2008 Welsh Open (snooker)

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 9Ã¢ÂÂ8, after coming back from 5Ã¢ÂÂ8 down.

Notable happenings

Tian Pengfei won the last 3 frames to oust one of the Welsh favourites, Matthew Stevens 5Ã¢ÂÂ4.
David Roe led John Higgins 3Ã¢ÂÂ1 before losing 3Ã¢ÂÂ5.
Mark Williams won the last 3 frames to beat Marco Fu 5Ã¢ÂÂ4.
Ali Carter led Neil Robertson 4Ã¢ÂÂ0 but won only 5Ã¢ÂÂ3.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won the high break prize with a 143 in the last frame of his 6Ã¢ÂÂ3 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:

Winner: ÃÂ£35,000 Runner Up: ÃÂ£17,500 Semi Finalists: ÃÂ£8,750 Quarter Finalist: ÃÂ£6,500 Last 16: ÃÂ£4,275 Last 32: ÃÂ£2,750 Last 48: ÃÂ£1,725 Last 64: ÃÂ£1,325

Stage one highest break: ÃÂ£500 Stage two highest break: ÃÂ£2,000

Stage one maximum break: ÃÂ£1,000 Stage two maximum break: ÃÂ£20,000

Total: ÃÂ£225,500

Main draw

Top half

Bottom half

Final

Qualifying

Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 26 January and 28 January 2008.

Century breaks

Main stage centuries

143, 135, 113, 108, 105, 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan
134 Marcus Campbell
133 Ken Doherty
132, 115, 108, 107 Joe Perry
130, 124 Stephen Hendry
129, 108, 105 Shaun Murphy
125, 114 John Higgins
123, 112 Judd Trump
123 Stuart Bingham
117, 101 Marco Fu
115 Ding Junhui