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Indian Open Pencil

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 27 Feb - 3 Mar 2019; Venue: Grand Hyatt, Kochi, India; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: John Higgins; Twitter: @INopensnooker / #IndianOpen; Notes: See also results (127)
Final Pencil
(Winner: £50,000; Runner-up: £25,000)
England Matthew Selt [45] 5-3 China Lyu Haotian [46]   Details  Pencil

57-48, 89-6 (84), 0-115 (115), 12-78 (56)
21-72 (66), 102-0 (102), 67-49, 96-41 (72)

This was Selt's first ranking title. Before the event he had never made it beyond the quarterfinals. This was also Lü's first ranking final.

Semifinals Pencil
(Losers receive £15,000)
England Matthew Selt [45] 4-2 Scotland John Higgins [1] Head to head Details  Pencil

103-0 (103), 41-66, 58-5 (50), 62-61
5-105 (61), 107-8 (84)

China Lyu Haotian [46] 4-2 England Anthony Hamilton [18] Head to head Details  Pencil

0-85 (69), 30-62, 69-17, 100-5 (86)
83-22 (56), 68-4 (68)

Quarterfinals Pencil
(Losers receive £10,000)
Scotland John Higgins [1] 4-3 China Li Hang [24] Head to head Details  Pencil
England Matthew Selt [45] 4-3 China Lu Ning Head to head Details  Pencil

This was Lu's first ranking quarterfinal

China Lyu Haotian [46] 4-2 England Mark Davis [27] Head to head Details  Pencil
England Anthony Hamilton [18] 4-2 Scotland Scott Donaldson [42] Head to head Details  Pencil
Round 3 Pencil
(Last 16; Losers receive £6,000)
1 Scotland John Higgins [1] 4-1 England James Cahill (a) Head to head Details  Pencil
2 China Li Hang [24] 4-2 England Sam Craigie [87] Head to head Details 
Li won the first frame by default, presumably because of Craigie not showing up on time.
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3 China Lu Ning 4-3 England Stuart Bingham [5] Head to head Details  Pencil

Crazy four-ball clearance by Lu in the final frame. Watch on YouTube.

4 England Matthew Selt [45] 4-3 England Oliver Lines [83] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 China Lyu Haotian [46] 4-1 England Andy Hicks (a) Head to head Details  Pencil
6 England Mark Davis [27] 4-3 Scotland Graeme Dott [11] Head to head Details  Pencil
7 Scotland Scott Donaldson [42] 4-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [7] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 England Anthony Hamilton [18] 4-2 England Chris Wakelin [34] Head to head Details  Pencil
Round 2 Pencil
(Last 32; Losers receive £4,000)
1 Scotland John Higgins [1] 4-3 Iran Hossein Vafaei [32] Head to head Details  Pencil
2 England James Cahill (a) 4-2 England Elliot Slessor Head to head Details  Pencil
3 China Li Hang [24] 4-2 England Joe Perry [9] Head to head Details  Pencil
4 England Sam Craigie [87] 4-1 England Peter Ebdon [40]   Details  Pencil
5 England Stuart Bingham [5] 4-2 England John Astley Head to head Details  Pencil

Bngham's 123 in frame 2 was his 400th career century

6 China Lu Ning 4-0 China Yan Bingtao [12] Head to head Details  Pencil
7 England Matthew Selt [45] 4-0 Northern Ireland Joe Swail [73] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 England Oliver Lines [83] 4-3 Iran Soheil Vahedi [72]   Details  Pencil
9 England Andy Hicks (a) 4-2 Israel Eden Sharav [70] Head to head Details  Pencil
10 China Lyu Haotian [46] 4-3 England Luke Simmonds (a)   Details  Pencil
11 Scotland Graeme Dott [11] 4-1 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [43] Head to head Details  Pencil
12 England Mark Davis [27] 4-2 China Yuan Sijun [59] Head to head Details  Pencil
13 Belgium Luca Brecel [7] 4-1 England Andrew Higginson [39] Head to head Details  Pencil
14 Scotland Scott Donaldson [42] 4-1 England Craig Steadman [81] Head to head Details  Pencil
15 England Anthony Hamilton [18] 4-2 China Zhao Xintong [82] Head to head Details  Pencil
16 England Chris Wakelin [34] 4-2 England Shaun Murphy [2] Head to head Details  Pencil
Round 1 Pencil
(Last 64; Losers receive £2,000)
1 Scotland John Higgins [1] 4-0 Wales Duane Jones [64] Head to head Details  Pencil
2 Iran Hossein Vafaei [32] 4-3 Wales Dominic Dale [33] Head to head Details  Pencil
3 England James Cahill (a) 4-2 Wales Michael White [16] Head to head Details  Pencil
4 England Elliot Slessor 4-3 England David Gilbert [17] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 China Li Hang [24] w/o Pakistan Hamza Akbar [75]   Details  Pencil

Akbar didn't show up because he has been denied a visa.

6 England Joe Perry [9] 4-1 England Ashley Carty [84] Head to head Details  Pencil
7 England Peter Ebdon [40] 4-3 England Ben Woollaston [25] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 England Sam Craigie [87] 4-3 China Liang Wenbo [8] Head to head Details  Pencil
9 England Stuart Bingham [5] 4-1 England Peter Lines [60] Head to head Details  Pencil
10 England John Astley 4-1 England Gary Wilson [28] Head to head Details  Pencil
11 China Yan Bingtao [12] 4-3 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene [53]   Details  Pencil
12 China Lu Ning 4-1 England Liam Highfield [44] Head to head Details  Pencil
13 England Matthew Selt [45] 4-2 England Tom Ford [20] Head to head Details  Pencil
14 Northern Ireland Joe Swail [73] 4-3 England Jack Lisowski [13] Head to head Details  Pencil
15 England Oliver Lines [83] 4-1 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [36] Head to head Details  Pencil
16 Iran Soheil Vahedi [72] 4-3 Finland Robin Hull [61]   Details  Pencil
17 England Andy Hicks (a) 4-2 China Li Yuan [62] Head to head Details  Pencil
18 Israel Eden Sharav [70] 4-3 Cyprus Michael Georgiou [35] Head to head Details  Pencil
19 England Luke Simmonds (a) 4-0 China Mei Xiwen [89]   Details  Pencil
20 China Lyu Haotian [46] 4-3 China Zhou Yuelong [19] Head to head Details  Pencil

A 147 by Zhou in frame 4. His first 147. It is also the first in Indian Open history.

21 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [43] 4-2 England Michael Holt [22] Head to head Details  Pencil
22 Scotland Graeme Dott [11] w/o Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [54] Head to head Details  Pencil
23 England Mark Davis [27] 4-0 England Paul S Davison [71] Head to head Details  Pencil
24 China Yuan Sijun [59] 4-1 Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong Head to head Details  Pencil
25 Belgium Luca Brecel [7] 4-0 England Ian Burns [58] Head to head Details  Pencil
26 England Andrew Higginson [39] 4-0 India Digvijay Kadian (a)   Details  Pencil
27 England Craig Steadman [81] 4-3 China Zhang Yong [55]   Details  Pencil
28 Scotland Scott Donaldson [42] 4-0 England Jimmy Robertson [23] Head to head Details  Pencil
29 England Anthony Hamilton [18] 4-2 Jamaica Rory McLeod [47] Head to head Details  Pencil
30 China Zhao Xintong [82] 4-2 England Sam Baird Head to head Details  Pencil
31 England Chris Wakelin [34] 4-3 England Stuart Carrington [31] Head to head Details  Pencil
32 England Shaun Murphy [2] 4-2 Wales Lee Walker [90] Head to head Details  Pencil

Indian Open Qualifiers Pencil

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 15-16 Aug 2018; Venue: Guild Hall, Preston, England; View on separate page; Twitter: #IndianOpen; Notes: See also results (64)
Qual Round 1 Pencil
(Last 128)
1 Scotland John Higgins [1] 4-1 England Ashley Hugill [68] Head to head Details  Pencil
2 Wales Duane Jones [64] 4-1 Poland Adam Stefanow Head to head Details  Pencil
3 Iran Hossein Vafaei [32] 4-1 England Sanderson Lam [77] Head to head Details  Pencil
4 Wales Dominic Dale [33] 4-2 India Asutosh Padhy (a)   Details  Pencil
5 Wales Michael White [16] 4-1 England Nigel Bond [65] Head to head Details  Pencil
6 England James Cahill (a) 4-3 Scotland Alan McManus [49] Head to head Details  Pencil
7 England David Gilbert [17] 4-2 China Niu Zhuang [67] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 England Elliot Slessor 4-3 Wales Daniel Wells [48] Head to head Details  Pencil
9 Pakistan Hamza Akbar [75] 4-2 England Robbie Williams [41]   Details  Pencil

135 by Akbar in the last frame was the highest break of the qualifiers.

10 China Li Hang [24] 4-0 Egypt Basem Eltahhan [91]   Details  Pencil
11 England Ashley Carty [84] 4-0 China Xu Si [56]   Details  Pencil
12 England Joe Perry [9] 4-0 England Joe O'Connor [85] Head to head Details  Pencil
13 England Peter Ebdon [40] 4-3 Wales Jamie Clarke Head to head Details  Pencil
14 England Ben Woollaston [25] 4-0 India Shrikrishna Suryanarayanan (a)   Details  Pencil
15 England Sam Craigie [87] 4-0 England Jimmy White [57] Head to head Details  Pencil
16 China Liang Wenbo [8] 4-0 England Mitchell Mann (a) Head to head Details  Pencil
17 England Stuart Bingham [5] 4-1 Scotland Chris Totten [69]   Details  Pencil
18 England Peter Lines [60] 4-3 China Zhang Anda   Details  Pencil
19 England Gary Wilson [28] 4-2 England Steven Hallworth (a) Head to head Details  Pencil
20 England John Astley 4-3 England Mike Dunn [37] Head to head Details  Pencil
21 China Yan Bingtao [12] 4-2 Ireland Leo Fernandez (a)   Details  Pencil
22 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene [53] 4-1 Hong Kong Andy Lee Head to head Details  Pencil
23 China Lu Ning 4-0 England Robert Milkins [21] Head to head Details  Pencil
24 England Liam Highfield [44] 4-2 England Billy Castle [74]   Details  Pencil
25 England Matthew Selt [45] 4-2 China Zhang Jiankang   Details  Pencil
26 England Tom Ford [20] 4-3 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown   Details  Pencil
27 Northern Ireland Joe Swail [73] 4-2 England Martin O'Donnell [52] Head to head Details  Pencil
28 England Jack Lisowski [13] 4-0 India Himanshu Jain (a)   Details  Pencil
29 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [36] 4-2 Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng (a) Head to head Details  Pencil
30 England Oliver Lines [83] 4-2 England Mark Joyce [29] Head to head Details  Pencil
31 Finland Robin Hull [61] 4-2 England Alfie Burden [86] Head to head Details  Pencil
32 Iran Soheil Vahedi [72] w/o Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] Head to head   Pencil
33 England Andy Hicks (a) w/o Australia Neil Robertson [3] Head to head   Pencil
34 China Li Yuan [62] 4-3 Scotland Ross Muir [76] Head to head Details  Pencil

Li was 0-3 down

35 Israel Eden Sharav [70] 4-1 Norway Kurt Maflin [30]   Details  Pencil
36 Cyprus Michael Georgiou [35] 4-1 England Ben Hancorn (a)   Details  Pencil
37 England Luke Simmonds (a) w/o China Xiao Guodong [14]     Pencil
38 China Mei Xiwen [89] 4-0 Thailand Sunny Akani [51] Head to head Details  Pencil
39 China Zhou Yuelong [19] 4-1 India Laxman Rawat (a)   Details  Pencil
40 China Lyu Haotian [46] 4-3 China Tian Pengfei [88] Head to head Details  Pencil
41 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [43] 4-2 England Adam Duffy (a) Head to head Details  Pencil
42 England Michael Holt [22] 4-1 China Chen Zifan [66] Head to head Details  Pencil
43 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [54] 4-2 Germany Simon Lichtenberg   Details  Pencil
44 Scotland Graeme Dott [11] 4-0 Wales Kishan Hirani Head to head Details  Pencil
45 England Paul S Davison [71] 4-2 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [38] Head to head Details  Pencil
46 England Mark Davis [27] 4-1 England Sean O'Sullivan [79] Head to head Details  Pencil
47 China Yuan Sijun [59] 4-0 England Hammad Miah Head to head Details  Pencil
48 Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong 4-1 Scotland Anthony McGill [6] Head to head Details  Pencil

re-rack in frame 4

49 Belgium Luca Brecel [7] 4-3 England Simon Bedford (a)   Details  Pencil
50 England Ian Burns [58] 4-2 China Chen Feilong   Details  Pencil
51 India Digvijay Kadian (a) w/o Wales Jamie Jones [26]   Details  Pencil
52 England Andrew Higginson [39] 4-1 England Harvey Chandler Head to head Details  Pencil
53 England Craig Steadman [81] 4-2 England Mark King [10] Head to head Details  Pencil
54 China Zhang Yong [55] 4-2 China Fan Zhengyi   Details  Pencil
55 England Jimmy Robertson [23] 4-3 England David Lilley (a)   Details  Pencil
56 Scotland Scott Donaldson [42] 4-3 Germany Lukas Kleckers [80]   Details  Pencil
57 Jamaica Rory McLeod [47] 4-3 England Rod Lawler [78] Head to head Details  Pencil
58 England Anthony Hamilton [18] 4-1 Pakistan Farakh Ajaib (a)   Details  Pencil
59 England Sam Baird 4-1 Ireland Ken Doherty [50] Head to head Details  Pencil
60 China Zhao Xintong [82] 4-3 England Ricky Walden [15] Head to head Details  Pencil
61 England Chris Wakelin [34] 4-2 Wales Jak Jones   Details  Pencil
62 England Stuart Carrington [31] 4-1 China Luo Honghao Head to head Details  Pencil
63 Wales Lee Walker [90] 4-1 England Allan Taylor [63] Head to head Details  Pencil
64 England Shaun Murphy [2] 4-1 India Lucky Vatnani (a) Head to head Details  Pencil