2012 Australian Goldfields Open

Australian Goldfields Open
Tournament information
Dates	9–15 July 2012
Venue	Bendigo Stadium
City	Bendigo
Country	Australia
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	A$435,000
Winner's share	$70,000
Highest break	Cao Yupeng (CHN) (143)
Final
Champion	Barry Hawkins (ENG)
Runner-up	Peter Ebdon (ENG)
Score	9–3
	← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 Australian Goldfields Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 9–15 July 2012 at the Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia. It was the second ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.

Stuart Bingham was the defending champion, but he lost in the first round 4–5 against Matthew Selt.

Barry Hawkins won his first ranking title by defeating Peter Ebdon 9–3 in the final.

Prize fund

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

Winner: A$70,000
Runner-up: $30,000
Semi-final: $20,000
Quarter-final: $15,000
Last 16: $10,000
Last 32: $7,500
Last 48: $2,000

Non-televised highest break: $500
Televised highest break: $2,500
Total: $435,000

Wildcard round

These matches were played in Bendigo on 9 July.

Match		Score
WC1	Cao Yupeng (CHN)	5–2	Johl Younger (AUS)
WC2	Alan McManus (SCO)	5–0	James Mifsud (AUS)

Main draw

Last 32 Best of 9 frames			Last 16 Best of 9 frames			Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames			Semi-finals Best of 11 frames			Final Best of 17 frames

1	Stuart Bingham	4

	Matthew Selt	5
			Matthew Selt		5

			Ryan Day		3
11	Andrew Higginson	4

	Ryan Day	5
							Matthew Selt	3

						14	Barry Hawkins	5
14	Barry Hawkins	5

	Xiao Guodong	1
			14	Barry Hawkins	5

			6	Matthew Stevens	2
6	Matthew Stevens	5

	Liang Wenbo	3
									14	Barry Hawkins	6

									12	Mark Davis	4
8	Martin Gould	5

	Ken Doherty	3
			8	Martin Gould	5

				Cao Yupeng	4
10	Ali Carter	3

	Cao Yupeng	5
						8	Martin Gould	2

						12	Mark Davis	5
12	Mark Davis	5

	Jack Lisowski	2
			12	Mark Davis	5

			4	Neil Robertson	1
4	Neil Robertson	5

	Nigel Bond	1
												14	Barry Hawkins	9

												13	Peter Ebdon	3
3	Shaun Murphy	5

	Marcus Campbell	4
			3	Shaun Murphy	5

				Tom Ford	1
15	Dominic Dale	2

	Tom Ford	5
						3	Shaun Murphy	4

						13	Peter Ebdon	5
13	Peter Ebdon	5

	Michael Holt	4
			13	Peter Ebdon	5

			7	Ding Junhui	4
7	Ding Junhui	5

	Alan McManus	0
									13	Peter Ebdon	6

										Marco Fu	2
5	Stephen Lee	5

	Rory McLeod	4
			5	Stephen Lee	5

				Jamie Cope	2
9	Ricky Walden	4

	Jamie Cope	5
						5	Stephen Lee	1

							Marco Fu	5
16	Joe Perry	1

	Marco Fu	5
			Marco Fu		5

			Jamie Burnett		1
2	Mark Selby	3

	Jamie Burnett	5

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, Australia, 15 July 2012.
Barry Hawkins (14) England	9–3	Peter Ebdon (13) England
Afternoon: 27–69, 75–8 (57), 80–0 (74), 120–0 (106), 119–0 (114), 7–68 (63), 72–46, 32–64 Evening: 133–0 (133), 65–10, 74–12 (74), 73–40 (51)
133	Highest break	63
3	Century breaks	0
7	50+ breaks	1

Qualifying

These matches were held between 12 and 15 June 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.


Round 1 Best of 9 frames		Round 2 Best of 9 frames		Round 3 Best of 9 frames		Round 4 Best of 9 frames


Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	5	Adam Duffy	3	Matthew Selt	5	Jamie Jones	2

Allan Taylor	0	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	5	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	3	Matthew Selt	5


Hossein Vafaei	w/d	Passakorn Suwannawat	2	Michael White	5	Ryan Day	5

Mitchell Mann	w/o	Mitchell Mann	5	Mitchell Mann	2	Michael White	2


Ben Judge	0	Kurt Maflin	5	Xiao Guodong	5	Fergal O'Brien	2

Robbie Williams	5	Robbie Williams	4	Kurt Maflin	4	Xiao Guodong	5


Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon	5	Craig Steadman	1	Peter Lines	4	Liang Wenbo	5

Adrian Gunnell	1	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon	5	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon	5	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon	1


Daniel Wells	0	Simon Bedford	2	Steve Davis	0	Ken Doherty	5

Michael Wild	5	Michael Wild	5	Michael Wild	5	Michael Wild	0


Cao Yupeng	5	Alfie Burden	2	Mike Dunn	2	Anthony Hamilton	w/d

Paul Davison	2	Cao Yupeng	5	Cao Yupeng	5	Cao Yupeng	w/o


Sam Baird	5	Andy Hicks	3	Dave Harold	5	Jack Lisowski	5

Jamie O'Neill	0	Sam Baird	5	Sam Baird	4	Dave Harold	2


Chen Zhe	1	Yu Delu	2	Nigel Bond	5	Mark King	4

Michael Wasley	5	Michael Wasley	5	Michael Wasley	2	Nigel Bond	5


Tian Pengfei	5	Dechawat Poomjaeng	5	Anthony McGill	5	Marcus Campbell	5

Joel Walker	1	Tian Pengfei	4	Dechawat Poomjaeng	3	Anthony McGill	0


Zhang Anda	3	James Wattana	5	Jimmy Robertson	4	Tom Ford	5

Fraser Patrick	5	Fraser Patrick	2	James Wattana	5	James Wattana	4


Ian Burns	5	Liam Highfield	5	Jimmy White	w/d	Michael Holt	5

Sean O'Sullivan	2	Ian Burns	2	Liam Highfield	w/o	Liam Highfield	2


Michael Leslie	2	Tony Drago	5	Alan McManus	5	Robert Milkins	2

Duane Jones	5	Duane Jones	1	Tony Drago	4	Alan McManus	5


Aditya Mehta	5	Barry Pinches	5	Ben Woollaston	1	Rory McLeod	5

Lee Spick	2	Aditya Mehta	4	Barry Pinches	5	Barry Pinches	0


Pankaj Advani	5	Li Yan	1	Liu Chuang	5	Jamie Cope	5

Justin Astley	1	Pankaj Advani	5	Pankaj Advani	2	Liu Chuang	2


Luca Brecel	4	Mark Joyce	0	Gerard Greene	5	Marco Fu	5

Rod Lawler	5	Rod Lawler	5	Rod Lawler	3	Gerard Greene	2


Martin O'Donnell	5	David Grace	3	David Gilbert	5	Jamie Burnett	5

Jeff Cundy	2	Martin O'Donnell	5	Martin O'Donnell	0	David Gilbert	3

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

142, 116, 102 – Barry Pinches
140 – Mitchell Mann
136, 109 – Xiao Guodong
134, 121, 101 – Marco Fu
130, 101 – Cao Yupeng
130, 101 – Jimmy Robertson
126, 121 – Liu Chuang
119 – Ken Doherty
114, 112 – Liang Wenbo
113 – Tony Drago

112 – James Wattana
108 – Tom Ford
104, 102 – Michael Wild
104 – Jack Lisowski
103 – Sam Baird
102 – David Gilbert
101 – Aditya Mehta
101 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
100 – Ian Burns

Televised stage centuries

143, 102 – Cao Yupeng
135, 113 – Neil Robertson
133, 114, 106, 102 – Barry Hawkins
129, 113 – Ding Junhui
128 – Matthew Stevens
128 – Joe Perry

126, 105 – Stephen Lee
111 – Peter Ebdon
111 – Shaun Murphy
108, 108 – Marco Fu
106 – Rory McLeod
103 – Jamie Cope

References

↑ "Tournament Calendar 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
↑ "Bingham claims maiden ranking title". Eurosport UK. 24 July 2011. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
↑ "Stuart Bingham beats Mark Williams 9-8 to win Australian Open". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
↑ "Champ Bingham Stunned By Selt". World Snooker. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
↑ "Australian Open 2012: Stuart Bingham loses to Matthew Selt". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
↑ "Australian Open 2012: Barry Hawkins defeats Peter Ebdon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
↑ Lappe, Liam. "Hawkins claims maiden ranking title". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 15 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
↑ "Younger And Mifsud Are Aussie Wild Cards". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
1 2 "Australian Goldfields Open 2012 Draw and Format of Play" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Snooker. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
1 2 "Australian Goldfields Open 2012 results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
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↑ "Final – Match 33 – Barry Hawkins v Peter Ebdon". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
↑ "Australian Goldfields Open 2012 Qualifiers Draw and Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Snooker. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
↑ "Australian Goldfields Open Qualifiers 2012 Results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
↑ "Australian Goldfields Open Qualifiers (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
↑ "Australian Goldfields Open 2012 qualifiers centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
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External links

Official website

[1] "Tournament Calendar 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 June 2012.

[2] "Bingham claims maiden ranking title". Eurosport UK. 24 July 2011. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.

[3] "Stuart Bingham beats Mark Williams 9-8 to win Australian Open". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

[4] "Champ Bingham Stunned By Selt". World Snooker. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

[5] "Australian Open 2012: Stuart Bingham loses to Matthew Selt". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

[6] "Australian Open 2012: Barry Hawkins defeats Peter Ebdon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 July 2012.

[7] Lappe, Liam. "Hawkins claims maiden ranking title". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 15 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[8] "Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

[9] "Younger And Mifsud Are Aussie Wild Cards". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 4 June 2012.

[WPBSA_DFOP-10] 1 2 "Australian Goldfields Open 2012 Draw and Format of Play" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Snooker. Retrieved 21 June 2012.

[WPBSA_results-11] 1 2 "Australian Goldfields Open 2012 results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2013.

[Snooker.org_MD-12] 1 2 3 "Australian Goldfields Open (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 June 2012.

[BBC_results-13] 1 2 "Australian Open 2012: schedule and results". BBC Sport. BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[CueTracker-14] 1 2 3 4 5 "2012 Australian Open". Cue Tracker. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

[15] "Final – Match 33 – Barry Hawkins v Peter Ebdon". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2013.

[16] "Australian Goldfields Open 2012 Qualifiers Draw and Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Snooker. Retrieved 4 June 2012.

[17] "Australian Goldfields Open Qualifiers 2012 Results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2013.

[18] "Australian Goldfields Open Qualifiers (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 June 2012.

[19] "Australian Goldfields Open 2012 qualifiers centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 15 June 2012.

[20] "Australian Goldfields Open 2012 centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 15 July 2012.

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Tournament information

Dates	9–15 July 2012 (2012-07-09 – 2012-07-15)
Venue	Bendigo Stadium
City	Bendigo
Country	Australia
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	A$435,000
Winner's share	$70,000
Highest break	Cao Yupeng (CHN) (143)
Final
Champion	Barry Hawkins (ENG)
Runner-up	Peter Ebdon (ENG)
Score	9–3
← 2011 2013 →