2011 Australian Goldfields Open
Snooker tournament
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The 2011 Australian Goldfields Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 and 24 July 2011 at the Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia.
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 18–24 July 2011 |
| Venue | Bendigo Stadium |
| City | Bendigo |
| Country | Australia |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | $425,000 |
| Winner's share | $60,000 |
| Highest break |  Mark Williams (WAL) (142) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Stuart Bingham (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Mark Williams (WAL) |
| Score | 9–8 |
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The event was last held in 1995 under the name Australian Masters, where Anthony Hamilton defeated Chris Small 8–6 in the final. However, Hamilton withdrew from the tournament in the qualifying rounds citing personal reasons and therefore did not compete to defend his title.[1]
Stuart Bingham won the first ranking title of his career by defeating Mark Williams 9–8 in the final.[2]
Prize fund
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, Australia[5] | ||
| Stuart Bingham England |
9–8 | Mark Williams (2) Wales |
| Afternoon: 139–0 (139), 0–89 (89), 71–39, 55–42, 9–98 (85), 40–66 (57), 19–84 (84), 64–52 (Williams 52) Evening: 7–69 (52), 13–78, 4–71 (71), 51–10, 10–81 (68), 67–32, 70–8 (69), 76–0 (76), 80–34 | ||
| 139 | Highest break | 89 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | 8 |
Qualifying
These matches took place between 26 and 30 June 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.[3][7][8] David Gilbert was the only player to go through all four rounds of qualifying to make it to the main stage.
- Preliminary round
Best of 9 frames
 Lucky Vatnani | w/d–w/o |  Kurt Maflin |
- Round 1–4
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
- 142, 140, 118, 110, 106 – Mark Williams
- 139, 118, 114, 112, 107 – Stuart Bingham
- 137 – Matthew Selt
- 134 – Ali Carter
- 124, 104 – Ding Junhui
- 123 – Dominic Dale
- 120, 111 – Liang Wenbo
- 120 – Stephen Hendry
- 111, 101 – Neil Robertson
- 102 – Jamie Cope
- 101, 100 – Mark Allen
- 100 – Rory McLeod
Notes
- a All prize money were subject to 46% local tax.[13]
- b1 b2 Originally Matthew Selt was set to play Steve Mifsud in the wildcard round, but after the withdrawal of Ronnie O'Sullivan for medical reasons Selt advanced to the last 32 to play John Higgins and Mifsud played against Dominic Dale.[14][15]
- c Originally David Gilbert was set to play James Mifsud in the wildcard round, but after the withdrawal of Graeme Dott,[16] their match was moved in the last 32 stage of the draw.