2020 Northern Ireland Open

2020 Matchroom.live Northern Ireland Open

Tournament information
Dates	16–22 November 2020 (2020-11-16 – 2020-11-22)
Venue	Marshall Arena
City	Milton Keynes
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker Tour
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£405,000
Winner's share	£70,000
Highest break	Judd Trump (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion	Judd Trump (ENG)
Runner-up	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Score	9–7
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The 2020 Northern Ireland Open (officially the 2020 Matchroom.live Northern Ireland Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 16 to 22 November 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England.^[1] It was the fourth ranking event of the 2020–21 season and a part of the Home Nations Series. It was the fifth edition of the Northern Ireland Open.

For the third consecutive edition of the tournament, Judd Trump defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–7 in final, winning his 19th ranking title.^[2] He is the first player to win a ranking event three times in a row since Stephen Hendry won the UK Championship from 1994 to 1996. He is also the first to win four Home Nations Series titles, and the second, after Mark Selby, to win two Home Nations events in a single season. During this tournament, he made the fifth maximum break of his career in the third frame of his second-round match with Gao Yang.^[3]

Prize fund

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

• Winner: £70,000
• Runner-up: £30,000
• Semi-final: £20,000
• Quarter-final: £10,000
• Last 16: £7,500
• Last 32: £4,000
• Last 64: £3,000
• Highest break: £5,000
• Total: £405,000

Main draw

Top half

Section 1

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Judd Trump (ENG) (1)	4
	Gerard Greene (NIR)	1
					Judd Trump (1)	4
					Gao Yang	0
	Mitchell Mann (ENG)	2
	Gao Yang (CHN)	4
									Judd Trump (1)	4
									Luca Brecel (32)	3
	Luca Brecel (BEL) (32)	4
	Kacper Filipiak (POL)	0
					Luca Brecel (32)	4
					Rod Lawler	1
	Simon Lichtenberg (GER)	1
	Rod Lawler (ENG)	4
													Judd Trump (1)	4
													Martin Gould	1
	Jack Lisowski (ENG) (16)	1
	Ashley Carty (ENG)	4
					Ashley Carty	1
					Andy Hicks	4
	Paul Davison (ENG)	3
	Andy Hicks (ENG)	4
									Andy Hicks	3
									Martin Gould	4
	Gary Wilson (ENG) (17)	2
	Rory McLeod (JAM)	4
					Rory McLeod	1
					Martin Gould	4
	Martin Gould (ENG)	4
	Jamie Clarke (WAL)	0

Section 2

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Tian Pengfei (CHN)	w/d
	Noppon Saengkham (THA)	w/o
					Noppon Saengkham	4
					Zhou Yuelong (24)	3
	Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (24)	4
	Jimmy White (ENG)	0
									Noppon Saengkham	4
									Stephen Maguire (9)	0
	Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI)	4
	Lei Peifan (CHN)	2
					Alexander Ursenbacher	1
					Stephen Maguire (9)	4
	Stephen Maguire (SCO) (9)	4
	Alex Borg (MLT)	2
													Noppon Saengkham	2
													Scott Donaldson (25)	4
	Chen Zifan (CHN)	1
	Xu Si (CHN)	4
					Xu Si	3
					Scott Donaldson (25)	4
	Scott Donaldson (SCO) (25)	4
	Sean Maddocks (ENG)	1
									Scott Donaldson (25)	4
									Mark Allen (8)	1
	Fan Zhengyi (CHN)	0
	Robert Milkins (ENG)	4
					Robert Milkins	2
					Mark Allen (8)	4
	Mark Allen (NIR) (8)	4
	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	0

Section 3

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Kyren Wilson (ENG) (5)	4
	David Lilley (ENG)	0
					Kyren Wilson (5)	4
					Ken Doherty	3
	Ken Doherty (IRL)	4
	Chris Wakelin (ENG)	1
									Kyren Wilson (5)	2
									Michael Holt (28)	4
	Michael Holt (ENG) (28)	4
	Soheil Vahedi (IRN)	1
					Michael Holt (28)	4
					Louis Heathcote	3
	Brandon Sargeant (ENG)	2
	Louis Heathcote (ENG)	4
													Michael Holt (28)	3
													David Grace	4
	David Gilbert (ENG) (12)	1
	David Grace (ENG)	4
					David Grace	4
					Sam Craigie	3
	Sam Craigie (ENG)	4
	Amine Amiri (MAR)	0
									David Grace	4
									Michael White	3
	Barry Hawkins (ENG) (21)	4
	Alan McManus (SCO)	2
					Barry Hawkins (21)	3
					Michael White	4
	Iulian Boiko (UKR)	0
	Michael White (WAL)	4

Section 4

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Barry Pinches (ENG)	4
	Liam Highfield (ENG)	2
					Barry Pinches	4
					Anthony McGill (20)	3
	Anthony McGill (20)	w/o
	Riley Parsons (ENG)	w/d
									Barry Pinches	1
									Yan Bingtao (13)	4
	Jamie Wilson (ENG)	1
	Nigel Bond (ENG)	4
					Nigel Bond	1
					Yan Bingtao (13)	4
	Yan Bingtao (CHN) (13)	4
	Peter Lines (ENG)	1
													Yan Bingtao (13)	4
													Zhao Xintong (29)	3
	Mark King (ENG)	2
	Zak Surety (ENG)	4
					Zak Surety	1
					Zhao Xintong (29)	4
	Zhao Xintong (CHN) (29)	4
	Si Jiahui (CHN)	2
									Zhao Xintong (29)	4
									Lukas Kleckers	0
	Lukas Kleckers (GER)	4
	Chang Bingyu (CHN)	1
					Lukas Kleckers	4
					Mark Selby (4)	0
	Mark Selby (ENG) (4)	4
	Andrew Higginson (ENG)	1

Bottom half

Section 5

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Neil Robertson (3)	w/o
	Declan Lavery (NIR)	w/d
					Neil Robertson (3)	2
					Ben Woollaston	4
	Ben Woollaston (ENG)	4
	Ricky Walden (ENG)	3
									Ben Woollaston	4
									Liang Wenbo (30)	2
	Liang Wenbo (CHN) (30)	4
	Steven Hallworth (ENG)	3
					Liang Wenbo (30)	4
					Jak Jones	1
	Pang Junxu (CHN)	0
	Jak Jones (WAL)	4
													Ben Woollaston	2
													Ali Carter (19)	4
	Mark Williams (WAL) (14)	4
	Jamie Jones (WAL)	2
					Mark Williams (14)	2
					Dominic Dale	4
	Mark Joyce (ENG)	2
	Dominic Dale (WAL)	4
									Dominic Dale	2
									Ali Carter (19)	4
	Ali Carter (ENG) (19)	4
	Ben Hancorn (ENG)	1
					Ali Carter (19)	4
					Xiao Guodong	1
	Xiao Guodong (CHN)	4
	Duane Jones (WAL)	1

Section 6

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Sunny Akani (THA)	4
	Jordan Brown (NIR)	3
					Sunny Akani	2
					Igor Figueiredo	4
	Graeme Dott (SCO) (22)	2
	Igor Figueiredo (BRA)	4
									Igor Figueiredo	4
									Zhao Jianbo	3
	Zhao Jianbo (CHN)	4
	Brian Ochoiski (FRA)	1
					Zhao Jianbo	4
					Stuart Bingham (11)	2
	Stuart Bingham (ENG) (11)	4
	Oliver Lines (ENG)	1
													Igor Figueiredo	1
													Kurt Maflin (27)	4
	Aaron Hill (IRL)	3
	Jackson Page (WAL)	4
					Jackson Page	0
					Kurt Maflin (27)	4
	Kurt Maflin (NOR) (27)	4
	Fraser Patrick (SCO)	1
									Kurt Maflin (27)	4
									Ryan Day	1
	James Cahill (ENG)	4
	Lyu Haotian (CHN)	1
					James Cahill	3
					Ryan Day	4
	Shaun Murphy (ENG) (6)	0
	Ryan Day (WAL)	4

Section 7

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	John Higgins (SCO) (7)	4
	Daniel Wells (WAL)	0
					John Higgins (7)	4
					Patrick Wallace	2
	Patrick Wallace (NIR)	4
	Farakh Ajaib (ENG)	1
									John Higgins (7)	4
									Matthew Selt (26)	0
	Matthew Selt (ENG) (26)	4
	Joe O'Connor (ENG)	3
					Matthew Selt (26)	4
					Stuart Carrington	0
	Stuart Carrington (ENG)	4
	Billy Castle (ENG)	1
													John Higgins (7)	1
													Ding Junhui (10)	4
	Ding Junhui (CHN) (10)	4
	Eden Sharav (ISR)	0
					Ding Junhui (10)	4
					Lu Ning	1
	Martin O'Donnell (ENG)	1
	Lu Ning (CHN)	4
									Ding Junhui (10)	4
									Yuan Sijun	0
	Tom Ford (ENG) (23)	4
	Lee Walker (WAL)	2
					Tom Ford (23)	2
					Yuan Sijun	4
	Yuan Sijun (CHN)	4
	Luo Honghao (CHN)	3

Section 8

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames				Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Allan Taylor (ENG)	4
	Hossein Vafaei (IRN)	2
					Allan Taylor	4
					Joe Perry (18)	1
	Joe Perry (ENG) (18)	4
	Robbie Williams (ENG)	0
									Allan Taylor	0
									Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (15)	4
	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)	4
	Ashley Hugill (ENG)	2
					Fergal O'Brien	1
					Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (15)	4
	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (15)	4
	Peter Devlin (ENG)	2
													Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (15)	2
													Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)	4
	Mark Davis (ENG)	4
	Ian Burns (ENG)	3
					Mark Davis	2
					Matthew Stevens (31)	4
	Matthew Stevens (WAL) (31)	4
	Jimmy Robertson (ENG)	2
									Matthew Stevens (31)	2
									Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)	4
	Elliot Slessor (ENG)	4
	Li Hang (CHN)	1
					Elliot Slessor	1
					Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)	4
	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (2)	4
	Jamie O'Neill (ENG)	1

Finals

	Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames				Semi-finals Best of 11 frames				Final Best of 17 frames
	Judd Trump (1)	5
	Scott Donaldson (25)	1
					Judd Trump (1)	6
					David Grace	2
	David Grace	5
	Yan Bingtao (13)	2
									Judd Trump (1)	9
									Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)	7
	Ali Carter (19)	5
	Kurt Maflin (27)	3
					Ali Carter (19)	3
					Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)	6
	Ding Junhui (10)	2
	Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)	5

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Marcel Eckardt. Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England, 22 November 2020.
Judd Trump (1)  England	9–7	Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)  England
Afternoon: 69–55, 77–47, 41–64, 86–35, 70–43, 13–70, 128–0 (128), 7–130 (130) Evening: 89–55, 81–51, 41–81, 37–72, 115–0 (115), 7–93, 0–74, 89–32
128	Highest break	130
2	Century breaks	1

Century breaks

A total of 68 century breaks were made during the competition.^[4]

• 147, 128, 127, 115, 112, 109, 105, 103, 101 – Judd Trump
• 144, 130 – John Higgins
• 142 – Anthony McGill
• 141 – Ashley Carty
• 137, 125, 103 – Yan Bingtao
• 135, 135, 127, 112 – Kurt Maflin
• 135 – Kyren Wilson
• 134, 130, 118, 101 – Ben Woollaston
• 134, 109, 109, 100 – Zhao Xintong
• 133 – Luca Brecel
• 133 – Chang Bingyu
• 133 – Mark Williams
• 130, 125, 111 – Mark Allen
• 130, 125, 106, 103, 102, 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 130 – Stuart Bingham
• 127, 116 – Patrick Wallace
• 122 – Lee Walker
• 121, 107, 100 – Ding Junhui
• 121, 106 – Liang Wenbo
• 117, 101 – Martin Gould
• 114 – Lu Ning
• 113, 107 – Ryan Day
• 109 – Andy Hicks
• 108, 103, 101, 100 – Ali Carter
• 104 – David Grace
• 104 – Barry Hawkins
• 104 – Robert Milkins
• 103 – Stephen Maguire
• 102 – Alex Borg
• 102 – Liam Highfield
• 101, 101 – Ken Doherty

References

1. "2020 Northern Ireland Open". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on January 11, 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
2. "Judd Trump edges out Ronnie O'Sullivan to win Northern Ireland Open". SKY Sports. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
3. "Trump Makes Magical Maximum". World Snooker Tour. 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020.
4. "Northern Ireland Open 2020 – Centuries". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 16 November 2020.^{[permanent dead link‍]}