2009 Paul Hunter English Open
22-26 July 2009 @ Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds, England
Groups & Results
Knock Out Draw Sheet
Knock Out Results in Detail
Break Board
History
2008 Paul Hunter English Open Results
2007 Paul Hunter English Open Results
Roll of Honour
Format & Schedule
All games in the round robin stage will be best of five frames. The top three players in each group will qualify to the knockout stages.
The last 64 will be played over the best of seven frames.
The last 32 to the semi-finals inclusive, will be the best of nine frames.
The final will be played best of eleven frames.
Any player not present at the scheduled start time for their first match will have one frame awarded to their opponent. A further frame will be lost for each subsequent 15 minutes of lateness. Any player that fails to arrive for their first game will be scratched from the group.
All games MUST be played in each group, however in the case of a player withdrawing due to unforeseen circumstances, all results against that player would be scratched.
SCHEDULE
Wednesday 22nd July
10:00am – Players 1,2,3,4 in Groups 1-8
11:00am – Players 1,2,3,4 in Groups 9-10
11:30am – Player number 5 in Groups 1-8
12:00pm – Player number 5 in Groups 9-10
Thursday 23rd July
10:00am – Players 1,2,3,4 in Groups 11-18
11:00am – Players 1,2,3,4 in Groups 19-20
11:30am – Player number 5 in Groups 11-18
12:00pm – Player number 5 in Groups 19-20
Friday 24th July
10:00am – Last 64 (top half)
1:00pm – Last 64 (bottom half)
4:00pm – Last 32 (top half)
7:00pm – Last 32 (bottom half)
Saturday 25th July
10:30am – Last 16
2:30pm – Quarter Finals
7:00pm – Semi Finals
Sunday 26th July
2:00pm – THE FINAL
QUALIFICATION AND SEEDING
The Group draw has been seeded according to the World Rankings at the end of last season.
At the end of each group, the top three players will qualify to the knockout stages.
Group positions will be determined firstly by games won, then by aggregate frame difference, then by the result of the two players involved.
If any ties arrive between players when trying to determine qualifying or seeding positions, then a best of three play off will be played.
After all 60 qualifiers have been decided, the draw for the last 64 stage will be made, based upon new seeding positions from the round robin groups.
The 20 group winners will now be seeded 1-20 in the draw, with the highest four placed seeds receiving a bye into the last 32 stage. Should there be a tie
for these positions, then the original seeding position will be used. If a tie still exists, then a random draw will be made.
The best twelve runners up will be seeded 21-32 in the draw, with all remaining qualifiers drawn at random.
