# 2020 Northern Ireland Open

The 2020 Northern Ireland Open (officially the 2020 Matchroom.live Northern Ireland Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 16 to 22 November 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2020–21 season and a part of the Home Nations Series. It was the fifth edition of the Northern Ireland Open.
For the third consecutive edition of the tournament, Judd Trump defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–7 in final, winning his 19th ranking title. He is the first player to win a ranking event three times in a row since Stephen Hendry won the UK Championship from 1994 to 1996. He is also the first to win four Home Nations Series titles, and the second, after Mark Selby, to win two Home Nations events in a single season. During this tournament, he made the fifth maximum break of his career in the third frame of his second-round match with Gao Yang.

## Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
* Winner: £70,000
* Runner-up: £30,000
* Semi-final: £20,000
* Quarter-final: £10,000
* Last 16: £7,500
* Last 32: £4,000
* Last 64: £3,000
* Highest break: £5,000
* Total: £405,000

## Main draw
### Top half
#### Section 1

| Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames |
| Judd Trump (ENG) (1) | 4 | | | | |
| Gerard Greene (NIR) | 1 | | | | |
| Gerard Greene (NIR) | 1 | Judd Trump (1) | 4 | | |
| | | Gao Yang | 0 | | |
| Mitchell Mann (ENG) | 2 | Gao Yang | 0 | | |
| Gao Yang (CHN) | 4 | | | | |
| Gao Yang (CHN) | 4 | | | Judd Trump (1) | 4 |
| | | | | Luca Brecel (32) | 3 |
| Luca Brecel (BEL) (32) | 4 | | | Luca Brecel (32) | 3 |
| Kacper Filipiak (POL) | 0 | | | | |
| Kacper Filipiak (POL) | 0 | Luca Brecel (32) | 4 | | |
| | | Rod Lawler | 1 | | |
| Simon Lichtenberg (GER) | 1 | Rod Lawler | 1 | | |
| Rod Lawler (ENG) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Rod Lawler (ENG) | 4 | | | | | Judd Trump (1) | 4 |
| | | | | | | Martin Gould | 1 |
| Jack Lisowski (ENG) (16) | 1 | | | | | Martin Gould | 1 |
| Ashley Carty (ENG) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Ashley Carty (ENG) | 4 | Ashley Carty | 1 | | | | |
| | | Andy Hicks | 4 | | | | |
| Paul Davison (ENG) | 3 | Andy Hicks | 4 | | | | |
| Andy Hicks (ENG) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Andy Hicks (ENG) | 4 | | | Andy Hicks | 3 | | |
| | | | | Martin Gould | 4 |
| Gary Wilson (ENG) (17) | 2 | | | Martin Gould | 4 |
| Rory McLeod (JAM) | 4 | | | | |
| Rory McLeod (JAM) | 4 | Rory McLeod | 1 | | |
| | | Martin Gould | 4 | | |
| Martin Gould (ENG) | 4 | Martin Gould | 4 | | |
| Jamie Clarke (WAL) | 0 | | | | |

#### Section 2

| Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames |
| Tian Pengfei (CHN) | w/d | | | | |
| Noppon Saengkham (THA) | w/o | | | | |
| Noppon Saengkham (THA) | w/o | Noppon Saengkham | 4 | | |
| | | Zhou Yuelong (24) | 3 | | |
| Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (24) | 4 | Zhou Yuelong (24) | 3 | | |
| Jimmy White (ENG) | 0 | | | | |
| Jimmy White (ENG) | 0 | | | Noppon Saengkham | 4 |
| | | | | Stephen Maguire (9) | 0 |
| Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) | 4 | | | Stephen Maguire (9) | 0 |
| Lei Peifan (CHN) | 2 | | | | |
| Lei Peifan (CHN) | 2 | Alexander Ursenbacher | 1 | | |
| | | Stephen Maguire (9) | 4 | | |
| Stephen Maguire (SCO) (9) | 4 | Stephen Maguire (9) | 4 | | |
| Alex Borg (MLT) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Alex Borg (MLT) | 2 | | | | | Noppon Saengkham | 2 |
| | | | | | | Scott Donaldson (25) | 4 |
| Chen Zifan (CHN) | 1 | | | | | Scott Donaldson (25) | 4 |
| Xu Si (CHN) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Xu Si (CHN) | 4 | Xu Si | 3 | | | | |
| | | Scott Donaldson (25) | 4 | | | | |
| Scott Donaldson (SCO) (25) | 4 | Scott Donaldson (25) | 4 | | | | |
| Sean Maddocks (ENG) | 1 | | | | | | |
| Sean Maddocks (ENG) | 1 | | | Scott Donaldson (25) | 4 | | |
| | | | | Mark Allen (8) | 1 |
| Fan Zhengyi (CHN) | 0 | | | Mark Allen (8) | 1 |
| Robert Milkins (ENG) | 4 | | | | |
| Robert Milkins (ENG) | 4 | Robert Milkins | 2 | | |
| | | Mark Allen (8) | 4 | | |
| Mark Allen (NIR) (8) | 4 | Mark Allen (8) | 4 | | |
| Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 0 | | | | |

#### Section 3

| Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames |
| Kyren Wilson (ENG) (5) | 4 | | | | |
| David Lilley (ENG) | 0 | | | | |
| David Lilley (ENG) | 0 | Kyren Wilson (5) | 4 | | |
| | | Ken Doherty | 3 | | |
| Ken Doherty (IRL) | 4 | Ken Doherty | 3 | | |
| Chris Wakelin (ENG) | 1 | | | | |
| Chris Wakelin (ENG) | 1 | | | Kyren Wilson (5) | 2 |
| | | | | Michael Holt (28) | 4 |
| Michael Holt (ENG) (28) | 4 | | | Michael Holt (28) | 4 |
| Soheil Vahedi (IRN) | 1 | | | | |
| Soheil Vahedi (IRN) | 1 | Michael Holt (28) | 4 | | |
| | | Louis Heathcote | 3 | | |
| Brandon Sargeant (ENG) | 2 | Louis Heathcote | 3 | | |
| Louis Heathcote (ENG) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Louis Heathcote (ENG) | 4 | | | | | Michael Holt (28) | 3 |
| | | | | | | David Grace | 4 |
| David Gilbert (ENG) (12) | 1 | | | | | David Grace | 4 |
| David Grace (ENG) | 4 | | | | | | |
| David Grace (ENG) | 4 | David Grace | 4 | | | | |
| | | Sam Craigie | 3 | | | | |
| Sam Craigie (ENG) | 4 | Sam Craigie | 3 | | | | |
| Amine Amiri (MAR) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Amine Amiri (MAR) | 0 | | | David Grace | 4 | | |
| | | | | Michael White | 3 |
| Barry Hawkins (ENG) (21) | 4 | | | Michael White | 3 |
| Alan McManus (SCO) | 2 | | | | |
| Alan McManus (SCO) | 2 | Barry Hawkins (21) | 3 | | |
| | | Michael White | 4 | | |
| Iulian Boiko (UKR) | 0 | Michael White | 4 | | |
| Michael White (WAL) | 4 | | | | |

#### Section 4

| Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames |
| Barry Pinches (ENG) | 4 | | | | |
| Liam Highfield (ENG) | 2 | | | | |
| Liam Highfield (ENG) | 2 | Barry Pinches | 4 | | |
| | | Anthony McGill (20) | 3 | | |
| Anthony McGill (20) | w/o | Anthony McGill (20) | 3 | | |
| Riley Parsons (ENG) | w/d | | | | |
| Riley Parsons (ENG) | w/d | | | Barry Pinches | 1 |
| | | | | Yan Bingtao (13) | 4 |
| Jamie Wilson (ENG) | 1 | | | Yan Bingtao (13) | 4 |
| Nigel Bond (ENG) | 4 | | | | |
| Nigel Bond (ENG) | 4 | Nigel Bond | 1 | | |
| | | Yan Bingtao (13) | 4 | | |
| Yan Bingtao (CHN) (13) | 4 | Yan Bingtao (13) | 4 | | |
| Peter Lines (ENG) | 1 | | | | | | |
| Peter Lines (ENG) | 1 | | | | | Yan Bingtao (13) | 4 |
| | | | | | | Zhao Xintong (29) | 3 |
| Mark King (ENG) | 2 | | | | | Zhao Xintong (29) | 3 |
| Zak Surety (ENG) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Zak Surety (ENG) | 4 | Zak Surety | 1 | | | | |
| | | Zhao Xintong (29) | 4 | | | | |
| Zhao Xintong (CHN) (29) | 4 | Zhao Xintong (29) | 4 | | | | |
| Si Jiahui (CHN) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Si Jiahui (CHN) | 2 | | | Zhao Xintong (29) | 4 | | |
| | | | | Lukas Kleckers | 0 |
| Lukas Kleckers (GER) | 4 | | | Lukas Kleckers | 0 |
| Chang Bingyu (CHN) | 1 | | | | |
| Chang Bingyu (CHN) | 1 | Lukas Kleckers | 4 | | |
| | | Mark Selby (4) | 0 | | |
| Mark Selby (ENG) (4) | 4 | Mark Selby (4) | 0 | | |
| Andrew Higginson (ENG) | 1 | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 5

| Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames |
| Neil Robertson (3) | w/o | | | | |
| Declan Lavery (NIR) | w/d | | | | |
| Declan Lavery (NIR) | w/d | Neil Robertson (3) | 2 | | |
| | | Ben Woollaston | 4 | | |
| Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 4 | Ben Woollaston | 4 | | |
| Ricky Walden (ENG) | 3 | | | | |
| Ricky Walden (ENG) | 3 | | | Ben Woollaston | 4 |
| | | | | Liang Wenbo (30) | 2 |
| Liang Wenbo (CHN) (30) | 4 | | | Liang Wenbo (30) | 2 |
| Steven Hallworth (ENG) | 3 | | | | |
| Steven Hallworth (ENG) | 3 | Liang Wenbo (30) | 4 | | |
| | | Jak Jones | 1 | | |
| Pang Junxu (CHN) | 0 | Jak Jones | 1 | | |
| Jak Jones (WAL) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Jak Jones (WAL) | 4 | | | | | Ben Woollaston | 2 |
| | | | | | | Ali Carter (19) | 4 |
| Mark Williams (WAL) (14) | 4 | | | | | Ali Carter (19) | 4 |
| Jamie Jones (WAL) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Jamie Jones (WAL) | 2 | Mark Williams (14) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Dominic Dale | 4 | | | | |
| Mark Joyce (ENG) | 2 | Dominic Dale | 4 | | | | |
| Dominic Dale (WAL) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Dominic Dale (WAL) | 4 | | | Dominic Dale | 2 | | |
| | | | | Ali Carter (19) | 4 |
| Ali Carter (ENG) (19) | 4 | | | Ali Carter (19) | 4 |
| Ben Hancorn (ENG) | 1 | | | | |
| Ben Hancorn (ENG) | 1 | Ali Carter (19) | 4 | | |
| | | Xiao Guodong | 1 | | |
| Xiao Guodong (CHN) | 4 | Xiao Guodong | 1 | | |
| Duane Jones (WAL) | 1 | | | | |

#### Section 6

| Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames |
| Sunny Akani (THA) | 4 | | | | |
| Jordan Brown (NIR) | 3 | | | | |
| Jordan Brown (NIR) | 3 | Sunny Akani | 2 | | |
| | | Igor Figueiredo | 4 | | |
| Graeme Dott (SCO) (22) | 2 | Igor Figueiredo | 4 | | |
| Igor Figueiredo (BRA) | 4 | | | | |
| Igor Figueiredo (BRA) | 4 | | | Igor Figueiredo | 4 |
| | | | | Zhao Jianbo | 3 |
| Zhao Jianbo (CHN) | 4 | | | Zhao Jianbo | 3 |
| Brian Ochoiski (FRA) | 1 | | | | |
| Brian Ochoiski (FRA) | 1 | Zhao Jianbo | 4 | | |
| | | Stuart Bingham (11) | 2 | | |
| Stuart Bingham (ENG) (11) | 4 | Stuart Bingham (11) | 2 | | |
| Oliver Lines (ENG) | 1 | | | | | | |
| Oliver Lines (ENG) | 1 | | | | | Igor Figueiredo | 1 |
| | | | | | | Kurt Maflin (27) | 4 |
| Aaron Hill (IRL) | 3 | | | | | Kurt Maflin (27) | 4 |
| Jackson Page (WAL) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Jackson Page (WAL) | 4 | Jackson Page | 0 | | | | |
| | | Kurt Maflin (27) | 4 | | | | |
| Kurt Maflin (NOR) (27) | 4 | Kurt Maflin (27) | 4 | | | | |
| Fraser Patrick (SCO) | 1 | | | | | | |
| Fraser Patrick (SCO) | 1 | | | Kurt Maflin (27) | 4 | | |
| | | | | Ryan Day | 1 |
| James Cahill (ENG) | 4 | | | Ryan Day | 1 |
| Lyu Haotian (CHN) | 1 | | | | |
| Lyu Haotian (CHN) | 1 | James Cahill | 3 | | |
| | | Ryan Day | 4 | | |
| Shaun Murphy (ENG) (6) | 0 | Ryan Day | 4 | | |
| Ryan Day (WAL) | 4 | | | | |

#### Section 7

| Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames |
| John Higgins (SCO) (7) | 4 | | | | |
| Daniel Wells (WAL) | 0 | | | | |
| Daniel Wells (WAL) | 0 | John Higgins (7) | 4 | | |
| | | Patrick Wallace | 2 | | |
| Patrick Wallace (NIR) | 4 | Patrick Wallace | 2 | | |
| Farakh Ajaib (ENG) | 1 | | | | |
| Farakh Ajaib (ENG) | 1 | | | John Higgins (7) | 4 |
| | | | | Matthew Selt (26) | 0 |
| Matthew Selt (ENG) (26) | 4 | | | Matthew Selt (26) | 0 |
| Joe O'Connor (ENG) | 3 | | | | |
| Joe O'Connor (ENG) | 3 | Matthew Selt (26) | 4 | | |
| | | Stuart Carrington | 0 | | |
| Stuart Carrington (ENG) | 4 | Stuart Carrington | 0 | | |
| Billy Castle (ENG) | 1 | | | | | | |
| Billy Castle (ENG) | 1 | | | | | John Higgins (7) | 1 |
| | | | | | | Ding Junhui (10) | 4 |
| Ding Junhui (CHN) (10) | 4 | | | | | Ding Junhui (10) | 4 |
| Eden Sharav (ISR) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Eden Sharav (ISR) | 0 | Ding Junhui (10) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Lu Ning | 1 | | | | |
| Martin O'Donnell (ENG) | 1 | Lu Ning | 1 | | | | |
| Lu Ning (CHN) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Lu Ning (CHN) | 4 | | | Ding Junhui (10) | 4 | | |
| | | | | Yuan Sijun | 0 |
| Tom Ford (ENG) (23) | 4 | | | Yuan Sijun | 0 |
| Lee Walker (WAL) | 2 | | | | |
| Lee Walker (WAL) | 2 | Tom Ford (23) | 2 | | |
| | | Yuan Sijun | 4 | | |
| Yuan Sijun (CHN) | 4 | Yuan Sijun | 4 | | |
| Luo Honghao (CHN) | 3 | | | | |

#### Section 8

| Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 128 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 64 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 32 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames |
| Allan Taylor (ENG) | 4 | | | | |
| Hossein Vafaei (IRN) | 2 | | | | |
| Hossein Vafaei (IRN) | 2 | Allan Taylor | 4 | | |
| | | Joe Perry (18) | 1 | | |
| Joe Perry (ENG) (18) | 4 | Joe Perry (18) | 1 | | |
| Robbie Williams (ENG) | 0 | | | | |
| Robbie Williams (ENG) | 0 | | | Allan Taylor | 0 |
| | | | | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (15) | 4 |
| Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 4 | | | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (15) | 4 |
| Ashley Hugill (ENG) | 2 | | | | |
| Ashley Hugill (ENG) | 2 | Fergal O'Brien | 1 | | |
| | | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (15) | 4 | | |
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (15) | 4 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (15) | 4 | | |
| Peter Devlin (ENG) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Peter Devlin (ENG) | 2 | | | | | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (15) | 2 |
| | | | | | | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 4 |
| Mark Davis (ENG) | 4 | | | | | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 4 |
| Ian Burns (ENG) | 3 | | | | | | |
| Ian Burns (ENG) | 3 | Mark Davis | 2 | | | | |
| | | Matthew Stevens (31) | 4 | | | | |
| Matthew Stevens (WAL) (31) | 4 | Matthew Stevens (31) | 4 | | | | |
| Jimmy Robertson (ENG) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Jimmy Robertson (ENG) | 2 | | | Matthew Stevens (31) | 2 | | |
| | | | | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 4 |
| Elliot Slessor (ENG) | 4 | | | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 4 |
| Li Hang (CHN) | 1 | | | | |
| Li Hang (CHN) | 1 | Elliot Slessor | 1 | | |
| | | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 4 | | |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (2) | 4 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 4 | | |
| Jamie O'Neill (ENG) | 1 | | | | |

### Finals

| Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 17 frames |
| Judd Trump (1) | 5 | | |
| Scott Donaldson (25) | 1 | | |
| Scott Donaldson (25) | 1 | Judd Trump (1) | 6 |
| | | David Grace | 2 |
| David Grace | 5 | David Grace | 2 |
| Yan Bingtao (13) | 2 | | | | |
| Yan Bingtao (13) | 2 | | | Judd Trump (1) | 9 |
| | | | | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 7 |
| Ali Carter (19) | 5 | | | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 7 |
| Kurt Maflin (27) | 3 | | | | |
| Kurt Maflin (27) | 3 | Ali Carter (19) | 3 | | |
| | | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 6 |
| Ding Junhui (10) | 2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 6 |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 5 | | |

### Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Marcel Eckardt. Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England, 22 November 2020. :
| Judd Trump (1) England | 9–7 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) England |
| Afternoon: 69–55, 77–47, 41–64, 86–35, 70–43, 13–70, 128–0 (128), 7–130 (130) Evening: 89–55, 81–51, 41–81, 37–72, 115–0 (115), 7–93, 0–74, 89–32 |||
| 128 | Highest break | 130 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 1 |

## Century breaks

A total of 68 century breaks were made during the competition.
* 147, 128, 127, 115, 112, 109, 105, 103, 101 – Judd Trump
* 144, 130 – John Higgins
* 142 – Anthony McGill
* 141 – Ashley Carty
* 137, 125, 103 – Yan Bingtao
* 135, 135, 127, 112 – Kurt Maflin
* 135 – Kyren Wilson
* 134, 130, 118, 101 – Ben Woollaston
* 134, 109, 109, 100 – Zhao Xintong
* 133 – Luca Brecel
* 133 – Chang Bingyu
* 133 – Mark Williams
* 130, 125, 111 – Mark Allen
* 130, 125, 106, 103, 102, 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
* 130 – Stuart Bingham
* 127, 116 – Patrick Wallace
* 122 – Lee Walker
* 121, 107, 100 – Ding Junhui
* 121, 106 – Liang Wenbo
* 117, 101 – Martin Gould
* 114 – Lu Ning
* 113, 107 – Ryan Day
* 109 – Andy Hicks
* 108, 103, 101, 100 – Ali Carter
* 104 – David Grace
* 104 – Barry Hawkins
* 104 – Robert Milkins
* 103 – Stephen Maguire
* 102 – Alex Borg
* 102 – Liam Highfield
* 101, 101 – Ken Doherty