Tournament information | |
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Dates | 10–16 February 2020 |
Venue | Motorpoint Arena |
City | Cardiff |
Country | Wales |
Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £405,000 |
Winner's share | £70,000 |
Highest break | Kyren Wilson (ENG) (147) |
Final | |
Champion | Shaun Murphy (ENG) |
Runner-up | Kyren Wilson (ENG) |
Score | 9–1 |
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The 2020 Welsh Open (officially the 2020 ManBetX Welsh Open) was a professional snooker tournament which took place from 10 to 16 February 2020 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales. It was the 12th ranking event of the 2019–20 snooker season, and the final tournament of the season's Home Nations Series. It was the 29th edition of the Welsh Open, first held in 1992. The event featured a prize fund of £405,000 with the winner receiving £70,000.
Neil Robertson was the defending champion, having beaten Stuart Bingham 9–7 in the 2019 final, but he lost in the quarter-finals to Kyren Wilson. Shaun Murphy won the event, with a 9–1 win over Kyren Wilson in the final. There were a total of 77 century breaks at the event, the highest made by Wilson, a maximum break of 147 in the first frame of his first-round match with Jackson Page.