Coral Northern Ireland Open [ - ] [ + ]

Main Tour, Ranking

14‑20 Nov 2016, Titanic Belfast , Belfast, Ireland
See also: Results (127)

Final (Winner: £70,000; Runner-up: £30,000)
		Mark King [31]	9	-	8	Barry Hawkins [11]	Re-rack in frame 13
	Session 1: 1-85 (85), 6-118 (113), 126-11 (110), 49-80 1-60, 14-64, 66-18, 90-1 Session 2: 95-5 (62), 101-13 (100), 83-1, 76-6 (54) 0-73 (73), 40-82 (76), 65-28, 65-72, 84-33 Referee: Terry Camilleri This was King's first ranking title and first final since the 2004 Irish Masters. King was 1-5 down before winning 6 frames in a row. Hawkins took the next two, and another one went one a piece. In frame 16, King forced a black ball respot, needing a snooker. Then he tried to double the black to the middle, but missed and Hawkins took the frame to force the decider.						Re-rack in frame 13
Semifinals (Losers receive £20,000)
		Mark King [31]	6	-	2	Kyren Wilson [12]	Re-rack in frame 8
	64-22, 66-1, 69-0 (55), 84-42 (72), 75-23 (71) 30-94 (90), 0-79 (79), 63-41						Re-rack in frame 8
		Barry Hawkins [11]	6	-	5	Anthony Hamilton [70]	Hamilton fought back from 5-3 down to force a decider but he feathered the cueball when in the balls and Hawkins replied with a half-century
	63-17, 0-96 (52), 64-53 (BH 55, AH 53) 30-76, 97-5, 92-0 (65), 0-138 (138) 77-18, 1-74 (74), 29-97 (97), 75-6 (59)
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £10,000)
		Mark King [31]	5	-	3	Hossein Vafaei [75]	Ayouri had never been beyond the last 32 before. Re-rack in frame five.
		Kyren Wilson [12]	5	-	4	Mark J Williams [13]
		Barry Hawkins [11]	5	-	2	Michael White [20]
		Anthony Hamilton [70]	5	-	2	Mark Allen [7]
Round 4 (Last 16; Losers receive £6,000)
1		Hossein Vafaei [75]	4	-	2	Scott Donaldson [76]
2		Mark King [31]	4	-	2	Kurt Maflin [38]
3		Kyren Wilson [12]	4	-	3	Ronnie O'Sullivan [5]	O'Sullivan replied with 3 consecutive centuries after falling 3-0 behind
4		Mark J Williams [13]	4	-	1	John Higgins [4]
5		Michael White [20]	4	-	2	Dominic Dale [34]
6		Barry Hawkins [11]	4	-	0	Jack Lisowski [41]
7		Mark Allen [7]	4	-	3	Gary Wilson [35]
8		Anthony Hamilton [70]	4	-	3	Yan Bingtao [71]
Round 3 (Last 32; Losers receive £3,500)
1		Scott Donaldson [76]	4	-	2	Peter Ebdon [29]
2		Hossein Vafaei [75]	4	-	1	Sanderson Lam [86]
3		Kurt Maflin [38]	4	-	1	Josh Boileau [109]	Boileau reached the last 32 for the first time.
4		Mark King [31]	4	-	0	Fergal O'Brien [47]
5		Ronnie O'Sullivan [5]	4	-	0	Zhang Anda [77]
6		Kyren Wilson [12]	4	-	2	Sunny Akani [72]
7		Mark J Williams [13]	4	-	2	David Gilbert [17]
8		John Higgins [4]	4	-	0	Zhou Yuelong [39]
9		Michael White [20]	4	-	1	Luca Brecel [26]
10		Dominic Dale [34]	4	-	2	Ricky Walden [14]
11		Barry Hawkins [11]	4	-	0	Fraser Patrick [99]
12		Jack Lisowski [41]	4	-	3	Joe Perry [6]
13		Mark Allen [7]	4	-	1	Robin Hull [55]
14		Gary Wilson [35]	4	-	3	Sam Baird [46]
15		Anthony Hamilton [70]	4	-	2	Anthony McGill [15]
16		Yan Bingtao [71]	4	-	3	Robbie Williams [49]
Round 2 (Last 64; Losers receive £2,500)
1		Peter Ebdon [29]	4	-	3	Adam Duffy [102]	Had Ebdon made the max he would have won the frame by 163-0!
	Ebdon missed the yellow on his way to a maximum in the fifth frame. Watch on YouTube.
2		Scott Donaldson [76]	4	-	3	Kurt Dunham [112]
3		Sanderson Lam [86]	4	-	0	Alan McManus [24]
4		Hossein Vafaei [75]	4	-	2	Zak Surety (a)	Respotted black in frame 1 (61-61)
5		Kurt Maflin [38]	4	-	1	Alex Borg
6		Josh Boileau [109]	4	-	2	Hamza Akbar [92]	Respotted black in frame 2 (58-58)
7		Fergal O'Brien [47]	4	-	0	Mitchell Mann [108]
8		Mark King [31]	4	-	2	Liang Wenbo [8]
9		Ronnie O'Sullivan [5]	4	-	1	Jimmy White [100]
10		Zhang Anda [77]	4	-	3	Chris Wakelin [61]
11		Kyren Wilson [12]	4	-	2	Jordan Brown (a)
12		Sunny Akani [72]	4	-	3	Mark Davis [25]
13		David Gilbert [17]	4	-	1	Jamie Curtis-Barrett [114]
14		Mark J Williams [13]	4	-	0	Craig Steadman [105]
15		Zhou Yuelong [39]	4	-	0	Allan Taylor [82]
16		John Higgins [4]	4	-	1	Sam Craigie [89]
	147 by Higgins in the last frame. Watch on YouTube. In addition to his eighth maximum he also made a 130 and a 137!
17		Luca Brecel [26]	4	-	2	Jamie Cope [66]
18		Michael White [20]	4	-	3	Chen Zhe [113]
	White missed a 147 in the decider as he miscued on the 12th black.
19		Ricky Walden [14]	4	-	3	K Lertsattayatthorn [101]
20		Dominic Dale [34]	4	-	0	Tom Ford [30]
21		Fraser Patrick [99]	4	-	0	Duane Jones [81]
22		Barry Hawkins [11]	4	-	1	Michael Holt [18]
23		Jack Lisowski [41]	4	-	1	John Astley [69]
24		Joe Perry [6]	4	-	3	Jimmy Robertson [32]
25		Mark Allen [7]	4	-	2	Michael Georgiou [98]
26		Robin Hull [55]	4	-	2	Lee Walker [80]
27		Sam Baird [46]	4	-	3	Marco Fu [10]
28		Gary Wilson [35]	4	-	3	Andrew Higginson [45]
29		Anthony Hamilton [70]	4	-	3	Ken Doherty [54]
30		Anthony McGill [15]	4	-	3	Aditya Mehta [93]	McGill was 3-0 down
31		Yan Bingtao [71]	4	-	0	Eden Sharav [87]
32		Robbie Williams [49]	4	-	1	Yu Delu [58]
Round 1 (Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1		Peter Ebdon [29]	w/o			Judd Trump [1]
2		Adam Duffy [102]	4	-	2	Michael Wild [95]
3		Kurt Dunham [112]	4	-	2	Christopher Keogan [111]
4		Scott Donaldson [76]	4	-	1	Robert Milkins [27]
5		Alan McManus [24]	4	-	3	Stephen Maguire [16]
6		Sanderson Lam [86]	4	-	1	Wang Yuchen [91]
7		Zak Surety (a)	4	-	3	Darryl Hill [84]
8		Hossein Vafaei [75]	4	-	3	Rod Lawler [51]
9		Kurt Maflin [38]	4	-	2	Zhang Yong [73]
10		Alex Borg	4	-	2	Dechawat Poomjaeng [44]
11		Josh Boileau [109]	4	-	3	Mike Dunn [36]
12		Hamza Akbar [92]	w/o			Ali Carter [9]
13		Fergal O'Brien [47]	4	-	2	Tian Pengfei [43]
14		Mitchell Mann [108]	4	-	1	Rory Thor [88]
15		Mark King [31]	4	-	1	Igor Figueiredo
16		Liang Wenbo [8]	4	-	1	Nigel Bond [63]	Was supposed to be on TV, but played on table 3 because of the schedule running late, so they should not delay the evening matches
17		Ronnie O'Sullivan [5]	4	-	1	David John [110]
18		Jimmy White [100]	4	-	2	Gareth Allen [103]
19		Zhang Anda [77]	4	-	0	Ian Preece [96]
20		Chris Wakelin [61]	4	-	1	James Wattana
21		Kyren Wilson [12]	4	-	2	Hammad Miah [90]
	Wilson missed the 15th black on his way to a maximum in the first frame. Watch on YouTube.
22		Jordan Brown (a)	4	-	2	Ben Woollaston [22]
23		Sunny Akani [72]	4	-	1	Cao Yupeng [104]
24		Mark Davis [25]	4	-	0	Jason Weston [107]
25		Jamie Curtis-Barrett [114]	4	-	2	Matthew Selt [21]
26		David Gilbert [17]	4	-	1	Zhao Xintong [78]
27		Craig Steadman [105]	4	-	1	Alfie Burden [60]
28		Mark J Williams [13]	4	-	2	David Grace [42]	Re-rack in frame 5 after a long "magnet frame" battle
29		Zhou Yuelong [39]	4	-	3	Matthew Stevens [37]
30		Allan Taylor [82]	4	-	2	Li Hang [53]
31		Sam Craigie [89]	4	-	0	Jamie Jones [33]
32		John Higgins [4]	4	-	0	Paul S Davison [85]
33		Luca Brecel [26]	4	-	0	Shaun Murphy [3]
34		Jamie Cope [66]	4	-	2	Adam Stefanow (a)
35		Michael White [20]	4	-	0	Graeme Dott [23]	White won the match in less than an hour
36		Chen Zhe [113]	4	-	1	Ross Muir [65]
37		Ricky Walden [14]	4	-	2	Sean O'Sullivan [74]
38		K Lertsattayatthorn [101]	4	-	2	Rory McLeod [48]
39		Tom Ford [30]	4	-	2	Ian Burns [59]
40		Dominic Dale [34]	4	-	2	Joe Swail [56]
41		Duane Jones [81]	4	-	1	Mei Xiwen [79]
42		Fraser Patrick [99]	4	-	1	Marc J Davis (a)
43		Michael Holt [18]	4	-	3	Stuart Carrington [50]
44		Barry Hawkins [11]	4	-	0	Martin O'Donnell [64]
45		Jack Lisowski [41]	4	-	3	David Lilley (a)
46		John Astley [69]	4	-	3	Xiao Guodong [52]
47		Jimmy Robertson [32]	4	-	2	Elliot Slessor [97]
48		Joe Perry [6]	4	-	0	Itaro Santos
49		Mark Allen [7]	4	-	1	Mark Joyce [40]
50		Michael Georgiou [98]	4	-	2	Patrick Wallace (a)
51		Robin Hull [55]	4	-	2	James Cahill [83]
52		Lee Walker [80]	4	-	2	Rhys Clark [68]
53		Marco Fu [10]	4	-	3	Ryan Day [19]	Re-rack in frame 2.
54		Sam Baird [46]	4	-	3	Noppon Saengkham [67]	Baird was docked one frame for arriving late.
55		Andrew Higginson [45]	4	-	1	Daniel Wells [62]
56		Gary Wilson [35]	4	-	0	Peter Lines (a)
57		Ken Doherty [54]	4	-	0	Ashley Hugill (a)
58		Anthony Hamilton [70]	4	-	2	Boonyarit Keattikun
59		Aditya Mehta [93]	4	-	2	Sydney Wilson [94]
60		Anthony McGill [15]	4	-	2	Fang Xiongman [106]	Was supposed to be on TV, but played on table 5 because of the schedule running late, so they should not delay the evening matches
61		Eden Sharav [87]	4	-	1	Oliver Lines [57]
62		Yan Bingtao [71]	4	-	1	Steven Hallworth (a)
63		Robbie Williams [49]	4	-	2	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [28]
64		Yu Delu [58]	4	-	2	Ding Junhui [2]