2021 Gibraltar Open

2021 BetVictor Gibraltar Open

Tournament information
Dates	1–7 March 2021 (2021-03-01 – 2021-03-07)
Venue	Marshall Arena
City	Milton Keynes
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker Tour
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£251,000
Winner's share	£50,000
Highest break	Jamie Jones (WAL) (145)
Final
Champion	Judd Trump (ENG)
Runner-up	Jack Lisowski (ENG)
Score	4–0
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The 2021 Gibraltar Open (officially the 2021 BetVictor Gibraltar Open) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 1 to 7 March 2021 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. It was the twelfth ranking event of the 2020–21 snooker season, and the sixth and final event in the BetVictor European Series.

The event was the sixth instalment of the Gibraltar Open tournament, first held in 2015. It was organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association and sponsored by BetVictor. The defending champion was Judd Trump, who defeated Kyren Wilson 4–3 in the 2020 final. Trump retained his title, defeating Jack Lisowski 4–0 in the final and losing just three of the 31 frames he played in the tournament overall.^[1][2] It was Trump's fifth ranking title of the season and the 22nd of his professional career. In addition to the winner's prize of £50,000, Trump secured the £150,000 European Series bonus, awarded to the player who wins the most prize money across the series, for a second consecutive season.^[3]

The event featured the return to the professional tour of seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry, who retired in 2012, but accepted a two-year invitational tour card to begin in the 2020–21 season.^[4] Matthew Selt beat Hendry 4–1 in the first round of the tournament.^[5]

Prize fund

The breakdown of the tournament's prize money is shown below:^[6][7]

• 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

Tournament draw

Below is the full draw for the event. Players in bold denote match winners.^[8]

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
	Robbie Williams (ENG)	1
					Judd Trump (1)	4
					Sunny Akani	1
	Haydon Pinhey (ENG)	1
	Sunny Akani (THA)	4
									Judd Trump (1)	4
									Robert Milkins	0
	Brian Ochoiski (FRA)	1
	Liang Wenbo (CHN)	4
					Liang Wenbo	3
					Robert Milkins	4
	Robert Milkins (ENG)	4
	Gary Wilson (ENG)	3
													Judd Trump (1)	4
													Alexander Ursenbacher	0
	Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (16)	4
	Xu Si (CHN)	0
					Zhou Yuelong (16)	1
					Alexander Ursenbacher	4
	Yuan Sijun (CHN)	1
	Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI)	4
									Alexander Ursenbacher	4
									Mitchell Mann	0
	David Lilley (ENG)	4
	Duane Jones (WAL)	2
					David Lilley	3
					Mitchell Mann	4
	Mitchell Mann (ENG)	4
	Lukas Kleckers (GER)	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
	Rory McLeod (JAM)	1
	Hossein Vafaei (IRN)	4
					Hossein Vafaei	4
					Allan Taylor	1
	Andy Hicks (ENG)	1
	Allan Taylor (ENG)	4
									Hossein Vafaei	2
									Mark Allen (9)	4
	Iulian Boiko (UKR)	4
	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)	3
					Iulian Boiko	3
					Mark Allen (9)	4
	Mark Allen (NIR) (9)	4
	Jamie Curtis-Barrett (ENG)	0
													Mark Allen (9)	4
													Ricky Walden	1
	Scott Donaldson (SCO)	4
	Peter Lines (ENG)	2
					Scott Donaldson	2
					Joe Perry	4
	Joe Perry (ENG)	4
	Mark Davis (ENG)	2
									Joe Perry	2
									Ricky Walden	4
	Ricky Walden (ENG)	4
	Mark Joyce (ENG)	3
					Ricky Walden	4
					Si Jiahui	3
	Ding Junhui (CHN) (8)	2
	Si Jiahui (CHN)	4

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
	Kuldesh Johal (ENG)	2
					Kyren Wilson (5)	4
					Fan Zhengyi	0
	Oliver Brown (ENG)	1
	Fan Zhengyi (CHN)	4
									Kyren Wilson (5)	3
									Matthew Selt	4
	Matthew Selt (ENG)	4
	Stephen Hendry (SCO)	1
					Matthew Selt	4
					Barry Hawkins	3
	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	4
	Luo Honghao (CHN)	2
													Matthew Selt	4
													Soheil Vahedi	1
	Mark Williams (WAL) (12)	4
	Li Hang (CHN)	1
					Mark Williams (12)	3
					Soheil Vahedi	4
	Michael White (WAL)	2
	Soheil Vahedi (IRN)	4
									Soheil Vahedi	4
									Tom Ford	0
	Zak Surety (ENG)	2
	Tom Ford (ENG)	4
					Tom Ford	4
					Jamie Jones	2
	Steven Hallworth (ENG)	2
	Jamie Jones (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
	Chen Zifan (CHN)	4
	Daniel Womersley (ENG)	1
					Chen Zifan	4
					Leo Fernandez	3
	Ian Burns (ENG)	1
	Leo Fernandez (IRL)	4
									Chen Zifan	3
									Jimmy White	4
	Jimmy White (ENG)	4
	Joe O'Connor (ENG)	3
					Jimmy White	4
					Stuart Bingham (13)	2
	Stuart Bingham (ENG) (13)	4
	Gerard Greene (NIR)	0
													Jimmy White	2
													Chris Wakelin	4
	Chang Bingyu (CHN)	4
	Eden Sharav (ISR)	3
					Chang Bingyu	2
					Chris Wakelin	4
	Nigel Bond (ENG)	3
	Chris Wakelin (ENG)	4
									Chris Wakelin	4
									Mark Selby (4)	2
	Ken Doherty (IRL)	4
	Matthew Stevens (WAL)	3
					Ken Doherty	2
					Mark Selby (4)	4
	Mark Selby (ENG) (4)	4
	Sam Craigie (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 (AUS) (3)	2
	Lei Peifan (CHN)	4
					Lei Peifan	4
					Dylan Emery	3
	Dylan Emery (WAL)	4
	Ben Hancorn (ENG)	0
									Lei Peifan	1
									Stuart Carrington	4
	Andrew Higginson (ENG)	4
	Lyu Haotian (CHN)	3
					Andrew Higginson	2
					Stuart Carrington	4
	Stuart Carrington (ENG)	4
	Gao Yang (CHN)	0
													Stuart Carrington	4
													David Gilbert (14)	0
	David Gilbert (ENG) (14)	4
	Paul Davison (ENG)	1
					David Gilbert (14)	4
					Jimmy Robertson	3
	Jimmy Robertson (ENG)	4
	James Cahill (ENG)	2
									David Gilbert (14)	4
									Zhao Xintong	0
	Zhao Xintong (CHN)	4
	Ashley Carty (ENG)	1
					Zhao Xintong	4
					Daniel Wells	2
	Peter Devlin (ENG)	3
	Daniel Wells (WAL)	4

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
	Elliot Slessor (ENG)	4
	Jackson Page (WAL)	3
					Elliot Slessor	2
					Martin Gould	4
	Martin Gould (ENG)	4
	David Grace (ENG)	2
									Martin Gould	3
									Jamie Clarke	4
	Brandon Sargeant (ENG)	1
	Aaron Hill (IRL)	4
					Aaron Hill	2
					Jamie Clarke	4
	Yan Bingtao (CHN) (11)	1
	Jamie Clarke (WAL)	4
													Jamie Clarke	1
													Xiao Guodong	4
	Kacper Filipiak (POL)	0
	Alan McManus (SCO)	4
					Alan McManus	1
					Zhao Jianbo	4
	Zhao Jianbo (CHN)	4
	Noppon Saengkham (THA)	0
									Zhao Jianbo	1
									Xiao Guodong	4
	Martin O'Donnell (ENG)	2
	Xiao Guodong (CHN)	4
					Xiao Guodong	4
					Jamie Wilson	1
	Hamim Hussain (ENG)	0
	Jamie Wilson (ENG)	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
	Shaun Murphy (ENG) (7)	4
	Ashley Hugill (ENG)	2
					Shaun Murphy (7)	4
					Luca Brecel	1
	Mark King (ENG)	1
	Luca Brecel (BEL)	4
									Shaun Murphy (7)	1
									Anthony Hamilton	4
	Dominic Dale (WAL)	0
	Tian Pengfei (CHN)	4
					Tian Pengfei	0
					Anthony Hamilton	4
	Barry Pinches (ENG)	2
	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	4
													Anthony Hamilton	1
													Jack Lisowski (10)	4
	Jack Lisowski (ENG) (10)	4
	Farakh Ajaib (PAK)	1
					Jack Lisowski (10)	4
					Jak Jones	1
	Jak Jones (WAL)	4
	Ryan Day (WAL)	3
									Jack Lisowski (10)	4
									Fraser Patrick	2
	Oliver Lines (ENG)	4
	Riley Parsons (ENG)	1
					Oliver Lines	3
					Fraser Patrick	4
	Liam Highfield (ENG)	3
	Fraser Patrick (SCO)	4

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
	Simon Lichtenberg (GER)	3
	Lu Ning (CHN)	4
					Lu Ning	4
					Jamie O'Neill	0
	Lee Walker (WAL)	2
	Jamie O'Neill (ENG)	4
									Lu Ning	4
									Pang Junxu	2
	Pang Junxu (CHN)	4
	Igor Figueiredo (BRA)	3
					Pang Junxu	4
					Anthony McGill (15)	2
	Anthony McGill (SCO) (15)	4
	Louis Heathcote (ENG)	0
													Lu Ning	4
													Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	2
	Rod Lawler (ENG)	4
	Jordan Brown (NIR)	3
					Rod Lawler	3
					Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4
	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)	4
	Sean Maddocks (ENG)	0
									Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4
									Ali Carter	2
	Billy Castle (ENG)	3
	Ben Woollaston (ENG)	4
					Ben Woollaston	2
					Ali Carter	4
	John Astley (ENG)	2
	Ali Carter (ENG)	4

Finals

	Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 7 frames
	Judd Trump (1)	4
	Mark Allen (9)	0
					Judd Trump (1)	4
					Matthew Selt	1
	Matthew Selt	4
	Chris Wakelin	0
									Judd Trump (1)	4
									Jack Lisowski (10)	0
	Stuart Carrington	4
	Xiao Guodong	1
					Stuart Carrington	3
					Jack Lisowski (10)	4
	Jack Lisowski (10)	4
	Lu Ning	3

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Colin Humphries Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, 7 March 2021
Judd Trump (1)  England	4–0	Jack Lisowski (10)  England
Frames: 72–18, 106–0 (106), 73–46, 94–0
106	Highest break	31
1	Century breaks	0

Century breaks

A total of 80 century breaks were made during the tournament.^[9]

• 145, 103 – Jamie Jones
• 142, 137, 130, 124 – Mark Selby
• 140, 113 – Shaun Murphy
• 140 – Scott Donaldson
• 138 – Riley Parsons
• 137, 126, 103 – Jack Lisowski
• 137 – Chris Wakelin
• 134, 114 – Jamie Clarke
• 132, 115 – Fraser Patrick
• 132, 105 – Chen Zifan
• 131, 128, 126, 124, 124, 106, 104, 101 – Judd Trump
• 130, 129, 103 – Barry Hawkins
• 127, 115, 107 – Stuart Carrington
• 126 – Mark Allen
• 125 – Mitchell Mann
• 124, 107 – David Gilbert
• 124 – Luo Honghao
• 123, 102 – Soheil Vahedi
• 121, 115, 113, 109, 101 – Xiao Guodong
• 119, 102 – Matthew Selt
• 119 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
• 118 – Anthony McGill
• 116 – Ashley Hugill
• 116 – Elliot Slessor
• 115, 109, 105 – Kyren Wilson
• 113 – Anthony Hamilton
• 112, 100 – Luca Brecel
• 109, 106 – Liam Highfield
• 108 – Ricky Walden
• 107, 105, 100 – Ali Carter
• 107 – Stephen Hendry
• 107 – Lu Ning
• 106, 102 – Liang Wenbo
• 105 – Hossein Vafaei
• 104 – Tom Ford
• 104 – Pang Junxu
• 103 – Oliver Lines
• 103 – Mark Williams
• 102 – Billy Castle
• 101, 101 – Jamie O'Neill
• 101 – Chang Bingyu
• 101 – Si Jiahui
• 100 – Martin Gould
• 100 – Sunny Akani

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