2008 Welsh Open (snooker)
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 11–17 February 2008 |
| Venue | Newport Centre |
| City | Newport |
| Country | Wales |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £225,500 |
| Winner's share | £35,000 |
| Highest break |  Ronnie O'Sullivan (143) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Mark Selby |
| Runner-up | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Score | 9–8 |
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The 2008 Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 17 February 2008 in the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.
Neil Robertson was the defending champion, but he lost his last 16 match against Ali Carter.
Mark Selby won his first ranking title by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8, after coming back from a 5–8 deficit.
Notable happenings
- Tian Pengfei won the last 3 frames to oust one of the Welsh favourites, Matthew Stevens 5–4.
- David Roe led John Higgins 3–1 before losing 3–5.
- Mark Williams won the last 3 frames to beat Marco Fu 5–4.
- Ali Carter led Neil Robertson 4–0 but won only 5–3.
- Ronnie O'Sullivan won the high break prize with a 143 in the last frame of his 6–3 semi-final victory over Shaun Murphy, surpassing an effort of 134 from Marcus Campbell.
- Mark Selby had a highest break of 77 in the final compared to O'Sullivan's 135.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
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Winner: £35,000 |
Stage one highest break: £500 Stage one maximum break: £1,000 Total: £225,500 |
Main draw
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee:  Eirian Williams.Newport Centre, Newport, Wales, 17 February 2008.[2] | ||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (6) England
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8–9 | Mark Selby (11) England
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| Afternoon: 6–90 (77), 50–60, 69–5 (50), 72–44, 23–56 (51), 62–35, 0–139 (70, 65), 130–0 (108) Evening: 97–0 (93), 135–6 (135), 22–72 (72), 87–35 (63), 69–1 (54), 0–89, 28–86 (62), 53–67 (O'Sullivan 53), 37–72 | ||
| 135 | Highest break | 77 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 26 January and 28 January 2008.[4]
Century breaks
Main stage centuries
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Qualifying stage centuries
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References
- ^ "Preisgeld Welsh Open 2008". brownball.de. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Welsh Open 2008". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ "Welsh Open 2008". brownball.de. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
- ^ "Qualifikation Welsh Open 2008". brownball.de. Retrieved 27 March 2011.