2012 Welsh Open (snooker)

The 2012 Welsh Open (officially the 2012 888真人 Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13 and 19 February 2012 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales. This was the first time, that 888真人 sponsored the event.

John Higgins was the defending champion, but he lost 3–4 against Ding Junhui in the last 16.

Ding Junhui won his fifth ranking title by defeating Mark Selby 9–6 in the final.

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


 * Winner: £30,000
 * Runner-up: £15,000
 * Semi-final: £7,500
 * Quarter-final: £5,600
 * Last 16: £4,000
 * Last 32: £2,500
 * Last 48: £1,600
 * Last 64: £1,250


 * Stage one highest break: £500
 * Stage two highest break: £1,000
 * Total: £201,500

Qualifying
These matches were held between 8 and 11 February 2012 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 142, 113, 111 – Andy Hicks
 * 141, 116, 100 – Sam Baird
 * 138 – Stuart Carrington
 * 137 – Paul Davison
 * 135 – Kurt Maflin
 * 134, 112 – David Morris
 * 134 – Tom Ford
 * 128 – Yu Delu
 * 126 – Adam Duffy
 * 123, 120, 104 – Xiao Guodong


 * 122, 101 – Barry Hawkins
 * 113 – Gerard Greene
 * 113 – Steve Davis
 * 112, 109 – David Gilbert
 * 112 – Liu Chuang
 * 111 – Mike Dunn
 * 108, 106 – Ian McCulloch
 * 106 – Tony Drago
 * 102 – Marco Fu

Televised stage centuries

 * 145, 124, 110, 103 – Mark Selby
 * 141 – Matthew Stevens
 * 139, 125, 102, 101 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 136 – Sam Baird
 * 135 – Neil Robertson
 * 133 – Mark Williams
 * 131, 111, 101 – Stephen Maguire


 * 130, 124 – Ding Junhui
 * 129 – Stephen Lee
 * 126 – Shaun Murphy
 * 123 – Barry Hawkins
 * 121, 117 – Steve Davis
 * 121 – Mark Allen
 * 109, 104, 100 – Judd Trump