There have been nine maximum breaks in the history of the tournament. The first was made by Ronnie O'Sullivan in 1999 against James Wattana. The second was made at the qualifying stage of the 2000 event by Barry Pinches against Joe Johnson. The third was made by Andrew Higginson in 2007 against Ali Carter. The fourth 147 was made in 2011 by Hendry against Stephen Maguire. This was Hendry's 10th 147 break and with this he equalled the record for most maximums with Ronnie O'Sullivan. He also became the oldest player to compile a maximum break at the age of 42 years and 35 days. The fifth was made by O'Sullivan in 2014 against Ding Junhui. This was O'Sullivan's 12th 147 break, it was the last visit to the table in the tournament - beating Ding Junhui 9-3 - before the event moved to Cardiff, and with it he set the record for most maximums. Ding Junhui made the sixth at the quarter-finals of the 2016 tournament, against Neil Robertson. Two maximum breaks were made at the 2019 event, one by Neil Robertson in the first round match against Jordan Brown and one by Noppon Saengkham in the third round against Mark Selby. The most recent maximum break was made in 2020 by Kyren Wilson on his first visit to the table in the first round match against Jackson Page.