2017 Indian Open Snooker Prize Money and Payouts

Q: How much did the runner-up get?

Anthony McGill took £25,000, 50% of the winner's cheque.

Q: How does it compare with other years?

The 2016 Indian Open paid £300,000, and the 2019 Indian Open paid £333,000.

Every cheque

64 players paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each player at the 2017 Indian Open.
PLACE	PLAYER	NATION	PRIZE MONEY
Winner	John Higgins	Scotland	£50,000£50k
Runner-up	Anthony McGill	Scotland	£25,000£25k
Semi-final	Mark King	England	£15,000£15k
Semi-final	Xu Si	China	£15,000£15k
Quarter-final	David Gilbert	England	£10,000£10k
Quarter-final	Elliot Slessor	England	£10,000£10k
Quarter-final	Liam Highfield	England	£10,000£10k
Quarter-final	Zhang Anda	China	£10,000£10k
Last 16	Akani Songsermsawad	Thailand	£6,000£6k
Last 16	Hossein Vafaei	Iran	£6,000£6k
Last 16	Ken Doherty	Ireland	£6,000£6k
Last 16	Mark Allen	Northern Ireland	£6,000£6k
Last 16	Michael Holt	England	£6,000£6k
Last 16	Ricky Walden	England	£6,000£6k
Last 16	Shaun Murphy	England	£6,000£6k
Last 16	Stuart Bingham	England	£6,000£6k
Last 32	Alexander Ursenbacher	Switzerland	£4,000£4k
Last 32	Ben Woollaston	England	£4,000£4k
Last 32	Dominic Dale	Wales	£4,000£4k
Last 32	Fergal O'Brien	Ireland	£4,000£4k
Last 32	Gary Wilson	England	£4,000£4k
Last 32	Gerard Greene	Northern Ireland	£4,000£4k
Last 32	Graeme Dott	Scotland	£4,000£4k
Last 32	Joe Perry	England	£4,000£4k
Last 32	Kurt Maflin	Norway	£4,000£4k
Last 32	Martin O'Donnell	England	£4,000£4k
Last 32	Matthew Selt	England	£4,000£4k
Last 32	Rory McLeod	Jamaica	£4,000£4k
Last 32	Sam Baird	England	£4,000£4k
Last 32	Sean O'Sullivan	England	£4,000£4k
Last 32	Tian Pengfei	China	£4,000£4k
Last 32	Yu Delu	China	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Alan McManus	Scotland	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Alfie Burden	England	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Andrew Higginson	England	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Anthony Hamilton	England	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Ashley Hugill	England	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Boonyarit Keattikun	Thailand	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Cao Yupeng	China	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Daniel Wells	Wales	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Duane Jones	Wales	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Hammad Miah	England	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Ian Preece	Wales	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Jack Lisowski	England	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Jackson Page	Wales	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Jimmy Robertson	England	£2,000£2k
Last 64	John Astley	England	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Josh Boileau	Ireland	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Li Hang	China	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Luca Brecel	Belgium	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Mark Davis	England	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Mike Dunn	England	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Niu Zhuang	China	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Robert Milkins	England	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Robin Hull	Finland	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Rod Lawler	England	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Soheil Vahedi	Iran	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Stephen Maguire	Scotland	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Tom Ford	England	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Wang Yuchen	China	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Zhao Xintong	China	£2,000£2k
Last 64	Zhou Yuelong	China	£2,000£2k
Withdrew	Yan Bingtao	China	£2,000£2k
Withdrew	Adam Duffy	England	£2,000£2k
High break	Zhou Yuelong	China	£2,000£2k

How the money splits

Each finishing band, what it paid each player, and what it paid in all

Prize money bands at the 2017 Indian Open.
PLACE	PLAYERS	EACH	BAND TOTAL
Winner	1	£50,000£50k	£50,000£50k
Runner-up	1	£25,000£25k	£25,000£25k
Semi-final	2	£15,000£15k	£30,000£30k
Quarter-final	4	£10,000£10k	£40,000£40k
Last 16	8	£6,000£6k	£48,000£48k
Last 32	16	£4,000£4k	£64,000£64k
Last 64	30	£2,000£2k	£60,000£60k
Withdrew	2	£2,000£2k	£4,000£4k
High break	1	£2,000£2k	£2,000£2k

Where the money went, band by band

Winner £50k

Runner-up £25k

Semi-final £30k

Quarter-final £40k

Last 16 £48k

Last 32 £64k

Last 64 £60k

Withdrew £4,000

High break £2,000

The rest of 2017

Every other snooker tournament we hold from 2017

Other snooker tournaments in 2017.
TOURNAMENT	WINNER	PAID
2017 Scottish Open	Neil Robertson	£387,250£387k
2017 Betway UK Championship	Ronnie O'Sullivan	£850,000£850k
2017 Northern Ireland Open	Mark Williams	£366,000£366k
2017 Shanghai Masters	Ronnie O'Sullivan	£704,000£704k
2017 Champion Of Champions	Shaun Murphy	£370,000£370k
2017 OPPO International Championship	Mark Selby	£755,000£755k
2017 English Open	Ronnie O'Sullivan	£408,500£409k
2017 European Masters	Judd Trump	£366,500£367k
2017 World Open	Ding Junhui	£700,000£700k
2017 Sangsom 6-Reds World Championship	Mark Williams	£230,000£230k
2017 Paul Hunter Classic	Michael White	£100,000£100k
2017 Evergrande China Championship	Luca Brecel	£700,000£700k
2017 Hong Kong Masters	Neil Robertson	£315,000£315k
2017 Kaspersky Riga Masters	Ryan Day	£227,000£227k
2017 Betfred World Championship	Mark Selby	£1,751,000£1.8m
2017 China Open	Mark Selby	£548,000£548k
2017 Ladbrokes Players Championship	Judd Trump	£380,000£380k
2017 Gibraltar Open	Shaun Murphy	£93,750£94k
2017 Championship League	John Higgins	£181,800£182k
2017 Coral Snooker Shoot Out	Anthony McGill	£146,000£146k
2017 Coral Welsh Open	Stuart Bingham	£366,000£366k
2017 World Grand Prix	Barry Hawkins	£375,000£375k
2017 F66.com German Masters	Anthony Hamilton	£286,250£286k
2017 Dafabet Masters	Ronnie O'Sullivan	£600,000£600k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner of the 2017 Indian Open get?

John Higgins took £50,000.

How much did the runner-up get?

Anthony McGill took £25,000, 50% of the winner's cheque.

What was the total prize money at the 2017 Indian Open?

£323,000, paid to 64 players.

How does it compare with other years?

The 2016 Indian Open paid £300,000, and the 2019 Indian Open paid £333,000.

Where to next

Every edition is on the Indian Open prize money page, and the whole year on snooker prize money in 2017. The edition before was the 2016 Indian Open. The one after was the 2019 Indian Open.

2017 Indian Open snooker prize money