2012 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 2012 888真人 Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13–19 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
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
These matches were held between 8 and 11 February 2012 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.Century breaks
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