2020 Northern Ireland Open

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=2020 Matchroom.live Northern Ireland Open

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|2020|11|16|2020|11|22|df=y}}

|venue=Marshall Arena

|location=Milton Keynes

|country=England

|organisation=World Snooker Tour

|format=Ranking event

|Total prize fund=£405,000

|winners_share=£70,000

|highest_break={{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}} (147)

|winner={{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}}

|runner_up={{flagathlete|Ronnie O'Sullivan|ENG}}

|score=9–7

|previous=2019

|next=2021

}}

The 2020 Northern Ireland Open (officially the 2020 Matchroom.live Northern Ireland Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 16 to 22 November 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England.{{cite web|url=https://wst.tv/tournaments/northern-ireland-open/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111141348/https://wst.tv/tournaments/northern-ireland-open/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 11, 2020|title=2020 Northern Ireland Open|publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|access-date=15 November 2020}} It was the fourth ranking event of the 2020–21 season and a part of the Home Nations Series. It was the fifth edition of the Northern Ireland Open.

For the third consecutive edition of the tournament, Judd Trump defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–7 in final, winning his 19th ranking title.{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/snooker/news/12243/12139829/judd-trump-edges-out-ronnie-osullivan-to-win-northern-ireland-open|title=Judd Trump edges out Ronnie O'Sullivan to win Northern Ireland Open|date=22 November 2020|work=SKY Sports|access-date=24 November 2020}} He is the first player to win a ranking event three times in a row since Stephen Hendry won the UK Championship from 1994 to 1996. He is also the first to win four Home Nations Series titles, and the second, after Mark Selby, to win two Home Nations events in a single season. During this tournament, he made the fifth maximum break of his career in the third frame of his second-round match with Gao Yang.{{cite web|url=https://wst.tv/trump-makes-magical-maximum|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118162635/https://wst.tv/trump-makes-magical-maximum/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 18, 2020|title=Trump Makes Magical Maximum|date=18 November 2020|work=World Snooker Tour}}

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year 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=

==Section 1==

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=4

|team-width=220

|short_brackets=yes

|bold_winner=high

|| {{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}} (1)|4 |{{flagathlete|Gerard Greene|NIR}}|1

|| {{flagathlete|Mitchell Mann|ENG}}|2 |{{flagathlete|Gao Yang|CHN}}|4

|| {{flagathlete|Luca Brecel|BEL}} (32)|4 |{{flagathlete|Kacper Filipiak|POL}}|0

|| {{flagathlete|Simon Lichtenberg|GER}}|1 |{{flagathlete|Rod Lawler|ENG}}|4

|| {{flagathlete|Jack Lisowski|ENG}} (16)|1 |{{flagathlete|Ashley Carty|ENG}}|4

|| {{flagathlete|Paul Davison|ENG}}|3 |{{flagathlete|Andy Hicks|ENG}}|4

|| {{flagathlete|Gary Wilson|ENG}} (17)|2 |{{flagathlete|Rory McLeod|JAM}}|4

|| {{flagathlete|Martin Gould|ENG}}|4 |{{flagathlete|Jamie Clarke|WAL}}|0

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump (1)|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Gao Yang|0

|| {{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel (32)|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Lawler|1

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Carty|1 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Andy Hicks|4

|| {{flagicon|JAM}} Rory McLeod|1 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Gould|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump (1)|4 |{{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel (32)|3

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Andy Hicks|3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Gould|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump (1)|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Gould|1

}}

==Section 2==

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=4

|team-width=220

|short_brackets=yes

|bold_winner=high

|| {{flagathlete|Tian Pengfei|CHN}}|w/d |{{flagathlete|Noppon Saengkham|THA}}|w/o

|| {{flagathlete|Zhou Yuelong|CHN}} (24)|4 |{{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}}|0

|| {{flagathlete|Alexander Ursenbacher|SUI}}|4 |{{flagathlete|Lei Peifan|CHN}}|2

|| {{flagathlete|Stephen Maguire|SCO}} (9)|4 |{{flagathlete|Alex Borg|MLT}}|2

|| {{flagathlete|Chen Zifan|CHN}}|1 |{{flagathlete|Xu Si|CHN}}|4

|| {{flagathlete|Scott Donaldson|SCO}} (25)|4 |{{flagathlete|Sean Maddocks|ENG}}|1

|| {{flagathlete|Fan Zhengyi|CHN}}|0 |{{flagathlete|Robert Milkins|ENG}}|4

|| {{flagathlete|Mark Allen|NIR}} (8)|4 |{{flagathlete|Anthony Hamilton|ENG}}|0

|| {{flagicon|THA}} Noppon Saengkham|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhou Yuelong (24)|3

|| {{flagicon|SUI}} Alexander Ursenbacher|1 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Maguire (9)|4

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Xu Si|3 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Donaldson (25)|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Robert Milkins|2 |{{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen (8)|4

|| {{flagicon|THA}} Noppon Saengkham|4 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Maguire (9)|0

|| {{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Donaldson (25)|4 |{{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen (8)|1

|| {{flagicon|THA}} Noppon Saengkham|2 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Donaldson (25)|4

}}

==Section 3==

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=4

|team-width=220

|short_brackets=yes

|bold_winner=high

|| {{flagathlete|Kyren Wilson|ENG}} (5)|4 |{{flagathlete|David Lilley|ENG}}|0

|| {{flagathlete|Ken Doherty|IRL}}|4 |{{flagathlete|Chris Wakelin|ENG}}|1

|| {{flagathlete|Michael Holt|ENG}} (28)|4 |{{flagathlete|Soheil Vahedi|IRN}}|1

|| {{flagathlete|Brandon Sargeant|ENG}}|2 |{{flagathlete|Louis Heathcote|ENG}}|4

|| {{flagathlete|David Gilbert|ENG}} (12)|1 |{{flagathlete|David Grace|ENG}}|4

|| {{flagathlete|Sam Craigie|ENG}}|4 |{{flagathlete|Amine Amiri|MAR}}|0

|| {{flagathlete|Barry Hawkins|ENG}} (21)|4 |{{flagathlete|Alan McManus|SCO}}|2

|| {{flagathlete|Iulian Boiko|UKR}}|0 |{{flagathlete|Michael White|WAL}}|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson (5)|4 |{{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty|3

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Holt (28)|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Louis Heathcote|3

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} David Grace|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Craigie|3

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins (21)|3 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Michael White|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson (5)|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Holt (28)|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} David Grace|4 | {{flagicon|WAL}} Michael White|3

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Holt (28)|3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} David Grace|4

}}

==Section 4==

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=4

|team-width=220

|short_brackets=yes

|bold_winner=high

|| {{flagathlete|Barry Pinches|ENG}}|4 |{{flagathlete|Liam Highfield|ENG}}|2

|| {{flagicon|SCO}} Anthony McGill (20)|w/o |{{flagathlete|Riley Parsons|ENG}}|w/d

|| {{flagathlete|Jamie Wilson|ENG}}|1 |{{flagathlete|Nigel Bond|ENG}}|4

|| {{flagathlete|Yan Bingtao|CHN}} (13)|4 |{{flagathlete|Peter Lines|ENG}}|1

|| {{flagathlete|Mark King|ENG}}|2 |{{flagathlete|Zak Surety|ENG}}|4

|| {{flagathlete|Zhao Xintong|CHN}} (29)|4 |{{flagathlete|Si Jiahui|CHN}}|2

|| {{flagathlete|Lukas Kleckers|GER}}|4 |{{flagathlete|Chang Bingyu|CHN}}|1

|| {{flagathlete|Mark Selby|ENG}} (4)|4 |{{flagathlete|Andrew Higginson|ENG}}|1

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Pinches|4 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Anthony McGill (20)|3

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond|1 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Yan Bingtao (13)|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Zak Surety|1 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Xintong (29)|4

|| {{flagicon|GER}} Lukas Kleckers|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby (4)|0

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Pinches|1 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Yan Bingtao (13)|4

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Xintong (29)|4 |{{flagicon|GER}} Lukas Kleckers|0

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Yan Bingtao (13)|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Xintong (29)|3

}}

=Bottom half=

==Section 5==

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=4

|team-width=220

|short_brackets=yes

|bold_winner=high

|| {{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson (3)|w/o |{{flagathlete|Declan Lavery|NIR}}|w/d

|| {{flagathlete|Ben Woollaston|ENG}}|4 |{{flagathlete|Ricky Walden|ENG}}|3

|| {{flagathlete|Liang Wenbo|CHN}} (30)|4 |{{flagathlete|Steven Hallworth|ENG}}|3

|| {{flagathlete|Pang Junxu|CHN}}|0 |{{flagathlete|Jak Jones|WAL}}|4

|| {{flagathlete|Mark Williams|WAL}} (14)|4 |{{flagathlete|Jamie Jones|WAL}}|2

|| {{flagathlete|Mark Joyce|ENG}}|2 |{{flagathlete|Dominic Dale|WAL}}|4

|| {{flagathlete|Ali Carter|ENG}} (19)|4 |{{flagathlete|Ben Hancorn|ENG}}|1

|| {{flagathlete|Xiao Guodong|CHN}}|4 |{{flagathlete|Duane Jones|WAL}}|1

|| {{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson (3)|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Woollaston|4

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Wenbo (30)|4 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Jak Jones|1

|| {{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams (14)|2 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Dominic Dale|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter (19)|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Xiao Guodong|1

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Woollaston|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Wenbo (30)|2

|| {{flagicon|WAL}} Dominic Dale|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter (19)|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Woollaston|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter (19)|4

}}

==Section 6==

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=4

|team-width=220

|short_brackets=yes

|bold_winner=high

|| {{flagathlete|Sunny Akani|THA}}|4 |{{flagathlete|Jordan Brown|NIR}}|3

|| {{flagathlete|Graeme Dott|SCO}} (22)|2 |{{flagathlete|Igor Figueiredo|BRA}}|4

|| {{flagathlete|Zhao Jianbo|CHN}}|4 |{{flagathlete|Brian Ochoiski|FRA}}|1

|| {{flagathlete|Stuart Bingham|ENG}} (11)|4 |{{flagathlete|Oliver Lines|ENG}}|1

|| {{flagathlete|Aaron Hill|IRL}}|3 |{{flagathlete|Jackson Page|WAL}}|4

|| {{flagathlete|Kurt Maflin|NOR}} (27)|4 |{{flagathlete|Fraser Patrick|SCO}}|1

|| {{flagathlete|James Cahill|ENG}}|4 |{{flagathlete|Lyu Haotian|CHN}}|1

|| {{flagathlete|Shaun Murphy|ENG}} (6)|0 |{{flagathlete|Ryan Day|WAL}}|4

|| {{flagicon|THA}} Sunny Akani|2 |{{flagicon|BRA}} Igor Figueiredo|4

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Jianbo|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham (11)|2

|| {{flagicon|WAL}} Jackson Page|0 |{{flagicon|NOR}} Kurt Maflin (27)|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} James Cahill|3 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day|4

|| {{flagicon|BRA}} Igor Figueiredo|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Jianbo|3

|| {{flagicon|NOR}} Kurt Maflin (27)|4 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day|1

|| {{flagicon|BRA}} Igor Figueiredo|1 |{{flagicon|NOR}} Kurt Maflin (27)|4

}}

==Section 7==

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=4

|team-width=220

|short_brackets=yes

|bold_winner=high

|| {{flagathlete|John Higgins|SCO}} (7)|4 |{{flagathlete|Daniel Wells|WAL}}|0

|| {{flagathlete|Patrick Wallace|NIR}}|4 |{{flagathlete|Farakh Ajaib|ENG}}|1

|| {{flagathlete|Matthew Selt|ENG}} (26)|4 |{{flagathlete|Joe O'Connor|ENG}}|3

|| {{flagathlete|Stuart Carrington|ENG}}|4 |{{flagathlete|Billy Castle|ENG}}|1

|| {{flagathlete|Ding Junhui|CHN}} (10)|4 |{{flagathlete|Eden Sharav|ISR}}|0

|| {{flagathlete|Martin O'Donnell|ENG}}|1 |{{flagathlete|Lu Ning|CHN}}|4

|| {{flagathlete|Tom Ford|ENG}} (23)|4 |{{flagathlete|Lee Walker|WAL}}|2

|| {{flagathlete|Yuan Sijun|CHN}}|4 |{{flagathlete|Luo Honghao|CHN}}|3

|| {{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins (7)|4 |{{flagicon|NIR}} Patrick Wallace|2

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Selt (26)|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Carrington|0

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui (10)|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Lu Ning|1

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Ford (23)|2 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Yuan Sijun|4

|| {{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins (7)|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Selt (26)|0

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui (10)|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Yuan Sijun|0

|| {{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins (7)|1 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui (10)|4

}}

==Section 8==

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=4

|team-width=220

|short_brackets=yes

|bold_winner=high

|| {{flagathlete|Allan Taylor|ENG}}|4 |{{flagathlete|Hossein Vafaei|IRN}}|2

|| {{flagathlete|Joe Perry|ENG}} (18)|4 |{{flagathlete|Robbie Williams|ENG}}|0

|| {{flagathlete|Fergal O'Brien|IRL}}|4 |{{flagathlete|Ashley Hugill|ENG}}|2

|| {{flagathlete|Thepchaiya Un-Nooh|THA}} (15)|4 |{{flagathlete|Peter Devlin|ENG}}|2

|| {{flagathlete|Mark Davis|ENG}}|4 |{{flagathlete|Ian Burns|ENG}}|3

|| {{flagathlete|Matthew Stevens|WAL}} (31)|4 |{{flagathlete|Jimmy Robertson|ENG}}|2

|| {{flagathlete|Elliot Slessor|ENG}}|4 |{{flagathlete|Li Hang|CHN}}|1

|| {{flagathlete|Ronnie O'Sullivan|ENG}} (2)|4 |{{flagathlete|Jamie O'Neill|ENG}}|1

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Allan Taylor|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Perry (18)|1

|| {{flagicon|IRL}} Fergal O'Brien|1 |{{flagicon|THA}} Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (15)|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Davis|2 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Matthew Stevens (31)|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Elliot Slessor|1 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Allan Taylor|0 |{{flagicon|THA}} Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (15)|4

|| {{flagicon|WAL}} Matthew Stevens (31)|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)|4

|| {{flagicon|THA}} Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (15)|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)|4

}}

=Finals=

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3

|team-width=180

|short_brackets=yes

|bold_winner=high

|RD1 = Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames|RD2 = Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames |3rdplace=no| RD3 = Final
Best of 17 frames

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump (1)|5 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Scott Donaldson (25)|1

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} David Grace|5 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Yan Bingtao (13)|2

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter (19)|5 |{{flagicon|NOR}} Kurt Maflin (27)|3

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui (10)|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)|5

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump (1)|6 |{{flagicon|ENG}} David Grace|2

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter (19)|3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)|6

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump (1)|9 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)|7

}}

=Final=

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colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Marcel Eckardt.
Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England, 22 November 2020.

width="230" align="right" | Judd Trump (1)
{{ENG}}

| width="100" align="center" | 9–7

| width="230" | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)
{{ENG}}

colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | Afternoon: 69–55, {{nobr|77–47}}, {{nobr|41–64}}, {{nobr|86–35}}, {{nobr|70–43}}, {{nobr|13–70}}, {{nobr|128–0 (128)}}, {{nobr|7–130 (130)}}
Evening: 89–55, {{nobr|81–51}}, {{nobr|41–81}}, {{nobr|37–72}}, {{nobr|115–0 (115)}}, {{nobr|7–93}}, {{nobr|0–74}}, {{nobr|89–32}}

align="right" | 128

| align="center" | Highest break

| 130

align="right" | 2

| align="center" | Century breaks

| 1

Century breaks

A total of 68 century breaks were made during the competition.{{cite web |title=Northern Ireland Open 2020 – Centuries |url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14157/northern-ireland-open-2020 |publisher=World Snooker Tour |access-date=16 November 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

147, 128, 127, 115, 112, 109, 105, 103, 101 {{ndash}} Judd Trump
144, 130 {{ndash}} John Higgins
142 {{ndash}} Anthony McGill
141 {{ndash}} Ashley Carty
137, 125, 103 {{ndash}} Yan Bingtao
135, 135, 127, 112 {{ndash}} Kurt Maflin
135 {{ndash}} Kyren Wilson
134, 130, 118, 101 {{ndash}} Ben Woollaston
134, 109, 109, 100 {{ndash}} Zhao Xintong
133 {{ndash}} Luca Brecel
133 {{ndash}} Chang Bingyu
133 {{ndash}} Mark Williams
130, 125, 111 {{ndash}} Mark Allen
130, 125, 106, 103, 102, 100 {{ndash}} Ronnie O'Sullivan
130 {{ndash}} Stuart Bingham
127, 116 {{ndash}} Patrick Wallace
122 {{ndash}} Lee Walker
121, 107, 100 {{ndash}} Ding Junhui
121, 106 {{ndash}} Liang Wenbo
117, 101 {{ndash}} Martin Gould
114 {{ndash}} Lu Ning
113, 107 {{ndash}} Ryan Day
109 {{ndash}} Andy Hicks
108, 103, 101, 100 {{ndash}} Ali Carter
104 {{ndash}} David Grace
104 {{ndash}} Barry Hawkins
104 {{ndash}} Robert Milkins
103 {{ndash}} Stephen Maguire
102 {{ndash}} Alex Borg
102 {{ndash}} Liam Highfield
101, 101 {{ndash}} Ken Doherty

References

Category:Home Nations Series

2020

Northern Ireland Open

Category:November 2020 sports events in the United Kingdom

2020 Northern Ireland Open

Category:Snooker competitions in England