Matchroom.live British Open

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 16-22 Aug 2021; Venue: Morningside Arena , Leicester, England; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: John Higgins; Notes: See also results (127)

Final (Winner: £100,000; Runner-up: £45,000)
		Mark J Williams [8]	6	-	4	Gary Wilson [30]
	82-8, 0-72, 133-1 (111), 18-73 (62), 0-101 (101), 85-24, 81-0 (75), 42-73, 140-0 (115), 62-15 Mark J. Williams has won his 24th career ranking title. Only Steve Davis, John Higgins, Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan have won more.
Semifinals (Losers receive £20,000)
		Gary Wilson [30]	4	-	3	Elliot Slessor [48]
	40-79, 15-73 (73), 89-44 (67), 68-21 (68) 105-0 (100), 0-125 (125), 85-4 (54)
		Mark J Williams [8]	4	-	1	Jimmy Robertson [60]
	88-0, 40-96 (73), 71-18 (60), 73-61 (73), 83-26 (58)
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £12,000)
		Jimmy Robertson [60]	4	-	2	Lu Ning [32]
		Elliot Slessor [48]	4	-	3	Zhou Yuelong [14]
		Mark J Williams [8]	4	-	3	Ricky Walden [29]
		Gary Wilson [30]	4	-	3	David Gilbert [20]
Round 4 (Last 16; Losers receive £7,000)
1		Jimmy Robertson [60]	3	-	0	Stephen Maguire [6]
2		David Gilbert [20]	3	-	0	Hammad Miah [110]
3		Elliot Slessor [48]	3	-	1	Ali Carter [21]
	Carter made the second 147 of the event in frame 2. Watch on YouTube.
4		Ricky Walden [29]	3	-	1	Ross Muir (a)
5		Lu Ning [32]	3	-	0	Lukas Kleckers [77]
6		Mark J Williams [8]	3	-	2	Zhang Jiankang [114]
7		Zhou Yuelong [14]	3	-	2	Joe O'Connor [59]
8		Gary Wilson [30]	3	-	2	Hossein Vafaei [38]
Round 3 (Last 32; Losers receive £5,000)
1		Mark J Williams [8]	3	-	0	Liam Highfield [40]
2		Elliot Slessor [48]	3	-	2	Judd Trump [1]
3		Ross Muir (a)	3	-	1	Allan Taylor [74]
4		Joe O'Connor [59]	3	-	2	Anthony Hamilton [51]
5		Ali Carter [21]	3	-	1	Oliver Lines [69]
6		Hossein Vafaei [38]	3	-	2	Jak Jones [62]
7		Gary Wilson [30]	3	-	0	Xu Si [104]
8		Zhang Jiankang [114]	3	-	1	Pang Junxu [63]
9		Lu Ning [32]	3	-	1	Ben Hancorn [81]
10		Jimmy Robertson [60]	3	-	2	Duane Jones [107]
11		Zhou Yuelong [14]	3	-	1	Matthew Selt [27]
12		Lukas Kleckers [77]	3	-	0	Lee Walker [83]
13		Ricky Walden [29]	3	-	1	John Higgins [5]
14		Hammad Miah [110]	3	-	1	Luca Brecel [36]
15		Stephen Maguire [6]	3	-	0	Jordan Brown [37]
16		David Gilbert [20]	3	-	0	Andrew Pagett [97]
Round 2 (Last 64; Losers receive £3,000)
1		Ricky Walden [29]	3	-	1	Robbie Williams [65]
2		Xu Si [104]	3	-	0	Barry Pinches [89]
3		Joe O'Connor [59]	3	-	1	Ken Doherty [70]
4		Hossein Vafaei [38]	3	-	2	Mark Allen [9]
5		Duane Jones [107]	3	-	0	Ian Burns [99]
6		Judd Trump [1]	3	-	1	Stuart Bingham [12]
7		Jimmy Robertson [60]	3	-	2	Noppon Saengkham [41]
8		Ali Carter [21]	3	-	0	Mark Selby [2]
9		Pang Junxu [63]	3	-	1	Bai Langning (a)
10		Lu Ning [32]	3	-	1	Martin Gould [22]
11		John Higgins [5]	3	-	2	Cao Yupeng [108]
12		Lukas Kleckers [77]	3	-	2	Louis Heathcote [105]
13		Ross Muir (a)	3	-	0	Rory McLeod [75]
14		Stephen Maguire [6]	3	-	2	Martin O'Donnell [45]
15		Zhang Jiankang [114]	3	-	0	Li Hang [35]
16		Mark J Williams [8]	3	-	2	Dominic Dale [58]
17		David Gilbert [20]	3	-	1	John Astley (a)
18		Gary Wilson [30]	3	-	0	Stephen Hendry [85]
19		Lee Walker [83]	3	-	2	Mark King [49]
20		Allan Taylor [74]	3	-	0	Jimmy White [91]
21		Matthew Selt [27]	3	-	0	Michael Georgiou (a)
22		Liam Highfield [40]	3	-	2	Chen Zifan [111]
23		Jak Jones [62]	3	-	1	Mark Davis [46]
24		Andrew Pagett [97]	3	-	2	Dylan Emery (a)
25		Ben Hancorn [81]	3	-	2	Scott Donaldson [31]
26		Hammad Miah [110]	3	-	1	Liang Wenbo [24]
27		Oliver Lines [69]	3	-	0	David Grace [55]
28		Anthony Hamilton [51]	3	-	2	Ashley Hugill [79]
29		Zhou Yuelong [14]	3	-	0	Andy Hicks [96]
30		Elliot Slessor [48]	3	-	1	Wu Yize [117]
31		Jordan Brown [37]	3	-	0	David Lilley (a)
32		Luca Brecel [36]	3	-	1	Zhao Jianbo [71]
Round 1 (Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1		Anthony Hamilton [51]	3	-	2	Iulian Boiko [87]
2		Robbie Williams [65]	3	-	1	Sunny Akani [54]
3		Zhao Jianbo [71]	3	-	1	Anthony McGill [13]
4		Ashley Hugill [79]	3	-	2	Kyren Wilson [4]
5		David Grace [55]	3	-	2	Mark Lloyd (a)
6		Ian Burns [99]	3	-	1	Michael White (a)
7		Lu Ning [32]	3	-	1	Igor Figueiredo [90]
8		Matthew Selt [27]	3	-	2	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [16]
9		Lee Walker [83]	3	-	1	Sanderson Lam (a)
10		Luca Brecel [36]	3	-	2	Barry Hawkins [10]
11		Elliot Slessor [48]	3	-	1	Peter Devlin [78]
12		Liam Highfield [40]	3	-	0	Stuart Carrington [44]
13		Joe O'Connor [59]	3	-	2	Steven Hallworth [66]
14		Dominic Dale [58]	3	-	0	Xiao Guodong [26]
15		Li Hang [35]	3	-	0	Sam Craigie [47]
16		Lukas Kleckers [77]	3	-	2	Yan Bingtao [7]
17		Ken Doherty [70]	3	-	0	Zak Surety [82]
18		Zhou Yuelong [14]	3	-	2	Tom Ford [19]
19		Ricky Walden [29]	3	-	2	James Cahill (a)
20		Xu Si [104]	3	-	2	Fan Zhengyi [84]
21		Martin O'Donnell [45]	3	-	2	Gerard Greene [94]
22		John Astley (a)	3	-	1	Zhang Anda [98]
23		Liang Wenbo [24]	3	-	1	Simon Lichtenberg [68]
24		Wu Yize [117]	3	-	0	Fraser Patrick [109]
25		Gary Wilson [30]	3	-	0	Fergal O'Brien [73]
26		Andy Hicks [96]	3	-	1	Chang Bingyu [113]
27		Mark Davis [46]	3	-	2	Michael Holt [28]
28		Jimmy Robertson [60]	3	-	0	Mark Joyce [39]
29		Scott Donaldson [31]	3	-	0	Dean Young [116]
30		Hossein Vafaei [38]	3	-	1	Jamie Jones [52]
31		Duane Jones [107]	3	-	1	Nigel Bond [61]
32		Cao Yupeng [108]	3	-	2	Zhao Xintong [23]
33		Mark J Williams [8]	3	-	0	Tian Pengfei [56]
34		Mark King [49]	3	-	1	Jamie Wilson [80]
35		Ben Hancorn [81]	3	-	2	Joe Perry [17]
36		John Higgins [5]	3	-	1	Alexander Ursenbacher [42]
	147 by Higgins in the first frame. Watch on YouTube.
37		Pang Junxu [63]	3	-	0	Jamie Clarke [64]
38		Michael Georgiou (a)	3	-	0	Soheil Vahedi (a)
39		Louis Heathcote [105]	3	-	2	Yuan Sijun [106]
40		Zhang Jiankang [114]	3	-	1	Peter Lines [93]
41		Judd Trump [1]	3	-	2	Mitchell Mann [95]
42		Andrew Pagett [97]	3	-	1	Michael Judge [102]
43		Ross Muir (a)	3	-	2	Ryan Day [25]
44		Hammad Miah [110]	3	-	2	Ben Woollaston [43]
45		Mark Selby [2]	3	-	2	Shaun Murphy [3]
46		Stuart Bingham [12]	3	-	1	Robert Milkins [34]
47		Mark Allen [9]	3	-	2	Reanne Evans (f) [101]
48		Noppon Saengkham [41]	3	-	0	Sean Maddocks [88]
49		Bai Langning (a)	3	-	0	Ashley Carty [67]
50		Jordan Brown [37]	3	-	2	Andrew Higginson [53]
51		Rory McLeod [75]	w/o			Kurt Maflin [18]
52		Allan Taylor [74]	3	-	1	Alfie Burden [92]
53		Jimmy White [91]	3	-	0	Aaron Hill [76]
54		David Gilbert [20]	3	-	0	Matthew Stevens [33]
55		Oliver Lines [69]	3	-	0	Si Jiahui (a)
56		Stephen Maguire [6]	3	-	0	Jackson Page [103]
57		Martin Gould [22]	3	-	1	Graeme Dott [15]
58		Dylan Emery (a)	3	-	2	Gao Yang [72]
	Emery replaced Jamie O'Neill who was suspended from the event because of digressing from Covid policies.
59		Chen Zifan [111]	3	-	0	Farakh Ajaib [86]
60		David Lilley (a)	3	-	1	Craig Steadman [100]
61		Stephen Hendry [85]	3	-	2	Chris Wakelin [57]
62		Ali Carter [21]	3	-	2	Lei Peifan [115]
63		Barry Pinches [89]	3	-	2	Jack Lisowski [11]
64		Jak Jones [62]	3	-	2	Lyu Haotian [50]

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