The 2009 Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 22 February 2009 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.
The defending champion was Mark Selby, but he lost in the quarter-finals against Anthony Hamilton. The event was won Ali Carter, who claimed his first ranking tournament win by defeating Joe Swail 9–5 in the final, having come back from 2–5 down. This was the first ranking final refereed by Colin Humphries.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £35,000 Runner-up: £17,500 Semi-finals: £8,750 Quarter-finals: £6,500 Last 16: £4,275 Last 32: £2,750 Last 48: £1,725 Last 64: £1,325
Stage one highest break: £500 Stage two highest break: £2,000 Stage one maximum break: £1,000 Stage two maximum break: £20,000 Total: £225,500
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Colin Humphries.Newport Centre, Newport, Wales, 22 February 2009. Ali Carter (7) 9–5 Joe Swail Afternoon: 9–81, 90–0 (89), , , , , , Evening: 120–0 (116), , , , , 116 Highest break 60 2 Century breaks 0 7 50+ breaks 1
Qualifying These matches took place between 3 and 6 February 2009 at the Pontins Centre in Prestatyn, Wales.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
136 Barry Pinches 132 Daniel Wells 132 Stuart Pettman 131, 112, 110 Jamie Burnett 128, 105 Martin Gould 123 Andrew Norman
122, 108 Liang Wenbo 120 Andy Lee 119 Alan McManus 111 Gerard Greene 109 Paul Davison 102 Patrick Wallace
Televised stage centuries
142, 117, 115, 101 Marco Fu 141, 119, 116, 109 Ali Carter 136, 116, 100 Anthony Hamilton 135 Martin Gould 132 Steve Davis 131, 115 David Gilbert 129, 101 John Higgins 126 Mark Selby 124, 107 Neil Robertson 124, 104 Dominic Dale
118 Ronnie O'Sullivan 116, 105 Shaun Murphy 110 Paul Davies 109, 104 Ryan Day 109 Michael Judge 107 Joe Perry 105 Graeme Dott 105 Joe Swail 102 Barry Pinches 101 Stephen Maguire
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