2017 Gibraltar Open

The 2017 Gibraltar Open (officially the 2017 jojobet.com Gibraltar Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 1 to 5 March 2017, at the Tercentenary Sports Hall in Gibraltar. It was the 16th ranking event of the 2016/2017 season. The main event ran from 3 to 5 March and was preceded by amateur pre-qualifying rounds on 1 and 2 March. Marco Fu was the defending champion, but he chose not to participate in this edition of the tournament.

Shaun Murphy won the tournament, beating Judd Trump 4–2 in the final.

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


 * Winner: €25,000
 * Runner-up: €12,000
 * Semi-finals: €6,000
 * Quarter-finals: €4,000
 * Last 16: €2,300
 * Last 32: €1,200
 * Last 64: €700


 * Total: €125,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £20,000 (€26,600).

Main draw
Main rounds draw

Preliminary rounds
These matches were played in Gibraltar on 1–2 March 2017. All matches were the best of 7 frames.

Round 1

 * Match 1: 🇩🇪 Simon Lichtenberg 4–0 🇧🇬 Ivelin Boyanov Bozhanov
 * Match 2: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jeff Cundy 4–3 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oliver Brown
 * Match 3: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Thomas Rees 0–4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Pinches
 * Match 4: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Foster 4–0 🇪🇸 David Alcaide
 * Match 5: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sam Harvey 1–4 Michael Collumb
 * Match 6: 🇩🇪 Daniel Schneider 4–2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Glasby


 * Match 7: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Steele 4–1 🇬🇮 Andrew Olivero
 * Match 8: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ryan Causton w/o–n/s 🇶🇦 Nader Al Dosari
 * Match 9: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe O'Connor 4–2 🇮🇪 Greg Casey
 * Match 10: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Lilley 3–4 🇮🇪 Charlie Sweeney
 * Match 11: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joshua Cooper 4–0 Conor McCormack
 * Match 12: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Alex Taubman 4–2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Williams


 * Match 13: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Connolly 4–3 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Day
 * Match 14: 🇮🇪 Daniel O'Regan 4–1 🇧🇪 Jurian Heusdens
 * Match 15: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steven Hallworth 4–0 🇬🇮 Francis Becerra
 * Match 16: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Vincent 4–3 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Budd


 * Match 17: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Simon Dent 4–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Collins
 * Match 18: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Prickman 4–3 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Fearick
 * Match 19: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joshua Thomond 0–4 Gerard Greene
 * Match 20: Ejler Hame 1–4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Glover


 * Match 21: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Richard Beckham 1–4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brandon Sargeant
 * Match 22: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jenson Kendrick 1–4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jamie Clarke
 * Match 23: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Murphy 4–2 🇵🇱 Adam Stefanow
 * Match 24: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sean McAllister 2–4 🇩🇪 Robin Otto


 * Match 25: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manasawin Phetmalaikul 1–4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Martin
 * Match 26: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nev Graham 2–4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil O'Kane
 * Match 27: 🇦🇹 Andreas Ploner w/o–n/s 🇲🇦 Mourad Naitali
 * Match 28: 🇧🇪 Hans Blanckaert 3–4 🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz


 * Match 29: 🇩🇪 Felix Frede 0–4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Pragnall
 * Match 30:  Paul Burrell 4–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Urbaniak
 * Match 31: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Zack Richardson 4–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bhavesh Sodha


 * Match 32: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Dabell 4–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rees Carter
 * Match 33: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adam Longley 2–4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dan Barsley

Round 2

 * Match 34: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Charlie Walters 4–2 🇩🇪 Simon Lichtenberg
 * Match 35: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Louis Heathcote 2–4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jeff Cundy


 * Match 36: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Pinches 3–4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Foster


 * Match 37: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Saqib Nasir 4–1 Michael Collumb
 * Match 38: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ben Jones 4–0 🇩🇪 Daniel Schneider
 * Match 39: 🇧🇪 Laurens De Staelen 4–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Steele
 * Match 40: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adam Edge 4–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ryan Causton


 * Match 41: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe O'Connor 4–3 🇮🇪 Charlie Sweeney
 * Match 42: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ashley Carty 4–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joshua Cooper
 * Match 43: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Lines 4–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Alex Taubman
 * Match 44: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Matthew Roberts 4–3 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Connolly


 * Match 45: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stephen Kershaw 4–3 🇮🇪 Daniel O'Regan
 * Match 46: 🇧🇬 Boris Lazarkov 0–4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steven Hallworth
 * Match 47: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mitchell Grinstead 4–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Vincent
 * Match 48: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Simon Dent 4–3 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Prickman


 * Match 49:  Gerard Greene 4–2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Glover
 * Match 50: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Patrick Whelan 2–4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brandon Sargeant
 * Match 51: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joel Walker 2–4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jamie Clarke
 * Match 52: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Pitcher 4–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Murphy


 * Match 53: 🇩🇪 Robin Otto 1–4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Martin
 * Match 54: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Daniel Devlin w/d–w/o 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil O'Kane
 * Match 55: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ashley Hugill 1–4 🇦🇹 Andreas Ploner
 * Match 56: 🇪🇸 Francisco Sánchez Ruíz 0–4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Pragnall


 * Match 57: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jaspal Bamotra 4–2 Paul Burrell
 * Match 58: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Zack Richardson 4–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Dabell
 * Match 59: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kaif Shazad 0–4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dan Barsley

Main rounds centuries
Total: 48


 * 145, 129, 106, 104 – Jack Lisowski
 * 140, 137, 122 – Shaun Murphy
 * 138, 135, 101 – Mark Allen
 * 136 – Sam Craigie
 * 136 – Luca Brecel
 * 135 – John Astley
 * 133, 131, 109, 102 – Alfie Burden
 * 132, 102 – Ricky Walden
 * 131 – David John
 * 130, 108, 101 – Neil Robertson
 * 129, 117, 102 – Ryan Day
 * 129, 114, 112, 103 – Judd Trump
 * 128, 102 – Gary Wilson
 * 128 – Gerard Greene


 * 127 – Mark Davis
 * 127 – Zhou Yuelong
 * 121 – John Higgins
 * 118 – Zhang Yong
 * 107 – Michael White
 * 107 – Ben Woollaston
 * 107 – Zhang Anda
 * 105, 100 – Barry Hawkins
 * 105 – Jamie Jones
 * 104 – Fang Xiongman
 * 102 – Mark Williams
 * 102 – Charlie Walters
 * 101 – Mitchell Mann
 * 100 – Steven Hallworth