2016 China Open (snooker)

BAIC Motor China OpenTournament information

Dates| 28 March – 3 April 2016 (2016-03-28 – 2016-04-03)
Venue| Beijing University Students' Gymnasium
City| Beijing
Country| China
Organisation| World Snooker
Format| Ranking event
Total prize fund| £510,000
Winner's share| £85,000
Highest break|  Stuart Bingham (ENG) (143)
Final
Champion|  Judd Trump (ENG)
Runner-up|  Ricky Walden (ENG)
Score| 10–4

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The 2016 BAIC Motor China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 28 March and 3 April 2016 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the ninth ranking event of the 2015–16 season.[1]

Mark Selby was the defending champion, but he withdrew for personal reasons.[2]

Judd Trump defeated Ricky Walden 10–4 in the final to win his fifth career ranking title.

## Prize fund

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The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

* Winner: £85,000
* Runner-up: £35,000
* Semi-final: £21,000
* Quarter-final: £12,500
* Last 16: £8,000
* Last 32: £6,500
* Last 64: £4,000

* Televised highest break: £2,000
* Total: £510,000

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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £15,000, but was not won.

## Wildcard round

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These matches were played in Beijing on 28 March 2016.

Match |  | Score |

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WC1 |  Martin O'Donnell (ENG) | 5–0 |  Wang Yuchen (CHN)
WC2 |  Andrew Higginson (ENG) | 3–5 |  Yuan Sijun (CHN)
WC3 |  Tian Pengfei (CHN) | 5–1 |  Niu Zhuang (CHN)
WC4 |  Ian Burns (ENG) | 5–3 |  Guan Zhen (CHN)

## Main draw

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| Last 64
Best of 9 frames | | | Last 32
Best of 9 frames | | | Last 16
Best of 9 frames | | | Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames | | | Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames | | | Final
Best of 19 frames |

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|  Darryl Hill | 5 | | | | | |
|  James Wattana | 3 |
| |  Darryl Hill | 3 |
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| | |  Dominic Dale | 5 |
|  Jamie Jones | 1 |

|  Dominic Dale | 5 |
| |  Dominic Dale | 1 |
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| | |  Stephen Maguire | 5 |
|  Michael White | 1 | |

|  Jack Lisowski | 5 |
| |  Jack Lisowski | 2 |
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| | |  Stephen Maguire | 5 |
|  Stephen Maguire | 5 |

|  Gary Wilson | 3 |
| |  Stephen Maguire | 5 |
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| | |  Alfie Burden | 1 |
|  Rhys Clark | 5 | | |

|  Mark Davis | 4 |
| |  Rhys Clark | 4 |
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| | |  Alfie Burden | 5 |
|  Alfie Burden | 5 |

|  Joe Perry | 0 |
| |  Alfie Burden | 5 |
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| | |  Rory McLeod | 1 |
|  Mike Dunn | 5 | |

|  Alan McManus | 4 |
| |  Mike Dunn | 2 |
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| | |  Rory McLeod | 5 |
|  Rory McLeod | 5 |

|  Mitchell Mann | 0 |
| |  Stephen Maguire | 0 |
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| | |  Judd Trump | 6 |
|  Judd Trump | w/o | | | |

|  Stuart Carrington | w/d |
| |  Judd Trump | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Jimmy Robertson | 1 |
|  Anthony McGill | 3 |

|  Jimmy Robertson | 5 |
| |  Judd Trump | 5 |
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| | |  Marco Fu | 1 |
|  Marco Fu | 5 | |

|  Yu De Lu | 2 |
| |  Marco Fu | 5 |
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| | |  Robert Milkins | 0 |
|  Robert Milkins | 5 |

|  Ross Muir | 4 |
| |  Judd Trump | 5 |
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| | |  Mark King | 3 |
|  Chris Wakelin | 4 | | |

|  Matthew Selt | 5 |
| |  Matthew Selt | 1 |
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| | |  Martin O'Donnell | 5 |
|  Joe Swail | 2 |

|  Martin O'Donnell | 5 |
| |  Martin O'Donnell | 0 |
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| | |  Mark King | 5 |
|  Mark King | 5 | |

|  Ali Carter | 2 |
| |  Mark King | 5 |
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| | |  Shaun Murphy | 3 |
|  David Grace | 3 |

|  Shaun Murphy | 5 |
| |  Judd Trump | 10 |
|  |
| | |  Ricky Walden | 4 |
|  Neil Robertson | 3 | | | | |

|  Noppon Saengkham | 5 |
| |  Noppon Saengkham | 5 |
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| | |  Ben Woollaston | 4 |
|  Ben Woollaston | w/o |

|  Adam Duffy | w/d |
| |  Noppon Saengkham | 5 |
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| | |  Graeme Dott | 1 |
|  Martin Gould | 0 | |

|  Yuan Sijun | 5 |
| |  Yuan Sijun | 2 |
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| | |  Graeme Dott | 5 |
|  Graeme Dott | 5 |

|  Matthew Stevens | 1 |
| |  Noppon Saengkham | 3 |
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| | |  John Higgins | 5 |
|  Gerard Greene | 1 | | |

|  David Gilbert | 5 |
| |  David Gilbert | 5 |
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| | |  Lee Walker | 1 |
|  Li Hang | 3 |

|  Lee Walker | 5 |
| |  David Gilbert | 3 |
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| | |  John Higgins | 5 |
|  Mark Joyce | 5 | |

|  Luca Brecel | 2 |
| |  Mark Joyce | 1 |
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| | |  John Higgins | 5 |
|  Zhou Yuelong | 2 |

|  John Higgins | 5 |
| |  John Higgins | 5 |
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| | |  Ricky Walden | 6 |
|  Barry Hawkins | 4 | | | |

|  Tian Pengfei | 5 |
| |  Tian Pengfei | 5 |
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| | |  Michael Holt | 2 |
|  Michael Holt | 5 |

|  Nigel Bond | 2 |
| |  Tian Pengfei | 4 |
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| | |  Ricky Walden | 5 |
|  Ricky Walden | w/o | |

|  Robin Hull | w/d |
| |  Ricky Walden | 5 |
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| | |  Ryan Day | 3 |
|  Ryan Day | 5 |

|  Dechawat Poomjaeng | 4 |
| |  Ricky Walden | 5 |
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| | |  Stuart Bingham | 1 |
|  Tom Ford | 3 | | |

|  Kyren Wilson | 5 |
| |  Kyren Wilson | 1 |
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| | |  Rod Lawler | 5 |
|  Rod Lawler | 5 |

|  Peter Lines | 1 |
| |  Rod Lawler | 2 |
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| | |  Stuart Bingham | 5 |
|  Ian Burns | 5 | |

|  Peter Ebdon | 0 |
| |  Ian Burns | 3 |
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| | |  Stuart Bingham | 5 |
|  Sam Baird | 3 |

|  Stuart Bingham | 5 |

## Final

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Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas.
Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 3 April 2016.

Judd Trump
England | 10–4  | Ricky Walden
England
Afternoon: 25–75 (71), 53–63, 65–33, 0–108 (108), 96–4 (90), 60–22, 72–60, 67–28 (59)
Evening: 67–40, 68–36, 65–35, 91–35 (69), 8–97 (64), 75–6 (55)
90  | Highest break  | 108
0  | Century breaks  | 1
4 | 50+ breaks  | 3

## Qualifying

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These matches were played from 9–11 February 2016 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England, except for 4 matches which were held over to be played in Beijing on 28 March 2016. All matches were best of 9 frames.

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Mark Selby | w/d–w/o |  Darryl Hill
David Morris | 3–5 |  James Wattana
Jamie Jones | 5–0 |  Lu Chenwei
Dominic Dale | 5–0 |  Hatem Yassen
Michael White | 5–4 |  Craig Steadman
Jack Lisowski | 5–1 |  Zhang Yong
Stephen Maguire | 5–3 |  Andy Hicks
Gary Wilson | 5–1 |  Paul Davison
Ken Doherty | 0–5 |  Rhys Clark
Mark Davis | 5–0 |  Steven Hallworth
Robbie Williams | 2–5 |  Alfie Burden
Joe Perry | 5–2 |  Fraser Patrick
Mike Dunn | 5–3 |  Ashley Hugill
Alan McManus | 5–4 |  Sydney Wilson
Rory McLeod | 5–4 |  James Cahill
Mark Allen | 2–5 |  Mitchell Mann
Judd Trump | 5–0 |  Joel Walker
Stuart Carrington | 5–1 |  Lu Ning
Anthony McGill | 5–1 |  Jake Nicholson
Jimmy Robertson | 5–0 |  Itaro Santos
Marco Fu | 5–2 |  Gareth Allen
Yu De Lu | 5–2 |  Vinnie Calabrese
Robert Milkins | 5–2 |  Daniel Wells
Jamie Burnett | 0–5 |  Ross Muir
Kurt Maflin | 3–5 |  Chris Wakelin
Matthew Selt | 5–2 |  Jamie Cope
Joe Swail | 5–3 |  Ian Glover
Mark Williams | 3–5 |  Martin O'Donnell
Mark King | 5–2 |  Hamza Akbar
Ali Carter | 5–1 |  Alex Taubman
David Grace | 5–1 |  Jason Weston
Shaun Murphy | 5–1 |  Zak Surety
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Neil Robertson | 5–3 |  Hossein Vafaei
Oliver Lines | 4–5 |  Noppon Saengkham
Ben Woollaston | 5–1 |  Zhao Xintong
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 3–5 |  Adam Duffy
Martin Gould | 5–1 |  Scott Donaldson
Andrew Higginson | 5–3 |  Liam Highfield
Graeme Dott | 5–4 |  Jimmy White
Matthew Stevens | 5–1 |  Chris Melling
Gerard Greene | 5–4 |  Oliver Brown
David Gilbert | 5–4 |  Duane Jones
Li Hang | 5–4 |  Thor Chuan Leong
Ding Junhui | 1–5[nb 1] |  Lee Walker
Mark Joyce | 5–3 |  Sean O'Sullivan
Luca Brecel | 5–1 |  Zhang Anda
Zhou Yuelong | 5–1 |  Jordan Brown
John Higgins | 5–2 |  Michael Wasley
Barry Hawkins | 5–0 |  Sanderson Lam
Tian Pengfei | 5–3 |  Leo Fernandez
Michael Holt | 5–1 |  Matthew Day
Xiao Guodong | 2–5 |  Nigel Bond
Ricky Walden | 5–4 |  Barry Pinches
Robin Hull | 5–1 |  Eden Sharav
Ryan Day | 5–1 |  Brett Miller
Dechawat Poomjaeng | 5–4 |  Michael Leslie
Tom Ford | 5–2 |  Michael Wild
Kyren Wilson | 5–3 |  Anthony Hamilton
Rod Lawler | 5–4 |  Hammad Miah
Liang Wenbo | 2–5[nb 1] |  Peter Lines
Fergal O'Brien | 4–5 |  Ian Burns
Peter Ebdon | 5–4 |  Michael Georgiou
Sam Baird | 5–3 |  Allan Taylor
Stuart Bingham | 5–0[nb 1] |  Cao Yupeng

## Century breaks

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### Qualifying stage centuries

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* 142, 108 – Ryan Day
* 140 – Joe Perry
* 137, 123 – Anthony Hamilton
* 136, 104 – Shaun Murphy
* 135 – Tian Pengfei
* 132 – Jamie Cope
* 132 – Neil Robertson
* 129 – Marco Fu
* 128, 109 – Barry Hawkins
* 125, 108, 103, 100 – Kyren Wilson
* 125 – Lu Ning
* 124 – Chris Wakelin
* 123 – Noppon Saengkham
* 121 – John Higgins
* 115 – Matthew Stevens

* 113 – Dominic Dale
* 110 – Dechawat Poomjaeng
* 108 – Judd Trump
* 106, 100 – Michael Holt
* 104 – Rhys Clark
* 104 – Peter Ebdon
* 104 – Stephen Maguire
* 103, 100 – Ben Woollaston
* 103 – Michael Georgiou
* 103 – Robert Milkins
* 102 – Mitchell Mann
* 101 – Mark Joyce
* 100 – Eden Sharav
* 100 – Mark Allen

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### Televised stage centuries

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* 143, 128, 119, 109 – Stuart Bingham
* 136 – Ding Junhui
* 135 – Ian Burns
* 135, 131, 113, 108 – Ricky Walden
* 133, 108 – Tian Pengfei
* 123, 115, 111 – Marco Fu
* 120, 103 – Zhou Yuelong
* 117, 116 – Alfie Burden
* 116 – Mark Joyce
* 115, 102 – David Gilbert
* 114 – John Higgins

* 110, 109, 100 – Judd Trump
* 109, 105, 101 – Dominic Dale
* 106, 106 – Neil Robertson
* 106 – Ben Woollaston
* 105 – Alan McManus
* 102 – Yuan Sijun
* 101 – Stephen Maguire
* 101 – Ryan Day
* 100 – Michael Holt
* 100 – Anthony McGill

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## Notes

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1. ^ a b c Match held over and played in Beijing.

## References

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1. ^ "China Open - World Snooker". World Snooker.
2. ^ "Selby Withdraws From Two Ranking Events". World Snooker.
3. ^ "China Open Qualifiers: centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
4. ^ "China Open: centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

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