The final between Hunter and O'Brien was played as the best-of-19 frames over two on 11 February. There were 2,483 spectators in attendance. When Hunter missed the pink in the first frame, O'Brien won it after half an hour and took the second following Hunter's miss on the blue ball. Hunter won his first frame in the third before a break of 80 from O'Brien earned him frame four going into the interval. O'Brien took frames five and six after errors by Hunter, but Hunter won frame seven on a break of 52. The eighth frame which lasted 38 minutes, saw O'Brien lead Hunter 6–2 at the conclusion of the first session after Hunter potted the black while playing a shot on the brown.