkins (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Luo Honghao (CHN)2
 
  Matthew Selt4
 
 
 
  Soheil Vahedi1
 
  Mark Williams (WAL) (12)4
 
 
 
  Li Hang (CHN)1
 
  Mark Williams (12)3
 
 
 
  Soheil Vahedi4
 
  Michael White (WAL)2
 
 
 
  Soheil Vahedi (IRN)4
 
  Soheil Vahedi4
 
 
 
  Tom Ford0
 
  Zak Surety (ENG)2
 
 
 
  Tom Ford (ENG)4
 
  Tom Ford4
 
 
 
  Jamie Jones2
 
  Steven Hallworth (ENG)2
 
 
  Jamie Jones (WAL)4
 

Section 4

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  Chen Zifan (CHN)4
 
 
 
  Daniel Womersley (ENG)1
 
  Chen Zifan4
 
 
 
  Leo Fernandez3
 
  Ian Burns (ENG)1
 
 
 
  Leo Fernandez (IRL)4
 
  Chen Zifan3
 
 
 
  Jimmy White4
 
  Jimmy White (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Joe O'Connor (ENG)3
 
  Jimmy White4
 
 
 
  Stuart Bingham (13)2
 
  Stuart Bingham (ENG) (13)4
 
 
 
  Gerard Greene (NIR)0
 
  Jimmy White2
 
 
 
  Chris Wakelin4
 
  Chang Bingyu (CHN)4
 
 
 
  Eden Sharav (ISR)3
 
  Chang Bingyu2
 
 
 
  Chris Wakelin4
 
  Nigel Bond (ENG)3
 
 
 
  Chris Wakelin (ENG)4
 
  Chris Wakelin4
 
 
 
  Mark Selby (4)2
 
  Ken Doherty (IRL)4
 
 
 
  Matthew Stevens (WAL)3
 
  Ken Doherty2
 
 
 
  Mark Selby (4)4
 
  Mark Selby (ENG) (4)4
 
 
  Sam Craigie (ENG)1
 

Bottom half

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Section 5

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  Neil Robertson (AUS) (3)2
 
 
 
  Lei Peifan (CHN)4
 
  Lei Peifan4
 
 
 
  Dylan Emery3
 
  Dylan Emery (WAL)4
 
 
 
  Ben Hancorn (ENG)0
 
  Lei Peifan1
 
 
 
  Stuart Carrington4
 
  Andrew Higginson (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Lyu Haotian (CHN)3
 
  Andrew Higginson2
 
 
 
  Stuart Carrington4
 
  Stuart Carrington (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Gao Yang (CHN)0
 
  Stuart Carrington4
 
 
 
  David Gilbert (14)0
 
  David Gilbert (ENG) (14)4
 
 
 
  Paul Davison (ENG)1
 
  David Gilbert (14)4
 
 
 
  Jimmy Robertson3
 
  Jimmy Robertson (ENG)4
 
 
 
  James Cahill (ENG)2
 
  David Gilbert (14)4
 
 
 
  Zhao Xintong0
 
  Zhao Xintong (CHN)4
 
 
 
  Ashley Carty (ENG)1
 
  Zhao Xintong4
 
 
 
  Daniel Wells2
 
  Peter Devlin (ENG)3
 
 
  Daniel Wells (WAL)4
 

Section 6

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  Elliot Slessor (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Jackson Page (WAL)3
 
  Elliot Slessor2
 
 
 
  Martin Gould4
 
  Martin Gould (ENG)4
 
 
 
  David Grace (ENG)2
 
  Martin Gould3
 
 
 
  Jamie Clarke4
 
  Brandon Sargeant (ENG)1
 
 
 
  Aaron Hill (IRL)4
 
  Aaron Hill2
 
 
 
  Jamie Clarke4
 
  Yan Bingtao (CHN) (11)1
 
 
 
  Jamie Clarke (WAL)4
 
  Jamie Clarke1
 
 
 
  Xiao Guodong4
 
  Kacper Filipiak (POL)0
 
 
 
  Alan McManus (SCO)4
 
  Alan McManus1
 
 
 
  Zhao Jianbo4
 
  Zhao Jianbo (CHN)4
 
 
 
  Noppon Saengkham (THA)0
 
  Zhao Jianbo1
 
 
 
  Xiao Guodong4
 
  Martin O'Donnell (ENG)2
 
 
 
  Xiao Guodong (CHN)4
 
  Xiao Guodong4
 
 
 
  Jamie Wilson1
 
  Hamim Hussain (ENG)0
 
 
  Jamie Wilson (ENG)4
 

Section 7

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  Shaun Murphy (ENG) (7)4
 
 
 
  Ashley Hugill (ENG)2
 
  Shaun Murphy (7)4
 
 
 
  Luca Brecel1
 
  Mark King (ENG)1
 
 
 
  Luca Brecel (BEL)4
 
  Shaun Murphy (7)1
 
 
 
  Anthony Hamilton4
 
  Dominic Dale (WAL)0
 
 
 
  Tian Pengfei (CHN)4
 
  Tian Pengfei0
 
 
 
  Anthony Hamilton4
 
  Barry Pinches (ENG)2
 
 
 
  Anthony Hamilton (ENG)4
 
  Anthony Hamilton1
 
 
 
  Jack Lisowski (10)4
 
  Jack Lisowski (ENG) (10)4
 
 
 
  Farakh Ajaib (PAK)1
 
  Jack Lisowski (10)4
 
 
 
  Jak Jones1
 
  Jak Jones (WAL)4
 
 
 
  Ryan Day (WAL)3
 
  Jack Lisowski (10)4
 
 
 
  Fraser Patrick2
 
  Oliver Lines (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Riley Parsons (ENG)1
 
  Oliver Lines3
 
 
 
  Fraser Patrick4
 
  Liam Highfield (ENG)3
 
 
  Fraser Patrick (SCO)4
 

Section 8

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  Simon Lichtenberg (GER)3
 
 
 
  Lu Ning (CHN)4
 
  Lu Ning4
 
 
 
  Jamie O'Neill0
 
  Lee Walker (WAL)2
 
 
 
  Jamie O'Neill (ENG)4
 
  Lu Ning4
 
 
 
  Pang Junxu2
 
  Pang Junxu (CHN)4
 
 
 
  Igor Figueiredo (BRA)3
 
  Pang Junxu4
 
 
 
  Anthony McGill (15)2
 
  Anthony McGill (SCO) (15)4
 
 
 
  Louis Heathcote (ENG)0
 
  Lu Ning4
 
 
 
  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh2
 
  Rod Lawler (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Jordan Brown (NIR)3
 
  Rod Lawler3
 
 
 
  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh4
 
  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)4
 
 
 
  Sean Maddocks (ENG)0
 
  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh4
 
 
 
  Ali Carter2
 
  Billy Castle (ENG)3
 
 
 
  Ben Woollaston (ENG)4
 
  Ben Woollaston2
 
 
 
  Ali Carter4
 
  John Astley (ENG)2
 
 
  Ali Carter (ENG)4
 

Finals

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  Judd Trump (1)4
 
 
 
  Mark Allen (9)0
 
  Judd Trump (1)4
 
 
 
  Matthew Selt1
 
  Matthew Selt4
 
 
 
  Chris Wakelin0
 
  Judd Trump (1)4
 
 
 
  Jack Lisowski (10)0
 
  Stuart Carrington4
 
 
 
  Xiao Guodong1
 
  Stuart Carrington3
 
 
 
  Jack Lisowski (10)4
 
  Jack Lisowski (10)4
 
 
  Lu Ning3
 

Final

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Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Colin Humphries
Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, 7 March 2021
Judd Trump (1)
  England
4–0 Jack Lisowski (10)
  England
Frames: 72–18, 106–0 (106), 73–46, 94–0
106 Highest break 31
1 Century breaks 0

Century breaks

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A total of 80 century breaks were made during the tournament.[9]

References

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  5. ^ "Hendry loses comeback match to Selt". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 2021-03-07. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
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  8. ^ "BetVictor Gibraltar Open 2021 | Draw". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  9. ^ "BetVictor Gibraltar Open | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.