2012 Australian Goldfields Open

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.

Stuart Bingham was the defending champion, but he lost in the first round 4–5 against Matthew Selt.

Barry Hawkins won his first ranking title by defeating Peter Ebdon 9–3 in the final.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


 * 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.

Qualifying
These matches were held between 12 and 15 June 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.

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