2019 China Open (snooker)

Snooker tournament, April 2019.

2019 XingPai China OpenTournament information

Dates| 1–7 April 2019 (2019-04-01 – 2019-04-07)
Venue| Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
City| Beijing
Country| China
Organisation| World Snooker
Format| Ranking event
Total prize fund| £1,000,000
Winner's share| £225,000
Highest break|  Stuart Bingham (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion|  Neil Robertson (AUS)
Runner-up|  Jack Lisowski (ENG)
Score| 11–4

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Snooker tournament

The 2019 XingPai China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 1–7 April 2019 in Beijing, China.[1] It was the nineteenth and penultimate ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.

Neil Robertson won his second China Open title, and the 16th ranking title of his career, defeating Jack Lisowski 11–4 in the final.[2]

Mark Selby was the two-time reigning champion, having defended his 2017 title with an 11–3 win against Barry Hawkins in the 2018 final.[3] However, he lost 3–6 to Craig Steadman in qualifying.

Stuart Bingham made the highest break of the event, with his fifth 147 break of his career in his second round match with Peter Ebdon. It was the 151st 147 in snooker history.

## Prize fund

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The breakdown of prize money is shown below.[4]

* Winner: £225,000
* Runner-up: £90,000
* Semi-final: £45,000
* Quarter-final: £27,000
* Last 16: £18,000
* Last 32: £11,000
* Last 64: £5,000

* Televised highest break: £7,000
* Total: £1,000,000

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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £20,000

## Main draw

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| Last 64
Best of 11 frames| | Last 32
Best of 11 frames| | Last 16
Best of 11 frames| | Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames| | Semi-finals
Best of 19 frames| | Final
Best of 21 frames

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|  Craig Steadman| 6

|  Dominic Dale| 5 |

|  Craig Steadman| 5

| |  Liang Wenbo| 6 |

|  Liang Wenbo| 6

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|  Gary Wilson| 3 |

|  Liang Wenbo| 2

| |  Sam Craigie| 6 |

|  Ryan Day| 1

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|  Sam Craigie| 6 |

|  Sam Craigie| 6

| |  Ali Carter| 4 |

|  Ali Carter| 6

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|  Kurt Maflin| 5 |

|  Sam Craigie | 0

| |  Neil Robertson| 6 |

|  Mei Xiwen| 6

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|  Marco Fu| 3 |

|  Mei Xiwen| 3

| |  Neil Robertson| 6 |

|  Kishan Hirani| 2

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|  Neil Robertson| 6 |

|  Neil Robertson| 6

| |  Lu Ning| 0 |

|  Alexander Ursenbacher| 1

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|  Mark King| 6 |

|  Mark King| 2

| |  Lu Ning| 6 |

|  Lu Ning| 6

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|  Barry Hawkins| 5 |

|  Neil Robertson| 10

| |  Luca Brecel| 7 |

|  Pang Junxu| 2

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|  Alan McManus| 6 |

|  Alan McManus| 6

| |  Stuart Carrington| 0 |

|  Jamie Clarke| 4

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|  Stuart Carrington| 6 |

|  Alan McManus| 6

| |  Anthony McGill| 3 |

|  Stephen Maguire| 6

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|  Xu Si| 1 |

|  Stephen Maguire| 3

| |  Anthony McGill| 6 |

|  Anthony McGill| 6

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|  Nigel Bond| 4 |

|  Alan McManus| 1

| |  Luca Brecel| 6 |

|  Michael Holt| 6

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|  Xiao Guodong| 4 |

|  Michael Holt| 4

| |  Luca Brecel| 6 |

|  Sam Baird| 1

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|  Luca Brecel| 6 |

|  Luca Brecel| 6

| |  Hossein Vafaei| 0 |

|  Hossein Vafaei| 6

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|  Robert Milkins| 2 |

|  Hossein Vafaei| 6

| |  Joe O'Connor| 3 |

|  Joe O'Connor| 6

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|  John Higgins| 2 |

|  Neil Robertson| 11

| |  Jack Lisowski| 4

|  Judd Trump| 5

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|  Robbie Williams| 6 |

|  Robbie Williams| 4

| |  Li Hang| 6 |

|  Zhou Yuelong| 3

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|  Li Hang| 6 |

|  Li Hang| 4

| |  Jack Lisowski| 6 |

|  Jack Lisowski| 6

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|  John Astley| 2 |

|  Jack Lisowski| 6

| |  Gerard Greene| 3 |

|  Gerard Greene| 6

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|  Chris Wakelin| 2 |

|  Jack Lisowski| 6

| |  Stuart Bingham| 5 |

|  Peter Ebdon| 6

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|  Yan Bingtao| 2 |

|  Peter Ebdon| 3

| |  Stuart Bingham| 6 |

|  Elliot Slessor| 0

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|  Stuart Bingham| 6 |

|  Stuart Bingham| 6

| |  Rod Lawler| 1 |

|  Thor Chuan Leong| 2

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|  Rod Lawler| 6 |

|  Rod Lawler| 6

| |  Kyren Wilson| 4 |

|  Yuan Sijun| 1

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|  Kyren Wilson| 6 |

|  Jack Lisowski| 10

| |  Scott Donaldson| 1 |

|  Ding Junhui| 3

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|  James Wattana| 6 |

|  James Wattana| 2

| |  Lyu Haotian| 6 |

|  Oliver Lines| 4

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|  Lyu Haotian| 6 |

|  Lyu Haotian| 4

| |  Ben Woollaston| 6 |

|  Adam Stefanow| 1

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|  Andrew Higginson| 6 |

|  Andrew Higginson| 3

| |  Ben Woollaston| 6 |

|  Ashley Carty| 4

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|  Ben Woollaston| 6 |

|  Ben Woollaston| 4

| |  Scott Donaldson| 6 |

|  Scott Donaldson| 6

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|  Joe Perry| 4 |

|  Scott Donaldson| 6

| |  David Gilbert| 3 |

|  Matthew Selt| 4

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|  David Gilbert| 6 |

|  Scott Donaldson| 6

| |  Ricky Walden| 5 |

|  Ricky Walden| 6

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|  Chang Bingyu| 4 |

|  Ricky Walden| 6

| |  Ken Doherty| 1 |

|  Ken Doherty| 6

|  Mark Williams| 4 |

## Final

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Final: Best of 21 frames. Referee: Wang Wei.
Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 7 April 2019.

Neil Robertson
Australia | 11–4  | Jack Lisowski
England
Afternoon: 86–32, 141–0 (141), 66–13, 109–23, 13–62, 78–30, 100–0 (100), 75–16, 66–47, 60–77
Evеning: 133–0, 76–14, 60–74, 6–73, 79–1
141 | Highest break  | 55
2 | Century breaks  | 0

## Qualifying

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Qualifying – excluding held over matches – took place between 18 and 20 February 2019 at the Chase Leisure Centre in Cannock, England. All qualifying matches were best of 11 frames.

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Mark Selby | 3–6[nb 1] |  Craig Steadman
Dominic Dale | w/o–w/d |  Rhys Clark
Liang Wenbo | 6–5 |  Zhao Xintong
Gary Wilson | 6–1 |  Jimmy White
Ryan Day | 6–2 |  Zhang Anda
Sunny Akani | 2–6 |  Sam Craigie
Ali Carter | 6–3 |  Allan Taylor
Kurt Maflin | 6–4 |  Ashley Hugill
Martin O'Donnell | 4–6 |  Mei Xiwen
Marco Fu | 6–1 |  Niu Zhuang
Daniel Wells | 4–6 |  Kishan Hirani
Neil Robertson | 6–0 |  Hamza Akbar
Matthew Stevens | 5–6 |  Alexander Ursenbacher
Mark King | 6–3[nb 1] |  Bai Langning
Rory McLeod | 4–6 |  Lu Ning
Barry Hawkins | 6–3 |  Robin Hull
Mark Allen | w/d–w/o |  Pang Junxu
Alan McManus | 6–3 |  Luo Honghao
Noppon Saengkham | 4–6 |  Jamie Clarke
Stuart Carrington | 6–1 |  Lukas Kleckers
Stephen Maguire | 6–1 |  Zhang Yong
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 5–6 |  Xu Si
Anthony McGill | 6–3 |  Simon Lichtenberg
Mark Joyce | 4–6 |  Nigel Bond
Michael Holt | 6–5 |  Joe Swail
Xiao Guodong | 6–1[nb 1] |  Soheil Vahedi
Fergal O'Brien | 5–6 |  Sam Baird
Luca Brecel | 6–1 |  Andy Lee
Hossein Vafaei | 6–4 |  Hammad Miah
Robert Milkins | 6–1 |  Eden Sharav
Liam Highfield | 3–6 |  Joe O'Connor
John Higgins | 6–1 |  Chris Totten
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Judd Trump | 6–2 |  Jak Jones
Robbie Williams | 6–2 |  Tian Pengfei
Zhou Yuelong | 6–1 |  Lee Walker
Li Hang | 6–0 |  Jordan Brown
Jack Lisowski | 6–2 |  Alfie Burden
Michael Georgiou | 5–6 |  John Astley
Graeme Dott | 5–6 |  Gerard Greene
Chris Wakelin | 6–4 |  Peter Lines
Peter Ebdon | 6–0 |  Sanderson Lam
Yan Bingtao | 6–0 |  Fan Zhengyi
Mike Dunn | 4–6 |  Elliot Slessor
Stuart Bingham | 6–2 |  Chen Zifan
Michael White | 1–6 |  Thor Chuan Leong
Martin Gould | 0–6 |  Rod Lawler
Yuan Sijun | 6–4 |  Ian Burns
Kyren Wilson | 6–1 |  Chen Feilong
Ding Junhui | 6–1[nb 1] |  Zhang Jiankang
Anthony Hamilton | 3–6 |  James Wattana
Tom Ford | 2–6 |  Oliver Lines
Lyu Haotian | 6–4 |  Ross Muir
Shaun Murphy | 4–6 |  Adam Stefanow
Andrew Higginson | 6–4 |  Duane Jones
Jimmy Robertson | 3–6 |  Ashley Carty
Ben Woollaston | 6–1 |  Li Yuan
Scott Donaldson | 6–1 |  Billy Joe Castle
Joe Perry | 6–3[nb 1] |  Wu Yize
Matthew Selt | 6–1 |  David Lilley
David Gilbert | 6–2 |  Sean O'Sullivan
Ricky Walden | 6–2 |  James Cahill
Mark Davis | 4–6[nb 1] |  Chang Bingyu
Ken Doherty | 6–3 |  Paul Davison
Mark Williams | 6–4[nb 1] |  Harvey Chandler

Note

1. ^ a b c d e f g Match held over and played in Beijing on 1 April 2019.

## Century breaks

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### Main stage centuries

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Total: 78[5] 11 of these centuries were made in held over matches, by Ding Junhui, Xiao Guodong (2), Mark King, Harvey Chandler, Wu Yize, Soheil Vahedi, Craig Steadman and Mark Williams (3).

* 147, 140, 116, 108, 104, 103, 101, 100 – Stuart Bingham
* 142, 108, 105 – Craig Steadman
* 141, 141, 138, 135, 119, 115, 100, 100 – Neil Robertson
* 139, 130, 116, 108, 102 – Luca Brecel
* 139 – Ding Junhui
* 136, 114, 108, 105 – Jack Lisowski
* 136, 120, 116, 107 – Sam Craigie
* 136 – Kyren Wilson
* 135, 119 – Ben Woollaston
* 134, 132, 130, 105 – Scott Donaldson
* 134, 132 – Michael Holt
* 134, 112 – Liang Wenbo
* 134 – Zhou Yuelong
* 133, 110 – Xiao Guodong
* 133, 100 – Anthony McGill
* 130, 107 – Mark King
* 130 – Harvey Chandler
* 129, 125 – Hossein Vafaei
* 128, 103 – Stephen Maguire
* 124 – Nigel Bond
* 124 – Marco Fu
* 120 – Wu Yize
* 119 – Robbie Williams
* 117 – Ali Carter
* 115, 103 – Ken Doherty
* 115 – Soheil Vahedi
* 111, 105 – Li Hang
* 109, 105, 102 – Alan McManus
* 108, 100 – David Gilbert
* 107 – Joe O'Connor
* 107 – James Wattana
* 106, 102, 101 – Mark Williams
* 104 – Lu Ning
* 104 – Ricky Walden

### Qualifying stage centuries

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Total: 35[6]

* 146, 108 – Hossein Vafaei
* 143 – Anthony Hamilton
* 142, 118 – Neil Robertson
* 140 – Ashley Hugill
* 140 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
* 135 – Barry Hawkins
* 131 – Matthew Stevens
* 130 – Fergal O'Brien
* 129 – Joe O'Connor
* 128, 105 – Xu Si
* 127, 105 – Ken Doherty
* 117, 111 – Matthew Selt
* 116 – Lu Ning
* 111, 101 – Gerard Greene
* 108, 103 – Chris Wakelin
* 108 – Luca Brecel
* 108 – Ryan Day
* 108 – Mei Xiwen
* 106 – Ian Burns
* 104 – Ricky Walden
* 102, 101 – Kyren Wilson
* 102 – Martin O'Donnell
* 101 – Rory McLeod
* 101 – Yuan Sijun
* 100 – Sam Baird
* 100 – Robert Milkins
* 100 – Joe Swail

## References

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1. ^ "2018/19 Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
2. ^ "Robertson Storms to Beijing Victory". World Snooker. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
3. ^ "Selby Back On Form With China Open Victory". World Snooker. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
4. ^ "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2018/2019 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
5. ^ "China Open 2019 Centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
6. ^ "China Open 2019 Qualifiers Centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

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