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2008 Jiangsu Classic
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tournament_name | Guolian Securities Jiangsu Classic |
| dates | |
| venue | Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium |
| Wuxi Sports Center | |
| location | Nanjing |
| Wuxi | |
| country | China |
| organisation | WPBSA |
| format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £64,000 |
| winners_share | £20,000 |
| highest_break | 110 |
| winner | CHN Ding Junhui |
| runner_up | ENG Mark Selby |
| score | 6–5 |
| previous | First |
| next | 2009 |
Wuxi Sports Center Wuxi
The 2008 Guolian Securities Jiangsu Classic was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4 and 8 June 2008 in two cities in the Jiangsu Province, China.
The round-robin stage consisted of two groups of six players, eight top 16 players and four Chinese wild cards. The final was staged at the Wuxi Sports Center in Wuxi, while the rest of the tournament had been held at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Nanjing.
Ding Junhui, the only player to have won all his matches, delighted his home crowd by taking the title with a tense final frame decider defeat of Mark Selby. TOC
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner: £20,000
- Runner-Up: £9,000
- Semi-final: £4,000
- 3rd place in group: £2,000
- 4th place in group: £1,000
- Appearance Fees for 8 professionals: £2,500
- Highest break: £1,000
- Total: £64,000
Round-robin stage
Group A
| POS | Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ENG Joe Perry | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 5 |
| 2 | WAL Ryan Day | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
| 3 | China Jin Long | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | ENG Shaun Murphy | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 |
| 5 | China Liang Wenbo | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 1 |
| 6 | AUS Neil Robertson | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 |
(breaks above 50 shown between brackets), breaks 100 and above will be indicated bold.
- Shaun Murphy 2–0 Jin Long → (80) 137–0, (65) 107–0
- Neil Robertson 0–2 Liang Wenbo → 54–59, 3–115 (89)
- Ryan Day 0–2 Joe Perry → 43–65, 9–63 (62)
- Shaun Murphy 2–1 Liang Wenbo → 72–52, 1–85 (76), 69–18
- Ryan Day 2–1 Neil Robertson → 73–50, 30–68 (64), (59) 68–23
- Shaun Murphy 1–2 Neil Robertson → 7–81, 72-(52), 37–71
- Joe Perry 2–1 Jin Long → 72–23, 40–72, 77–40
- Ryan Day 2–1 Jin Long → 0-(86), (100)-0, (73) 77–0
- Joe Perry 2–1 Liang Wenbo → 40–76, 61–44, (77) 83–1
- Ryan Day 2–0 Liang Wenbo → (91) 92–28, (89)-20
- Shaun Murphy 0–2 Joe Perry → 44–64, ?-?
- Neil Robertson 0–2 Jin Long → 26–59 (59), 8–92
- Liang Wenbo 0–2 Jin Long → 40–80, 0–91 (62)
- Neil Robertson 0–2 Joe Perry → 6–94, 43–92 (81)
- Shaun Murphy 0–2 Ryan Day → 7–98 (62), 58–70
Group B
| POS | Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China Ding Junhui | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 5 |
| 2 | ENG Mark Selby | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 3 |
| 3 | ENG Peter Ebdon | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 2 |
| 4 | China Liu Chuang | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 |
| 5 | ENG Ali Carter | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 |
| 6 | China Li Hang | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 1 |
(breaks above 50 shown between brackets), breaks 100 and above will be indicated bold.
- Mark Selby 2–1 → Li Hang 57–7, 2–66 (64), (100) 119–4
- Peter Ebdon 1–2 Liu Chuang → (66) 79–25, (53)-55, 35–59
- Ali Carter 0–2 Ding Junhui → 15–109 (108), 2–64
- Mark Selby 2–0 Liu Chuang → (102) 111–0, (86)-33
- Ali Carter 2–1 Peter Ebdon → (68) 69–0, 0–102 (93), 68–35
- Ding Junhui 2–1 Li Hang → (72)-0, 31–70 (54), 85–44
- Mark Selby 1–2 Peter Ebdon → 71–43, 16-(100), 20–82 (68)
- Ali Carter 0–2 Li Hang → 0–79 (75), 4–50
- Ding Junhui 2–0 Liu Chuang → (77) 78–11, 61–54
- Ali Carter 2–1 Liu Chuang → 68–52, 23–72, 62–55
- Mark Selby 0–2 Ding Junhui → 10-(110), 30–69
- Peter Ebdon 2–1 Li Hang → (60) 84–8, 35–73, 66–17
- Liu Chuang 2–0 Li Hang → 68–8, 65–18
- Peter Ebdon 1–2 Ding Junhui → 2–76, (59) 77–0, 66–68
- Mark Selby 2–1 Ali Carter → (62) 67–24, 0–124 (52,72), (72)-1
Knock-out stages
Best of 11 frames | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1= ENG Joe Perry | RD1-score1= 1 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2= ENG Mark Selby* | RD1-score2= 4 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3= CHN Ding Junhui** | RD1-score3=4 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4= WAL Ryan Day | RD1-score4= 0 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=ENG Mark Selby | RD2-score1= 5 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= CHN Ding Junhui | RD2-score2= 6
- 32–71, (51) 75–43, 1–75 (52), 1–81 (74), 22–97 (81)
** (52) 75–21, (81) 85–0, (75) 120–1, (108) 120–0
Final
| 4 | 50+ breaks | 4 |
|---|
Century breaks
- 110, 108, 108 Ding Junhui
- 102, 100 Mark Selby
- 100 Ryan Day
- 100 Peter Ebdon
References
References
- Turner, Chris. "China International, China Open, Shanghai Masters, Jiangsu/Wuxi Classic". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive.
- "2008 Guolian Securities Jiangsu Snooker Classic".
- "Top Snooker: 2008 Jiangsu Classic Information & Draw".
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