Welsh Open 2020

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The 2020 Welsh Open (officially the 2020 ManBetX Welsh Open) was a professional snooker tournament which took place from 10 to 16 February 2020 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales. It was the 12th ranking event of the 2019–20 snooker season, and the final tournament of the season's Home Nations Series. It was the 29th edition of the Welsh Open, first held in 1992. The event featured a prize fund of £405,000 with the winner receiving £70,000.

Neil Robertson was the defending champion, having beaten Stuart Bingham 9–7 in the 2019 final, but he lost in the quarter-finals to Kyren Wilson. Shaun Murphy won the event, with a 9–1 win over Kyren Wilson in the final. There were a total of 77 century breaks at the event, the highest made by Wilson, a maximum break of 147 in the first frame of his first-round match with Jackson Page.

Welsh Open 2020 er en profesjonell snookerturnering som blir spilt i Newport, Wales. Det vil være det tredje arrangementet på World Snooker Tour 2020/2021-sesongen.

Turneringen blir spilt over 11 dager, fra søndag 8. februar til tirsdag 18. februar 2020. I alt 128 spillere vil delta i turneringen, inkludert de 16 beste spillerne i verdensrangeringen.

Aktuelle mester er Shaun Murphy, som vant turneringen i 2019 ved å beseire Kyren Wilson 9-10 i finalen.

Welsh Open har blitt arrangert hvert år siden 1992, og er en av de mest prestisjetunge turneringene på snookertouren. Vinneren av turneringen mottar en premie på £70 000.