The 2016 Indian Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5–9 July 2016 at the HICC Novotel Hotel in Hyderabad, India.[1] It was the second ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.[2]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 5–9 July 2016 |
| Venue | HICC Novotel Hotel |
| City | Hyderabad |
| Country | India |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £300,000[1] |
| Winner's share | £50,000 |
| Highest break |  Mark King (ENG) (142) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Anthony McGill (SCO) |
| Runner-up | Kyren Wilson (ENG) |
| Score | 5–2 |
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Hyderabad hosted the event for the first time, the previous venue being Grand Hyatt in Mumbai.[1]
Michael White was the defending champion,[3] but he lost 1–4 against Anthony Hamilton in the held over qualifying round.[4]
Anthony McGill won the first ranking title of his career, defeating Kyren Wilson 5–2 in the final.[5]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6]
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £30,000.[7]
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Hyderabad on 5 July 2016.[8][9][10][11]
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 |  Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 4–2 |  Kamal Chawla (IND) |
| WC2 |  Hamza Akbar (PAK) | w/d–w/o | Dilip Kumar (IND) |
| WC3 | Fraser Patrick (SCO) | w/d–w/o | Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND) |
| WC4 | Andrew Higginson (ENG) | 4–1 | Manan Chandra (IND) |
| WC5 | Fang Xiongman (CHN) | 2–4 | Pankaj Advani (IND) |
| WC6 | David Grace (ENG) | 4–1 | Lucky Vatnani (IND) |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Marcel Eckardt. HICC Novotel Hotel, Hyderabad, India, 9 July 2016.[9][10][11] | ||
| Kyren Wilson England | 2–5 | Anthony McGill Scotland |
| 28–86, 88–16 (65), 27–83, 61–49 (50), 25–97 (96), 12–60, 39–50 | ||
| 65 | Highest break | 96 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 1 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 28 and 30 May 2016 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.[10][12][13]
| Shaun Murphy | 4–0 | Lu Chenwei |
 Daniel Wells | 4–0 |  Darryl Hill |
 Fergal O'Brien | 3–4 |  Michael Georgiou |
 Dechawat Poomjaeng | 4–0 |  Itaro Santos |
| Graeme Dott | 4–3 | Michael Collumb |
| Oliver Lines | 4–0 | Marc Davis |
| Michael Holt | 1–4 | Mitchell Mann |
| Andrew Higginson | 4–2 | Yan Bingtao |
 Joe Swail | 4–1 |  Kurt Dunham |
| Ali Carter | 1–4 | Jimmy White |
| Stuart Carrington | 4–1 | Sydney Wilson |
| Robert Milkins | 4–1 | Boonyarit Keattikun |
| Tian Pengfei | 3–4 | David Lilley |
| Mike Dunn | 4–2 | Ian Preece |
| Noppon Saengkham | 2–4 | Zhang Yong |
| Mark Williams | 4–1 | David John |
| Barry Hawkins | 4–3 | Scott Donaldson |
| Ross Muir | 2–4 | Ashley Hugill |
| Mark King | 4–1 | Lee Walker |
| Rory McLeod | 4–2 | Andy Hicks |
| Stephen Maguire | 4–0 | Charlie Walters |
| Alfie Burden | 4–0 | Paul Davison |
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 2–4 | Elliot Slessor |
| Li Hang | 2–4 | Fang Xiongman |
| Ken Doherty | 3–4 | Oliver Brown |
| Anthony McGill | 4–0 | Chen Zhe |
| David Grace | 4–1 | Sam Craigie |
| Matthew Selt | 4–0 | Gareth Green |
| Matthew Stevens | 4–1 |  Adam Stefanow |
| Mark Joyce | w/o–w/d | Leo Fernandez |
 Hossein Vafaei | 3–4 | Steven Hallworth |
| Stuart Bingham | 4–0 | Cao Yupeng |
Century breaks
Televised stage centuries
Total: 23[14]
Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 9[15]