2022 Scottish Open (snooker)

The 2022 Scottish Open (officially the 2022 BetVictor Scottish Open) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 28 November to 4 December 2022 at Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland,[1] the first time since the 2003 event that the tournament was staged in that city.[2] It was the sixth ranking event of the 2022–23 season and the second tournament in the Home Nations Series, following the Northern Ireland Open and preceding the English Open and the Welsh Open. It was the third of eight tournaments in the season's European Series. Qualifiers were held from 4 to 9 October at the Chase Leisure Centre in Cannock, England,[3] although matches involving the top 16 players in the world rankings were held over and played at the main venue. Sponsored by BetVictor, the tournament was broadcast by Eurosport in the UK and Europe. The winner received £80,000 from a total prize fund of £427,000.

2022 BetVictor Scottish Open
Tournament information
Dates28 November – 4 December 2022 (2022-11-28 – 2022-12-04)
VenueMeadowbank Sports Centre
CityEdinburgh
CountryScotland
OrganisationWorld Snooker Tour
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£427,000
Winner's share£80,000
Highest break Judd Trump (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion Gary Wilson (ENG)
Runner-up Joe O'Connor (ENG)
Score9–2
2021
2023

Luca Brecel was the defending champion, having defeated John Higgins 9–5 in the 2021 final.[4] However, Brecel lost 3–4 to Fraser Patrick in the first round.[5] World number 32 Gary Wilson reached his third ranking final, having previously been runner-up at the 2015 China Open and the 2021 British Open, while world number 55 Joe O'Connor reached a ranking final for the first time.[6][7][8] Wilson won the last six frames of the final to clinch a 9–2 victory over O'Connor and capture the first ranking title of his career.[9][10][11]

Judd Trump compiled the highest break of the tournament, making the eighth maximum break of his career in his second-round match against Mitchell Mann.[12] In doing so, Trump became only the second player, after Shaun Murphy, to make three maximums in a calendar year, having previously achieved 147s at the 2022 Turkish Masters and the 2022 Champion of Champions.[13][14]

During his first-round match against Bai Langning, world number one Ronnie O'Sullivan was believed to have set a new record for the fastest televised century break, with the time initially given as three minutes and 24 seconds. However, after reviewing the footage, tour officials added ten seconds to the time of O'Sullivan's break, putting it three seconds outside the record of three minutes and 31 seconds set by Tony Drago at the 1996 UK Championship.[15][16]

Prize fund

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The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:[17]

  • Winner: £80,000
  • Runner-up: £35,000
  • Semi-final: £17,500
  • Quarter-final: £11,000
  • Last 16: £7,500
  • Last 32: £4,500
  • Last 64: £3,000
  • Highest break: £5,000
  • Total: £427,000

Main draw

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Top half

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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
 
                  
 
 
 
 
  Fraser Patrick (SCO)3
 
 
 
  Sam Craigie (ENG)4
 
  Sam Craigie4
 
 
 
  Zhang Anda2
 
  Dylan Emery (WAL)1
 
 
 
  Zhang Anda (CHN)4
 
  Sam Craigie1
 
 
 
  Ricky Walden (17)4
 
  Ryan Day (WAL) (16)4
 
 
 
  Lyu Haotian (CHN)2
 
  Ryan Day (16)0
 
 
 
  Ricky Walden (17)4
 
  Ricky Walden (ENG) (17)4
 
 
 
  Mark King (ENG)3
 
  Ricky Walden (17)1
 
 
 
  Joe O'Connor5
 
  Pang Junxu (CHN)2
 
 
 
  Jimmy Robertson (ENG) (24)4
 
  Jimmy Robertson (24)0
 
 
 
  Mark Williams (9)4
 
  Liang Wenbo (CHN)w/d
 
 
 
  Mark Williams (WAL) (9) w/o
 
  Mark Williams (9)3
 
 
 
  Joe O'Connor4
 
  Ding Junhui (CHN)4
 
 
 
  Mark Joyce (ENG)2
 
  Ding Junhui2
 
 
 
  Joe O'Connor4
 
  Joe O'Connor (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Zhao Xintong (CHN) (8)3
 
  Joe O'Connor6
 
 
 
  Neil Robertson (4)3
 
  Mark Selby (ENG) (5)4
 
 
 
  John Astley (ENG)0
 
  Mark Selby (5)4
 
 
 
  Robert Milkins (28)1
 
  Robert Milkins (ENG) (28)4
 
 
 
  Stuart Carrington (ENG)2
 
  Mark Selby (5)4
 
 
 
  Jack Lisowski (12)2
 
  Jack Lisowski (ENG) (12) 4
 
 
 
  Allan Taylor (ENG)0
 
  Jack Lisowski (12)4
 
 
 
  Ali Carter (21)3
 
  Ali Carter (ENG) (21)4
 
 
 
  Robbie Williams (ENG)2
 
  Mark Selby (5)2
 
 
 
  Neil Robertson (4)5
 
  Sean O'Sullivan (ENG)0
 
 
 
  Anthony McGill (SCO) (20)4
 
  Anthony McGill (20)4
 
 
 
  Scott Donaldson3
 
  Scott Donaldson (SCO)4
 
 
 
  Shaun Murphy (ENG) (13)0
 
  Anthony McGill (20)2
 
 
 
  Neil Robertson (4)4
 
  Graeme Dott (SCO)3
 
 
 
  Joe Perry (ENG) (29)4
 
  Joe Perry (29)1
 
 
 
  Neil Robertson (4)4
 
  Himanshu Jain (IND)1
 
 
  Neil Robertson (AUS) (4)4
 

Bottom half

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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
 
                  
 
 
 
 
  Judd Trump (ENG) (3)4
 
 
 
  Mitchell Mann (ENG)0
 
  Judd Trump (3)4
 
 
 
  Jamie Clarke1
 
  Jamie Clarke (WAL)4
 
 
 
  Hammad Miah (ENG)2
 
  Judd Trump (3)4
 
 
 
  Xiao Guodong2
 
  Zak Surety (ENG)2
 
 
 
  Tian Pengfei (CHN)4
 
  Tian Pengfei2
 
 
 
  Xiao Guodong4
 
  Xu Si (CHN)3
 
 
 
  Xiao Guodong (CHN)4
 
  Judd Trump (3)4
 
 
 
  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh5
 
  Chang Bingyu (CHN)w/d
 
 
 
  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)w/o
 
  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh4
 
 
 
  Mark Allen (11)1
 
  Martin Gould (ENG)2
 
 
 
  Mark Allen (NIR) (11)4
 
  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh4
 
 
 
  Jamie Jones (27)3
 
  Chen Zifan (CHN)0
 
 
 
  Jamie Jones (WAL) (27)4
 
  Jamie Jones (27)4
 
 
 
  John Higgins (6)3
 
  Cao Yupeng (CHN)3
 
 
 
  John Higgins (SCO) (6)4
 
  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh4
 
 
 
  Gary Wilson (31)6
 
  Kyren Wilson (ENG) (7)4
 
 
 
  Matthew Stevens (WAL)3
 
  Kyren Wilson (7)4
 
 
 
  Stephen Maguire (26)2
 
  Stephen Maguire (SCO) (26)4
 
 
 
  Ashley Hugill (ENG)1
 
  Kyren Wilson (7)4
 
 
 
  Zhou Yuelong (23)2
 
  Barry Hawkins (ENG) (10)4
 
 
 
  Michael White (WAL)1
 
  Barry Hawkins (10)0
 
 
 
  Zhou Yuelong (23)4
 
  Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (23)4
 
 
 
  David Lilley (ENG)1
 
  Kyren Wilson (7)3
 
 
 
  Gary Wilson (31)5
 
  Noppon Saengkham (THA)0
 
 
 
  Hossein Vafaei (IRN) (18)4
 
  Hossein Vafaei (18)4
 
 
 
  Yan Bingtao (15)3
 
  Liam Highfield (ENG)3
 
 
 
  Yan Bingtao (CHN) (15)4
 
  Hossein Vafaei (18)3
 
 
 
  Gary Wilson (31)4
 
  Ken Doherty (IRL)2
 
 
 
  Gary Wilson (ENG) (31)4
 
  Gary Wilson (31)4
 
 
 
  Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)3
 
  Ben Woollaston (ENG)2
 
 
  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (2)4
 

Final

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Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Ben Williams
Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 4 December 2022
Joe O'Connor
  England
2–9 Gary Wilson (31)
  England
Afternoon: 8–129 (102), 99–0, 64–67, 0–88, 82–7, 12–102 (102), 34–80, 44–74
Evening: 32–81, 46–54, 0–94
99 Highest break 102
0 Century breaks 2

Qualifying

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Qualification for the tournament took place from 9 to 14 October 2022 at the Chase Leisure Centre in Cannock.[18]

Held-over matches

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Matches involving top 16 and wild card players were played at Meadowbank Sports Centre.[19]

Century breaks

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Main stage centuries

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Total: 86[20]

Qualifying stage centuries

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Total: 25[21]

References

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