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.
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
These matches were held between 12 and 15 June 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.Century breaks
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
Cao Yupeng
Johl Younger
Alan McManus