# 2020 Scottish Open (snooker)

The 2020 Scottish Open (officially the 2020 Matchroom.live Scottish Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place on 7–13 December 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2020–21 season and the third event of the Home Nations Series.
Mark Selby was the defending champion after a 9–6 defeat of Jack Lisowski in the 2019 final. He successfully defended his title, winning against Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–3. This was Selby's 19th career ranking title, and he became the second player, after Judd Trump, to win three Home Nations Series titles.
Zhou Yuelong made his second career maximum break in the third frame of his first-round match with Peter Lines.

## 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

## Tournament 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 |
| Mark Selby (ENG) (1) | 4 | | | | |
| Yuan Sijun (CHN) | 1 | | | | |
| Yuan Sijun (CHN) | 1 | Mark Selby (1) | 4 | | |
| | | Nigel Bond | 2 | | |
| Gary Thomson (SCO) | 2 | Nigel Bond | 2 | | |
| Nigel Bond (ENG) | 4 | | | | |
| Nigel Bond (ENG) | 4 | | | Mark Selby (1) | 4 |
| | | | | Mark Joyce | 2 |
| Ben Woollaston (ENG) (32) | 4 | | | Mark Joyce | 2 |
| Amine Amiri (MAR) | 1 | | | | |
| Amine Amiri (MAR) | 1 | Ben Woollaston (32) | 2 | | |
| | | Mark Joyce | 4 | | |
| Mark Joyce (ENG) | 4 | Mark Joyce | 4 | | |
| Xu Si (CHN) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Xu Si (CHN) | 2 | | | | | Mark Selby (1) | 4 |
| | | | | | | Lyu Haotian | 1 |
| Jack Lisowski (ENG) (16) | 4 | | | | | Lyu Haotian | 1 |
| Oliver Lines (ENG) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Oliver Lines (ENG) | 2 | Jack Lisowski (16) | w/d | | | | |
| | | Sunny Akani | w/o | | | | |
| Sunny Akani (THA) | 4 | Sunny Akani | w/o | | | | |
| Ian Burns (ENG) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Ian Burns (ENG) | 2 | | | Sunny Akani | 3 | | |
| | | | | Lyu Haotian | 4 |
| Gary Wilson (ENG) (17) | 0 | | | Lyu Haotian | 4 |
| Lyu Haotian (CHN) | 4 | | | | |
| Lyu Haotian (CHN) | 4 | Lyu Haotian | 4 | | |
| | | Alan McManus | 2 | | |
| Alan McManus (SCO) | 4 | Alan McManus | 2 | | |
| Xiao Guodong (CHN) | 2 | | | | |

#### 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 |
| Pang Junxu (CHN) | 0 | | | | |
| Ricky Walden (ENG) | 4 | | | | |
| Ricky Walden (ENG) | 4 | Ricky Walden | 4 | | |
| | | Tom Ford (24) | 3 | | |
| Tom Ford (ENG) (24) | 4 | Tom Ford (24) | 3 | | |
| Rory McLeod (JAM) | 0 | | | | |
| Rory McLeod (JAM) | 0 | | | Ricky Walden | 4 |
| | | | | Zak Surety | 0 |
| Gao Yang (CHN) | 4 | | | Zak Surety | 0 |
| Duane Jones (WAL) | 2 | | | | |
| Duane Jones (WAL) | 2 | Gao Yang | 1 | | |
| | | Zak Surety | 4 | | |
| Stephen Maguire (SCO) (9) | 1 | Zak Surety | 4 | | |
| Zak Surety (ENG) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Zak Surety (ENG) | 4 | | | | | Ricky Walden | 4 |
| | | | | | | Mark Allen (8) | 3 |
| Barry Pinches (ENG) | 3 | | | | | Mark Allen (8) | 3 |
| Jordan Brown (NIR) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Jordan Brown (NIR) | 4 | Jordan Brown | 2 | | | | |
| | | Zhou Yuelong (25) | 4 | | | | |
| Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (25) | 4 | Zhou Yuelong (25) | 4 | | | | |
| Peter Lines (ENG) | 1 | | | | | | |
| Peter Lines (ENG) | 1 | | | Zhou Yuelong (25) | 3 | | |
| | | | | Mark Allen (8) | 4 |
| Iulian Boiko (UKR) | 1 | | | Mark Allen (8) | 4 |
| Joe O'Connor (ENG) | 4 | | | | |
| Joe O'Connor (ENG) | 4 | Joe O'Connor | 2 | | |
| | | Mark Allen (8) | 4 | | |
| Mark Allen (NIR) (8) | 4 | Mark Allen (8) | 4 | | |
| Jimmy White (ENG) | 1 | | | | |

#### 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 | | | | |
| Simon Lichtenberg (GER) | 1 | | | | |
| Simon Lichtenberg (GER) | 1 | Kyren Wilson (5) | 4 | | |
| | | Steven Hallworth | 1 | | |
| Steven Hallworth (ENG) | 4 | Steven Hallworth | 1 | | |
| Brian Ochoiski (FRA) | 1 | | | | |
| Brian Ochoiski (FRA) | 1 | | | Kyren Wilson (5) | 4 |
| | | | | Michael Holt (28) | 2 |
| Michael Holt (ENG) (28) | 4 | | | Michael Holt (28) | 2 |
| Gerard Greene (NIR) | 1 | | | | |
| Gerard Greene (NIR) | 1 | Michael Holt (28) | 4 | | |
| | | Louis Heathcote | 2 | | |
| Louis Heathcote (ENG) | 4 | Louis Heathcote | 2 | | |
| Si Jiahui (CHN) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Si Jiahui (CHN) | 2 | | | | | Kyren Wilson (5) | 4 |
| | | | | | | Barry Hawkins (21) | 3 |
| Yan Bingtao (CHN) (12) | 1 | | | | | Barry Hawkins (21) | 3 |
| Jak Jones (WAL) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Jak Jones (WAL) | 4 | Jak Jones | 0 | | | | |
| | | Liam Highfield | 4 | | | | |
| Liam Highfield (ENG) | 4 | Liam Highfield | 4 | | | | |
| Fan Zhengyi (CHN) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Fan Zhengyi (CHN) | 0 | | | Liam Highfield | 3 | | |
| | | | | Barry Hawkins (21) | 4 |
| Barry Hawkins (ENG) (21) | 4 | | | Barry Hawkins (21) | 4 |
| Stuart Carrington (ENG) | 0 | | | | |
| Stuart Carrington (ENG) | 0 | Barry Hawkins (21) | 4 | | |
| | | Jamie Clarke | 2 | | |
| James Cahill (ENG) | 2 | Jamie Clarke | 2 | | |
| Jamie Clarke (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 |
| Sean Maddocks (ENG) | 1 | | | | |
| Brandon Sargeant (ENG) | 4 | | | | |
| Brandon Sargeant (ENG) | 4 | Brandon Sargeant | 2 | | |
| | | Sam Craigie | 4 | | |
| Anthony McGill (SCO) (20) | 2 | Sam Craigie | 4 | | |
| Sam Craigie (ENG) | 4 | | | | |
| Sam Craigie (ENG) | 4 | | | Sam Craigie | 3 |
| | | | | Jamie Jones | 4 |
| Jamie Jones (WAL) | 4 | | | Jamie Jones | 4 |
| Daniel Wells (WAL) | 2 | | | | |
| Daniel Wells (WAL) | 2 | Jamie Jones | 4 | | |
| | | Matthew Stevens | 3 | | |
| David Gilbert (ENG) (13) | 3 | Matthew Stevens | 3 | | |
| Matthew Stevens (WAL) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Matthew Stevens (WAL) | 4 | | | | | Jamie Jones | 4 |
| | | | | | | Eden Sharav | 3 |
| Zhao Jianbo (CHN) | 4 | | | | | Eden Sharav | 3 |
| Kacper Filipiak (POL) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Kacper Filipiak (POL) | 0 | Zhao Jianbo | 4 | | | | |
| | | Zhao Xintong (29) | 2 | | | | |
| Zhao Xintong (CHN) (29) | 4 | Zhao Xintong (29) | 2 | | | | |
| Rod Lawler (ENG) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Rod Lawler (ENG) | 0 | | | Zhao Jianbo | 1 | | |
| | | | | Eden Sharav | 4 |
| Eden Sharav (ISR) | 4 | | | Eden Sharav | 4 |
| Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 3 | | | | |
| Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 3 | Eden Sharav | 4 | | |
| | | Lei Peifan | 2 | | |
| Neil Robertson (AUS) (4) | w/d | Lei Peifan | 2 | | |
| Lei Peifan (CHN) | w/o | | | | |

### 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 |
| Judd Trump (ENG) (3) | 4 | | | | |
| Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) | 1 | | | | |
| Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) | 1 | Judd Trump (3) | 4 | | |
| | | Mark King | 2 | | |
| Chen Zifan (CHN) | 0 | Mark King | 2 | | |
| Mark King (ENG) | 4 | | | | |
| Mark King (ENG) | 4 | | | Judd Trump (3) | 4 |
| | | | | Liang Wenbo (30) | 2 |
| Liang Wenbo (CHN) (30) | 4 | | | Liang Wenbo (30) | 2 |
| David Lilley (ENG) | 1 | | | | |
| David Lilley (ENG) | 1 | Liang Wenbo (30) | 4 | | |
| | | Luca Brecel | 1 | | |
| Andrew Higginson (ENG) | 3 | Luca Brecel | 1 | | |
| Luca Brecel (BEL) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Luca Brecel (BEL) | 4 | | | | | Judd Trump (3) | 4 |
| | | | | | | Mark Williams (14) | 1 |
| Mark Williams (WAL) (14) | 4 | | | | | Mark Williams (14) | 1 |
| Lukas Kleckers (GER) | 3 | | | | | | |
| Lukas Kleckers (GER) | 3 | Mark Williams (14) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Dominic Dale | 2 | | | | |
| Dominic Dale (WAL) | 4 | Dominic Dale | 2 | | | | |
| Igor Figueiredo (BRA) | 3 | | | | | | |
| Igor Figueiredo (BRA) | 3 | | | Mark Williams (14) | 4 | | |
| | | | | Jackson Page | 1 |
| Joe Perry (ENG) (19) | 3 | | | Jackson Page | 1 |
| Jackson Page (WAL) | 4 | | | | |
| Jackson Page (WAL) | 4 | Jackson Page | 4 | | |
| | | Ashley Carty | 3 | | |
| Alex Borg (MLT) | w/d | Ashley Carty | 3 | | |
| Ashley Carty (ENG) | w/o | | | | |

#### 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 |
| Ashley Hugill (ENG) | 4 | | | | |
| Farakh Ajaib (ENG) | 0 | | | | |
| Farakh Ajaib (ENG) | 0 | Ashley Hugill | 1 | | |
| | | Robert Milkins | 4 | | |
| Graeme Dott (SCO) (22) | 0 | Robert Milkins | 4 | | |
| Robert Milkins (ENG) | 4 | | | | |
| Robert Milkins (ENG) | 4 | | | Robert Milkins | 3 |
| | | | | Stuart Bingham (11) | 4 |
| Lee Walker (WAL) | 4 | | | Stuart Bingham (11) | 4 |
| Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 3 | | | | |
| Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 3 | Lee Walker | 0 | | |
| | | Stuart Bingham (11) | 4 | | |
| Stuart Bingham (ENG) (11) | 4 | Stuart Bingham (11) | 4 | | |
| Ben Hancorn (ENG) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Ben Hancorn (ENG) | 2 | | | | | Stuart Bingham (11) | 3 |
| | | | | | | Li Hang | 4 |
| Luo Honghao (CHN) | 3 | | | | | Li Hang | 4 |
| Li Hang (CHN) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Li Hang (CHN) | 4 | Li Hang | 4 | | | | |
| | | Matthew Selt (27) | 3 | | | | |
| Matthew Selt (ENG) (27) | 4 | Matthew Selt (27) | 3 | | | | |
| Elliot Slessor (ENG) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Elliot Slessor (ENG) | 0 | | | Li Hang | 4 | | |
| | | | | Noppon Saengkham | 1 |
| Jimmy Robertson (ENG) | 2 | | | Noppon Saengkham | 1 |
| Noppon Saengkham (THA) | 4 | | | | |
| Noppon Saengkham (THA) | 4 | Noppon Saengkham | 4 | | |
| | | John Higgins (6) | 2 | | |
| John Higgins (SCO) (6) | 4 | John Higgins (6) | 2 | | |
| Soheil Vahedi (IRN) | 3 | | | | |

#### 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 |
| Shaun Murphy (ENG) (7) | 4 | | | | |
| David Grace (ENG) | 1 | | | | |
| David Grace (ENG) | 1 | Shaun Murphy (7) | 4 | | |
| | | Peter Devlin | 2 | | |
| Aaron Hill (IRL) | 2 | Peter Devlin | 2 | | |
| Peter Devlin (ENG) | 4 | | | | |
| Peter Devlin (ENG) | 4 | | | Shaun Murphy (7) | 2 |
| | | | | Jamie O'Neill | 4 |
| Kurt Maflin (NOR) (26) | 3 | | | Jamie O'Neill | 4 |
| Jamie O'Neill (ENG) | 4 | | | | |
| Jamie O'Neill (ENG) | 4 | Jamie O'Neill | 4 | | |
| | | Hossein Vafaei | 1 | | |
| Mitchell Mann (ENG) | 2 | Hossein Vafaei | 1 | | |
| Hossein Vafaei (IRN) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Hossein Vafaei (IRN) | 4 | | | | | Jamie O'Neill | 3 |
| | | | | | | Ding Junhui (10) | 4 |
| Ding Junhui (CHN) (10) | 4 | | | | | Ding Junhui (10) | 4 |
| Mark Davis (ENG) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Mark Davis (ENG) | 0 | Ding Junhui (10) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Andy Hicks | 2 | | | | |
| Andy Hicks (ENG) | 4 | Andy Hicks | 2 | | | | |
| Billy Castle (ENG) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Billy Castle (ENG) | 2 | | | Ding Junhui (10) | 4 | | |
| | | | | Martin O'Donnell | 0 |
| Scott Donaldson (SCO) (23) | 2 | | | Martin O'Donnell | 0 |
| Michael White (WAL) | 4 | | | | |
| Michael White (WAL) | 4 | Michael White | 2 | | |
| | | Martin O'Donnell | 4 | | |
| Jamie Wilson (ENG) | 2 | Martin O'Donnell | 4 | | |
| Martin O'Donnell (ENG) | 4 | | | | |

#### 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 |
| Robbie Williams (ENG) | 4 | | | | |
| Paul Davison (ENG) | 2 | | | | |
| Paul Davison (ENG) | 2 | Robbie Williams | 4 | | |
| | | Ali Carter (18) | 3 | | |
| Ali Carter (ENG) (18) | 4 | Ali Carter (18) | 3 | | |
| Ryan Day (WAL) | 2 | | | | |
| Ryan Day (WAL) | 2 | | | Robbie Williams | 4 |
| | | | | Lu Ning | 3 |
| Riley Parsons (ENG) | 0 | | | Lu Ning | 3 |
| Lu Ning (CHN) | 4 | | | | |
| Lu Ning (CHN) | 4 | Lu Ning | 4 | | |
| | | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (15) | 1 | | |
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (15) | 4 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (15) | 1 | | |
| Michael Collumb | 3 | | | | | | |
| Michael Collumb | 3 | | | | | Robbie Williams | 1 |
| | | | | | | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 4 |
| Chris Wakelin (ENG) | 4 | | | | | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 4 |
| Fraser Patrick (SCO) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Fraser Patrick (SCO) | 0 | Chris Wakelin | 1 | | | | |
| | | Tian Pengfei | 4 | | | | |
| Martin Gould (ENG) (31) | 1 | Tian Pengfei | 4 | | | | |
| Tian Pengfei (CHN) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Tian Pengfei (CHN) | 4 | | | Tian Pengfei | 3 | | |
| | | | | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 4 |
| Ken Doherty (IRL) | 1 | | | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 4 |
| Chang Bingyu (CHN) | 4 | | | | |
| Chang Bingyu (CHN) | 4 | Chang Bingyu | 1 | | |
| | | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 4 | | |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (2) | 4 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 4 | | |
| Allan Taylor (ENG) | 2 | | | | |

### 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 |
| Mark Selby (1) | 5 | | |
| Ricky Walden | 4 | | |
| Ricky Walden | 4 | Mark Selby (1) | 6 |
| | | Jamie Jones | 1 |
| Kyren Wilson (5) | 1 | Jamie Jones | 1 |
| Jamie Jones | 5 | | | | |
| Jamie Jones | 5 | | | Mark Selby (1) | 9 |
| | | | | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 3 |
| Judd Trump (3) | 4 | | | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 3 |
| Li Hang | 5 | | | | |
| Li Hang | 5 | Li Hang | 4 | | |
| | | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 6 |
| Ding Junhui (10) | 4 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 6 |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) | 5 | | |

### Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Leo Scullion Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England, 13 December 2020. :
| Mark Selby (1) England | 9–3 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) England |
| Afternoon: 104–21, 5–72, 137–4 (102), 82–25, 62–76, 97–17, 119–0, 90–37 Evening: 129–0, 40–96, 83–48, 76–64 |||
| 102 | Highest break | 72 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |

## Century breaks

A total of 86 century breaks were made by 45 players during the tournament.