The 2014 Welsh Open (officially the 2014 BetVictor Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19 February and 2 March 2014 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.
[2][3] Stephen Maguire was the defending champion,[4] but he lost 3–4 against Joel Walker in the last 16.
[5] Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 26th ranking title by defeating Ding Junhui 9–3 in the final.
[6] This was O'Sullivan's third Welsh Open title after 2004 and 2005, to equal the record jointly held by John Higgins and Stephen Hendry.
[7] In the last frame of the final O'Sullivan made the 105th official maximum break.