2016_Northern_Ireland_Open

2016 Coral Northern Ireland Open
Tournament information
Dates	14–20 November 2016
Venue	Titanic Exhibition Centre
City	Belfast
Country	Northern Ireland
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£366,000
Winner's share	£70,000
Highest break	John Higgins (SCO) (147)
Final
Champion	Mark King (ENG)
Runner-up	Barry Hawkins (ENG)
Score	9–8
	← First 2017 →

2016 Northern Ireland Open

Snooker tournament

The 2016 Northern Ireland Open (officially the 2016 Coral Northern Ireland Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14 and 20 November 2016 at the Titanic Exhibition Centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland.^[1] It was the ninth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.^[2]

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This was the inaugural Northern Ireland Open event, being held as part of a new Home Nations Series introduced in the 2016/2017 season with the existing Welsh Open and new English Open and Scottish Open tournaments.^[3]^[4] The winner of the Northern Ireland Open is awarded the Alex Higgins Trophy which is named in honour of Northern Irish two-time world champion Alex Higgins.^[5]

Mark King won the first ranking title of his career by defeating Barry Hawkins 9–8 in the final.^[6]^[7]

John Higgins made the 123rd official maximum break in the fifth frame of his last 64 match against Sam Craigie. It was Higgins' eighth professional maximum.^[8]

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Judd Trump (1)	w/d

Peter Ebdon	w/o
		Peter Ebdon	4

		Adam Duffy	3
Michael Wild	2

Adam Duffy	4
				Peter Ebdon	2

				Scott Donaldson	4
Kurt Dunham	4

Christopher Keogan	2
		Kurt Dunham	3

		Scott Donaldson	4
Robert Milkins	1

Scott Donaldson	4
						Scott Donaldson	2

						Hossein Vafaei	4
Stephen Maguire (16)	3

Alan McManus	4
		Alan McManus	0

		Sanderson Lam	4
Wang Yuchen	1

Sanderson Lam	4
				Sanderson Lam	1

				Hossein Vafaei	4
Zak Surety	4

Darryl Hill	3
		Zak Surety	2

		Hossein Vafaei	4
Hossein Vafaei	4

Rod Lawler	3

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Zhang Yong	2

Kurt Maflin	4
		Kurt Maflin	4

		Alex Borg	1
Alex Borg	4

Dechawat Poomjaeng	2
				Kurt Maflin	4

				Josh Boileau	1
Mike Dunn	3

Josh Boileau	4
		Josh Boileau	4

		Hamza Akbar	2
Ali Carter (9)	w/d

Hamza Akbar	w/o
						Kurt Maflin	2

						Mark King	4
Fergal O'Brien	4

Tian Pengfei	2
		Fergal O'Brien	4

		Mitchell Mann	0
Thor Chuan Leong	1

Mitchell Mann	4
				Fergal O'Brien	0

				Mark King	4
Mark King	4

Igor Figueiredo	1
		Mark King	4

		Liang Wenbo (8)	2
Liang Wenbo (8)	4

Nigel Bond	1

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Ronnie O'Sullivan (5)	4

David John	1
		Ronnie O'Sullivan (5)	4

		Jimmy White	1
Gareth Allen	2

Jimmy White	4
				Ronnie O'Sullivan (5)	4

				Zhang Anda	0
Zhang Anda	4

Ian Preece	0
		Zhang Anda	4

		Chris Wakelin	3
Chris Wakelin	4

James Wattana	1
						Ronnie O'Sullivan (5)	3

						Kyren Wilson (12)	4
Kyren Wilson (12)	4

Hammad Miah	2
		Kyren Wilson (12)	4

		Jordan Brown	2
Jordan Brown	4

Ben Woollaston	2
				Kyren Wilson (12)	4

				Sunny Akani	2
Cao Yupeng	1

Sunny Akani	4
		Sunny Akani	4

		Mark Davis	3
Mark Davis	4

Jason Weston	0

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Matthew Selt	2

Jamie Curtis-Barrett	4
		Jamie Curtis-Barrett	1

		David Gilbert	4
Zhao Xintong	1

David Gilbert	4
				David Gilbert	2

				Mark Williams (13)	4
Craig Steadman	4

Alfie Burden	1
		Craig Steadman	0

		Mark Williams (13)	4
Mark Williams (13)	4

David Grace	2
						Mark Williams (13)	4

						John Higgins (4)	1
Zhou Yuelong	4

Matthew Stevens	3
		Zhou Yuelong	4

		Allan Taylor	0
Allan Taylor	4

Li Hang	2
				Zhou Yuelong	0

				John Higgins (4)	4
Sam Craigie	4

Jamie Jones	0
		Sam Craigie	1

		John Higgins (4)	4
John Higgins (4)	4

Paul Davison	0

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Shaun Murphy (3)	0

Luca Brecel	4
		Luca Brecel	4

		Jamie Cope	2
Adam Stefanow	2

Jamie Cope	4
				Luca Brecel	1

				Michael White	4
Graeme Dott	0

Michael White	4
		Michael White	4

		Chen Zhe	3
Chen Zhe	4

Ross Muir	1
						Michael White	4

						Dominic Dale	2
Ricky Walden (14)	4

Sean O'Sullivan	2
		Ricky Walden (14)	4

		Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn	3
Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn	4

Rory McLeod	2
				Ricky Walden (14)	2

				Dominic Dale	4
Tom Ford	4

Ian Burns	2
		Tom Ford	0

		Dominic Dale	4
Dominic Dale	4

Joe Swail	2

2016_Northern_Ireland_Open

2016 Northern Ireland Open

Prize fund

Main draw

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Finals

Final

Century breaks

References

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Tournament information

Dates	14–20 November 2016 (2016-11-14 – 2016-11-20)
Venue	Titanic Exhibition Centre
City	Belfast
Country	Northern Ireland
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£366,000^[1]
Winner's share	£70,000
Highest break	John Higgins (SCO) (147)
Final
Champion	Mark King (ENG)
Runner-up	Barry Hawkins (ENG)
Score	9–8
← First 2017 →

Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals Best of 11 frames		Final Best of 17 frames



Hossein Vafaei	3

Mark King	5
		Mark King	6

		Kyren Wilson (12)	2
Kyren Wilson (12)	5

Mark Williams (13)	4
				Mark King	9

				Barry Hawkins (11)	8
Michael White	2

Barry Hawkins (11)	5
		Barry Hawkins (11)	6

		Anthony Hamilton	5
Mark Allen (7)	2

Anthony Hamilton	5

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri. Titanic Exhibition Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 20 November 2016.^[11]^[12]^[13]
Mark King England	9–8	Barry Hawkins (11) England
Afternoon: 1–85 (85), 6–118 (113), 126–11 (110), 49–80, 1–60, 14–64, 66–18, 90–1 Evening: 95–5 (62), 101–13 (100), 83–1, 76–6 (54), 0–73 (73), 40–82 (76), 65–28, 65–72, 84–33
110	Highest break	113
2	Century breaks	1
4	50+ breaks	4

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Mei Xiwen	1

Duane Jones	4
		Duane Jones	0

		Fraser Patrick	4
Fraser Patrick	4

Marc Davis	1
				Fraser Patrick	0

				Barry Hawkins (11)	4
Stuart Carrington	3

Michael Holt	4
		Michael Holt	1

		Barry Hawkins (11)	4
Barry Hawkins (11)	4

Martin O'Donnell	0
						Barry Hawkins (11)	4

						Jack Lisowski	0
Jack Lisowski	4

David Lilley	3
		Jack Lisowski	4

		John Astley	1
John Astley	4

Xiao Guodong	3
				Jack Lisowski	4

				Joe Perry (6)	3

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Mark Allen (7)	4

Mark Joyce	1
		Mark Allen (7)	4

		Michael Georgiou	2
Michael Georgiou	4

Patrick Wallace	2
				Mark Allen (7)	4

				Robin Hull	1
Robin Hull	4

James Cahill	2
		Robin Hull	4

		Lee Walker	2
Lee Walker	4

Rhys Clark	2
						Mark Allen (7)	4

						Gary Wilson	3
Marco Fu (10)	4

Ryan Day	3
		Marco Fu (10)	3

		Sam Baird	4
Noppon Saengkham	3

Sam Baird	4
				Sam Baird	3

				Gary Wilson	4

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Ashley Hugill	0

Ken Doherty	4
		Ken Doherty	3

		Anthony Hamilton	4
Anthony Hamilton	4

Boonyarit Keattikun	2
				Anthony Hamilton	4

				Anthony McGill (15)	2
Aditya Mehta	4

Sydney Wilson	2
		Aditya Mehta	3

		Anthony McGill (15)	4
Anthony McGill (15)	4

Fang Xiongman	2
						Anthony Hamilton	4

						Yan Bingtao	3
Eden Sharav	4

Oliver Lines	1
		Eden Sharav	0

		Yan Bingtao	4
Steven Hallworth	1

Yan Bingtao	4
				Yan Bingtao	4

				Robbie Williams	3