36-886: Snooker tournament [REDACTED] This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Gibraltar Open" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( December 2015 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Gibraltar Open Tournament information Venue Europa Point Sports Complex Location Gibraltar Established 2015 Organisation(s) WPBSA Format Ranking event Total prize fund £ 251,000 Final year 2022 Final champion [REDACTED] Robert Milkins ( ENG ) The Gibraltar Open
72-461: A building or structure in Gibraltar is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ryan Day (snooker player) Ryan Day (born 23 March 1980) is a Welsh professional snooker player. He is a prolific break-builder, having compiled over 450 century breaks during his career, including four maximum breaks . He is a three-time World Championship quarter-finalist, has been ranked at no. 6 in
108-449: A first round match with China's number 1, Ding Junhui . Day produced another comeback, this time from trailing 6–9 to win the last four frames and advance to the second round. There he beat fellow qualifier Cao Yupeng 13–7 and held a 5–2 lead in the early stages of his quarter-final match against compatriot Matthew Stevens . However, he suffered a migraine at the start of the next session and went on to lose 11 consecutive frames to exit
144-574: A stage further at the German Masters and, in an attempt to play in his first ranking final since 2008, he came from 3–5 down against Ding Junhui to level the match, but lost the deciding frame. A trio of second round losses and a first round defeat in the China Open followed. At the World Championship , Stephen Maguire levelled the scores from 4–8 and 6–9 down in the first round, but Day won
180-623: Is a multi-purpose stadium in Europa Point , Gibraltar ; it was previously a Ministry of Defence cricket pitch. In 2019 it hosted the Island Games opening ceremony and will also host the annual Gibraltar Music Festival . In UEFA matches, the stadium is referred to as Europa Point Stadium . The facility is home to the Gibraltar national rugby union team , as well as other sports such as cricket, darts, gymnastics, squash and more. The rugby uses
216-543: The 2018 Romanian Masters . He defeated Cao Yupeng and Stuart Bingham in the respective finals. Day reached the semi-final in the UK Championship , this was his first appearance in the semi-finals of a Triple Crown event, but he lost 3–6 to Shaun Murphy in the semi-final. Day also made a return to the Masters for the first time since 2010. He beat Ding Junhui 6–4 in the first round, but lost 1–6 to John Higgins in
252-488: The China Open , beating Matthew Stevens , Ken Doherty and Mark Williams before he was beaten by Stephen Maguire 5–6, denying him a place in the final. Day made it through to the quarter-finals of the World Championship for the first time in his career by beating Irishman Michael Judge 10–6 and the defending champion John Higgins 13–9 in one of the best wins of his career, before losing 7–13 to Stephen Hendry . His consistent performances took him up to 8th place in
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324-615: The Gibraltar Football Association had unveiled plans for a UEFA Category 4 multi-function stadium to be built on the site; however the following year this proposal was abandoned. Subsequently, the GFA purchased Victoria Stadium . On 27 March 2021, Europa Sports Park was the venue for the WBC interim heavyweight championship rematch between Alexander Povetkin and Dillian Whyte . In January 2024 new plans were unveiled to upgrade
360-626: The World Grand Prix . He was defeated 2–4 by Bingham, losing the final frame from 56–0 points up, after Bingham made a 64 break. After being defeated 3–10 by Higgins in the opening round of the World Championship , Day said he would be working on his fitness in the off season in an attempt to improve his concentration during matches. Day advanced to the quarter-final stage of the Shanghai Masters by overcoming Neil Robertson and Mei Xiwen , both 5–2, before losing 3–5 to Mark Selby . He won
396-629: The 2001 Benson & Hedges Championship . With this win, he qualified for the 2002 Masters , where he defeated Dave Harold , before losing 0–6 to Stephen Hendry . He also won the WPBSA Challenge Tour in the 2001/2002 season and was named WPBSA Newcomer of the Year in 2002. Due to problems with his liver in 2003, his results suffered badly. In 2004, however, he qualified for the World Snooker Championship and he led John Higgins 9–7 in
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#1732852450576432-618: The Order of Merit, just outside the top 26 who qualified for the Finals . Day struggled in the second half of the season as he failed to qualify for four of the remaining five ranking events, losing 2–5 in the first round of the World Open to Mark Allen in the one he did reach. He failed to qualify for the World Championship for the first time since 2006, narrowly losing to Ben Woollaston 9–10 in
468-484: The eighth frame to level and went on to win 6–4. In Day's first ranking event final since 2008 he was 9–3 behind Barry Hawkins and, though he pulled it back to 9–7, he was defeated 7–10. Day lost in the final of the non-ranking Championship League 0–3 to John Higgins . A 4–2 win over Neil Robertson saw Day play in the semi-finals of the Gibraltar Open and he was beaten 4–2 by Judd Trump after leading 2–0. Day
504-496: The facilities to meet UEFA Category 2 requirements, which would allow matches to be held there while Victoria Stadium is rebuilt. Permission to use Europa Point Stadium for international matches from September 2024 was granted by UEFA in May 2024. A COVID-19 field hospital was set up at the site, in line with those set up in the UK mainland. However, it was not used. This article about
540-597: The facility to host all their home national team games, as well as the training and match base for the four Gibraltar Rugby Football Union clubs: Ibex Buccaneers, the Rock Scorpions, the Straits Sharks and Europa Stormers who all play in the u-mee Gibraltar Rugby Championship. The recent addition of the Trusted Novus bank Youth rugby festival also increases the rugby offer for young people on the rock. In February 2014
576-465: The final frame for a final score of 10–9, and advanced to the second round. His season then ended when he lost 7–13 to Judd Trump , but he did increase his ranking by 10 places to world number 21, his highest finish for four years. For the second season in a row Day qualified for every ranking event. A pair of last 16 defeats at the Wuxi Classic and Shanghai Masters proved to be his best results in
612-469: The first four frames against Mark Allen in the third round of the UK Championship , but went on to lose 6–5. His second quarter-final of the season came at the German Masters and he was defeated 2–5 by Martin Gould . At the World Grand Prix , Day overcame Stuart Bingham , Michael White and Shaun Murphy all 4–2. In the semi-finals he was 3–4 down to Marco Fu , but recovered from needing four snookers in
648-491: The first half of the year. At the Haining City Open he achieved his first official maximum break in his last 32 match against Cao Yupeng . Day would go on to reach the quarter-finals, but lost 2–4 to Oliver Lines . After Day won the final two frames of his first round match against world number one Ding Junhui at the German Masters to eliminate him 5–4, he said that he was working on his consistency to get back into
684-399: The first round, becoming the first player to score three centuries in his first Crucible match, but missed a pink in the 17th frame that would have left Higgins needing a snooker to stay in the tournament. Higgins went on to win the frame and the next two for the match. As some consolation, Higgins commented that Day was "going to be a top player for many years to come". Day reached
720-467: The fourth and final qualifying round. He finished the season ranked world number 31. Day was beaten in the second round once and first round three times in the opening four ranking events of the 2013–14 season , but then reached the quarter-finals for the first time in over a year at the International Championship . Day won the first frame against Joe Perry but was thrashed 6–1. He went
756-569: The highest echelons of the game. He then beat Alfie Burden 5–2 to face Liang Wenbo in Day's only quarter-final appearance of the season and was narrowly beaten 5–4. In Day's home event, he suffered a surprise 1–4 loss to amateur Oliver Brown in the second round of the Welsh Open . Day was 3–1 ahead of Mark Allen in the first round of the World Championship , but then lost nine successive frames to be knocked out 10–3. Day lost 4–5 to Ding Junhui in
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#1732852450576792-428: The new ranking system he dropped out of the top 16, down to number 20. Day qualified for five of the eight ranking tournaments during the 2011–12 season , but lost in the first round in four of them. His best performance came at the end of the season in the biggest event on the tournament calendar, the World Championship . He came back from 3–7 down in his qualifying match against Gerard Greene to win 10–8, to set up
828-456: The opening round of the International Championship , but then came perhaps the best result of his season at the UK Championship . He beat Ding Junhui 6–4 in a high quality first round encounter, before letting a 3–0 lead against world number two Mark Selby slip to lose 4–6. Day played in nine of the ten minor-ranking Players Tour Championship events during the season with his best results being two quarter-final defeats to be ranked 32nd on
864-447: The previous year. As a member of the Top 16, he automatically qualified for tournaments. Day's 2007/2008 season started with an appearance in the final of the Shanghai Masters ; Day led his practise partner Dominic Dale 6–2 after the first session, but eventually succumbed to a 6–10 defeat. After failing to progress past the last 16 in the next three tournaments, he reached the semi-finals of
900-449: The quarter final. In the Gibraltar Open , Day reached the final again by beating Lukas Kleckers , Noppon Saengkham , Elliot Slessor , David Grace , David Gilbert , and Lu Ning . But he was unable to defend the title as he lost 1–4 to Stuart Bingham in the final. Day qualified for the Masters again this season. He knocked John Higgins out in the first round, winning by 6–5. But he
936-485: The quarter-finals of his home tournament, the 2005 Welsh Open defeating Ali Carter and Steve Davis along the way. He finished this season ranked 33, but as Quinten Hann did not participate in any events, Day was always among the top 32 seeds, meaning one less qualifying match than he would otherwise have faced. Back at the Crucible in 2006 , he beat Joe Perry 10–3 in the first round and led Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–7 in
972-418: The rankings, climbing two places to number 6, the highest ranked player not to have won a ranking event. A disappointing 2009–10 season in which he reached only one quarter-final (in the Welsh Open ), culminated in an 8–10 first round defeat in the World Championship to Mark Davis . This continued into the next season where he made a number of early exits which meant that at the first revision under
1008-420: The rankings. Day reached the final of the 2008 Grand Prix where he lost to John Higgins , defeating Ricky Walden , Mark Selby , Jamie Cope and Ali Carter . The year ended on a disappointing note when he lost in the first round at the UK Championship to Matthew Stevens . He again reached the World Championship quarter-finals in 2009 , before losing 11–13 to Mark Allen . However, he continued to move up
1044-432: The second round before losing 10–13. He narrowly missed reaching the top 16 of the rankings as a result. The 2006/2007 season was the most successful of his career up till then. Day reached the quarter-finals of the 2006 Northern Ireland Trophy and was runner up in the 2007 Malta Cup , losing 4–9 to Shaun Murphy . That year's performance saw him ranked 16 in the world for the 2007/2008 season , one place higher than in
1080-486: The second round of the Shanghai Masters , but turned the tables at the same stage of the International Championship by beating him 6–5. Day was defeated 4–6 by David Gilbert in the following round. However, in his next event he whitewashed Mark Selby 4–0 in the quarter-finals of the Bulgarian Open and beat Sam Baird 4–2 to play in the final of an event carrying ranking points for the first time since 2008, but he
1116-472: The tournament 5–13. Day finished the season ranked world number 30. Day lost in qualifying for the opening ranking event of the 2012–13 season the Wuxi Classic 0–5 to Robert Milkins . He was then beaten in the second round of the Australian Goldfields Open and the Shanghai Masters , 3–5 to Matthew Selt and 0–5 to John Higgins respectively. Day was defeated 3–6 by Neil Robertson in
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1152-747: The world and has won four ranking tournaments. Day was born in Pontycymer , Bridgend . A top amateur, he reached the final of the IBSF Championship in China in November 1998 but lost on the final black. Day began his professional career by playing UK Tour in 1998, at the time the second-level professional tour. He was named Young Player of Distinction of the season 2000/2001 by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA). He won
1188-2477: Was a ranking snooker tournament. In 2015 it was part of the Players Tour Championship . The tournament started in 2015 and was staged at the Europa Point Sports Complex in Gibraltar . Robert Milkins was the final champion. Winners [ edit ] Year Winner Runner-up Final score Host city Season Gibraltar Open (minor-ranking) 2015 [REDACTED] Marco Fu ( HKG ) [REDACTED] Michael White ( WAL ) 4–1 Gibraltar 2015–16 Gibraltar Open (ranking) 2017 [REDACTED] Shaun Murphy ( ENG ) [REDACTED] Judd Trump ( ENG ) 4–2 Gibraltar 2016–17 2018 [REDACTED] Ryan Day ( WAL ) [REDACTED] Cao Yupeng ( CHN ) 4–0 2017–18 2019 [REDACTED] Stuart Bingham ( ENG ) [REDACTED] Ryan Day ( WAL ) 4–1 2018–19 2020 [REDACTED] Judd Trump ( ENG ) [REDACTED] Kyren Wilson ( ENG ) 4–3 2019–20 2021 [REDACTED] Judd Trump ( ENG ) [REDACTED] Jack Lisowski ( ENG ) 4–0 Milton Keynes , England 2020–21 2022 [REDACTED] Robert Milkins ( ENG ) [REDACTED] Kyren Wilson ( ENG ) 4–2 Gibraltar 2021–22 References [ edit ] ^ "Dafabet European Tour Event Five (2015)" . Snooker.org . Retrieved 15 May 2024 . ^ "jojobet.com Gibraltar Open (2017)" . Snooker.org . Retrieved 15 May 2024 . ^ "ManBetX Gibraltar Open (2018)" . Snooker.org . Retrieved 15 May 2024 . ^ "Bingham Rules The Rock" . World Snooker . Retrieved 17 March 2019 . ^ "BetVictor Gibraltar Open (2020)" . Snooker.org . Retrieved 15 March 2020 . ^ "BetVictor Gibraltar Open (2021)" . Snooker.org . Retrieved 15 May 2024 . ^ "BetVictor Gibraltar Open (2022)" . Snooker.org . Retrieved 15 May 2024 . v t e Gibraltar Open Part of
1224-469: Was a seeded player for the World Championship , but lost 4–10 Xiao Guodong in the first round and once again blamed his lack of concentration for the early exit. Day finally clinched his maiden ranking title in his fifth final appearance. The Welshman defeated Stephen Maguire 5–2 to claim the Riga Masters title. The Welshman sensationally stormed to consecutive titles at the 2018 Gibraltar Open and
1260-580: Was defeated by Ronnie O'Sullivan in the next round, losing 3–6. Day secured his third ranking title by beating Mark Selby in the final of the Shoot Out . In April 2021, he failed to qualify for the World Snooker Championship after losing 5–10 to Ricky Walden in the final qualifying round. Day married his stepmother 's sister, Lynsey, in the summer of 2008. The couple have two daughters, Francesca, born in 2006 and Lauren, in 2010. His younger brother Rhys has played football for Manchester City and
1296-432: Was thrashed 4–0 by Mark Allen . He lost 2–6 to Dechawat Poomjaeng in the second round of the UK Championship , but knocked out reigning world champion Stuart Bingham 5–3 to reach the quarter-finals of the German Masters . Day lost the final three frames against Kyren Wilson to be eliminated 4–5. He made two centuries and won the deciding frame on the final black against John Higgins to make another quarter-final at
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