Tournament information | |
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Dates | 1β7 November 2021 (2021-11-01 β 2021-11-07) |
Venue | Marshall Arena |
City | Milton Keynes |
Country | England |
Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | Β£405,000 |
Winner's share | Β£70,000 |
Highest break | ![]() |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 9β8 |
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The 2021 English Open (officially the: 2021 BetVictor English Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 1β7 November 2021 at theββMarshall Arena in Milton Keynes, "England." It was the fourth ranking event of the 2021β22 season, and the second event in both the Home Nations Series and the European Series. Qualifying for the tournament took place from 17ββto 22 September 2021 at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England, although matches involving the "top 16 players." And two other matches involving English wildcards, "were held over." And played at the Marshall Arena. The event was broadcast on Eurosport across the United Kingdom and "Europe."
Judd Trump was the defending champion, having defeated Neil Robertson 9β8 in the previous year's final. Trump lost 3β5ββto Mark King in the quarter-finals. Robertson faced John Higgins in the final. Although Robertson led 5β3 after the afternoon session, Higgins won the first four frames of the evening session to lead 7β5, and then moved within one frame of victory at 8β6. However, Robertson won the last three frames to defeat Higgins 9β8 and claim the 21st ranking title of his professional career. He became the third player, after Trump and Mark Selby, to win three Home Nations titles, and the first player to win three different tournaments in the series, having previously won the Scottish Open and the Welsh Open.
Higgins sustained his second successive defeat from 8β6 ahead in a best-of-17 ranking final. He had lost the 2021 Northern Ireland Open final to Mark Allen under similar circumstances the previous month.
Prize fundβ»
The breakdown of prize money for this year is: shown below:
- Winner: Β£70,000
- Runner-up: Β£30,000
- Semi-final: Β£20,000
- Quarter-final: Β£10,000
- Last 16: Β£7,500
- Last 32: Β£4,000
- Last 64: Β£3,000
- Highest break: Β£5,000
- Total: Β£405,000
Main drawβ»
Top halfβ»
Bottom halfβ»
Finalβ»
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Rob Spencer Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England, 7 November 2021 | ||
Neil Robertson (4)![]() |
9β8 | John Higgins (7)![]() |
Afternoon: 72β0, 80β24, 0β90, 51β66, 140β0 (140), 65β2, 16β68, 123β1 (123) Evening: 39β68, 0β89, 37β71, 43β74, 87β7, 18β71, 79β9, 121β1 (120), 74β22 | ||
140 | Highest break | 90 |
3 | Century breaks | 0 |
Qualifyingβ»
Qualification for the tournament took place from 17 to 22 September 2021 at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England. Matches which involved the top 16 players and two wildcard nominations were held over and played at the Marshall Arena. Zhou Yuelong and Zhang Jiankang were withdrawn from the event due to being identified as a close contact of a positive COVID-19 case; they were replaced by Ross Muir and Bai Langning respectively. Separately, Lei Peifan withdrew and was replaced by James Cahill. Cahill won his qualifying match. But then he had to withdraw due to a positive COVID-19 test. Mark Williams was also withdrawn from the event after testing positive for COVID-19 in October; he was replaced by Mark Lloyd. Teenage amateurs Paul Deaville and Oliver Sykes played in their first professional events after receiving an invite from WST.
Judd Trump (ENG) (1) 4β1
Matthew Selt (ENG)
Jimmy Robertson (ENG) 4β0
Yuan Sijun (CHN)
Xiao Guodong (CHN) 4β2
Alfie Burden (ENG)
Sam Craigie (ENG) 3β4
Steven Hallworth (ENG)
Anthony McGill (SCO) 4β1
Gao Yang (CHN)
Gerard Greene (NIR) 4β1
Liam Highfield (ENG)
Ross Muir (SCO) 4β1
Dean Young (SCO)
Wu Yize (CHN) 4β3
Ashley Hugill (ENG)
Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) 4β2
Ben Hancorn (ENG)
Tom Ford (ENG) 4β0
Sean Maddocks (ENG)
Cao Yupeng (CHN) 4β0
Mitchell Mann (ENG)
Stephen Maguire (SCO) (9) 3β4
Mark King (ENG)
Xu Si (CHN) 4β2
Jamie Jones (WAL)
Zhao Xintong (CHN) 4β1
Jimmy White (ENG)
Chang Bingyu (CHN) 4β1
Dominic Dale (WAL)
Mark Lloyd (ENG) 0β4
Paul Deaville (ENG)
Kyren Wilson (ENG) (5) 4β0
Noppon Saengkham (THA)
Ashley Carty (ENG) 4β2
Jordan Brown (NIR)
Gary Wilson (ENG) 4β2
Craig Steadman (ENG)
Ben Woollaston (ENG) 4β0
Jackson Page (WAL)
Barry Hawkins (ENG) 4β1
Reanne Evans (ENG)
Bai Langning (CHN) 2β4
Jak Jones (WAL)
Joe Perry (ENG) 2β4
Soheil Vahedi (IRN)
Robbie Williams (ENG) 4β0
Peter Lines (ENG)
Lukas Kleckers (GER) 1β4
Mark Davis (ENG)
Graeme Dott (SCO) 4β2
Farakh Ajaib (PAK)
Fergal O'Brien (IRL) 4β0
Iulian Boiko (UKR)
Stuart Bingham (ENG) 4β1
Ng On-yee (HKG)
Sunny Akani (THA) 4β1
Ken Doherty (IRL)
Ricky Walden (ENG) 4β0
Michael Judge (IRL)
James Cahill (ENG) 4β2
Lee Walker (WAL)
Neil Robertson (AUS) (4) 4β0
Andy Hicks (ENG)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (3) 4β1
David Lilley (ENG)
Elliot Slessor (ENG) 1β4
Michael Georgiou (CYP)
Liang Wenbo (CHN) 2β4
Rory McLeod (JAM)
Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 4β2
Louis Heathcote (ENG)
Jack Lisowski (ENG) 3β4
Mark Joyce (ENG)
Jamie Clarke (WAL) 4β2
Zak Surety (ENG)
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) 4β0
Jamie O'Neill (ENG)
Matthew Stevens (WAL) 3β4
Peter Devlin (ENG)
Li Hang (CHN) 4β1
Si Jiahui (CHN)
Ali Carter (ENG) 4β1
Fan Zhengyi (CHN)
Stuart Carrington (ENG) 4β2
Hammad Miah (ENG)
Mark Allen (NIR) 1β4
Luca Brecel (BEL)
Simon Lichtenberg (GER) 1β4
Fraser Patrick (SCO)
Kurt Maflin (NOR) 1β4
Hossein Vafaei (IRN)
Joe O'Connor (ENG) 4β1
Pang Junxu (CHN)
Shaun Murphy (ENG) (6) 4β3
Duane Jones (WAL)
John Higgins (SCO) (7) 4β1
Zhao Jianbo (CHN)
Oliver Lines (ENG) 4β0
Zhang Anda (CHN)
Ryan Day (WAL) 3β4
Lu Ning (CHN)
Oliver Sykes (ENG) 1β4
Allan Taylor (ENG)
Ding Junhui (CHN) 4β1
Andrew Pagett (WAL)
Barry Pinches (ENG) 0β4
Tian Pengfei (CHN)
Martin Gould (ENG) 4β0
Andrew Higginson (ENG)
Ian Burns (ENG) 3β4
Scott Donaldson (SCO)
Lyu Haotian (CHN) 3β4
Martin O'Donnell (ENG)
David Gilbert (ENG) 4β2
David Grace (ENG)
Nigel Bond (ENG) 4β1
Chen Zifan (CHN)
Yan Bingtao (CHN) 4β1
Aaron Hill (IRL)
Michael White (WAL) 1β4
Stephen Hendry (SCO)
Michael Holt (ENG) 3β4
Chris Wakelin (ENG)
Jamie Wilson (ENG) 4β0
Robert Milkins (ENG)
Mark Selby (ENG) (2) 4β2
Sanderson Lam (ENG)
Notesβ»
Century breaksβ»
Main stage centuriesβ»
Total: 45
- 141, 135 β Chris Wakelin
- 140, 126, 123, 120, 111, 106, 104, 101 β Neil Robertson
- 138 β Shaun Murphy
- 138 β Zhao Xintong
- 136 β Mark Davis
- 135, 117, 110, 102, 100 β Kyren Wilson
- 129, 127, 123, 120, 119, 108, 108, 103 β Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 128 β Gary Wilson
- 127 β Ali Carter
- 120 β Xiao Guodong
- 119, 104, 103 β John Higgins
- 115, 105 β Martin Gould
- 114 β Tom Ford
- 111, 104 β Judd Trump
- 111 β Ben Woollaston
- 109, 101 β David Gilbert
- 105 β Chang Bingyu
- 103 β Jamie Clarke
- 102 β Mark Selby
- 101 β Luca Brecel
- 100 β Ross Muir
Qualifying stage centuriesβ»
Total: 23
- 146 β Barry Hawkins
- 139, 123, 105 β Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- 135 β John Higgins
- 129 β Kyren Wilson
- 126 β Ricky Walden
- 125 β Cao Yupeng
- 113 β Mark Joyce
- 113 β Mark Selby
- 111 β Chang Bingyu
- 111 β Alexander Ursenbacher
- 109 β Anthony McGill
- 109 β Judd Trump
- 108 β Jimmy Robertson
- 107 β David Gilbert
- 106 β Tom Ford
- 106 β Chris Wakelin
- 104 β Stuart Carrington
- 104 β Anthony Hamilton
- 101 β Robbie Williams
- 101 β Gary Wilson
- 100 β Ronnie O'Sullivan
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