2022 Gibraltar Open

The 2022 Gibraltar Open (officially the 2022 BetVictor Gibraltar Open) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 24 to 26 March 2022 at the Europa Point Sports Complex. The 14th ranking event of the 2021–22 snooker season, it followed the Turkish Masters and preceded the Tour Championship. It was the seventh -- and currently final -- edition of the Gibraltar Open, first held in 2015, and the eighth and final event of the 2021–22 European Series.

2022 BetVictor Gibraltar Open

Tournament information
Dates	24–26 March 2022 (2022-03-24 – 2022-03-26)
Venue	Europa Point Sports Complex
City	Gibraltar
Organisation	World Snooker Tour
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£251,000
Winner's share	£50,000
Highest break	Stuart Bingham (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion	Robert Milkins (ENG)
Runner-up	Kyren Wilson (ENG)
Score	4–2
← 2021

The defending champion was Judd Trump, who defeated Jack Lisowski 4–0 in the 2021 final. However, Trump lost 0–4 to Ricky Walden in the last 16.^[1] Robert Milkins defeated Kyren Wilson 4–2 in the final to win the first ranking title of his 27-year professional career. Aged 46, Milkins became the oldest first-time winner of a ranking event since Doug Mountjoy won the 1988 UK Championship.^[2]

John Higgins secured the European Series bonus of £150,000, awarded to the player who won the most cumulative prize money over the eight tournaments. Stuart Bingham made the highest break of the tournament, a 147 in the final frame of his first-round match with Gerard Greene. It was the ninth maximum break of Bingham's career and the eighth of the 2021–22 season.^[3]

Format

The event was the seventh iteration of the Gibraltar Open, which was first held in 2015.^[4] It took place from 24 to 26 March 2022 at the Europa Point Sports Complex in Gibraltar.^[5] The 14th ranking tournament of the 2021–22 snooker season, it followed the Turkish Masters and preceded the Tour Championship.^[6][7] The defending champion was Judd Trump, who had defeated Jack Lisowski 4–0 in the 2021 final.^[8] The tournament was organised by the World Snooker Tour and sponsored by BetVictor.^[9] All matches were contested as the best of seven frames.^[10]

The event saw a significant number of withdrawals, including Mark Williams, Shaun Murphy, Stephen Maguire, Kurt Maflin, Anthony McGill, Sam Craigie, David Gilbert and Anthony Hamilton. Additionally, bad weather in Gibraltar led to a number of flights being diverted to Málaga, where some players travelling on non-British passports did not meet Spanish visa requirements and had to return to the UK.^[11][12][13]

European Series bonus

The Gibraltar Open was the concluding event of the 2021–22 European Series,^[9] which carried a £150,000 bonus for the player who won the most cumulative prize money over its eight tournaments.^[14] Eleven players remained in contention for the bonus at the beginning of the tournament. John Higgins topped the series money list with £98,000; Mark Allen had the same amount, but Higgins led on countback, having gone further in the European Masters than Allen.^[15] Fan Zhengyi, Luca Brecel, Neil Robertson and Ronnie O’Sullivan all began the tournament with £90,000 or more. Zhao Xintong, Hossein Vafaei, Joe Perry, Judd Trump and Ricky Walden were also in contention.^[16] Vafaei was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to visa issues in Spain.^[13] O'Sullivan and Fan lost in the round of 128; Zhao, Perry, and Brecel lost in the round of 64; and Higgins and Allen lost in the round of 32. Trump and Robertson needed to reach the final to remain in contention, but both lost in the round of 16. Walden needed to win the event to capture the bonus, but he lost in the semi-finals. This meant that Higgins remained top of the series prize money list and won the bonus.^[17]

Prize fund

The event featured a prize fund of £251,000, of which the winner received £50,000. The breakdown of the tournament's prize money is shown below:^[18]

• 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.^{[citation needed]}

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
	Andrew Higginson (ENG)	0
					Judd Trump (1)	4
					Simon Blackwell	0
	Zhao Jianbo (CHN)	0
	Simon Blackwell (ENG)	4
									Judd Trump (1)	4
									Sanderson Lam	1
	Scott Donaldson (SCO)	1
	Lu Ning (CHN)	4
					Lu Ning	2
					Sanderson Lam	4
	Chang Bingyu (CHN)	w/d
	Sanderson Lam (ENG)	w/o
													Judd Trump (1)	0
													Ricky Walden (16)	4
	Ricky Walden (ENG) (16)	4
	Dylan Mitchell (ENG)	0
					Ricky Walden (16)	4
					Jackson Page	2
	Haydon Pinhey (ENG)	2
	Jackson Page (WAL)	4
									Ricky Walden (16)	4
									Zhou Yuelong	2
	Ryan Day (WAL)	4
	Ng On-yee (HKG)	2
					Ryan Day	1
					Zhou Yuelong	4
	Lee Walker (WAL)	3
	Zhou Yuelong (CHN)	4

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

Li Hang (CHN)

w/d

Luke Pinches (ENG)

w/o

Luke Pinches

0

Jordan Brown

4

Martin O'Donnell (ENG)

0

Jordan Brown (NIR)

4

Jordan Brown

4

Louis Heathcote

0

Dominic Dale (WAL)

2

Louis Heathcote (ENG)

4

Louis Heathcote

4

Ken Doherty

3

Lee Stephens (ENG)

0

Ken Doherty (IRL)

4

Jordan Brown

3

Jamie Jones

4

Jamie Jones (WAL)

w/o

Phil O'Kane (ENG)

w/d

Jamie Jones

4

Iulian Boiko

0

Xu Si (CHN)

w/d

Iulian Boiko (UKR)

w/o

Jamie Jones

4

Zhang Anda

2

Peter Devlin (ENG)

2

Xiao Guodong (CHN)

4

Xiao Guodong

2

Zhang Anda

4

Barry Hawkins (ENG) (9)

3

Zhang Anda (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
	John Higgins (SCO) (5)	4
	David Grace (ENG)	2
					John Higgins (5)	4
					John Astley	1
	John Astley (ENG)	4
	Michael Holt (ENG)	3
									John Higgins (5)	2
									Jimmy Robertson	4
	Cao Yupeng (CHN)	4
	Ben Fortey (ENG)	3
					Cao Yupeng	3
					Jimmy Robertson	4
	Jimmy Robertson (ENG)	4
	Tian Pengfei (CHN)	1
													Jimmy Robertson	0
													Ding Junhui	4
	Rod Lawler (ENG)	0
	Aaron Hill (IRL)	4
					Aaron Hill	4
					Stuart Carrington	3
	Joshua Cooper (ENG)	1
	Stuart Carrington (ENG)	4
									Aaron Hill	1
									Ding Junhui	4
	Ding Junhui (CHN)	4
	Mark Lloyd (ENG)	0
					Ding Junhui	4
					Gary Wilson	1
	Gary Wilson (ENG)	4
	Mark King (ENG)	2

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
	Ian Burns (ENG)	3
	Tom Ford (ENG)	4
					Tom Ford	4
					Duane Jones	2
	Joe O'Connor (ENG)	1
	Duane Jones (WAL)	4
									Tom Ford	4
									Jack Lisowski (13)	1
	Mitchell Mann (ENG)	4
	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)	3
					Mitchell Mann	0
					Jack Lisowski (13)	4
	Jack Lisowski (ENG) (13)	4
	Mark Davis (ENG)	1
													Tom Ford	0
													Kyren Wilson (4)	4
	Matthew Stevens (WAL)	w/o
	Hamim Hussain (ENG)	w/d
					Matthew Stevens	3
					Ali Carter	4
	Andrew Pagett (WAL)	2
	Ali Carter (ENG)	4
									Ali Carter	1
									Kyren Wilson (4)	4
	Wu Yize (CHN)	w/d
	Andy Hicks (ENG)	w/o
					Andy Hicks	0
					Kyren Wilson (4)	4
	Kyren Wilson (ENG) (4)	4
	Lukas Kleckers (GER)	0

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)

4

Liang Wenbo (CHN)

2

Neil Robertson (3)

4

Oliver Lines

2

Oliver Lines (ENG)

w/o

David Gilbert (ENG)

w/d

Neil Robertson (3)

4

Rory McLeod

1

Daniel Womersley (ENG)

w/o

Pang Junxu (CHN)

w/d

Daniel Womersley

0

Rory McLeod

4

Alfie Burden (ENG)

2

Rory McLeod (JAM)

4

Neil Robertson (3)

1

Jak Jones

4

Luca Brecel (BEL) (14)

4

Jamie Curtis-Barrett (ENG)

3

Luca Brecel (14)

4

David Lilley

1

Hammad Miah (ENG)

1

David Lilley (ENG)

4

Luca Brecel (14)

3

Jak Jones

4

Robbie Williams (ENG)

4

Stuart Watson (ENG)

0

Robbie Williams

3

Jak Jones

4

Hossein Vafaei (IRN)

w/d

Jak Jones (WAL)

w/o

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
	Lee Prickman (GIB)	0
	Yuan Sijun (CHN)	4
					Yuan Sijun	4
					Gao Yang	3
	Craig Steadman (ENG)	1
	Gao Yang (CHN)	4
									Yuan Sijun	2
									Stuart Bingham (11)	4
	Jimmy White (ENG)	w/o
	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	w/d
					Jimmy White	1
					Stuart Bingham (11)	4
	Stuart Bingham (ENG) (11)	4
	Gerard Greene (NIR)	1
													Stuart Bingham (11)	4
													Soheil Vahedi	1
	Noppon Saengkham (THA)	4
	Matthew Selt (ENG)	1
					Noppon Saengkham	3
					Soheil Vahedi	4
	Soheil Vahedi (IRN)	4
	Sean Maddocks (ENG)	0
									Soheil Vahedi	4
									Chris Wakelin	2
	Chris Wakelin (ENG)	w/o
	Si Jiahui (CHN)	w/d
					Chris Wakelin	4
					Zhao Xintong (6)	1
	Zhao Xintong (CHN) (6)	4
	Jamie Clarke (WAL)	1

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
	Joshua Thomond (ENG)	2
	Ross Muir (SCO)	4
					Ross Muir	0
					Lyu Haotian	4
	Allan Taylor (ENG)	0
	Lyu Haotian (CHN)	4
									Lyu Haotian	4
									Michael Georgiou	0
	Farakh Ajaib (PAK)	4
	Ashley Carty (ENG)	2
					Farakh Ajaib	1
					Michael Georgiou	4
	Elliot Slessor (ENG)	1
	Michael Georgiou (CYP)	4
													Lyu Haotian	2
													Robert Milkins	4
	Mark Allen (NIR) (10)	4
	Mark Joyce (ENG)	2
					Mark Allen (10)	4
					Steven Hallworth	1
	Fraser Patrick (SCO)	w/d
	Steven Hallworth (ENG)	w/o
									Mark Allen (10)	3
									Robert Milkins	4
	Lei Peifan (CHN)	0
	Robert Milkins (ENG)	4
					Robert Milkins	4
					Jamie Wilson	1
	Jamie Wilson (ENG)	4
	Reanne Evans (ENG)	2

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
	James Cahill (ENG)	1
	Ben Hancorn (ENG)	4
					Ben Hancorn	4
					Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	0
	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)	4
	Francis Becerra (GIB)	0
									Ben Hancorn	4
									Michael White	2
	Joe Perry (ENG)	4
	Leo Fernandez (IRL)	3
					Joe Perry	2
					Michael White	4
	Kuldesh Johal (ENG)	2
	Michael White (WAL)	4
													Ben Hancorn	4
													Ben Woollaston	3
	Nigel Bond (ENG)	4
	Chen Zifan (CHN)	1
					Nigel Bond	4
					Ashley Hugill	1
	Fan Zhengyi (CHN)	3
	Ashley Hugill (ENG)	4
									Nigel Bond	1
									Ben Woollaston	4
	Barry Pinches (ENG)	2
	Peter Lines (ENG)	4
					Peter Lines	2
					Ben Woollaston	4
	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (2)	3
	Ben Woollaston (ENG)	4

Finals

	Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 7 frames
	Ricky Walden (16)	4
	Jamie Jones	1
					Ricky Walden (16)	3
					Kyren Wilson (4)	4
	Ding Junhui	1
	Kyren Wilson (4)	4
									Kyren Wilson (4)	2
									Robert Milkins	4
	Jak Jones	4
	Stuart Bingham (11)	0
					Jak Jones	2
					Robert Milkins	4
	Robert Milkins	4
	Ben Hancorn	2

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Ben Williams Europa Point Sports Complex, Gibraltar, 26 March 2022
Kyren Wilson (4)  England	2–4	Robert Milkins  England
Frame scores: 59–71, 29–62, 25–76, 85–20, 63–27, 10–74
65	Highest break	71
0	Century breaks	0

Century breaks

A total of 70 century breaks were made during the tournament.^[19]

• 147, 119, 101 – Stuart Bingham
• 140, 112, 109, 103, 102 – Ricky Walden
• 139 – Zhou Yuelong
• 138, 103 – Zhang Anda
• 135 – Noppon Saengkham
• 133, 123, 119, 112 – Ding Junhui
• 132, 117, 114, 114, 101 – Jimmy Robertson
• 132, 117, 108, 100, 100 – Kyren Wilson
• 132 – James Cahill
• 130, 112, 108, 102 – Lyu Haotian
• 126, 112 – John Higgins
• 126 – Soheil Vahedi
• 122 – Tom Ford
• 122 – Jak Jones
• 120 – Matthew Stevens
• 119, 103 – Jack Lisowski
• 119 – Zhao Xintong
• 118 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
• 117, 117, 105, 100 – Jordan Brown
• 116 – Jamie Jones
• 114, 102, 100 – Ben Hancorn
• 114 – Lee Walker
• 113 – Dominic Dale
• 112, 102 – Neil Robertson
• 109 – Gao Yang
• 106 – Joe Perry
• 105, 104 – Mark Allen
• 105 – David Grace
• 104, 101, 100 – Yuan Sijun
• 104, 100 – Ben Woollaston
• 104 – Louis Heathcote
• 104 – Mitchell Mann
• 103 – Luca Brecel
• 103 – Zhou Yuelong
• 102 – Ashley Hugill
• 102 – Robbie Williams
• 101 – Ross Muir

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