2020 Scottish Open (snooker)

The 2020 Scottish Open (known for sponsorship reasons as the Matchroom.live Scottish Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place on 7–13 December 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England.[1] It was the sixth ranking event of the 2020–21 season and the third event of the Home Nations Series.

2020 Scottish Open
Tournament information
Dates7–13 December 2020 (2020-12-07 – 2020-12-13)
VenueMarshall Arena
CityMilton Keynes
CountryEngland
OrganisationWorld Snooker Tour
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£405,000
Winner's share£70,000
Highest break Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (147)
Final
Champion Mark Selby (ENG)
Runner-up Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Score9–3
← 2019
2021 →

Mark Selby was the defending champion after a 9–6 defeat of Jack Lisowski in the 2019 final.[2] He successfully defended his title, winning the final against Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–3.[3] This was Selby's 19th career ranking title, and he became the second player (after Judd Trump) to win three Home Nations Series titles.

Zhou Yuelong made his second career maximum break in the third frame of his first-round match with Peter Lines.[4]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5]

  • Winner: £70,000
  • Runner-up: £30,000
  • Semi-final: £20,000
  • Quarter-final: £10,000
  • Last 16: £7,500
  • Last 32: £4,000
  • Last 64: £3,000
  • Highest break: £5,000
  • Total: £405,000

Tournament draw

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
 
              
 
 
 
 
  Mark Selby (ENG) (1)4
 
 
 
 Yuan Sijun (CHN)1
 
 Mark Selby (1)4
 
 
 
 Nigel Bond2
 
  Gary Thomson (SCO)2
 
 
 
 Nigel Bond (ENG)4
 
 Mark Selby (1)4
 
 
 
 Mark Joyce2
 
  Ben Woollaston (ENG) (32)4
 
 
 
 Amine Amiri (MAR)1
 
 Ben Woollaston (32)2
 
 
 
 Mark Joyce4
 
  Mark Joyce (ENG)4
 
 
 
 Xu Si (CHN)2
 
 Mark Selby (1)4
 
 
 
 Lyu Haotian1
 
  Jack Lisowski (ENG) (16)4
 
 
 
 Oliver Lines (ENG)2
 
 Jack Lisowski (16)w/d
 
 
 
 Sunny Akaniw/o
 
  Sunny Akani (THA)4
 
 
 
 Ian Burns (ENG)2
 
 Sunny Akani3
 
 
 
 Lyu Haotian4
 
  Gary Wilson (ENG) (17)0
 
 
 
 Lyu Haotian (CHN)4
 
 Lyu Haotian4
 
 
 
 Alan McManus2
 
  Alan McManus (SCO)4
 
 
 Xiao Guodong (CHN)2
 

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
 
              
 
 
 
 
  Pang Junxu (CHN)0
 
 
 
 Ricky Walden (ENG)4
 
 Ricky Walden4
 
 
 
 Tom Ford (24)3
 
  Tom Ford (ENG) (24)4
 
 
 
 Rory McLeod (JAM)0
 
 Ricky Walden4
 
 
 
 Zak Surety0
 
  Gao Yang (CHN)4
 
 
 
 Duane Jones (WAL)2
 
 Gao Yang1
 
 
 
 Zak Surety4
 
  Stephen Maguire (SCO) (9)1
 
 
 
 Zak Surety (ENG)4
 
 Ricky Walden4
 
 
 
 Mark Allen (8)3
 
  Barry Pinches (ENG)3
 
 
 
 Jordan Brown (NIR)4
 
 Jordan Brown2
 
 
 
 Zhou Yuelong (25)4
 
  Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (25)4
 
 
 
 Peter Lines (ENG)1
 
 Zhou Yuelong (25)3
 
 
 
 Mark Allen (8)4
 
  Iulian Boiko (UKR)1
 
 
 
 Joe O'Connor (ENG)4
 
 Joe O'Connor2
 
 
 
 Mark Allen (8)4
 
  Mark Allen (NIR) (8)4
 
 
 Jimmy White (ENG)1
 

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
 
              
 
 
 
 
  Kyren Wilson (ENG) (5)4
 
 
 
 Simon Lichtenberg (GER)1
 
 Kyren Wilson (5)4
 
 
 
 Steven Hallworth1
 
  Steven Hallworth (ENG)4
 
 
 
 Brian Ochoiski (FRA)1
 
 Kyren Wilson (5)4
 
 
 
 Michael Holt (28)2
 
  Michael Holt (ENG) (28)4
 
 
 
 Gerard Greene (NIR)1
 
 Michael Holt (28)4
 
 
 
 Louis Heathcote2
 
  Louis Heathcote (ENG)4
 
 
 
 Si Jiahui (CHN)2
 
 Kyren Wilson (5)4
 
 
 
 Barry Hawkins (21)3
 
  Yan Bingtao (CHN) (12)1
 
 
 
 Jak Jones (WAL)4
 
 Jak Jones0
 
 
 
 Liam Highfield4
 
  Liam Highfield (ENG)4
 
 
 
 Fan Zhengyi (CHN)0
 
 Liam Highfield3
 
 
 
 Barry Hawkins (21)4
 
  Barry Hawkins (ENG) (21)4
 
 
 
 Stuart Carrington (ENG)0
 
 Barry Hawkins (21)4
 
 
 
 Jamie Clarke2
 
  James Cahill (ENG)2
 
 
 Jamie Clarke (WAL)4
 

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
 
              
 
 
 
 
  Sean Maddocks (ENG)1
 
 
 
 Brandon Sargeant (ENG)4
 
 Brandon Sargeant2
 
 
 
 Sam Craigie4
 
  Anthony McGill (SCO) (20)2
 
 
 
 Sam Craigie (ENG)4
 
 Sam Craigie3
 
 
 
 Jamie Jones4
 
  Jamie Jones (WAL)4
 
 
 
 Daniel Wells (WAL)2
 
 Jamie Jones4
 
 
 
 Matthew Stevens3
 
  David Gilbert (ENG) (13)3
 
 
 
 Matthew Stevens (WAL)4
 
 Jamie Jones4
 
 
 
 Eden Sharav3
 
  Zhao Jianbo (CHN)4
 
 
 
 Kacper Filipiak (POL)0
 
 Zhao Jianbo4
 
 
 
 Zhao Xintong (29)2
 
  Zhao Xintong (CHN) (29)4
 
 
 
 Rod Lawler (ENG)0
 
 Zhao Jianbo1
 
 
 
 Eden Sharav4
 
  Eden Sharav (ISR)4
 
 
 
 Anthony Hamilton (ENG)3
 
 Eden Sharav4
 
 
 
 Lei Peifan2
 
  Neil Robertson (AUS) (4) w/d
 
 
 Lei Peifan (CHN) w/o
 

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
 
              
 
 
 
 
  Judd Trump (ENG) (3)4
 
 
 
 Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI)1
 
 Judd Trump (3)4
 
 
 
 Mark King2
 
  Chen Zifan (CHN)0
 
 
 
 Mark King (ENG)4
 
 Judd Trump (3)4
 
 
 
 Liang Wenbo (30)2
 
  Liang Wenbo (CHN) (30)4
 
 
 
 David Lilley (ENG)1
 
 Liang Wenbo (30)4
 
 
 
 Luca Brecel1
 
  Andrew Higginson (ENG)3
 
 
 
 Luca Brecel (BEL)4
 
 Judd Trump (3)4
 
 
 
 Mark Williams (14)1
 
  Mark Williams (WAL) (14)4
 
 
 
 Lukas Kleckers (GER)3
 
 Mark Williams (14)4
 
 
 
 Dominic Dale2
 
  Dominic Dale (WAL)4
 
 
 
 Igor Figueiredo (BRA)3
 
 Mark Williams (14)4
 
 
 
 Jackson Page1
 
  Joe Perry (ENG) (19)3
 
 
 
 Jackson Page (WAL)4
 
 Jackson Page4
 
 
 
 Ashley Carty3
 
  Alex Borg (MLT)w/d
 
 
 Ashley Carty (ENG)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
 
              
 
 
 
 
  Ashley Hugill (ENG)4
 
 
 
 Farakh Ajaib (ENG)0
 
 Ashley Hugill1
 
 
 
 Robert Milkins4
 
  Graeme Dott (SCO) (22)0
 
 
 
 Robert Milkins (ENG)4
 
 Robert Milkins3
 
 
 
 Stuart Bingham (11)4
 
  Lee Walker (WAL)4
 
 
 
 Fergal O'Brien (IRL)3
 
 Lee Walker0
 
 
 
 Stuart Bingham (11)4
 
  Stuart Bingham (ENG) (11)4
 
 
 
 Ben Hancorn (ENG)2
 
 Stuart Bingham (11)3
 
 
 
 Li Hang4
 
  Luo Honghao (CHN)3
 
 
 
 Li Hang (CHN)4
 
 Li Hang4
 
 
 
 Matthew Selt (27)3
 
  Matthew Selt (ENG) (27)4
 
 
 
 Elliot Slessor (ENG)0
 
 Li Hang4
 
 
 
 Noppon Saengkham1
 
  Jimmy Robertson (ENG)2
 
 
 
 Noppon Saengkham (THA)4
 
 Noppon Saengkham4
 
 
 
 John Higgins (6)2
 
  John Higgins (SCO) (6)4
 
 
 Soheil Vahedi (IRN)3
 

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
 
              
 
 
 
 
  Shaun Murphy (ENG) (7)4
 
 
 
 David Grace (ENG)1
 
 Shaun Murphy (7)4
 
 
 
 Peter Devlin2
 
  Aaron Hill (IRL)2
 
 
 
 Peter Devlin (ENG)4
 
 Shaun Murphy (7)2
 
 
 
 Jamie O'Neill4
 
  Kurt Maflin (NOR) (26)3
 
 
 
 Jamie O'Neill (ENG)4
 
 Jamie O'Neill4
 
 
 
 Hossein Vafaei1
 
  Mitchell Mann (ENG)2
 
 
 
 Hossein Vafaei (IRN)4
 
 Jamie O'Neill3
 
 
 
 Ding Junhui (10)4
 
  Ding Junhui (CHN) (10)4
 
 
 
 Mark Davis (ENG)0
 
 Ding Junhui (10)4
 
 
 
 Andy Hicks2
 
  Andy Hicks (ENG)4
 
 
 
 Billy Joe Castle (ENG)2
 
 Ding Junhui (10)4
 
 
 
 Martin O'Donnell0
 
  Scott Donaldson (SCO) (23)2
 
 
 
 Michael White (WAL)4
 
 Michael White2
 
 
 
 Martin O'Donnell4
 
  Jamie Wilson (ENG)2
 
 
 Martin O'Donnell (ENG)4
 

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
 
              
 
 
 
 
  Robbie Williams (ENG)4
 
 
 
 Paul Davison (ENG)2
 
 Robbie Williams4
 
 
 
 Ali Carter (18)3
 
  Ali Carter (ENG) (18)4
 
 
 
 Ryan Day (WAL)2
 
 Robbie Williams4
 
 
 
 Lu Ning3
 
  Riley Parsons (ENG)0
 
 
 
 Lu Ning (CHN)4
 
 Lu Ning4
 
 
 
 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (15)1
 
  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (15)4
 
 
 
 Michael Collumb3
 
 Robbie Williams1
 
 
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)4
 
  Chris Wakelin (ENG)4
 
 
 
 Fraser Patrick (SCO)0
 
 Chris Wakelin1
 
 
 
 Tian Pengfei4
 
  Martin Gould (ENG) (31)1
 
 
 
 Tian Pengfei (CHN)4
 
 Tian Pengfei3
 
 
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)4
 
  Ken Doherty (IRL)1
 
 
 
 Chang Bingyu (CHN)4
 
 Chang Bingyu1
 
 
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)4
 
  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (2)4
 
 
 Allan Taylor (ENG)2
 

Finals
 
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames		Final
Best of 17 frames
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Mark Selby (1)5
 
 
 
 Ricky Walden4
 
 Mark Selby (1)6
 
 
 
 Jamie Jones1
 
 Kyren Wilson (5)1
 
 
 
 Jamie Jones5
 
 Mark Selby (1)9
 
 
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)3
 
 Judd Trump (3)4
 
 
 
 Li Hang5
 
 Li Hang4
 
 
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)6
 
 Ding Junhui (10)4
 
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)5
 

Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Leo Scullion
Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England, 13 December 2020.
Mark Selby (1)
 England		 9–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)
 England
Afternoon: 104–21 (56), 5–72 (72), 137–4 (102), 82–25, 62–76 (Selby 62, O'Sullivan 58), 97–17 (50), 119–0 (77), 90–37
Evening: 129–0 (78, 51), 40–96 (62), 83–48 (61), 76–64 (76, 64)
102 Highest break 72
1 Century breaks 0
9 50+ breaks 4

Century breaks

A total of 86 century breaks were made by 45 players during the tournament.[6]

References
  1. "2020/2021 Calendar | December". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 10 August 2020. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. "Scottish Open snooker: Mark Selby beats Jack Lisowski 9-6 in Glasgow final". Sporting Life. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  3. "Selby Storms to Scottish Open Title". World Snooker. 13 December 2020.
  4. "Zhou Makes MK Maximum". WST. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  5. "Matchroom.Live Scottish Open". wst.tv. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  6. "Scottish Open 2020 | Centuries". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. World Snooker. 7–13 December 2020. Archived from the original on 21 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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