China Open (snooker)

Snooker tournament in China (1997–2019)

For other tournaments, see China Open (disambiguation).

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China Open

Tournament information
Location| Beijing
Country| China
Established| 1997
Organisation(s)| World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
Format| Ranking event
Total prize fund| £1,000,000
Final year| 2019
Final champion|  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

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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.[1]

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.[1]

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

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Year  | Winner  | Runner-up  | Final score  | Host city  | Season

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China International (non-ranking)
1997 |  Steve Davis |  Jimmy White | 7–4  | Beijing | 1997/98
China International (ranking)
1999 |  John Higgins |  Billy Snaddon | 9–3  | Shanghai | 1998/99
China Open (ranking)
1999 |  Ronnie O'Sullivan |  Stephen Lee | 9–2  | Shanghai | 1999/00
2000 |  Ronnie O'Sullivan |  Mark Williams | 9–3  | Shenzhen | 2000/01
2002 |  Mark Williams |  Anthony Hamilton | 9–8  | Shanghai | 2001/02
2005 |  Ding Junhui |  Stephen Hendry | 9–5  | Beijing | 2004/05
2006 |  Mark Williams |  John Higgins | 9–8  | 2005/06
2007 |  Graeme Dott |  Jamie Cope | 9–5  | 2006/07
2008 |  Stephen Maguire |  Shaun Murphy | 10–9  | 2007/08
2009 |  Peter Ebdon |  John Higgins | 10–8  | 2008/09
2010 |  Mark Williams |  Ding Junhui | 10–6  | 2009/10
2011 |  Judd Trump |  Mark Selby | 10–8  | 2010/11
2012[3] |  Peter Ebdon |  Stephen Maguire | 10–9  | 2011/12
2013[4] |  Neil Robertson |  Mark Selby | 10–6  | 2012/13
2014[5] |  Ding Junhui |  Neil Robertson | 10–5  | 2013/14
2015[6] |  Mark Selby |  Gary Wilson | 10–2  | 2014/15
2016[7] |  Judd Trump |  Ricky Walden | 10–4  | 2015/16
2017[8] |  Mark Selby |  Mark Williams | 10–8  | 2016/17
2018[9] |  Mark Selby |  Barry Hawkins | 11–3  | 2017/18
2019[10] |  Neil Robertson |  Jack Lisowski | 11–4  | 2018/19
2020  | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | 2019/20

## Records

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### Statistics

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* 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

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Rank  | Name  | Nationality  | Winner  | Runner-up | Finals

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1  | Mark Williams |  Wales | 3  | 2  | 5
Mark Selby |  England | 3  | 2  | 5
3  | Ding Junhui |  China | 2  | 1  | 3
Neil Robertson |  Australia | 2  | 1  | 3
5  | Ronnie O'Sullivan |  England | 2  | 0  | 2
Peter Ebdon |  England | 2  | 0  | 2
Judd Trump |  England | 2  | 0  | 2
8  | Stephen Maguire |  Scotland | 1  | 1  | 2
9  | Graeme Dott |  Scotland | 1  | 0  | 1
10  | John Higgins |  Scotland | 0  | 2  | 2
11  | Stephen Lee |  England | 0  | 1  | 1
Anthony Hamilton |  England | 0  | 1  | 1
Stephen Hendry |  Scotland | 0  | 1  | 1
Jamie Cope |  England | 0  | 1  | 1
Shaun Murphy |  England | 0  | 1  | 1
Gary Wilson |  England | 0  | 1  | 1
Ricky Walden |  England | 0  | 1  | 1
Barry Hawkins |  England | 0  | 1  | 1
Jack Lisowski |  England | 0  | 1  | 1

## References

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1. ^ a b c Turner, Chris. "China International, China Open, Shanghai Masters, Jiangsu/Wuxi Classic". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
2. ^ "Hall of Fame". Snooker.org. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
3. ^ "China Open scores and schedule". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
4. ^ "Bank of Beijing China Open (2013)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
5. ^ "China Open (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
6. ^ "Baic Motor China Open (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
7. ^ "Baic Motor China Open (2016)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
8. ^ "Bank of Beijing China Open (2017)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
9. ^ "Fuhua Group China Open (2018)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
10. ^ "XingPai China Open (2019)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 7 April 2019.

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