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2022 Gibraltar Open

The 2022 Gibraltar Open (officially the 2022 BetVictor Gibraltar Open) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 24 to 26 March 2022 at the Europa Point Sports Complex. The 14th ranking event of the 2021–22 snooker season, it followed the Turkish Masters and preceded the Tour Championship. It was the seventh -- and currently final -- edition of the Gibraltar Open, first held in 2015, and the eighth and final event of the 2021–22 European Series.

2022 BetVictor Gibraltar Open
Tournament information
Dates24–26 March 2022 (2022-03-24 – 2022-03-26)
VenueEuropa Point Sports Complex
CityGibraltar
OrganisationWorld Snooker Tour
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£251,000
Winner's share£50,000
Highest break Stuart Bingham (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion Robert Milkins (ENG)
Runner-up Kyren Wilson (ENG)
Score4–2
← 2021

The defending champion was Judd Trump, who defeated Jack Lisowski 4–0 in the 2021 final. However, Trump lost 0–4 to Ricky Walden in the last 16.[1] Robert Milkins defeated Kyren Wilson 4–2 in the final to win the first ranking title of his 27-year professional career. Aged 46, Milkins became the oldest first-time winner of a ranking event since Doug Mountjoy won the 1988 UK Championship.[2]

John Higgins secured the European Series bonus of £150,000, awarded to the player who won the most cumulative prize money over the eight tournaments. Stuart Bingham made the highest break of the tournament, a 147 in the final frame of his first-round match with Gerard Greene. It was the ninth maximum break of Bingham's career and the eighth of the 2021–22 season.[3]

Format edit

The event was the seventh iteration of the Gibraltar Open, which was first held in 2015.[4] It took place from 24 to 26 March 2022 at the Europa Point Sports Complex in Gibraltar.[5] The 14th ranking tournament of the 2021–22 snooker season, it followed the Turkish Masters and preceded the Tour Championship.[6][7] The defending champion was Judd Trump, who had defeated Jack Lisowski 4–0 in the 2021 final.[8] The tournament was organised by the World Snooker Tour and sponsored by BetVictor.[9] All matches were contested as the best of seven frames.[10]

The event saw a significant number of withdrawals, including Mark Williams, Shaun Murphy, Stephen Maguire, Kurt Maflin, Anthony McGill, Sam Craigie, David Gilbert and Anthony Hamilton. Additionally, bad weather in Gibraltar led to a number of flights being diverted to Málaga, where some players travelling on non-British passports did not meet Spanish visa requirements and had to return to the UK.[11][12][13]

European Series bonus edit

The Gibraltar Open was the concluding event of the 2021–22 European Series,[9] which carried a £150,000 bonus for the player who won the most cumulative prize money over its eight tournaments.[14] Eleven players remained in contention for the bonus at the beginning of the tournament. John Higgins topped the series money list with £98,000; Mark Allen had the same amount, but Higgins led on countback, having gone further in the European Masters than Allen.[15] Fan Zhengyi, Luca Brecel, Neil Robertson and Ronnie O’Sullivan all began the tournament with £90,000 or more. Zhao Xintong, Hossein Vafaei, Joe Perry, Judd Trump and Ricky Walden were also in contention.[16] Vafaei was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to visa issues in Spain.[13] O'Sullivan and Fan lost in the round of 128; Zhao, Perry, and Brecel lost in the round of 64; and Higgins and Allen lost in the round of 32. Trump and Robertson needed to reach the final to remain in contention, but both lost in the round of 16. Walden needed to win the event to capture the bonus, but he lost in the semi-finals. This meant that Higgins remained top of the series prize money list and won the bonus.[17]

Prize fund edit

The event featured a prize fund of £251,000, of which the winner received £50,000. The breakdown of the tournament's prize money is shown below:[18]

  • 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 edit

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

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

 
Last 128
Best of 7 frames		Last 64
Best of 7 frames		Last 32
Best of 7 frames		Last 16
Best of 7 frames
 
              
 
 
 
 
   Judd Trump (ENG) (1)4
 
 
 
  Andrew Higginson (ENG)0
 
   Judd Trump (1)4
 
 
 
  Simon Blackwell0
 
   Zhao Jianbo (CHN)0
 
 
 
  Simon Blackwell (ENG)4
 
   Judd Trump (1)4
 
 
 
  Sanderson Lam1
 
   Scott Donaldson (SCO)1
 
 
 
  Lu Ning (CHN)4
 
   Lu Ning2
 
 
 
  Sanderson Lam4
 
   Chang Bingyu (CHN)w/d
 
 
 
  Sanderson Lam (ENG)w/o
 
   Judd Trump (1)0
 
 
 
  Ricky Walden (16)4
 
   Ricky Walden (ENG) (16)4
 
 
 
  Dylan Mitchell (ENG)0
 
   Ricky Walden (16)4
 
 
 
  Jackson Page2
 
   Haydon Pinhey (ENG)2
 
 
 
  Jackson Page (WAL)4
 
   Ricky Walden (16)4
 
 
 
  Zhou Yuelong2
 
   Ryan Day (WAL)4
 
 
 
  Ng On-yee (HKG)2
 
   Ryan Day1
 
 
 
  Zhou Yuelong4
 
   Lee Walker (WAL)3
 
 
  Zhou Yuelong (CHN)4
 

Section 2 edit

 
Last 128
Best of 7 frames		Last 64
Best of 7 frames		Last 32
Best of 7 frames		Last 16
Best of 7 frames
 
              
 
 
 
 
   Li Hang (CHN)w/d
 
 
 
  Luke Pinches (ENG)w/o
 
   Luke Pinches0
 
 
 
  Jordan Brown4
 
   Martin O'Donnell (ENG)0
 
 
 
  Jordan Brown (NIR)4
 
   Jordan Brown4
 
 
 
  Louis Heathcote0
 
   Dominic Dale (WAL)2
 
 
 
  Louis Heathcote (ENG)4
 
   Louis Heathcote4
 
 
 
  Ken Doherty3
 
   Lee Stephens (ENG)0
 
 
 
  Ken Doherty (IRL)4
 
   Jordan Brown3
 
 
 
  Jamie Jones4
 
   Jamie Jones (WAL)w/o
 
 
 
  Phil O'Kane (ENG)w/d
 
   Jamie Jones4
 
 
 
  Iulian Boiko0
 
   Xu Si (CHN)w/d
 
 
 
  Iulian Boiko (UKR)w/o
 
   Jamie Jones4
 
 
 
  Zhang Anda2
 
   Peter Devlin (ENG)2
 
 
 
  Xiao Guodong (CHN)4
 
   Xiao Guodong2
 
 
 
  Zhang Anda4
 
   Barry Hawkins (ENG) (9)3
 
 
  Zhang Anda (CHN)4
 

Section 3 edit

 
Last 128
Best of 7 frames		Last 64
Best of 7 frames		Last 32
Best of 7 frames		Last 16
Best of 7 frames
 
              
 
 
 
 
   John Higgins (SCO) (5)4
 
 
 
  David Grace (ENG)2
 
   John Higgins (5)4
 
 
 
  John Astley1
 
   John Astley (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Michael Holt (ENG)3
 
   John Higgins (5)2
 
 
 
  Jimmy Robertson4
 
   Cao Yupeng (CHN)4
 
 
 
  Ben Fortey (ENG)3
 
   Cao Yupeng3
 
 
 
  Jimmy Robertson4
 
   Jimmy Robertson (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Tian Pengfei (CHN)1
 
   Jimmy Robertson0
 
 
 
  Ding Junhui4
 
   Rod Lawler (ENG)0
 
 
 
  Aaron Hill (IRL)4
 
   Aaron Hill4
 
 
 
  Stuart Carrington3
 
   Joshua Cooper (ENG)1
 
 
 
  Stuart Carrington (ENG)4
 
   Aaron Hill1
 
 
 
  Ding Junhui4
 
   Ding Junhui (CHN)4
 
 
 
  Mark Lloyd (ENG)0
 
   Ding Junhui4
 
 
 
  Gary Wilson1
 
   Gary Wilson (ENG)4
 
 
  Mark King (ENG)2
 

Section 4 edit

 
Last 128
Best of 7 frames		Last 64
Best of 7 frames		Last 32
Best of 7 frames		Last 16
Best of 7 frames
 
              
 
 
 
 
   Ian Burns (ENG)3
 
 
 
  Tom Ford (ENG)4
 
   Tom Ford4
 
 
 
  Duane Jones2
 
   Joe O'Connor (ENG)1
 
 
 
  Duane Jones (WAL)4
 
   Tom Ford4
 
 
 
  Jack Lisowski (13)1
 
   Mitchell Mann (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Fergal O'Brien (IRL)3
 
   Mitchell Mann0
 
 
 
  Jack Lisowski (13)4
 
   Jack Lisowski (ENG) (13)4
 
 
 
  Mark Davis (ENG)1
 
   Tom Ford0
 
 
 
  Kyren Wilson (4)4
 
   Matthew Stevens (WAL)w/o
 
 
 
  Hamim Hussain (ENG)w/d
 
   Matthew Stevens3
 
 
 
  Ali Carter4
 
   Andrew Pagett (WAL)2
 
 
 
  Ali Carter (ENG)4
 
   Ali Carter1
 
 
 
  Kyren Wilson (4)4
 
   Wu Yize (CHN)w/d
 
 
 
  Andy Hicks (ENG)w/o
 
   Andy Hicks0
 
 
 
  Kyren Wilson (4)4
 
   Kyren Wilson (ENG) (4)4
 
 
  Lukas Kleckers (GER)0
 

Bottom half edit

Section 5 edit

 
Last 128
Best of 7 frames		Last 64
Best of 7 frames		Last 32
Best of 7 frames		Last 16
Best of 7 frames
 
              
 
 
 
 
   Neil Robertson (AUS) (3)4
 
 
 
  Liang Wenbo (CHN)2
 
   Neil Robertson (3)4
 
 
 
  Oliver Lines2
 
   Oliver Lines (ENG)w/o
 
 
 
  David Gilbert (ENG)w/d
 
   Neil Robertson (3)4
 
 
 
  Rory McLeod1
 
   Daniel Womersley (ENG)w/o
 
 
 
  Pang Junxu (CHN)w/d
 
   Daniel Womersley0
 
 
 
  Rory McLeod4
 
   Alfie Burden (ENG)2
 
 
 
  Rory McLeod (JAM)4
 
   Neil Robertson (3)1
 
 
 
  Jak Jones4
 
   Luca Brecel (BEL) (14)4
 
 
 
  Jamie Curtis-Barrett (ENG)3
 
   Luca Brecel (14)4
 
 
 
  David Lilley1
 
   Hammad Miah (ENG)1
 
 
 
  David Lilley (ENG)4
 
   Luca Brecel (14)3
 
 
 
  Jak Jones4
 
   Robbie Williams (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Stuart Watson (ENG)0
 
   Robbie Williams3
 
 
 
  Jak Jones4
 
   Hossein Vafaei (IRN)w/d
 
 
  Jak Jones (WAL)w/o
 

Section 6 edit

 
Last 128
Best of 7 frames		Last 64
Best of 7 frames		Last 32
Best of 7 frames		Last 16
Best of 7 frames
 
              
 
 
 
 
   Lee Prickman (GIB)0
 
 
 
  Yuan Sijun (CHN)4
 
   Yuan Sijun4
 
 
 
  Gao Yang3
 
   Craig Steadman (ENG)1
 
 
 
  Gao Yang (CHN)4
 
   Yuan Sijun2
 
 
 
  Stuart Bingham (11)4
 
   Jimmy White (ENG)w/o
 
 
 
  Anthony Hamilton (ENG)w/d
 
   Jimmy White1
 
 
 
  Stuart Bingham (11)4
 
   Stuart Bingham (ENG) (11)4
 
 
 
  Gerard Greene (NIR)1
 
   Stuart Bingham (11)4
 
 
 
  Soheil Vahedi1
 
   Noppon Saengkham (THA)4
 
 
 
  Matthew Selt (ENG)1
 
   Noppon Saengkham3
 
 
 
  Soheil Vahedi4
 
   Soheil Vahedi (IRN)4
 
 
 
  Sean Maddocks (ENG)0
 
   Soheil Vahedi4
 
 
 
  Chris Wakelin2
 
   Chris Wakelin (ENG)w/o
 
 
 
  Si Jiahui (CHN)w/d
 
   Chris Wakelin4
 
 
 
  Zhao Xintong (6)1
 
   Zhao Xintong (CHN) (6)4
 
 
  Jamie Clarke (WAL)1
 

Section 7 edit

 
Last 128
Best of 7 frames		Last 64
Best of 7 frames		Last 32
Best of 7 frames		Last 16
Best of 7 frames
 
              
 
 
 
 
   Joshua Thomond (ENG)2
 
 
 
  Ross Muir (SCO)4
 
   Ross Muir0
 
 
 
  Lyu Haotian4
 
   Allan Taylor (ENG)0
 
 
 
  Lyu Haotian (CHN)4
 
   Lyu Haotian4
 
 
 
  Michael Georgiou0
 
   Farakh Ajaib (PAK)4
 
 
 
  Ashley Carty (ENG)2
 
   Farakh Ajaib1
 
 
 
  Michael Georgiou4
 
   Elliot Slessor (ENG)1
 
 
 
  Michael Georgiou (CYP)4
 
   Lyu Haotian2
 
 
 
  Robert Milkins4
 
   Mark Allen (NIR) (10)4
 
 
 
  Mark Joyce (ENG)2
 
   Mark Allen (10)4
 
 
 
  Steven Hallworth1
 
   Fraser Patrick (SCO)w/d
 
 
 
  Steven Hallworth (ENG)w/o
 
   Mark Allen (10)3
 
 
 
  Robert Milkins4
 
   Lei Peifan (CHN)0
 
 
 
  Robert Milkins (ENG)4
 
   Robert Milkins4
 
 
 
  Jamie Wilson1
 
   Jamie Wilson (ENG)4
 
 
  Reanne Evans (ENG)2
 

Section 8 edit

 
Last 128
Best of 7 frames		Last 64
Best of 7 frames		Last 32
Best of 7 frames		Last 16
Best of 7 frames
 
              
 
 
 
 
   James Cahill (ENG)1
 
 
 
  Ben Hancorn (ENG)4
 
   Ben Hancorn4
 
 
 
  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh0
 
   Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)4
 
 
 
  Francis Becerra (GIB)0
 
   Ben Hancorn4
 
 
 
  Michael White2
 
   Joe Perry (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Leo Fernandez (IRL)3
 
   Joe Perry2
 
 
 
  Michael White4
 
   Kuldesh Johal (ENG)2
 
 
 
  Michael White (WAL)4
 
   Ben Hancorn4
 
 
 
  Ben Woollaston3
 
   Nigel Bond (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Chen Zifan (CHN)1
 
   Nigel Bond4
 
 
 
  Ashley Hugill1
 
   Fan Zhengyi (CHN)3
 
 
 
  Ashley Hugill (ENG)4
 
   Nigel Bond1
 
 
 
  Ben Woollaston4
 
   Barry Pinches (ENG)2
 
 
 
  Peter Lines (ENG)4
 
   Peter Lines2
 
 
 
  Ben Woollaston4
 
   Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (2)3
 
 
  Ben Woollaston (ENG)4
 

Finals edit

 
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames		Final
Best of 7 frames
 
          
 
 
 
 
   Ricky Walden (16)4
 
 
 
  Jamie Jones 1
 
   Ricky Walden (16)3
 
 
 
  Kyren Wilson (4)4
 
   Ding Junhui1
 
 
 
  Kyren Wilson (4)4
 
   Kyren Wilson (4)2
 
 
 
  Robert Milkins4
 
   Jak Jones4
 
 
 
  Stuart Bingham (11)0
 
   Jak Jones2
 
 
 
  Robert Milkins4
 
   Robert Milkins4
 
 
  Ben Hancorn2
 

Final edit

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Ben Williams
Europa Point Sports Complex, Gibraltar, 26 March 2022
Kyren Wilson (4)
  England 		2–4 Robert Milkins
  England
Frame scores: 59–71, 29–62, 25–76, 85–20, 63–27, 10–74
65 Highest break 71
0 Century breaks 0

Century breaks edit

A total of 70 century breaks were made during the tournament.[19]

References edit

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