2017 China Open (snooker)

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Dates| 27 March – 2 April 2017 (2017-03-27 – 2017-04-02)
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|  Judd Trump (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion|  Mark Selby (ENG)
Runner-up|  Mark Williams (WAL)
Score| 10–8

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The 2017 China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 27 March and 2 April 2017 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the 18th and penultimate ranking event of the 2016–17 season. The tournament was broadcast in Europe on Eurosport and Eurosport Player.

Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals to Hossein Vafaei.

Mark Selby defeated Mark Williams 10–8 in the final to win his second China Open title and 11th career ranking title overall.[1][2]

Trump made the 130th official maximum break and the third of his career in the fifth frame of his 5–3 win over Tian Pengfei in the third round.[3]

## 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: £30,000.

## Wildcard round

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These matches were played in Beijing on 27 March 2017.

Match |  | Score |

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WC1 |  Robbie Williams (ENG) | w/d–w/o |  Fan Zhengyi (CHN)
WC2 |  Jimmy White (ENG) | 5–1 |  Li Yuan (CHN)
WC3 |  Li Hang (CHN) | 5–1 |  Luo Honghao (CHN)
WC4 |  Alex Borg (MLT) | 4–5 |  Niu Zhuang (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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|  Judd Trump | 5 | | | | | |
|  Ashley Hugill | 1 |
| |  Judd Trump | 5 |
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| | |  Eden Sharav | 0 |
|  Eden Sharav | 5 |

|  Ross Muir | 0 |
| |  Judd Trump | 5 |
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| | |  Tian Pengfei | 3 |
|  Anthony McGill | 3 | |

|  Tian Pengfei | 5 |
| |  Tian Pengfei | 5 |
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| | |  Martin Gould | 3 |
|  Martin Gould | 5 |

|  Fan Zhengyi | 1 |
| |  Judd Trump | 3 |
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| | |  Hossein Vafaei | 5 |
|  Mike Dunn | 5 | | |

|  Andy Hicks | 3 |
| |  Mike Dunn | 3 |
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| | |  Rory McLeod | 5 |
|  Rory McLeod | 5 |

|  Liang Wenbo | 2 |
| |  Rory McLeod | 3 |
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| | |  Hossein Vafaei | 5 |
|  Kurt Maflin | 3 | |

|  Ben Woollaston | 5 |
| |  Ben Woollaston | 4 |
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| | |  Hossein Vafaei | 5 |
|  Hossein Vafaei | 5 |

|  Joe Perry | 2 |
| |  Hossein Vafaei | 1 |
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| | |  Mark Williams | 6 |
|  Shaun Murphy | 5 | | | |

|  Allan Taylor | 2 |
| |  Shaun Murphy | 5 |
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| | |  Gary Wilson | 1 |
|  Graeme Dott | 3 |

|  Gary Wilson | 5 |
| |  Shaun Murphy | 5 |
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| | |  Michael White | 1 |
|  Ali Carter | 5 | |

|  Stuart Carrington | 0 |
| |  Ali Carter | 3 |
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| | |  Michael White | 5 |
|  Michael White | 5 |

|  Yu Delu | 3 |
| |  Shaun Murphy | 1 |
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| | |  Mark Williams | 5 |
|  Jimmy White | 3 | | |

|  Michael Holt | 5 |
| |  Michael Holt | 2 |
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| | |  Mark Williams | 5 |
|  Zhang Anda | 1 |

|  Mark Williams | 5 |
| |  Mark Williams | 5 |
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| | |  John Higgins | 4 |
|  Rhys Clark | 4 | |

|  Mark Davis | 5 |
| |  Mark Davis | 2 |
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| | |  John Higgins | 5 |
|  Ian Burns | 1 |

|  John Higgins | 5 |
| |  Mark Williams | 8 |
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| | |  Mark Selby | 10 |
|  Stuart Bingham | 5 | | | | |

|  Scott Donaldson | 3 |
| |  Stuart Bingham | 5 |
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| | |  Noppon Saengkham | 2 |
|  Robert Milkins | 3 |

|  Noppon Saengkham | 5 |
| |  Stuart Bingham | 2 |
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| | |  Kyren Wilson | 5 |
|  Kyren Wilson | 5 | |

|  Xiao Guodong | 3 |
| |  Kyren Wilson | 5 |
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| | |  Sanderson Lam | 2 |
|  Mark King | 4 |

|  Sanderson Lam | 5 |
| |  Kyren Wilson | 5 |
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| | |  Ding Junhui | 1 |
|  Mark Joyce | 5 | | |

|  Fraser Patrick | 4 |
| |  Mark Joyce | 5 |
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| | |  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4 |
|  Gareth Allen | 0 |

|  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5 |
| |  Mark Joyce | 3 |
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| | |  Ding Junhui | 5 |
|  Zhou Yuelong | 5 | |

|  Matthew Selt | 1 |
| |  Zhou Yuelong | 0 |
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| | |  Ding Junhui | 5 |
|  Paul Davison | 0 |

|  Ding Junhui | 5 |
| |  Kyren Wilson | 4 |
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| | |  Mark Selby | 6 |
|  Daniel Wells | 5 | | | |

|  Jamie Cope | 3 |
| |  Daniel Wells | 5 |
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| | |  Matthew Stevens | 2 |
|  Alan McManus | 1 |

|  Matthew Stevens | 5 |
| |  Daniel Wells | 1 |
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| | |  Stephen Maguire | 5 |
|  Aditya Mehta | 4 | |

|  Li Hang | 5 |
| |  Li Hang | 3 |
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| | |  Stephen Maguire | 5 |
|  Stephen Maguire | 5 |

|  Fergal O'Brien | 3 |
| |  Stephen Maguire | 1 |
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| | |  Mark Selby | 5 |
|  Andrew Higginson | 5 | | |

|  David Gilbert | 3 |
| |  Andrew Higginson | 5 |
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| | |  Ricky Walden | 4 |
|  Niu Zhuang | 1 |

|  Ricky Walden | 5 |
| |  Andrew Higginson | 4 |
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| | |  Mark Selby | 5 |
|  Jimmy Robertson | 0 | |

|  Martin O'Donnell | 5 |
| |  Martin O'Donnell | 1 |
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| | |  Mark Selby | 5 |
|  Alfie Burden | 0 |

|  Mark Selby | 5 |

## Final

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Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas.
Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 2 April 2017.

Mark Williams
Wales | 8–10 | Mark Selby
England
Afternoon: 9–122 (54), 3–100 (100), 124–0 (124), 6–113 (109), 82–1 (82), 46–73 (50), 71–47, 23–80, 106–32 (106)
Evеning: 75–1 (68), 22–76 (55), 91–29 (65), 81–0 (81), 0–99 (95), 70–55, 0–70 (70), 4–129 (124), 16–86
124 | Highest break  | 124
2  | Century breaks  | 3
6  | 50+ breaks  | 8

## Qualifying

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These matches were played from 24 to 27 January 2017 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England, except for 4 matches which were held over and played in Beijing on 27 March 2017. All matches were best of 9 frames.[5]

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Judd Trump | 5–0[nb 1] |  Jason Weston
Anthony Hamilton | 2–5 |  Ashley Hugill
Jamie Jones | 3–5 |  Eden Sharav
Dominic Dale | 2–5 |  Ross Muir
Anthony McGill | 5–1 |  Peter Lines
Tian Pengfei | 5–1 |  Ian Preece
Martin Gould | 5–2 |  Lee Walker
Robbie Williams | 5–1 |  Jamie Curtis-Barrett
Mike Dunn | 5–2 |  Elliot Slessor
Luca Brecel | 3–5 |  Andy Hicks
Rory McLeod | 5–2 |  Daniel Womersley
Liang Wenbo | 5–0[nb 1] |  Itaro Santos
Kurt Maflin | 5–1 |  Adam Duffy
Ben Woollaston | 5–1 |  Igor Figueiredo
Dechawat Poomjaeng | 4–5 |  Hossein Vafaei
Joe Perry | 5–0 |  David John
Shaun Murphy | 5–1 |  Sydney Wilson
Ken Doherty | 3–5 |  Allan Taylor
Graeme Dott | 5–3 |  Jak Jones
Gary Wilson | 5–2 |  Duane Jones
Ali Carter | w/o–w/d |  Hamza Akbar
Stuart Carrington | 5–1 |  Wang Yuchen
Michael White | 5–4 |  Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn
Yu Delu | 5–0 |  Hammad Miah
Sam Baird | 4–5 |  Jimmy White
Michael Holt | 5–4 |  Liam Highfield
Oliver Lines | 3–5 |  Zhang Anda
Mark Williams | 5–3 |  Zhao Xintong
Peter Ebdon | 2–5 |  Rhys Clark
Mark Davis | 5–0 |  Yan Bingtao
Ian Burns | 5–1 |  Thor Chuan Leong
John Higgins | 5–0 |  Darryl Hill
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Stuart Bingham | 5–4 |  James Wattana
Chris Wakelin | 2–5 |  Scott Donaldson
Robert Milkins | 5–3 |  Mei Xiwen
Tom Ford | 3–5 |  Noppon Saengkham
Kyren Wilson | 5–2 |  Michael Georgiou
Xiao Guodong | 5–3 |  John Astley
Mark King | 5–1 |  Marc Davis
David Grace | 2–5 |  Sanderson Lam
Mark Joyce | 5–4 |  Mitchell Mann
Ryan Day | 2–5 |  Fraser Patrick
Robin Hull | 4–5 |  Gareth Allen
Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5–3 |  James Cahill
Zhou Yuelong | 5–4 |  Michael Wild
Matthew Selt | 5–0 |  Craig Steadman
Joe Swail | 3–5 |  Paul Davison
Ding Junhui | 5–3[nb 1] |  Sean O'Sullivan
Marco Fu | 3–5 |  Daniel Wells
Rod Lawler | 2–5 |  Jamie Cope
Alan McManus | 5–1 |  Chen Zhe
Matthew Stevens | 5–3 |  Josh Boileau
Barry Hawkins | 2–5 |  Aditya Mehta
Li Hang | 5–3 |  Fang Xiongman
Stephen Maguire | 5–0 |  Boonyarit Keattikun
Fergal O'Brien | 5–3 |  Nigel Bond
Andrew Higginson | 5–1 |  Christopher Keogan
David Gilbert | 5–1 |  Kurt Dunham
Jack Lisowski | 1–5 |  Alex Borg
Ricky Walden | 5–1 |  Zhang Yong
Jimmy Robertson | 5–3 |  Cao Yupeng
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 4–5 |  Martin O'Donnell
Alfie Burden | 5–2 |  Sunny Akani
Mark Selby | 5–3[nb 1] |  Adam Stefanów

## Century breaks

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### Televised stage centuries

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Total: 54[6]

* 147, 135, 122, 108, 105, 102 – Judd Trump
* 140 – Zhang Anda
* 138, 127, 123, 109 – Ding Junhui
* 137, 108 – Mark Joyce
* 136, 126, 124, 113, 109, 104, 101, 100 – Mark Selby
* 135, 118, 101 – Michael White
* 133, 124 – Martin O'Donnell
* 132, 106 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
* 131 – David Gilbert
* 130, 101 – Kyren Wilson
* 129, 114, 100 – Stephen Maguire
* 125 – Ricky Walden

* 124, 106, 103 – Mark Williams
* 123 – Gary Wilson
* 120 – Xiao Guodong
* 114 – Martin Gould
* 113, 104, 101, 101 – Shaun Murphy
* 109 – Aditya Mehta
* 108 – Rory McLeod
* 106, 100 – Hossein Vafaei
* 106 – Rhys Clark
* 105 – Andrew Higginson
* 103, 100 – Ben Woollaston
* 103 – Daniel Wells

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### Qualifying stage centuries

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Total: 22[7]

* 137 – Marco Fu
* 136 – Joe Perry
* 134 – Liam Highfield
* 130 – Stuart Carrington
* 126 – Luca Brecel
* 125 – Stephen Maguire
* 125 – Stuart Bingham
* 119 – Lee Walker
* 116 – Fraser Patrick
* 115 – Tian Pengfei
* 113 – Mitchell Mann

* 111 – Mark King
* 108 – Rhys Clark
* 107 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
* 107 – Michael Holt
* 104 – John Astley
* 102 – Jamie Jones
* 102 – Martin Gould
* 102 – Zhou Yuelong
* 101 – Fergal O'Brien
* 100 – Gary Wilson
* 100 – Xiao Guodong

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## Notes

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

## References

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1. ^ "China Open: Mark Selby beats Mark Williams 10-8 ahead of World Championship". BBC Sport. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
2. ^ "Selby King In Beijing". World Snooker. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
3. ^ "Judd Trump makes maximum 147 break in China Open last-16 victory". BBC. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
4. ^ "China Open / Matches". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
5. ^ "China Open Qualifying Round Draw and Format". World Snooker. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
6. ^ "China Open / Centuries". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 2017-05-07. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
7. ^ "China Open Qualifiers / Centuries". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

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