The 2019 Indian Open was a professional snooker tournament. It was due to take place between 18 and 22 September 2018 at the Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty in Kochi, India but was postponed due to the 2018 Kerala floods. The rescheduled Indian Open was played in Kochi from 27 February to 3 March 2019. It was the fifteenth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.
Qualifying took place on 15 and 16 August 2018 in Preston, England.
John Higgins was the defending champion, having beaten Anthony McGill 5–1 in the 2017 final, but he lost to Matthew Selt in the semi-finals.
Selt went on to win his first ranking title, beating Lyu Haotian 5–3 in the final.
Zhou Yuelong made the first maximum break of his career in the fourth frame of his first round loss to Lyu Haotian. It was the 150th maximum in professional events.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £50,000
Runner-up: £25,000
Semi-final: £15,000
Quarter-final: £10,000
Last 16: £6,000
Last 32: £4,000
Last 64: £2,000
Televised highest break: £2,000
Total: £323,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £10,000
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
These matches were held between 15 and 16 August 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.
Notes
Century breaks
Main stage centuries
There were a total of 33 century breaks made during the tournament. Zhou Yuelong made a century in a held over match.
147, 102 Zhou Yuelong
140 Mark Davis
140 Zhao Xintong
137 Yuan Sijun
136 Graeme Dott
133 Andrew Higginson
132 Scott Donaldson
130, 116, 109 Li Hang
127, 113 Anthony Hamilton
125 Joe Perry
123 Stuart Bingham
121, 104, 104 John Higgins
120, 109, 101 Luca Brecel
115, 114, 106 Lyu Haotian
108 Peter Ebdon
108 Shaun Murphy
106, 103 Hossein Vafaei
104 Sam Craigie
103 Sam Baird
103, 102 Matthew Selt
102 Michael Holt
Qualifying stage centuries
There were a total of 10 century breaks made during the qualifying matches preceding the event.
135 Hamza Akbar
122 Rod Lawler
118 Joe Swail
115 Lyu Haotian
114 Ross Muir
110 Oliver Lines
102 Gerard Greene
102 Michael Holt
101 Stuart Bingham
101 Elliot Slessor
References
2018
Indian Open
Indian Open (snooker) Indian Open Indian Open Sport in Kochi