2006 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 2006 Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 February and 5 March at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.
Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he lost his last 32 match against Ian McCulloch.
Stephen Lee won his fourth ranking title by defeating World Champion Shaun Murphy 9–4.
Tournament summary
Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion Shaun Murphy seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:- Winner: £35,000
- Runner-up: £17,500
- Semi-final: £8,750
- Quarter-final: £6,500
- Last 16: £4,275
- Last 32: £2,750
- Last 48: £1,725
- Last 64: £1,325
- Highest break: £2,000
- Maximum break: £20,000
- Total: £225,000
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between 24 January and 26 January 2006.Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
- 139 Michael Judge
- 135, 125 Scott MacKenzie
- 135, 104 Lee Spick
- 131, 106, 104 Ding Junhui
- 130, 124, 100 Dave Gilbert
- 130 Matthew Couch
- 124 Dominic Dale
- 124 Ricky Walden
- 119 Fergal O'Brien
- 112, 108 Stuart Bingham
- 111, 102 Jamie Cope
- 111 Patrick Wallace
- 106 Dave Harold
- 103 Andrew Norman
- 102 Mark Allen
- 100 David Roe
Televised stage centuries
- 144 Robert Milkins
- 141 Dave Harold
- 138 Matthew Stevens
- 135, 122, 113, 100 Ryan Day
- 134, 120, 106, 102 Shaun Murphy
- 133 Stephen Hendry
- 131 Steve Davis
- 128, 104, 102 Barry Hawkins
- 122, 110 Ian McCulloch
- 120, 100 Stephen Lee
- 120 Joe Perry
- 111 Neil Robertson
- 107 Liang Wenbo
- 103 Scott MacKenzie
- 100 Anthony Hamilton
- 100 John Higgins