[1] Robert Milkins defeated Kyren Wilson 4–2 in the final to win the first ranking title of his 27-year professional career.

Aged 46, Milkins became the oldest first-time winner of a ranking event since Doug Mountjoy won the 1988 UK Championship.

[2] John Higgins secured the European Series bonus of £150,000, awarded to the player who won the most cumulative prize money over the eight tournaments.

Stuart Bingham made the highest break of the tournament, a 147 in the final frame of his first-round match with Gerard Greene.

Additionally, bad weather in Gibraltar led to a number of flights being diverted to Málaga, where some players travelling on non-British passports did not meet Spanish visa requirements and had to return to the UK.

[11][12][13] The Gibraltar Open was the concluding event of the 2021–22 European Series,[9] which carried a £150,000 bonus for the player who won the most cumulative prize money over its eight tournaments.