International Open Series

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International Open Series
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Tournament information
Venue World Snooker Centre
Location Prestatyn
Country Wales
Established 2001/2002
Organisation(s) English Association of Snooker and Billiards
Format Amateur
Final year 2009/2010
Final champion(s) England Jack Lisowski

The International Open Series (often referred to as Pontins International Open Series or PIOS[1][2] for sponsorship purposes), was a series of snooker tournaments that ran from the 2001/2002 season until the 2009/2010 season. It was originally called the Open Tour but was renamed in 2005/2006.[3]

History

It was established to provide players not on the WPBSA Main Tour or Challenge Tour with professional competition, and the best performers were promoted to the Challenge Tour.[3] It was organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association during its first season, but the English Association of Snooker and Billiards took it over from 2002/2003.[3] Following the EASB's split from the WPBSA, the entry criteria were revised barring professional and non-English players from entering.[3] After the Challenge Tour was discontinued, the entry criteria were revised again to allow international amateur players to compete, and from 2005/2006 the competition promoted players directly to the Main Tour.[4] The series was abandoned after the 2009/2010 season and replaced by the Q School in the 2010/2011 season.

Event finals

Season Event Winner Runner-up Final score
Open Tour[3]
2001/2002 Event 1 England Mark Gray England Shaun Murphy 5–2
Event 2 England Brian Morgan Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez 5–2
Event 3 Finland Robin Hull Republic of Ireland Colm Gilcreest 5–4
Event 4 England Matthew Couch England Munraj Pal 5–3
Event 5 England Lee Spick England Mark Gray 5–3
Event 6 England Stuart Bingham England Matthew Selt 5–4
2002/2003 Event 1 Wales Ryan Day Wales James Reynolds 5–4
Event 2 Wales Ryan Day England Mark Gray 5–3
Event 3 England Rory McLeod England Mark Gray 5–2
Event 4 England Ricky Walden England Jamie Cope 5–1
2003/2004 Event 1 England David KL Taylor England Darren McVicar 4–3
Event 2 England James Tatton England Lee Richardson 4–2
Event 3 England Lee Richardson England Jamie Barratt 4–0
Event 4 England Sean Bullock England Andy Radford 4–0
Event 5 England Andy Radford England Mark Sutton 4–0
Event 6 England Eddie Cooper England Nick Spelman 4–2
Event 7 England Alan Trigg England Wayne Cooper 4–1
Event 8 England Paul Davison England Wayne Cooper 4–2
Final play-off England Wayne Cooper England Nick Spelman 5–1
International Open Series[4]
2005/2006 Event 1 China Tian Pengfei England Martin Gould 6–3
Event 2 England Mark Joyce England James Leadbetter 6–3
Event 3 China Liu Song England Stephen Rowlings 6–1
Event 4 Republic of Ireland Colm Gilcreest England Mark Joyce 6–3
Event 5 England Chris Melling England Paul Davison 6–5
Event 6 China Liu Song England Paul Davison 6–3
Event 7 China Tian Pengfei China Liu Song 6–3
Event 8 England Andrew Higginson England Jamie O'Neill 6–3
2006/2007 Event 1 England Munraj Pal Norway Kurt Maflin 6–3
Event 2 Northern Ireland Julian Logue England Alex Davies 6–5
Event 3 Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez Wales Lee Walker 6–5
Event 4 England Kuldesh Johal Wales Lee Walker 6–4
Event 5 Norway Kurt Maflin England Ashley Wright 6–3
Event 6 England Jamie O'Neill England Ashley Wright 6–2
Event 7 Belgium Bjorn Haneveer England Craig Steadman 6–2
Event 8 Scotland James McBain Norway Kurt Maflin 6–4
2007/2008 Event 1 England Simon Bedford England Gary Wilkinson 6–3
Event 2 England Kuldesh Johal Wales Andrew Pagett 6–4
Event 3 England Paul Davison England Michael King 6–2
Event 4 England Matthew Couch England Michael Wild 6–3
Event 5 England Peter Lines Wales Daniel Wells 6–5
Event 6 England Kuldesh Johal England Simon Bedford 6–5
Event 7 Wales Jamie Jones England Peter Lines 6–2
Event 8 England Liam Highfield England Justin Astley 6–2
2008/2009 Event 1 Belgium Bjorn Haneveer England Andrew Atkinson 6–2
Event 2 China Xiao Guodong Thailand Noppadol Sangnil 6–5
Event 3 Pakistan Shokat Ali Wales Michael White 6–3
Event 4 England Craig Steadman England Mike Hallett 6–1
Event 5 England Chris Norbury England Alfie Burden 6–2
Event 6 China Xiao Guodong England Jack Lisowski 6–0
Event 7 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh England Lee Page 6–3
Event 8 England Joe Jogia England Ben Woollaston 6–5
2009/2010 Event 1 England Jack Lisowski England Liam Highfield 6–5
Event 2 England Liam Highfield England Neal Jones 6–2
Event 3 England Paul Davison England Kyren Wilson 6–4
Event 4 Wales Jamie Jones Wales Jak Jones 6–0
Event 5 Scotland Anthony McGill England Farakh Ajaib 6–0
Event 6 England Kyren Wilson England Liam Highfield 6–4
Event 7 England Paul Davison England Justin Astley 6–2
Event 8 England Jack Lisowski England Justin Astley 6–1

Order of Merit winners

[4]

Season Winner
2005/2006 China Liu Song
2006/2007 Norway Kurt Maflin
2007/2008 England Kuldesh Johal
2008/2009 England Joe Jogia
2009/2010 England Jack Lisowski

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