The 2019 Indian Open was a professional snooker tournament. It was due to take place between 18 and 22 September 2018 at the Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty in Kochi, India but was postponed due to the 2018 Kerala floods. The rescheduled Indian Open was played in Kochi from 27 February to 3 March 2019. It was the fifteenth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.

Qualifying took place on 15 and 16 August 2018 in Preston, England.

John Higgins was the defending champion, having beaten Anthony McGill 5–1 in the 2017 final, but he lost to Matthew Selt in the semi-finals.

Selt went on to win his first ranking title, beating Lyu Haotian 5–3 in the final.

Zhou Yuelong made the first maximum break of his career in the fourth frame of his first round loss to Lyu Haotian. It was the 150th maximum in professional events.

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

Winner: £50,000 Runner-up: £25,000 Semi-final: £15,000 Quarter-final: £10,000 Last 16: £6,000 Last 32: £4,000 Last 64: £2,000

Televised highest break: £2,000 Total: £323,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £10,000

Main draw

Final Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Colin Humphries Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty, Kochi, India, 3 March 2019. Matthew Selt 5–3 Lyu Haotian 57–48, 89–6, , , , , , 102 Highest break 115 1 Century breaks 1

Qualifying These matches were held between 15 and 16 August 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.

John Higgins 4–1Match held over and played in Kochi. Ashley Hugill Duane Jones 4–1 Adam Stefanow Hossein Vafaei 4–1 Sanderson Lam Dominic Dale 4–2 Asutosh Padhy Michael White 4–1 Nigel Bond Alan McManus 3–4 James Cahill David Gilbert 4–2 Niu Zhuang Daniel Wells 3–4 Elliot Slessor Robbie Williams 2–4 Hamza Akbar Li Hang 4–0 Basem Eltahhan Xu Si 0–4 Ashley Carty Joe Perry 4–0 Joe O'Connor Peter Ebdon 4–3 Jamie Clarke Ben Woollaston 4–0 S Shrikrishna Jimmy White 0–4 Sam Craigie Liang Wenbo 4–0 Mitchell Mann Stuart Bingham 4–1 Chris Totten Peter Lines 4–3 Zhang Anda Gary Wilson 4–2 Steven Hallworth Mike Dunn 3–4 John Astley Yan Bingtao 4–2 Leo Fernandez Gerard Greene 4–1 Andy Lee Robert Milkins 0–4 Lu Ning Liam Highfield 4–2 Billy Joe Castle Matthew Selt 4–2 Zhang Jiankang Tom Ford 4–3 Jordan Brown Martin O'Donnell 2–4 Joe Swail Jack Lisowski 4–0 Himanshu Dinesh Jain Fergal O'Brien 4–2 Dechawat Poomjaeng Mark Joyce 2–4 Oliver Lines Robin Hull 4–2 Alfie Burden Mark Allen Soheil Vahedi Neil Robertson w/d–w/o Andy Hicks Li Yuan 4–3 Ross Muir Kurt Maflin 1–4 Eden Sharav Michael Georgiou 4–1 Ben Hancorn Xiao Guodong w/d–w/o Luke Simmonds Sunny Akani 0–4 Mei Xiwen Zhou Yuelong 4–1 Laxman Rawat Lyu Haotian 4–3 Tian Pengfei Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4–2 Adam Duffy Michael Holt 4–1 Chen Zifan Alexander Ursenbacher 4–2 Simon Lichtenberg Graeme Dott 4–0 Kishan Hirani Noppon Saengkham 2–4 Paul Davison Mark Davis 4–1 Sean O'Sullivan Yuan Sijun 4–0 Hammad Miah Anthony McGill 1–4 Thor Chuan Leong Luca Brecel 4–3 Simon Bedford Ian Burns 4–2 Chen Feilong Jamie Jones w/d–w/o Digvijay Kadian Andrew Higginson 4–1 Harvey Chandler Mark King 2–4 Craig Steadman Zhang Yong 4–2 Fan Zhengyi Jimmy Robertson 4–3 David Lilley Scott Donaldson 4–3 Lukas Kleckers Rory McLeod 4–3 Rod Lawler Anthony Hamilton 4–1 Farakh Ajaib Ken Doherty 1–4 Sam Baird Ricky Walden 3–4 Zhao Xintong Chris Wakelin 4–2 Jak Jones Stuart Carrington 4–1 Luo Honghao Allan Taylor 1–4 Lee Walker Shaun Murphy 4–1 Lucky Vatnani

Notes

Century breaks

Main stage centuries There were a total of 33 century breaks made during the tournament. Zhou Yuelong made a century in a held over match.

147, 102 Zhou Yuelong 140 Mark Davis 140 Zhao Xintong 137 Yuan Sijun 136 Graeme Dott 133 Andrew Higginson 132 Scott Donaldson 130, 116, 109 Li Hang 127, 113 Anthony Hamilton 125 Joe Perry 123 Stuart Bingham 121, 104, 104 John Higgins 120, 109, 101 Luca Brecel 115, 114, 106 Lyu Haotian 108 Peter Ebdon 108 Shaun Murphy 106, 103 Hossein Vafaei 104 Sam Craigie 103 Sam Baird 103, 102 Matthew Selt 102 Michael Holt

Qualifying stage centuries There were a total of 10 century breaks made during the qualifying matches preceding the event.

135 Hamza Akbar 122 Rod Lawler 118 Joe Swail 115 Lyu Haotian 114 Ross Muir 110 Oliver Lines 102 Gerard Greene 102 Michael Holt 101 Stuart Bingham 101 Elliot Slessor

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