User:Lee Vilenski/2020 Gibraltar Open

The 2020 Gibraltar Open (also known as the 2020 BetVictor Gibraltar Open due to sponsorship) was a professional snooker tournament, taking place from 13–15 March 2020 at the Europa Point Sports Complex in Gibraltar with qualifying rounds taking place 11–12 March 2020. It is the fifteenth ranking event of the 2019-2020 snooker season, and the final tournament in the European Series, following theGerman Masters, European Masters and Snooker Shoot Out. The event was the fifth Gibraltar Open tournament, first held in 2015. The event was organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association and sponsored by BetVictor.

The defending champion was Stuart Bingham who defeated Ryan Day 4–1 in the 2019 final. However, Bingham lost 0-4 to Ben Woollaston in the third round. Due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, matches were originally limited to a maximum audience of 100. After the first day, this restriction was increased to allow all matches to be played with no crowds. A number of professional players withdrew from the event, alongside 54 amateur players.

Tournament format
The event was the fifth iteration of the Gibraltar Open, having been first held in 2015. The event took place from 13–15 March 2020 at the Europa Point Sports Complex in Gibraltar. The event was the 15th ranking tournament of the 2019/20 snooker season after the Players Championship, and preceding the Tour Championship. The event was the final event of the 2020 BetVictor European Series, following the 2020 European Masters, 2020 German Masters and 2020 Snooker Shoot Out. The event was organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association and sponsored by BetVictor. Qualifying for the event was held from 11–12 March 2020 also at the Europa Point Sports Complex. Qualifying was played as best-of-5 frame matches, with the main stage of the event played as best-of-7 frames.

Prize fund
The event featured a total prize fund of £251,000 with the winner receiving £50,000. This was an increase of £74,000 and £25,000 respectively from the 2019 event. As part of the BetVictor European Series

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


 * Winner: £50,000
 * Runner-up: £20,000
 * Semi-final: £6,000
 * Quarter-final: £5,000
 * Last 16: £4,000
 * Last 32: £3,000
 * Last 64: £2,000
 * Highest break: £5,000
 * Total: £251,000

Summary
Professional players Neil Robertson, John Higgins, Mark Allen, David Gilbert, Stephen Maguire, Ali Carter, Graeme Dott, Noppon Saengkham, Kurt Maflin, Anthony Hamilton, Mike Dunn, Fraser Patrick and Jimmy White withdrew from the event.

Qualifying
Qualifying for the event featuring amateur players took place in Gibraltar on 11–12 March 2020. There was a total of four rounds with all matches being played as the best-of-5 frames.

Main stage centuries
A total of 39 century breaks were made during the tournament.


 * 143 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Lisowski
 * 141, 104 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Ford
 * 139, 137 🇮🇪 Fergal O'Brien
 * 139 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sam Craigie
 * 138, 101 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Selby
 * 137, 116 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ryan Day
 * 137, 101 🇨🇳 Tian Pengfei
 * 136 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mitchell Mann
 * 133 🇨🇳 Liang Wenbo
 * 129, 124 🇨🇳 Chang Bingyu
 * 128 🇹🇭 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
 * 127, 110 🇧🇪 Luca Brecel
 * 126, 103 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Elliot Slessor
 * 123, 118 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rod Lawler
 * 123 🇨🇳 Xiao Guodong
 * 118 🇨🇳 Zhou Yuelong
 * 112 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Burns
 * 110 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Holt
 * 110, 109 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham
 * 108 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Hawkins
 * 107 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kyren Wilson
 * 106 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Robertson
 * 105 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Joyce
 * 104 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Judd Trump
 * 104, 103 🇨🇳 Lyu Haotian
 * 101 🇧🇷 Igor Figueiredo
 * 101 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robbie Williams
 * 101 🇨🇳 Yuan Sijun