2022 Gibraltar Open
Professional snooker tournament
Snooker tournament
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 .
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]
The event was the seventh iteration of the Gibraltar Open , which was first held in 2015 .[ 4] Europa Point Sports Complex in Gibraltar.[ 5] 2021–22 snooker season , it followed the Turkish Masters and preceded the Tour Championship .[ 6] [ 7] Judd Trump , who had defeated Jack Lisowski 4–0 in the 2021 final .[ 8] World Snooker Tour and sponsored by BetVictor .[ 9] 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
The Gibraltar Open was the concluding event of the 2021–22 European Series ,[ 9] [ 14] 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] [ 13] [ 17]
Prize fund
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
Below is the full draw for the event. Players in bold denote match winners.[citation needed
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Finals
Final
Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Ben WilliamsGibraltar , 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
A total of 70 century breaks were made during the tournament.[ 19]
147 , 119, 101 – Stuart Bingham 140, 112, 109, 103, 102 – Ricky Walden
139 – Zhou Yuelong
138, 103 – Zhang Anda
135 – Noppon Saengkham
133, 123, 119, 112 – Ding Junhui
132, 117, 114, 114, 101 – Jimmy Robertson
132, 117, 108, 100, 100 – Kyren Wilson
132 – James Cahill
130, 112, 108, 102 – Lyu Haotian
126, 112 – John Higgins
126 – Soheil Vahedi
122 – Tom Ford
122 – Jak Jones
120 – Matthew Stevens
119, 103 – Jack Lisowski
119 – Zhao Xintong
118 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
117, 117, 105, 100 – Jordan Brown
116 – Jamie Jones
114, 102, 100 – Ben Hancorn
114 – Lee Walker
113 – Dominic Dale
112, 102 – Neil Robertson
109 – Gao Yang
106 – Joe Perry
105, 104 – Mark Allen
105 – David Grace
104, 101, 100 – Yuan Sijun
104, 100 – Ben Woollaston
104 – Louis Heathcote
104 – Mitchell Mann
103 – Luca Brecel
103 – Zhou Yuelong
102 – Ashley Hugill
102 – Robbie Williams
101 – Ross Muir
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