2020 Welsh Open (snooker)


The 2020 Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament which took place from 10 to 16 February 2020 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales. It was the 12th ranking event of the 2019–20 snooker season, and the final event of the season's Home Nations Series. It was the 29th edition of the Welsh Open, first held in 1992.
Neil Robertson was the defending champion, having beaten Stuart Bingham 9–7 in the 2019 final, but he lost in the quarter-finals to Kyren Wilson.
The quarter-finals stage featured one the strongest fields ever for a Home Nations event, with 6 of the 8 players being ranked inside the top eight in the world.
Shaun Murphy won the event, with a 9–1 win over Kyren Wilson in the final.
There were a total of 77 century breaks at the event. Wilson made the highest, a maximum - the second of his career - in the first frame of his first-round match with Jackson Page.
This was the last tournament that former professional snooker player Willie Thorne commentated on prior to his death on 17th June 2020.

Prize fund

The event's total prize fund is £405,000, with the winner receiving £70,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Finals

Final

Qualifying

A qualifying match was played between two of the local wildcards on 10 February.
0–4

Century breaks

Total: 77