2019 Gibraltar Open

The 2019 Betway Gibraltar Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 15–17 March 2019 in Gibraltar with qualifying rounds taking place 13–14 March 2019.[1] It was the seventeenth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.

Gibraltar Open

Tournament information
Dates	15–17 March 2019
Venue	Tercentenary Sports Hall
City	Gibraltar
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£177,000
Winner's share	£25,000
Highest break	Stuart Bingham (142) Chen Feilong (142)
Final
Champion	Stuart Bingham
Runner-up	Ryan Day
Score	4–1
← 2018 2020 →

Stuart Bingham won his 6th career ranking title by defeating defending champion Ryan Day 4–1 in the final.[2]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3]

Winner: £25,000 Runner-up: £12,000 Semi-final: £6,000 Quarter-final: £4,000 Last 16: £3,000 Last 32: £2,500 Last 64: £1,500

Total: £177,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £10,000

Main draw

Section 1

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Ryan Day	4
	Lukas Kleckers	0
					Ryan Day	4
					Noppon Saengkham	1
	Noppon Saengkham	4
	Leo Fernandez	0
									Ryan Day	4
									Elliot Slessor	3
	Elliot Slessor	4
	Mark Winsor	1
					Elliot Slessor	4
					Mark Davis	2
	Chris Totten	w/d
	Mark Davis	w/o
													Ryan Day	4
													David Grace	3
	Mark King	4
	Mark Joyce	0
					Mark King	2
					Chris Wakelin	4
	Simon Lichtenberg	2
	Chris Wakelin	4
									Chris Wakelin	1
									David Grace	4
	Jak Jones	1
	David Grace	4
					David Grace	4
					Peter Ebdon	3
	Peter Ebdon	4
	Jamie Curtis-Barrett	1

Section 2

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Peter Lines	4
	Matthew Glasby	2
					Peter Lines	4
					Fan Zhengyi	3
	Fan Zhengyi	4
	Harvey Chandler	3
									Peter Lines	0
									Daniel Wells	4
	Daniel Wells	4
	Marvin Morgan	2
					Daniel Wells	4
					Khurram Khan	0
	Ali Carter	w/d
	Khurram Khan	w/o
													Daniel Wells	3
													David Gilbert	4
	Billy Joe Castle	w/o
	Sam Craigie	w/d
					Billy Joe Castle	3
					Hamza Akbar	4
	Hamza Akbar	4
	Michael White	3
									Hamza Akbar	2
									David Gilbert	4
	Joe Swail	4
	Gerard Greene	3
					Joe Swail	2
					David Gilbert	4
	David Gilbert	4
	David Alcaide	1

Section 3

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Luca Brecel	3
	Liam Highfield	4
					Liam Highfield	4
					Fergal O'Brien	1
	Fergal O'Brien	4
	Christopher Watts	0
									Liam Highfield	0
									Tian Pengfei	4
	Chen Feilong	2
	Tian Pengfei	4
					Tian Pengfei	4
					Michael Georgiou	0
	Michael Georgiou	4
	Paul Davison	2
													Tian Pengfei	4
													Yan Bingtao	3
	Yan Bingtao	4
	Lee Walker	3
					Yan Bingtao	4
					Barry Pinches	2
	Kishan Hirani	1
	Barry Pinches	4
									Yan Bingtao	4
									Robin Hull	1
	Chen Zifan	4
	Farakh Ajaib	1
					Chen Zifan	2
					Robin Hull	4
	Robin Hull	4
	Zhang Anda	2

Section 4

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Jamie Clarke	4
	Luo Honghao	1
					Jamie Clarke	4
					Nigel Bond	0
	Nigel Bond	4
	Daniel Bagley	1
									Jamie Clarke	2
									Oliver Brown	4
	Michael Holt	3
	Oliver Brown	4
					Oliver Brown	4
					Jimmy Robertson	3
	Jimmy Robertson	4
	Sam Baird	0
													Oliver Brown	2
													Lu Ning	4
	Ricky Walden	3
	Jamie O'Neill	4
					Jamie O'Neill	2
					Lu Ning	4
	Lu Ning	4
	Adam Ashley	3
									Lu Ning	4
									Shaun Murphy	2
	Dominic Dale	4
	Elfed Evans	3
					Dominic Dale	2
					Shaun Murphy	4
	Shaun Murphy	w/o
	Matthew Stevens	w/d

Section 5

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Barry Hawkins	3
	Ashley Carty	4
					Ashley Carty	2
					Andrew Higginson	4
	Andrew Higginson	4
	Dylan Craig	1
									Andrew Higginson	4
									Andy Lee	0
	Andy Lee	4
	Curtis Daher	0
					Andy Lee	4
					Kuldesh Johal	3
	Allan Taylor	3
	Kuldesh Johal	4
													Andrew Higginson	3
													Zhou Yuelong	4
	Anthony McGill	4
	Zhang Yong	3
					Anthony McGill	3
					Scott Donaldson	4
	Scott Donaldson	4
	Duane Jones	3
									Scott Donaldson	1
									Zhou Yuelong	4
	Matthew Selt	3
	Andy Hicks	4
					Andy Hicks	1
					Zhou Yuelong	4
	Zhou Yuelong	4
	Łukasz Guzowski	0

Section 6

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Kurt Maflin	4
	Joe O'Connor	1
					Kurt Maflin	4
					Rory McLeod	1
	Rory McLeod	4
	Sergey Isaenko	0
									Kurt Maflin	4
									Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	1
	Soheil Vahedi	1
	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4
					Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4
					John Astley	1
	Graeme Dott	w/d
	John Astley	w/o
													Kurt Maflin	2
													Stuart Bingham	4
	Ashley Hugill	4
	Halim Hussain	0
					Ashley Hugill	3
					Eden Sharav	4
	Eden Sharav	4
	Mike Finn	3
									Eden Sharav	3
									Stuart Bingham	4
	Anthony Hamilton	4
	Francisco Domingues	0
					Anthony Hamilton	0
					Stuart Bingham	4
	Stuart Bingham	4
	Mike Dunn	1

Section 7

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Jack Lisowski	4
	Hammad Miah	1
					Jack Lisowski	3
					Gary Wilson	4
	Gary Wilson	4
	Zhao Xintong	2
									Gary Wilson	4
									Ken Doherty	1
	Ken Doherty	4
	Oliver Lines	0
					Ken Doherty	4
					Francisco Sánchez Ruíz	2
	Martin O'Donnell	3
	Francisco Sánchez Ruíz	4
													Gary Wilson	2
													Yuan Sijun	4
	Joe Perry	2
	Sean O'Sullivan	4
					Sean O'Sullivan	4
					Ian Burns	2
	Ian Burns	4
	Alfie Burden	1
									Sean O'Sullivan	1
									Yuan Sijun	4
	Yuan Sijun	4
	Sanderson Lam	0
					Yuan Sijun	4
					James Cahill	3
	Craig Steadman	1
	James Cahill	4

Section 8

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Ben Woollaston	4
	Ronan Whyte	0
					Ben Woollaston	4
					Zhang Jiankang	2
	Xu Si	2
	Zhang Jiankang	4
									Ben Woollaston	1
									Robert Milkins	4
	Adam Stefanow	2
	Robert Milkins	4
					Robert Milkins	4
					Tom Ford	2
	Tom Ford	4
	David Lilley	3
													Robert Milkins	4
													Kyren Wilson	2
	Rod Lawler	4
	Steven Thomas	0
					Rod Lawler	1
					Ross Muir	4
	Ross Muir	4
	Kevin Van Hove	0
									Ross Muir	1
									Kyren Wilson	4
	Robbie Williams	2
	Jimmy White	4
					Jimmy White	1
					Kyren Wilson	4
	Kyren Wilson	4
	Jordan Brown	0

Finals

	Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 7 frames
	Ryan Day	4
	David Gilbert	2
					Ryan Day	4
					Lu Ning	2
	Tian Pengfei	3
	Lu Ning	4
									Ryan Day	1
									Stuart Bingham	4
	Zhou Yuelong	0
	Stuart Bingham	4
					Stuart Bingham	4
					Yuan Sijun	0
	Yuan Sijun	4
	Robert Milkins	3

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Małgorzata Kanieska. Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar, 17 March 2019.
Ryan Day  Wales	1–4	Stuart Bingham  England
83–52 (83), 13–115 (100), 0–84 (84), 5–103 (103), 41–81
83	Highest break	103
0	Century breaks	2
1	50+ breaks	3

Amateur pre-qualifying

Qualifying rounds were played in Gibraltar on 13–14 March 2019. All matches were played best of 7 frames.

Round 1

Leo Fernandez 4–1 Peter Devlin Mark Winsor 4–1 Dan Barsley Jenson Kendrick 1–4 David Grace Edwin Ingebrigtsen 1–4 Adam Nash Francis Becerra w/o–w/d Bhavesh Sodha Khurram Khan 4–0 Joshua Mallender Martin Pitcher 1–4 David Alcaide Christopher Watts 4–2 George Pragnall Ian Martin 1–4 Barry Pinches Patrick Whelan 4–3 Luke Pinches Iulian Boiko 4–1 Sean Maddocks Blythe Reeve 0–4 Fabian Monnin Steven Breward 0–4 Daniel Schneider Aaron Graham 0–4 Omar Alajlani

Curtis Daher 4–1 Rishi Gohill Nezar Asseri 1–4 Kuldesh Johal Paul Gibbs 0–4 Damian Wilks Abid Manzoor 2–4 James Budd Nick Jennings 4–2 Andy Milliard Gareth Lopez 0–4 Halim Hussain Mike Finn 4–1 Mitchell Grinstead Paul Burrell 3–4 Francisco Domingues Francisco Sánchez Ruíz 4–0 Christophe Rives-Lange Callum Lloyd 1–4 James Cahill Ronan Whyte 4–3 Hani Owaidhi Jackson Page 0–4 David Lilley Tony Corrigan 3–4 Steven Thomas Kevin Van Hove 4–0 Eric Pei

Round 2

Aaran Hetherington 0–4 Leo Fernandez Henry Roper 1–4 Mark Winsor Ivelin Boyanov Bozhanov 0–4 David Grace Jamie Curtis-Barrett 4–0 Adam Nash Yassine Zaraoni 1–4 Matthew Glasby Marvin Morgan 4–2 Francis Becerra Dale Prime 0–4 Khurram Khan Andrew Urbaniak 0–4 David Alcaide Aymn Alamri 1–4 Christopher Watts Stephen Kershaw 0–4 Barry Pinches Farakh Ajaib 4–3 Patrick Whelan Daniel Bagley 4–0 Paul Thompson Oliver Brown 4–2 Iulian Boiko Jamie O'Neill 4–0 Fabian Monnin Adam Ashley 4–2 Daniel Schneider Elfed Evans 4–0 Omar Alajlani

Dylan Craig 4–2 Mark Vincent Jonathan Noble 2–4 Curtis Daher Andrew Olivero 0–4 Kuldesh Johal Andy Hicks 4–1 Damian Wilks Łukasz Guzowski 4–2 James Budd Sergey Isaenko 4–2 Nick Jennings James Height 1–4 Halim Hussain Danny Brindle 2–4 Mike Finn Jack Moore 0–4 Francisco Domingues Sean McAllister 2–4 Francisco Sánchez Ruíz Umar Younis 0–4 James Cahill Adrian Holmes 0–4 Ronan Whyte Abdulraouf Sayegh 1–4 David Lilley Lee Prickman 1–4 Steven Thomas Shahidul Islam 0–4 Kevin Van Hove

Century breaks

Main stage centuries

Total: 46[4]

• 142, 134, 112, 103, 103, 102, 102, 100, 100 Stuart Bingham
• 142 Chen Feilong
• 139, 112 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
• 139, 109 Kyren Wilson
• 139 Chris Wakelin
• 139 Paul Davison
• 136, 111 Kurt Maflin
• 135, 105 Peter Ebdon
• 129 Sean O'Sullivan
• 129 Ashley Carty
• 127 Jamie Clarke
• 126 Zhao Xintong
• 123 David Lilley
• 122, 107 David Gilbert
• 120, 103, 103, 101 Yuan Sijun
• 120 Hammad Miah
• 120 Jimmy White
• 117 Jack Lisowski
• 115 Barry Pinches
• 112 Yan Bingtao
• 109 James Cahill
• 108 Joe Swail
• 106 Daniel Wells
• 105 Hamza Akbar
• 104 Zhou Yuelong
• 103 Ross Muir
• 102 Martin O'Donnell
• 101, 100 Gary Wilson
• 100 Ryan Day

Qualifying rounds centuries

Total: 1

• 100 Barry Pinches

References

1. "2018/19 Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
2. "Bingham Rules the Rock". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
3. "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2018/2019 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
4. "Centuries on World Snooker". Archived from the original on 2019-03-14. Retrieved 2019-03-14.