Despite his best efforts to win the tournament, third-seed Mark Selby crashed out from the 2023 Welsh Open snooker after a loss at the hands of Roberts Milkins, here, we look at the participants, results, schedule, draw, prize money, dates, timings, & the TV coverage details of this upcoming tournament
Following his stellar display against Rod Lawler, the reigning world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan bagged a whitewash victory and has qualified for the third-round of 2023 BetVictor Welsh Open, where he will face-off against Ben Mertens.
Welsh Open snooker 2023 results today, day 4 schedule, dates, time, draw, fixtures, tickets, scores, fixtures, order of play, TV coverage
2023 BetVictor Welsh Open latest results, day-4 schedule, date, time, venue, format, & list of participants
Despite not playing at his best, Judd Trump defeated Louis Heathcote 4-2 to qualify for the third round and face amateur Daniel Wells. With a 4-1 victory over amateur Ian Martin, Ali Carter maintained his lead of £9,000 over second-placed Allen and is still on track to take home the £150,000 BetVictor Series bonus at the end of this week. With a 4-1 victory over Mitchell Mann, in-form Mark Allen breezed into the third-round. Andy Hicks, who defeated Wu Yize 4-3 by clearing from the final red to nab the winning frame on the final black, will now be Allen’s opponent.
With a convincing 4-3 victory over David Gilbert, Mertens continued his strong run in this event. Mark Selby, who has won the Crucible four times, lost to Robert Milkins 4-2; Milkins is still on a roll after making it to the semi-finals of the most recent BetVictor German Masters. Robbie Williams defeated Joe Perry 4-1 to halt Joe Perry’s championship defense, and BetVictor Scottish Open runner-up Joe O’Connor outclassed Stuart Carrington to emerge victorious by score of 4-0. Thanks to his break of 74, Jak Jones defeated LeClercq 4-2 and joined Daniel Wells as the only other Welshmen still in the game.
2023 BetVictor Welsh Open: last-64 results (14th-15th February)
- Joe Perry 4-1 Mark Joyce
- Liam Davies 0-4 Robbie Williams
- Stuart Carrington 4-2 Andy Lee
- Graeme Dott 2-4 Joe O’Connor
- Hammad Miah 2-4 Aaron Hill
- Pang Junxu 4-2 Kyren Wilson
- Julien Leclercq 4-2 Jordan Brown
- Jak Jones 4-3 Mark Williams
- Judd Trump 4-2 Louis Heathcote
- Matthew Selt 1-4 Daniel Wells
- Shaun Murphy 4-1 Peng Yisong
- Anthony McGill 4-2 Sam Craigie
- David Lilley 4-1 Ricky Walden
- Ryan Thomerson 0-4 Jack Lisowski
- Yuan Sijun 4-1 Stephen Maguire
- Dominic Dale 4-0 Neil Robertson
- Mark Selby 4-3 Si Jiahui
- Robert Milkins 4-2 Dean Young
- Barry Hawkins 4-0 Ben Woollaston
- Hossein Vafaei 4-1 Ken Doherty
- Cao Yupeng 4-0 Ding Junhui
- Elliot Slessor 0-4 Luca Brecel
- Andy Hicks 4-3 Wu Yize
- Mitchell Mann 1-4 Mark Allen
- John Higgins 4-0 Martin Gould
- Mohamed Ibrahim 2-4 Sanderson Lam
- Tian Pengfei 4-2 Jimmy White
- Ali Carter 4-1 Ian Martin
- Chris Wakelin 2-4 David Gilbert
- Ben Mertens 4-2 Jackson Page
- Matthew Stevens 3-4 Rod Lawler
- Ross Muir 3-4 Ronnie O’Sullivan
BetVictor Welsh Open 2023: last-32 updates (15th-16th February)
- Joe Perry 1-4 Robbie Williams
- Stuart Carrington 0-4 Joe O’Connor
- Aaron Hill 1-4 Pang Junxu
- Julien Leclercq 2-4 Jak Jones
- Judd Trump vs Daniel Wells
- Shaun Murphy vs Anthony McGill
- David Lilley vs Jack Lisowski
- Yuan Sijun 4-1 Dominic Dale
- Mark Selby 2-4 Robert Milkins
- Barry Hawkins vs Hossein Vafaei
- Cao Yupeng vs Luca Brecel
- Andy Hicks vs Mark Allen
- John Higgins vs Sanderson Lam
- Tian Pengfei vs Ali Carter
- David Gilbert 3-4 Ben Mertens
- Rod Lawler 0-4 Ronnie O’Sullivan
2023 Welsh Open: prize money distribution
It is understood that the 2023 Welsh Open champion would get £80,000 from the $427,000 total prize fund. The competition’s runner-up will also receive £35,000, while the losers of each semifinal will each receive £17,500. In the second-round of the 2023 Welsh Open, Mark Selby and David Gilbert were shockingly ousted to return home with reward of £4,500.
- Winner: £80,000
- Runner-up: £35,000
- Semi-final: £17,500
- Quarter-final: £11,000
- Last 16: £7,500
- Round of 32: £4,500
- Last 64: £3,000
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total: £427,000
When and where to watch: live stream & TV coverage telecast
For those who can’t attend, live coverage of the event will be carried on Discovery+ and Eurosport. If fans wish to attend this performance at the Venue Cymru, they must purchase tickets from this site. BBC Cymru Wales and the BBC Red Button will also provide national coverage of this event.
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