The BetVictor Welsh Open snooker 2022 is underway and reached Round of 32 matches, we take a look at the results, schedule, draw, prize money, dates, time, TV coverage
It is the Welsh Open’s 12th ranking event of the 2021–22 snooker season, and the 31st since its inception in 1992.
Jordan Brown was the defending champion, having defeated Ronnie O’Sullivan 9–8 in the final of the 2021 Welsh Open Snooker. However, he suffered an early loss at the qualifiers against Mitchell Mann. Brown lost the match 3-4 against Mann.
Welsh Open Snooker 2022 Tournament Schedule, Dates, Tickets And Venue
The event is being held at Celtic Manor Resort in Newport. The final is slated for Sunday, March 6th. The tournament qualifying rounds continued from 15th February to 20th February. Tickets for the fixtures can be bought here.
On the second day, all qualifying matches ended and majority of Round of 64 players were settled. Remaining Round of 64 matches are scheduled to be played on 2nd March.
Tournament Format And Rules
Up until the quarter-final stage, all games will be best of seven frames. The quarterfinals are best of nine frames.
The semi-finals are best of eleven frames, and the final will be best of seventeen frames.
Welsh Open Snooker 2022 Day 2 Results
On the second day of Welsh Open, most of the round of 64 matches took were settled. Judd Trump advanced to the Round of 32 at the Welsh Open with a 4-1 victory against Craig Steadman. He will face Si Jiahui from China in the Round of 32.
First Round Results
March 1 (1 PM Slot)
Ronnie O’Sullivan 4-0 James Cahill
Round of 64 Results
March 1 (10 AM Slot)
Mitchell Mann 4-1 Ben Hancorn
Rory McLeod 3-4 Yuan SiJun
Robbie Williams 3-4 Hossein Vafaei
Ali Carter 4-1 Ng On Yee
1 PM Slot
Ben Woollaston 4-3 Liang Wenbo
Jimmy Robertson 4-3 Jamie Jones
Ding Junhui 4-1 Michael Holt
2 PM Slot
Neil Robertson 4-1 Hammad Miah
Cao Yupeng 3-4 Joe Perry
Mark Williams 3-4 Kurt Maflin
Scott Donaldson 4-0 Andrew Pagett
7 PM Slot
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 3-4 Fergal O’Brien
Craig Steadman 1-4 Judd Trump
Iulian Boiko 0-4 Mark Allen
Mark Davis 1-4 Matthew Selt
8 PM Slot
Zhang Anda 4-2 Mark Joyce
John Higgins 4-0 Soheil Vahedi
Chris Wakelin 2-4 Jack Lisowski
Welsh Open Snooker 2022 Day 3 Schedule, Fixtures, Draw, Players, Time
March 2 (10 AM Slot)
Li Hang v Kyren Wilson
Lu Ning v Matthew Stevens
Graeme Dott v Jamie Clarke
Elliot Slessor v Stuart Bingham
1 PM Slot
Zak Surety v Ryan Day
Ricky Walden v Noppon Saengjham
Ronnie O’Sullivan v Lukas Kleckers
Anthony Hamilton v Shaun Murphy
2pm
Jak Jones v Zhao Xintong
Barry Hawkins v Ashley Carty
Yan Bingtao v Zhao Jianbo
Liam Highfield v Mark Selby
Prize Money Pool Distribution
The tournament winner will receive £70,000 in prize money, while the losing finalist will receive 30,000 Pounds. The net prize pool of the tournament will be 4,05,000 Pounds.
- Winner: £70,000
- Runner-up: £30,000
- Semi-final: £20,000
- Quarter-final: £10,000
- Best 16: £7,500
- Last 32: £4,000
- Last 64: £3,000
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total: £405,000
When And Where To Watch: Live Stream And TV Coverage Telecast
The event broadcasting rights is owned by Eurosport, it will broadcast on television and online via the Eurosport Player platform every day.
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