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2016 Indian Open

Indian Open
Tournament information
Dates 5–9 July 2016
Venue HICC Novotel Hotel
City Hyderabad
Country India
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £300,000
Winner's share £50,000
Highest break England Mark King (142)
Final
Champion Scotland Anthony McGill
Runner-up England Kyren Wilson
Score 5–2
2015

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.

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £30,000.

These matches were played in Hyderabad on 5 July 2016.

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.


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