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2008 Welsh Open (snooker)

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Dates
  
11–17 February 2008

City
  
Newport

Organisation(s)
  
WPBSA

Venue
  
Newport Centre

Country
  
Wales

Format
  
Ranking event

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.

Contents

Mark Selby won his first ranking title by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8, after coming back from an 5–8 deficit.

Notable happennings

  • Tian Pengfei won the last 3 frames to oust one of the Welsh favourite, Matthew Stevens 5–4.
  • David Roe led John Higgins 3–1 before losing 3–5.
  • Mark Williams won the last 3 frames to beat Marco Fu 5–4.
  • Ali Carter led Neil Robertson 4–0 but won only 5–3.
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan won the high break prize with a 143 in the last frame of his 6–3 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:

    Qualifying

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

    References

    2008 Welsh Open (snooker) Wikipedia
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