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SNOOKER · 2020-02-16 · CARDIFF, WALES

2020 Welsh Open snooker prize money

The 2020 Welsh Open paid £405,000 to 64 players. Shaun Murphy won £70,000. Kyren Wilson took £30,000 as runner-up.

TOTAL PAID£405k
WINNER£70k
PLAYERS PAID64
PAYOUT BANDS8

Every cheque

64 players paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each player at the 2020 Welsh Open.
PLACE PLAYER NATION PRIZE MONEY
Winner Shaun Murphy England £70,000£70k
Runner-up Kyren Wilson England £30,000£30k
Semi-final Ronnie O'Sullivan England £20,000£20k
Semi-final Yan Bingtao China £20,000£20k
Quarter-final John Higgins Scotland £10,000£10k
Quarter-final Judd Trump England £10,000£10k
Quarter-final Mark Selby England £10,000£10k
Quarter-final Neil Robertson Australia £10,000£10k
Last 16 Anthony McGill Scotland £7,500£8k
Last 16 Ding Junhui China £7,500£8k
Last 16 Dominic Dale Wales £7,500£8k
Last 16 Gerard Greene Northern Ireland £7,500£8k
Last 16 Luca Brecel Belgium £7,500£8k
Last 16 Soheil Vahedi Iran £7,500£8k
Last 16 Stephen Maguire Scotland £7,500£8k
Last 16 Zhao Xintong China £7,500£8k
Last 32 Andy Lee England £4,000£4k
Last 32 Anthony Hamilton England £4,000£4k
Last 32 Ben Woollaston England £4,000£4k
Last 32 Daniel Wells Wales £4,000£4k
Last 32 Igor Figueiredo Brazil £4,000£4k
Last 32 Jack Lisowski England £4,000£4k
Last 32 Jimmy Robertson England £4,000£4k
Last 32 Mark Allen Northern Ireland £4,000£4k
Last 32 Mark Williams Wales £4,000£4k
Last 32 Martin O'Donnell England £4,000£4k
Last 32 Matthew Stevens Wales £4,000£4k
Last 32 Noppon Saengkham Thailand £4,000£4k
Last 32 Robert Milkins England £4,000£4k
Last 32 Stuart Bingham England £4,000£4k
Last 32 Tian Pengfei China £4,000£4k
Last 32 Xiao Guodong China £4,000£4k
Last 64 Alexander Ursenbacher Switzerland £3,000£3k
Last 64 Alfie Burden England £3,000£3k
Last 64 Ali Carter England £3,000£3k
Last 64 Ashley Carty England £3,000£3k
Last 64 Barry Hawkins England £3,000£3k
Last 64 Billy Joe Castle England £3,000£3k
Last 64 Brandon Sargeant England £3,000£3k
Last 64 Chen Feilong China £3,000£3k
Last 64 Chen Zifan China £3,000£3k
Last 64 Elliot Slessor England £3,000£3k
Last 64 Fan Zhengyi China £3,000£3k
Last 64 Gary Wilson England £3,000£3k
Last 64 Ian Burns England £3,000£3k
Last 64 James Wattana Thailand £3,000£3k
Last 64 John Astley England £3,000£3k
Last 64 Jordan Brown Northern Ireland £3,000£3k
Last 64 Ken Doherty Ireland £3,000£3k
Last 64 Liam Highfield England £3,000£3k
Last 64 Louis Heathcote England £3,000£3k
Last 64 Lyu Haotian China £3,000£3k
Last 64 Mark Davis England £3,000£3k
Last 64 Mark Joyce England £3,000£3k
Last 64 Mei Xiwen China £3,000£3k
Last 64 Mitchell Mann England £3,000£3k
Last 64 Ricky Walden England £3,000£3k
Last 64 Robbie Williams England £3,000£3k
Last 64 Scott Donaldson Scotland £3,000£3k
Last 64 Si Jiahui China £3,000£3k
Last 64 Simon Lichtenberg Germany £3,000£3k
Last 64 Stuart Carrington England £3,000£3k
Last 64 Tom Ford England £3,000£3k
Last 64 Yuan Sijun China £3,000£3k
High break Kyren Wilson England £5,000£5k

How the money splits

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

Prize money bands at the 2020 Welsh Open.
PLACE PLAYERS EACH BAND TOTAL
Winner 1 £70,000£70k £70,000£70k
Runner-up 1 £30,000£30k £30,000£30k
Semi-final 2 £20,000£20k £40,000£40k
Quarter-final 4 £10,000£10k £40,000£40k
Last 16 8 £7,500£8k £60,000£60k
Last 32 16 £4,000£4k £64,000£64k
Last 64 32 £3,000£3k £96,000£96k
High break 1 £5,000£5k £5,000£5k

Where the money went, band by band

Winner £70k
Runner-up £30k
Semi-final £40k
Quarter-final £40k
Last 16 £60k
Last 32 £64k
Last 64 £96k
High break £5,000

The rest of 2020

Every other snooker tournament we hold from 2020

Other snooker tournaments in 2020.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PAID
2020 World Grand Prix Judd Trump £380,000£380k
2020 Scottish Open Mark Selby £405,000£405k
2020 Betway UK Championship Neil Robertson £1,009,000£1.0m
2020 Northern Ireland Open Judd Trump £405,000£405k
2020 Champion Of Champions Mark Allen £440,000£440k
2020 BetVictor Championship League Kyren Wilson £328,000£328k
2020 English Open Judd Trump £405,000£405k
2020 European Masters Mark Selby £407,000£407k
2020 Betfred World Championship Ronnie O'Sullivan £2,435,000£2.4m
2020 Coral Tour Championship Stephen Maguire £385,000£385k
2020 Matchroom.live Championship League Luca Brecel £218,000£218k
2020 Gibraltar Open Judd Trump £251,000£251k
2020 Championship League Scott Donaldson £182,400£182k
2020 Coral Players Championship Judd Trump £385,000£385k
2020 BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out Michael Holt £171,000£171k
2020 Coral World Grand Prix Neil Robertson £380,000£380k
2020 German Masters Judd Trump £400,000£400k
2020 European Masters Neil Robertson £407,000£407k
2020 Masters Stuart Bingham £725,000£725k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner of the 2020 Welsh Open get?

Shaun Murphy took £70,000.

How much did the runner-up get?

Kyren Wilson took £30,000, 43% of the winner's cheque.

What was the total prize money at the 2020 Welsh Open?

£405,000, paid to 64 players.

How does it compare with other years?

The 2019 Welsh Open paid £381,000, and the 2021 Welsh Open paid £405,000.

Where to next

Every edition is on the Welsh Open prize money page, and the whole year on snooker prize money in 2020. The edition before was the 2019 Welsh Open. The one after was the 2021 Welsh Open.