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Welsh Open 2007 Snooker Ranking - Qualifying

The Welsh Open gets underway in Newport on 12th February and cuef@cts take a look at the recent qualifying rounds to see who is in form coming into the event.

Heavy scoring and break-building has become the key to success in recent years as Ronnie O’Sullivan and Ding Junhui demonstrated in the recent Saga Insurance Masters at Wembley.

The Welsh Open qualifying also had its share of and one name really stands out to cuef@cts.

Ricky Walden – the Englishman based in North Wales made the short trip to Prestatyn and proceeded to make three century breaks in six frames, setting a century-break rate of 2.00, the best we have seen in qualifying all season.

Walden, is gradually living up to his ‘Young Player of Distinction’ billing and on this form looks set to join the Murphy and Maguire as ranking tournament winning YPD’s.

Other impressive performers to look out for in Newport are Royal London Watches Grand Prix runner-up, Jamie Cope, who averaged over 90-points per frame in his final qualifying match and Andrew Higginson who dropped only four frames and will be looking to build on his good form in the Malta Cup.

Ian Preece, will also be looking to use his home-advantage as he qualifies for the event for the first time. The Newport-based player has been improving all season and lost just three frames in as many matches, so could be on the verge of something special in his hometown

% Frame Wins - Welsh Open 2007 (Qualifying)
Percentage of frames won by an individual player.
Rank	Player	Frames	% Frame Wins
1	Jamie Cope	5	100.00
2	Adrian Gunnell	5	100.00
3	Dave Gilbert	6	83.33
4	Ian Preece	18	83.33
5	Ricky Wladen	6	83.33
6	Andrew Higginson	19	78.95
7	Michael Judge	7	71.43
8	Liang Wenbo	21	71.43
9	Mark Allen	15	66.67
10	Gerard Greene	8	62.50

Scoring - Welsh Open 2007 (Qualifying)
Total number of points scored by an individual player.
Rank	Player	Frames	Total Points
1	Liang Wenbo	21	1415
2	Andrew Higginson	19	1336
3	David Morris	23	1296
4	Ben Woolaston	24	1296
5	Ian Preece	18	1193
6	Jamie Burnett	17	1027
7	Alex Borg	21	995
8	Lee Spick	14	985
9	Rory Mcleod	17	960
10	Joe Delaney	17	859

Scoring Averages - Welsh Open 2007 (Qualifying)
Average number of points scored by an individual player in a frame.
Rank	Player	Average Score
1	Jamie Cope	92.80
2	Ricky Walden	85.67
3	Adrian Gunnell	74.30
4	Dave Gilbert	73.83
5	Lee Spick	70.36
6	Andrew Higginson	70.32
7	Liang Wenbo	67.38
8	Ian Preece	66.28
9	Jamie Burnett	60.41
10	Jamie Jones	58.62

Highest Breaks - Welsh Open 2007 (Qualifying)
Highest breaks made by an individual player.
Rank	Player	Highest Break
1	Ricky Walden	139
2	Lee Spick	136
3	Ian Preece	134
4	John Parrott	132
5	Jamie Cope	131
6	Mark Davis	128
7	Mark Allen	127
8	Andrew Higginson	127
9	Stuart Pettman	122
10	Rory Mcleod	118

Century Breaks - Welsh Open 2007 (Qualifying)
Number of century breaks made by an individual player.
Rank	Player	No. of Centuries
1	Ricky Walden	3
2	Judd Trump	3
3	Liang Wenbo	3
4	Mark Davis	2
5	Ian Preece	2
6	Andrew Higginson	2
7	Jamie Cope	1
8	Dave Gilbert	1
9	Mark Boyle	1
10	Joe Jogia	1

100+ Break Rate - Welsh Open 2007 (Qualifying)
Number of frames per century break.
Rank	Player	Break Rate
1	Ricky Walden	2.00
2	Mark Davis	4.50
3	Judd Trump	4.67
4	Jamie Cope	5.00
5	Dave Gilbert	6.00
6	Mark Boyle	7.00
7	Joe Jogia	7.00
8	Liang Wenbo	7.00
9	Chris Norbury	8.00
10	Passakorn Suwannawat	8.00

50+ Breaks - Welsh Open 2007 (Qualifying)
Number of 50+ breaks made by an individual player.
Rank	Player	50+ Breaks
1	Liang Wenbo	11
2	Andrew Higginson	8
3	Ben Woolaston	8
4	Lee Spick	7
5	Judd Trump	7
6	Jamie Burnett	7
7	Jamie Jones	5
8	Tony Drago	5
9	Jimmy Michie	5
10	Michael Judge	4

50+ Break Rate - Welsh Open 2007 (Qualifying)
Number of frames per 50+ break
Rank	Player	Break Rate
1	Adrian Gunnell	1.67
2	Michael Judge	1.75
3	Liang Wenbo	1.91
4	Lee Spick	2.00
5	Judd Trump	2.00
6	Ricky Walden	2.00
7	Paul Wykes	2.00
8	Andrew Higginson	2.38
9	Jamie Burnett	2.43
10	Jamie Cope	2.50