| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 5–9 July 2016 |
| Venue | HICC Novotel Hotel |
| City | Hyderabad |
| Country | India |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £300,000 |
| Winner's share | £50,000 |
| Highest break | Mark King (ENG) (142) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Anthony McGill (SCO) |
| Runner-up | Kyren Wilson (ENG) |
| Score | 5–2 |
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The 2016 Indian Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5–9 July 2016 at the HICC Novotel Hotel in Hyderabad, India. It was the second ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.
Hyderabad hosted the event for the first time, the previous venue being Grand Hyatt in Mumbai.
Michael White was the defending champion, but he lost 1–4 against Anthony Hamilton in the held over qualifying round.
Anthony McGill won the first ranking title of his career, defeating Kyren Wilson 5–2 in the final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £30,000.
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Hyderabad on 5 July 2016.
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 | Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 4–2 | Kamal Chawla (IND) |
| WC2 | Hamza Akbar (PAK) | w/d–w/o | Dilip Kumar (IND) |
| WC3 | Fraser Patrick (SCO) | w/d–w/o | Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND) |
| WC4 | Andrew Higginson (ENG) | 4–1 | Manan Chandra (IND) |
| WC5 | Fang Xiongman (CHN) | 2–4 | Pankaj Advani (IND) |
| WC6 | David Grace (ENG) | 4–1 | Lucky Vatnani (IND) |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Marcel Eckardt. HICC Novotel Hotel, Hyderabad, India, 9 July 2016. | ||
| Kyren Wilson England |
2–5 | Anthony McGill Scotland |
| 28–86, 88–16 (65), 27–83, 61–49 (50), 25–97 (96), 12–60, 39–50 | ||
| 65 | Highest break | 96 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 1 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 28 and 30 May 2016 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.
Century breaks
Televised stage centuries
Total: 23
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Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 9
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References
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- ^ a b c "Indian Open Format" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
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- ^ "Indian Open Qualifiers Draw" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
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- ^ "Indian Open Centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
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