It was televised on ITV4 Marco Fu made the 86th official maximum break during his round 4 qualifying match against Matthew Selt.

[3] Neil Robertson was the defending champion, but lost 2–5 against Stephen Lee in the second round.

Mark Allen won his first ranking title by defeating Stephen Lee 10–1 in the final.

[4] The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5]

[6][7][8][9] [6][7][8][9] These matches were held between 11 and 14 January 2012 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.