2019 Indian Open
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox individual snooker tournament
|tournament_name=2019 Indian Open
|logo=
|dates={{Start and end dates|2019|02|27|2019|03|3|df=y}}
|venue=Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty
|location=Kochi
|country=India
|organisation=World Snooker
|format=Ranking event
|Total prize fund=£323,000
|winners_share=£50,000
|highest_break={{flagathlete|Zhou Yuelong|CHN}} (147)
|winner={{flagathlete|Matthew Selt|ENG}}
|runner_up={{flagathlete|Lyu Haotian|CHN}}
|score= 5–3
|previous=2017
|next=
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The 2019 Indian Open was a professional snooker tournament. It was due to take place between 18 and 22 September 2018 at the Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty in Kochi, India but was postponed due to the 2018 Kerala floods. The rescheduled Indian Open was played in Kochi from 27 February to 3 March 2019.{{cite web |title=2018/19 Calendar Amendments – New Indian Open Dates Confirmed |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/2018-19-calendar-amendments-new-indian-open-dates-confirmed/ |website=World Snooker |date=3 September 2018|access-date=27 February 2019}} It was the fifteenth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.{{Cite web |title=Indian Open Draw and Preview - SnookerHQ |work=SnookerHQ |date= 26 February 2019|access-date=27 March 2019 |url= https://snookerhq.com/2019/02/26/indian-open-draw-preview/ }}
Qualifying took place on 15 and 16 August 2018 in Preston, England.
John Higgins was the defending champion, having beaten Anthony McGill 5–1 in the 2017 final,{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/41295289|title=Indian Open: John Higgins beats Anthony McGill to take title|date=16 September 2017|work=BBC Sport|access-date=27 February 2019}} but he lost to Matthew Selt in the semi-finals.{{Cite web |title=Indian Open - World Snooker |work=World Snooker |access-date=27 March 2019 |url= http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/indian-open-2018/ }}
Selt went on to win his first ranking title, beating Lyu Haotian 5–3 in the final.{{Cite web |title=Indian Open: Matthew Selt ends 13-year wait, bags first world-ranking snooker title |work=Sportstar |access-date=27 March 2019 |url= https://sportstar.thehindu.com/pool/indian-open-2019-kochi-matthew-selt-john-higgins-lyu-haotian-snooker-news-ranking/article26425588.ece }}
Zhou Yuelong made the first maximum break of his career in the fourth frame of his first round loss to Lyu Haotian. It was the 150th maximum in professional events.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/zhou-joins-147-club/|title=Zhou Joins 147 Club|work=worldsnooker.com|publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|date=28 February 2018}}
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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- Winner: £50,000
- Runner-up: £25,000
- Semi-final: £15,000
- Quarter-final: £10,000
- Last 16: £6,000
- Last 32: £4,000
- Last 64: £2,000
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- Televised highest break: £2,000
- Total: £323,000
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £10,000
Main draw
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|short_brackets=yes
| bold_winner=high
| RD1=Last 64
Best of 7 frames
| RD2=Last 32
Best of 7 frames
| RD3=Last 16
Best of 7 frames
| RD4=Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
| RD5=Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
| RD6=Final
Best of 9 frames
| 3rdplace=no
||{{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins|4|{{flagicon|WAL}} Duane Jones|0
||{{flagicon|IRN}} Hossein Vafaei|4|{{flagicon|WAL}} Dominic Dale|3
||{{flagicon|WAL}} Michael White|2|
{{flagicon|ENG}} James Cahill|4
||{{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilbert|3|{{flagicon|ENG}} Elliot Slessor|4
||{{flagicon|PAK}} Hamza Akbar|w/d|{{flagicon|CHN}} Li Hang|w/o
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Carty|1|{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Perry|4
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon|4|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Woollaston|3
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Craigie|4|{{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Wenbo|3
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham|4|{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Lines|1
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Wilson|1|{{flagicon|ENG}} John Astley|4
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Yan Bingtao|4|{{flagicon|NIR}} Gerard Greene|3
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Lu Ning|4|{{flagicon|ENG}} Liam Highfield|1
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Selt|4|{{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Ford|2
||{{flagicon|NIR}} Joe Swail|4|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Lisowski|3
||{{flagicon|IRL}} Fergal O'Brien|1|{{flagicon|ENG}} Oliver Lines|4
||{{flagicon|FIN}} Robin Hull|3|{{flagicon|IRN}} Soheil Vahedi|4
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Andy Hicks|4|{{flagicon|CHN}} Li Yuan|2
||{{flagicon|ISR}} Eden Sharav|4|{{flagicon|CYP}} Michael Georgiou|3
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Luke Simmonds|4|{{flagicon|CHN}} Mei Xiwen|0
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhou Yuelong|3|{{flagicon|CHN}} Lyu Haotian|4
||{{flagicon|THA}} Thepchaiya Un-Nooh|4|{{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Holt|2
||{{flagicon|SUI}} Alexander Ursenbacher|w/d |{{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott|w/o
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Davison|0|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Davis|4
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Yuan Sijun|4|{{flagicon|MYS}} Thor Chuan Leong|1
||{{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel|4|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Burns|0
||{{flagicon|IND}} Digvijay Kadian|0|{{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Higginson|4
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Craig Steadman|4|{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Yong|3
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Robertson|0|{{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Donaldson|4
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Rory McLeod|2|{{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Hamilton|4
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Baird|2|{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Xintong|4
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Wakelin|4|{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Carrington|3
||{{flagicon|WAL}} Lee Walker|2|{{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy|4
||{{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins|4|{{flagicon|IRN}} Hossein Vafaei|3
||{{flagicon|ENG}} James Cahill|4|{{flagicon|ENG}} Elliot Slessor|2
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Li Hang|4|{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Perry|2
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon|1|{{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Craigie|4
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham|4|{{flagicon|ENG}} John Astley|2
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Yan Bingtao|0|{{flagicon|CHN}} Lu Ning|4
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Selt|4|{{flagicon|NIR}} Joe Swail|0
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Oliver Lines|4|{{flagicon|IRN}} Soheil Vahedi|3
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Andy Hicks |4|{{flagicon|ISR}} Eden Sharav|2
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Luke Simmonds|3|{{flagicon|CHN}} Lyu Haotian|4
||{{flagicon|THA}} Thepchaiya Un-Nooh|1|{{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott|4
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Davis|4|{{flagicon|CHN}} Yuan Sijun|2
||{{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel|4|{{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Higginson|1
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Craig Steadman|1|{{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Donaldson|4
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Hamilton|4|{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Xintong|2
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Wakelin|4|{{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy|2
||{{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins|4|{{flagicon|ENG}} James Cahill|1
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Li Hang|4|{{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Craigie|2
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham|3|{{flagicon|CHN}} Lu Ning|4
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Selt|4|{{flagicon|ENG}} Oliver Lines|3
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Andy Hicks|1|{{flagicon|CHN}} Lyu Haotian|4
||{{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott|3|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Davis|4
||{{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel|3|{{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Donaldson|4
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Hamilton|4|{{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Wakelin|2
||{{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins|4|{{flagicon|CHN}} Li Hang|3
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Lu Ning|3|{{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Selt|4
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Lyu Haotian|4|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Davis|2
||{{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Donaldson|2|{{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Hamilton|4
||{{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins|2|{{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Selt|4
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Lyu Haotian|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Hamilton|2
||{{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Selt|5|{{flagicon|CHN}} Lyu Haotian|3
}}
Final
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| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Colin Humphries Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty, Kochi, India, 3 March 2019. |
| width="230" align="right" | Matthew Selt {{ENG}} | width="100" align="center" | 5–3 | width="230" | Lyu Haotian |
| colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | 57–48, 89–6, {{nowrap|0–115 (115)}}, {{nowrap|12–78}}, {{nowrap|21–72}}, {{nowrap|102–0 (102)}}, {{nowrap|67–49}}, {{nowrap|96–41}} |
| align="right" | 102
| align="center" | Highest break | 115 |
| align="right" | 1
| align="center" | Century breaks | 1 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 15 and 16 August 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.
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| width=45%|{{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins | width=10% align="center"| 4–1Match held over and played in Kochi. | width=45%|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Hugill |
| {{flagicon|WAL}} Duane Jones | align="center"| 4–1 | {{flagicon|POL}} Adam Stefanow |
| {{flagicon|IRN}} Hossein Vafaei | align="center"| 4–1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Sanderson Lam |
| {{flagicon|WAL}} Dominic Dale | align="center"| 4–2 | {{flagicon|IND}} Asutosh Padhy |
| {{flagicon|WAL}} Michael White | align="center"| 4–1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond |
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus | align="center"| 3–4 | {{flagicon|ENG}} James Cahill |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilbert | align="center"| 4–2 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Niu Zhuang |
| {{flagicon|WAL}} Daniel Wells | align="center"| 3–4 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Elliot Slessor |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Robbie Williams | align="center"| 2–4 | {{flagicon|PAK}} Hamza Akbar |
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Hang | align="center"| 4–0 | {{flagicon|EGY}} Basem Eltahhan |
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Xu Si | align="center"| 0–4 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Carty |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Perry | align="center"| 4–0 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Joe O'Connor |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon | align="center"| 4–3 | {{flagicon|WAL}} Jamie Clarke |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Woollaston | align="center"| 4–0 | {{flagicon|IND}} S Shrikrishna |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White | align="center"| 0–4 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Craigie |
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Wenbo | align="center"| 4–0 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Mitchell Mann |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham | align="center"| 4–1 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Chris Totten |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Lines | align="center"| 4–3 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Anda |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Wilson | align="center"| 4–2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Steven Hallworth |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Dunn | align="center"| 3–4 | {{flagicon|ENG}} John Astley |
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Yan Bingtao | align="center"| 4–2 | {{flagicon|IRL}} Leo Fernandez |
| {{flagicon|NIR}} Gerard Greene | align="center"| 4–1 | {{flagicon|HKG}} Andy Lee |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Robert Milkins | align="center"| 0–4 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Lu Ning |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Liam Highfield | align="center"| 4–2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Joe Castle |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Selt | align="center"| 4–2 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Jiankang |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Ford | align="center"| 4–3 | {{flagicon|NIR}} Jordan Brown |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Martin O'Donnell | align="center"| 2–4 | {{flagicon|NIR}} Joe Swail |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Lisowski | align="center"| 4–0 | {{flagicon|IND}} Himanshu Dinesh Jain |
| {{flagicon|IRL}} Fergal O'Brien | align="center"| 4–2 | {{flagicon|THA}} Dechawat Poomjaeng |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Joyce | align="center"| 2–4 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Oliver Lines |
| {{flagicon|FIN}} Robin Hull | align="center"| 4–2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Alfie Burden |
| {{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen | align="center"| {{nowrap|w/d–w/o}} | {{flagicon|IRN}} Soheil Vahedi |
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson | align="center"| w/d–w/o | {{flagicon|ENG}} Andy Hicks |
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Yuan | align="center"| 4–3 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Ross Muir |
| {{flagicon|NOR}} Kurt Maflin | align="center"| 1–4 | {{flagicon|ISR}} Eden Sharav |
| {{flagicon|CYP}} Michael Georgiou | align="center"| 4–1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Hancorn |
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Xiao Guodong | align="center"| w/d–w/o | {{flagicon|ENG}} Luke Simmonds |
| {{flagicon|THA}} Sunny Akani | align="center"| 0–4 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Mei Xiwen |
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhou Yuelong | align="center"| 4–1 | {{flagicon|IND}} Laxman Rawat |
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Lyu Haotian | align="center"| 4–3 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Tian Pengfei |
| {{flagicon|THA}} Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | align="center"| 4–2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Adam Duffy |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Holt | align="center"| 4–1 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Zifan |
| {{flagicon|SUI}} Alexander Ursenbacher | align="center"| 4–2 | {{flagicon|GER}} Simon Lichtenberg |
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott | align="center"| 4–0 | {{flagicon|WAL}} Kishan Hirani |
| {{flagicon|THA}} Noppon Saengkham | align="center"| 2–4 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Davison |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Davis | align="center"| 4–1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Sean O'Sullivan |
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Yuan Sijun | align="center"| 4–0 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Hammad Miah |
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Anthony McGill | align="center"| 1–4 | {{flagicon|MYS}} Thor Chuan Leong |
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel | align="center"| 4–3 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Simon Bedford |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Burns | align="center"| 4–2 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Feilong |
| {{flagicon|WAL}} Jamie Jones | align="center"| w/d–w/o | {{flagicon|IND}} Digvijay Kadian |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Higginson | align="center"| 4–1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Harvey Chandler |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark King | align="center"| 2–4 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Craig Steadman |
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Yong | align="center"| 4–2 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Fan Zhengyi |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Robertson | align="center"| 4–3 | {{flagicon|ENG}} David Lilley |
| {{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Donaldson | align="center"| 4–3 | {{flagicon|GER}} Lukas Kleckers |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Rory McLeod | align="center"| 4–3 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Lawler |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Hamilton | align="center"| 4–1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Farakh Ajaib |
| {{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty | align="center"| 1–4 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Baird |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ricky Walden | align="center"| 3–4 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Xintong |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Wakelin | align="center"| 4–2 | {{flagicon|WAL}} Jak Jones |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Carrington | align="center"| 4–1 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Luo Honghao |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Allan Taylor | align="center"| 1–4 | {{flagicon|WAL}} Lee Walker |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy | align="center"| 4–1 | {{flagicon|IND}} Lucky Vatnani |
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;Notes
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Century breaks
=Main stage centuries=
There were a total of 33 century breaks made during the tournament.{{cite web |url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14033/indian-open-2019 |title=Indian Open 2019 – Centuries |publisher=World Snooker |access-date=11 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402142036/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14033/indian-open-2019 |archive-date=2 April 2019}} Zhou Yuelong made a century in a held over match.
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- 147, 102 {{ndash}} Zhou Yuelong
- 140 {{ndash}} Mark Davis
- 140 {{ndash}} Zhao Xintong
- 137 {{ndash}} Yuan Sijun
- 136 {{ndash}} Graeme Dott
- 133 {{ndash}} Andrew Higginson
- 132 {{ndash}} Scott Donaldson
- 130, 116, 109 {{ndash}} Li Hang
- 127, 113 {{ndash}} Anthony Hamilton
- 125 {{ndash}} Joe Perry
- 123 {{ndash}} Stuart Bingham
- 121, 104, 104 {{ndash}} John Higgins
- 120, 109, 101 {{ndash}} Luca Brecel
- 115, 114, 106 {{ndash}} Lyu Haotian
- 108 {{ndash}} Peter Ebdon
- 108 {{ndash}} Shaun Murphy
- 106, 103 {{ndash}} Hossein Vafaei
- 104 {{ndash}} Sam Craigie
- 103 {{ndash}} Sam Baird
- 103, 102 {{ndash}} Matthew Selt
- 102 {{ndash}} Michael Holt
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=Qualifying stage centuries=
There were a total of 10 century breaks made during the qualifying matches preceding the event.{{cite web |url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14030/indian-open-2018-qualifiers |title=Indian Open 2018 Qualifiers – Centuries |publisher=World Snooker |access-date=11 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316013433/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14030/indian-open-2018-qualifiers |archive-date=16 March 2019}}
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- 135 {{ndash}} Hamza Akbar
- 122 {{ndash}} Rod Lawler
- 118 {{ndash}} Joe Swail
- 115 {{ndash}} Lyu Haotian
- 114 {{ndash}} Ross Muir
- 110 {{ndash}} Oliver Lines
- 102 {{ndash}} Gerard Greene
- 102 {{ndash}} Michael Holt
- 101 {{ndash}} Stuart Bingham
- 101 {{ndash}} Elliot Slessor
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References
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{{Snooker season 2018/2019}}