2016 Scottish Open (snooker)

Scottish Open
Tournament information
Dates	12–18 December 2016
Venue	Emirates Arena
City	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£366,000
Winner's share	£70,000
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The 2016 Scottish Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament that will take place between 12 and 18 December 2016 at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. It will be the eleventh ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.^[1]

The Scottish Open returns as a full-ranking event, being held as part of a new "Home Series" introduced in the 2016/2017 season with the existing Welsh Open and new English Open and Northern Ireland Open tournaments.^[2]^[3] The winner of the Scottish Open is awarded the Stephen Hendry Trophy which is named in honour of Scottish seven-time World Champion Stephen Hendry.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[4]

Winner: £70,000
Runner-up: £30,000
Semi-final: £20,000
Quarter-final: £10,000
Last 16: £6,000
Last 32: £3,500
Last 64: £2,500

Highest break: £2,000
Total: £366,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stands at £.

Main draw

Top half

Section 1

Last 128
Best of 7 frames

Last 64
Best of 7 frames

Last 32
Best of 7 frames

Last 16
Best of 7 frames

Section 2

Last 128
Best of 7 frames

Last 64
Best of 7 frames

Last 32
Best of 7 frames

Last 16
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Section 3

Last 128
Best of 7 frames

Last 64
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Last 32
Best of 7 frames

Last 16
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Section 4

Last 128
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Last 64
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Last 32
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Last 16
Best of 7 frames

Bottom half

Section 5

Last 128
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Last 64
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Last 32
Best of 7 frames

Last 16
Best of 7 frames

Section 6

Last 128
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Last 64
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Last 32
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Last 16
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Section 7

Last 128
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Last 64
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Last 32
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Last 16
Best of 7 frames

Section 8

Last 128
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Last 64
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Last 32
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Last 16
Best of 7 frames

Finals

Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames	Semi-finals Best of 11 frames	Final Best of 17 frames

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee:. Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland, 18 December 2016.
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	Highest break
0	Century breaks	0
0	50+ breaks	0

References

↑ "Calendar 2016/2017". Snooker.org. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
↑ "World Championship: Snooker tour to be revamped in 2016". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
↑ "Hearn Announces New Five Year Plan". World Snooker. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
↑ "Indicative prize money rankings schedule 2016/2017 season" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

Scottish Open

Tournaments	1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2012 2016

Winners	List of winners

Snooker season 2016/2017

Ranking events	Riga Masters Indian Open World Open Paul Hunter Classic Shanghai Masters European Masters English Open International Championship Northern Ireland Open UK Championship Scottish Open German Masters World Grand Prix Welsh Open Snooker Shoot-Out Gibraltar Open Players Championship China Open World Snooker Championship

Non-ranking events	China Professional Tour Haining Open China Championship Champion of Champions The Masters Championship League

Variant events	Six-red World Championship Snooker Shoot-Out

2016/17 world rankings ranking points

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