2009 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 2009 Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 22 February 2009 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.
The defending champion was Mark Selby, but he lost in the quarter-finals against Anthony Hamilton.
Ali Carter won his first ranking tournament by defeating Joe Swail 9–5 in the final, having come back from 2–5 down. This was the first ranking final refereed by Colin Humphries.Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner: £35,000
- Runner-up: £17,500
- Semi-finals: £8,750
- Quarter-finals: £6,500
- Last 16: £4,275
- Last 32: £2,750
- Last 48: £1,725
- Last 64: £1,325
- Stage one highest break: £500
- Stage two highest break: £2,000
- Stage one maximum break: £1,000
- Stage two maximum break: £20,000
- Total: £225,500
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
These matches took place between 3 and 6 February 2009 at the Pontins Centre in Prestatyn, Wales.Century breaks
- 136 Barry Pinches
- 132 Daniel Wells
- 132 Stuart Pettman
- 131, 112, 110 Jamie Burnett
- 128, 105 Martin Gould
- 123 Andrew Norman
- 122, 108 Liang Wenbo
- 120 Andy Lee
- 119 Alan McManus
- 111 Gerard Greene
- 109 Paul Davison
- 102 Patrick Wallace
Televised stage centuries
- 142, 117, 115, 101 Marco Fu
- 141, 119, 116, 109 Ali Carter
- 136, 116, 100 Anthony Hamilton
- 135 Martin Gould
- 132 Steve Davis
- 131, 115 David Gilbert
- 129, 101 John Higgins
- 126 Mark Selby
- 124, 107 Neil Robertson
- 124, 104 Dominic Dale
- 118 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 116, 105 Shaun Murphy
- 110 Paul Davies
- 109, 104 Ryan Day
- 109 Michael Judge
- 107 Joe Perry
- 105 Graeme Dott
- 105 Joe Swail
- 102 Barry Pinches
- 101 Stephen Maguire
