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China Open (snooker)
Snooker tournament in China (1997–2019)
Snooker tournament in China (1997–2019)
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| tournament_name | China Open | |
| image | [[File:China Open Snooker Logo.jpg | 250px]] |
| location | Beijing | |
| country | China | |
| establishment | 1997 | |
| organisation | World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association | |
| format | Ranking event | |
| prizefund | £1,000,000 | |
| final year | 2019 | |
| Final Champion | AUS Neil Robertson |
The China Open was a professional snooker tournament. It was one of a number of ranking tournaments and began in 1997. The final champion is Neil Robertson, who won the event in 2019.
History
The first international snooker tournament in China was the China International in September 1997, a non-ranking tournament for the top 16 players and local players. The following season the tournament became ranking and was held in March. Then the name of the event was changed to China Open and was held in December, so there were two events in 1999. After the 2002 tournament the event was abandoned.
The event was revived for the 2004/05 season. Local wild-card players were invited to play against the qualifiers. The three Chinese players on the tour were invited to play as wild-cards, rather than qualify the usual way. Ding Junhui was one of them, and he won the tournament, but as he entered as a wild-card, he received no prize money nor ranking points.
The last edition of the tournament in 2019 took place at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Chaoyang District, Beijing in early April, and it was usually the last ranking event before the World Championship. The 2020 edition was scheduled to take place, but the COVID-19 pandemic caused it to be cancelled: the subsequent restrictions meant it was not staged through 2021, 2022 and 2023. Despite the COVID restrictions ending in China, the tournament has not been restored to the calendar, with new events in Wuhan and Xi'an being staged in its place.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Final score | Host city | Season | China International (non-ranking) | China International (ranking) | China Open (ranking) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | ENG Steve Davis | ENG Jimmy White | 7–4 | Beijing | 1997/98 | |||
| 1999 | SCO John Higgins | SCO Billy Snaddon | 9–3 | Shanghai | 1998/99 | |||
| 1999 | ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan | ENG Stephen Lee | 9–2 | Shanghai | 1999/00 | |||
| 2000 | ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan | WAL Mark Williams | 9–3 | Shenzhen | 2000/01 | |||
| 2002 | WAL Mark Williams | ENG Anthony Hamilton | 9–8 | Shanghai | 2001/02 | |||
| 2005 | CHN Ding Junhui | SCO Stephen Hendry | 9–5 | Beijing | 2004/05 | |||
| 2006 | WAL Mark Williams | SCO John Higgins | 9–8 | 2005/06 | ||||
| 2007 | SCO Graeme Dott | ENG Jamie Cope | 9–5 | 2006/07 | ||||
| 2008 | SCO Stephen Maguire | ENG Shaun Murphy | 10–9 | 2007/08 | ||||
| 2009 | ENG Peter Ebdon | SCO John Higgins | 10–8 | 2008/09 | ||||
| 2010 | WAL Mark Williams | CHN Ding Junhui | 10–6 | 2009/10 | ||||
| 2011 | ENG Judd Trump | ENG Mark Selby | 10–8 | 2010/11 | ||||
| 2012 | ENG Peter Ebdon | SCO Stephen Maguire | 10–9 | 2011/12 | ||||
| 2013 | AUS Neil Robertson | ENG Mark Selby | 10–6 | 2012/13 | ||||
| 2014 | CHN Ding Junhui | AUS Neil Robertson | 10–5 | 2013/14 | ||||
| 2015 | ENG Mark Selby | ENG Gary Wilson | 10–2 | 2014/15 | ||||
| 2016 | ENG Judd Trump | ENG Ricky Walden | 10–4 | 2015/16 | ||||
| 2017 | ENG Mark Selby | WAL Mark Williams | 10–8 | 2016/17 | ||||
| 2018 | ENG Mark Selby | ENG Barry Hawkins | 11–3 | 2017/18 | ||||
| 2019 | AUS Neil Robertson | ENG Jack Lisowski | 11–4 | 2018/19 | ||||
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | 2019/20 |
Records
Statistics
- Highest break: 147
- James Wattana (1997)
- Stephen Maguire (2008)
- Neil Robertson (2010)
- Judd Trump (2017)
- Stuart Bingham (2018)
- Ronnie O'Sullivan (2018)
- Stuart Bingham (2019)
Finalists
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Winner | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 3 | {{sortname | Ding | Junhui | Ding Junhui}} | 2 | |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 9 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 11 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 |
References
References
- Turner, Chris. "China International, China Open, Shanghai Masters, Jiangsu/Wuxi Classic". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive.
- "Hall of Fame". Snooker.org.
- "China Open scores and schedule". [[BBC Sport]].
- "Bank of Beijing China Open (2013)". Snooker.org.
- "China Open (2014)". Snooker.org.
- "Baic Motor China Open (2015)". Snooker.org.
- "Baic Motor China Open (2016)". Snooker.org.
- "Bank of Beijing China Open (2017)". Snooker.org.
- "Fuhua Group China Open (2018)". Snooker.org.
- "XingPai China Open (2019)". Snooker.org.
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