2011 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 2011 Wyldecrest Park Homes Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14–20 February 2011 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales. This was the first time that the Welsh Open was sponsored by Wyldecrest Park Homes.
Stephen Hendry made the 77th official maximum break during his second round match against Stephen Maguire. This was Hendry's 10th 147 break and with this equalled the record for most maximums with Ronnie O'Sullivan, and became the oldest player to compile a maximum break at the age of 42 years and 35 days.
John Higgins defended his title, which he won in 2010, after defeating Maguire 9–6 in the final. This was the first All-Scottish final since the 2005 Malta Cup final between Hendry and Graeme Dott.Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner: £30,000
- Runner-Up: £15,000
- Semi-final: £7,500
- Quarter-final: £5,600
- Last 16: £4,000
- Last 32: £2,500
- Last 48: £1,600
- Last 64: £1,250
- Stage one highest break: £500
- Stage two highest break: £1,000
- Total: £201,500
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
These matches took place between 8 and 11 February 2011 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
- 143 Barry Hawkins
- 137 James McBain
- 137 Patrick Wallace
- 128 Anthony Hamilton
- 125 Ian McCulloch
- 124 David Gilbert
- 124, 101, 100 Jack Lisowski
- 124 Xiao Guodong
- 119 Jamie Jones
- 111 Joe Jogia
- 110 Jimmy Robertson
- 107, 103 Jimmy White
- 105 Kuldesh Johal
- 103 Anthony McGill
- 103 Dominic Dale
- 102 Joe Perry
- 100 Jamie Burnett
Televised stage centuries
- 147 Stephen Hendry
- 139 Dominic Dale
- 137, 129, 109, 105 Stephen Maguire
- 136, 132, 120 John Higgins
- 133 Matthew Stevens
- 130 Neil Robertson
- 125, 113, 109, 102 Ryan Day
- 125, 103 Ding Junhui
- 120, 108, 100 Mark Williams
- 120 Jamie Cope
- 118 Ali Carter
- 115 Peter Ebdon
- 102 Nigel Bond
- 102 Mark Selby
- 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan