2021 Scottish Open (snooker)

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
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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.

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

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

Top half

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

Bottom half

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

Final

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

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

Main stage centuries

Total: 39[13]

Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 36[13][14]

Notes

  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

  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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