The 2010 Welsh Open (officially the 2010 Totesport.com Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 and 31 January 2010 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales. This was the first time that the Welsh Open was sponsored by Totesport.com.[1]
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| Dates | 25–31 January 2010 |
| Venue | Newport Centre |
| City | Newport |
| Country | Wales |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £225,500 |
| Winner's share | £35,000 |
| Highest break |  John Higgins (SCO) (138) |
| Final | |
| Champion | John Higgins (SCO) |
| Runner-up |  Ali Carter (ENG) |
| Score | 9–4 |
← 2009 2011 → | |
John Higgins won in the final 9–4 against defending champion Ali Carter.[2]
Prize fund
editThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3]
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Main draw
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Final
edit| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore[6] Newport Centre, Newport, Wales, 31 January 2010.[5] | ||
| Ali Carter (1) England
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4–9 | John Higgins (2) Scotland
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| Afternoon: 0–128 (95), 1–101 (101), 24–78 (71), 0–137 (137), 48–81 (81), 81–13, 27–94 (59), 72–54 (66, 54) Evening: 33–72 (72), 90–0 (60), 73–72 (73, 72), 49–76, 1–76 (76) | ||
| 73 | Highest break | 137 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 2 |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | 10 |
Qualifying
editThese matches took place between 19 and 22 January 2010 at the Pontin's Centre, Prestatyn, Wales.[7][8]
- ^ Match was held over and played in Newport.
Century breaks
editQualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
edit- ^ "Totesport.com Named Sponsor For Snooker's Welsh Open". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "John Higgins beats Ali Carter to lift Welsh Open title". BBC Sport. 31 January 2010. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
- ^ "Prize Fund". Global Snooker. 19 January 2010. Archived from the original on 23 January 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
- ^ "Main Event (Draw)". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 29 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ^ a b "Main Event (Results)". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ^ "Moore The Merrier". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
- ^ "Qualifying (Draw)". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ^ "Qualifying (Results)". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 22 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ^ "Century breaks". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 22 January 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
- ^ "Stats". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2013.