| Tournament name | Australian Goldfields Open |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9 July 2012 – 15 July 2012 |
| Venue | Bendigo Stadium |
| Location | Bendigo |
| Country | Australia |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | A$435,000 |
| Winners share | $70,000 |
| Highest break | Cao Yupeng (China) (143) |
| Winner | Barry Hawkins (England) |
| Runner up | Peter Ebdon (England) |
| Score | 9–3 |
| Previous | 2011 |
| Next | 2013 |
The 2012 Australian Goldfields Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 9–15 July 2012 at the Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia. It was the second ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.[1]
Stuart Bingham was the defending champion,[2][3] but he lost in the first round 4–5 against Matthew Selt.[4][5]
Barry Hawkins won his first ranking title by defeating Peter Ebdon 9–3 in the final.[6][7]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[8]
- Winner: A$70,000
- Runner-up: $30,000
- Semi-final: $20,000
- Quarter-final: $15,000
- Last 16: $10,000
- Last 32: $7,500
- Last 48: $2,000
- Non-televised highest break: $500
- Televised highest break: $2,500
- Total: $435,000
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Bendigo on 9 July.[9][10][11][12][13][14]
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Cao Yupeng (China) | 5–2 | Johl Younger (Australia) |
| WC2 | Alan McManus (Scotland) | 5–0 | James Mifsud (Australia) |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, Australia, 15 July 2012.[12][15] | ||
| Barry Hawkins (14) | 9–3 | Peter Ebdon (13) |
| Afternoon: 27–69, 75–8 (57), 80–0 (74), 120–0 (106), 119–0 (114), 7–68 (63), 72–46, 32–64 Evening: 133–0 (133), 65–10, 74–12 (74), 73–40 (51) | ||
| 133 | Highest break | 63 |
| 3 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 1 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 12 and 15 June 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.[14][16][17][18]
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
- 142, 116, 102 – Barry Pinches
- 140 – Mitchell Mann
- 136, 109 – Xiao Guodong
- 134, 121, 101 – Marco Fu
- 130, 101 – Cao Yupeng
- 130, 101 – Jimmy Robertson
- 126, 121 – Liu Chuang
- 119 – Ken Doherty
- 114, 112 – Liang Wenbo
- 113 – Tony Drago
- 112 – James Wattana
- 108 – Tom Ford
- 104, 102 – Michael Wild
- 104 – Jack Lisowski
- 103 – Sam Baird
- 102 – David Gilbert
- 101 – Aditya Mehta
- 101 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- 100 – Ian Burns
Televised stage centuries
- 143, 102 – Cao Yupeng
- 135, 113 – Neil Robertson
- 133, 114, 106, 102 – Barry Hawkins
- 129, 113 – Ding Junhui
- 128 – Matthew Stevens
- 128 – Joe Perry
- 126, 105 – Stephen Lee
- 111 – Peter Ebdon
- 111 – Shaun Murphy
- 108, 108 – Marco Fu
- 106 – Rory McLeod
- 103 – Jamie Cope
References
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- ^ "Bingham claims maiden ranking title". Eurosport UK. 24 July 2011. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ "Stuart Bingham beats Mark Williams 9-8 to win Australian Open". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ "Champ Bingham Stunned By Selt". World Snooker. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ "Australian Open 2012: Stuart Bingham loses to Matthew Selt". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ "Australian Open 2012: Barry Hawkins defeats Peter Ebdon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- ^ Lappe, Liam. "Hawkins claims maiden ranking title". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- ^ "Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
- ^ "Younger And Mifsud Are Aussie Wild Cards". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ "Australian Goldfields Open 2012 Draw and Format of Play". worldsnooker.com. World Snooker. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ "Australian Goldfields Open 2012 results". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ "Australian Goldfields Open (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ "Australian Open 2012: schedule and results". BBC Sport. BBC Sport. Archived from the original on April 20, 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ "2012 Australian Open". Cue Tracker. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ "Final – Match 33 – Barry Hawkins v Peter Ebdon". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ "Australian Goldfields Open 2012 Qualifiers Draw and Format". worldsnooker.com. World Snooker. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ "Australian Goldfields Open Qualifiers 2012 Results". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ "Australian Goldfields Open Qualifiers (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ "Australian Goldfields Open 2012 qualifiers centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
- ^ "Australian Goldfields Open 2012 centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 15 July 2012.