2012 Australian Goldfields Open
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 9–15 July 2012 |
| Venue | Bendigo Stadium |
| City | Bendigo |
| Country | Australia |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | A$435,000 |
| Winner's share | $70,000 |
| Highest break |  Cao Yupeng (CHN) (143) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Barry Hawkins (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Peter Ebdon (ENG) |
| Score | 9–3 |
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The 2012 Australian Goldfields Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 9–15 July 2012 at the Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia. It was the second ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.[1]
Stuart Bingham was the defending champion,[2][3] but he lost in the first round 4–5 against Matthew Selt.[4][5]
Barry Hawkins won his first ranking title by defeating Peter Ebdon 9–3 in the final.[6][7]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[8]
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Wildcard round
These matches were played in Bendigo on 9 July.[9][10][11][12][13][14]
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 | Cao Yupeng (CHN) |
5–2 |  Johl Younger (AUS)
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| WC2 |  Alan McManus (SCO) |
5–0 | James Mifsud (AUS)
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Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, Australia, 15 July 2012.[12][15] | ||
| Barry Hawkins (14) England
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9–3 | Peter Ebdon (13) England
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| Afternoon: 27–69, 75–8 (57), 80–0 (74), 120–0 (106), 119–0 (114), 7–68 (63), 72–46, 32–64 Evening: 133–0 (133), 65–10, 74–12 (74), 73–40 (51) | ||
| 133 | Highest break | 63 |
| 3 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 1 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 12 and 15 June 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.[14][16][17][18]
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
- ^ "Tournament Calendar 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ "Bingham claims maiden ranking title". Eurosport UK. 24 July 2011. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ "Stuart Bingham beats Mark Williams 9-8 to win Australian Open". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ "Champ Bingham Stunned By Selt". World Snooker. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ "Australian Open 2012: Stuart Bingham loses to Matthew Selt". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ "Australian Open 2012: Barry Hawkins defeats Peter Ebdon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- ^ Lappe, Liam. "Hawkins claims maiden ranking title". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- ^ "Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
- ^ "Younger And Mifsud Are Aussie Wild Cards". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ a b "Australian Goldfields Open 2012 Draw and Format of Play" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Snooker. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ a b "Australian Goldfields Open 2012 results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ a b c "Australian Goldfields Open (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ a b "Australian Open 2012: schedule and results". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "2012 Australian Open". Cue Tracker. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ "Final – Match 33 – Barry Hawkins v Peter Ebdon". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ "Australian Goldfields Open 2012 Qualifiers Draw and Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Snooker. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ "Australian Goldfields Open Qualifiers 2012 Results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ "Australian Goldfields Open Qualifiers (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ "Australian Goldfields Open 2012 qualifiers centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
- ^ "Australian Goldfields Open 2012 centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 15 July 2012.