China Open 2014 (Snooker)

China Open 2014
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Venue:	Peking University , Beijing , People's Republic of China
Opening:	March 31, 2014
Endgame:	April 6, 2014
Winner:	Ding Junhui
Highest Break:	142 ( Xiao Guodong )
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The China Open 2014 was a snooker tournament of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2013/14 season . It was held from March 31 to April 6, 2014 at Peking University in Beijing . The defending champion was the Australian Neil Robertson . He reached the final again, but was defeated there this year with 5:10 to the Chinese Ding Junhui , who was able to secure the title for the second time after his career breakthrough in 2005. For Ding it was the fifth tournament victory this season, with which he set the record previously held by Stephen Hendry .

Prize money and ranking points

	Prize money 1
winner	£ 85,000
finalist	£ 35,000
Semi-finalist	£ 21,000
Quarter finalist	£ 12,500
Round of 16	£ 8,000
Last 32	£ 6,500
Last 64	£ 3,000
Highest break	£ 2,000
All in all	£ 478,000

• ¹ Only Main Tour players receive ranking points.

Wildcard round

The wildcard round games took place in Beijing on March 31, 2014 . In contrast to previous years, there were only four wildcards for local amateurs instead of eight.

game	Qualifier (place to sit)	Result	Wildcard player
WC1	Yu Delu (48)	5 : 2	Chen Zifan
WC2	Luca Brecel (68)	5 : 2	Yuan Sijun
WC3	John Astley (94)	5 : 2	Yan Bingtao
WC4	Sam Baird (76)	2: 5	Zhao Xintong

Final round

Due to the change in the qualification mode of the Snooker Main Tour, there was also a change in the process. After a qualifying round and the four wildcard games, the main tournament began with the round of 64 and not with 32 players as in previous years.

	First round best of 9 frames					Second round best of 9 frames					Round of 16 best of 9 frames					Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames					Semi-final best of 11 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	Neil Robertson	5
	42	Anthony Hamilton	4th
						1	Neil Robertson	5
						18th	Mark Williams	4th
	39	Anthony McGill	3
	18th	Mark Williams	5
											1	Neil Robertson	5
											48	Yu Delu	4th
	66	James Wattana	5
	38	Mark Joyce	0
						66	James Wattana	1
						48	Yu Delu	5
	48	Yu Delu	5
	A.	Duane Jones	3
																1	Neil Robertson	5
																17th	Graeme Dott	3
	11	Mark Allen	-
	68	Luca Brecel	kl.
						68	Luca Brecel	5
						26th	Dominic Dale	1
	36	Jack Lisowski	3
	26th	Dominic Dale	5
											68	Luca Brecel	2
											17th	Graeme Dott	5
	17th	Graeme Dott	5
	47	Rory McLeod	4th
						17th	Graeme Dott	5
						50	Dave Harold	4th
	50	Dave Harold	kl.
	6th	Stephen Maguire	-
																					1	Neil Robertson	6th
																					16	Allister Carter	2
	8th	Shaun Murphy	5
	45	Jamie Cope	1
						8th	Shaun Murphy	5
						56	Dechawat Poomjaeng	0
	56	Dechawat Poomjaeng	5
	84	David Grace	3
											8th	Shaun Murphy	3
											12	Ricky Walden	5
	25th	Xiao Guodong	5
	101	Hammad Miah	2
						25th	Xiao Guodong	3
						12	Ricky Walden	5
	62	Pankaj Advani	1
	12	Ricky Walden	5
																12	Ricky Walden	3
																16	Allister Carter	5
	16	Allister Carter	5
	40	Jamie Jones	0
						16	Allister Carter	5
						55	Matthew Selt	2
	55	Matthew Selt	5
	21st	Ryan Day	2
											16	Allister Carter	5
											22nd	Peter Ebdon	3
	22nd	Peter Ebdon	5
	51	Jimmy Robertson	3
						22nd	Peter Ebdon	5
						4th	Judd Trump	4th
	46	Kurt Maflin	1
	4th	Judd Trump	5
																									1	Neil Robertson	5
																										3	Ding Junhui	10
	3	Ding Junhui	5
	94	John Astley	1
						3	Ding Junhui	5
						67	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	3
	33	Ken Doherty	0
	67	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	5
											3	Ding Junhui	5
											10	John Higgins	2
	32	Michael White	5
	A.	Zhao Xintong	2
						32	Michael White	1
						10	John Higgins	5
	75	Michael Wasley	2
	10	John Higgins	5
																3	Ding Junhui	5
																24	Mark King	2
	9	Marco Fu	5
	92	Li Hang	3
						9	Marco Fu	3
						24	Mark King	5
	61	Aditya Mehta	4th
	24	Mark King	5
											24	Mark King	5
											91	Jamie O'Neill	3
	88	Kyren Wilson	3
	91	Jamie O'Neill	5
						91	Jamie O'Neill	5
						34	Fergal O'Brien	2
	34	Fergal O'Brien	kl.
	5	Barry Hawkins	-
																				3	Ding Junhui	6th
																					65	Mike Dunn	0
	5	Stuart Bingham	-
	88	Martin O'Donnell	kl.
						88	Martin O'Donnell	4th
						80	Craig Steadman	5
	80	Craig Steadman	5
	20th	Michael Holt	1
											80	Craig Steadman	3
											65	Mike Dunn	5
	65	Mike Dunn	5
	54	Peter Lines	4th
						65	Mike Dunn	5
						57	Tian Pengfei	3
	57	Tian Pengfei	5
	85	Gary Wilson	2
																65	Mike Dunn	5
																2	Mark Selby	3
	87	David Morris	2
	59	Jimmy White	5
						59	Jimmy White	5
						46	Alfie Burden	3
	46	Alfie Burden	kl.
	81	Tony Drago	-
											59	Jimmy White	1
											2	Mark Selby	5
	71	Barry Pinches	2
	52	Nigel Bond	5
						52	Nigel Bond	1
						2	Mark Selby	5
	93	Stuart Carrington	3
	2	Mark Selby	5

A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2013/14 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)

final

Final: Best of 19 Frames Referee: Terry Camilleri Peking University ,  Beijing , China , April 6, 2014
Neil Robertson	5: 10	Ding Junhui
Afternoon games: 0: 98 (87), 0: 63 (61), 58: 67 , 74 : 21, 0: 123 (119), 6: 110 (59), 20: 71 , 102 : 1 (102), 57 : 71 evening games: 63 : 13 (57), 5: 125 (104), 64 : 49, 0: 87 (67), 74 : 9 (57), 13: 98 (66)
102	Highest break	119
1	Century breaks	2
3	50+ breaks	7th

qualification

The qualifiers took place from February 16-18, 2014 at the South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester . All games were played in best-of-9 mode. As in the other tournaments of the Main Tour, there was only one qualifying round from this season in which all 64 players were determined who could then travel to Beijing.

game	Player 1 (seat position)	Result	Player 2 (seat position)		game	Player 1 (seat position)	Result	Player 2 (seat position)
1	Neil Robertson (1)	5 : 3	Li Yan (81)		33	Ding Junhui (3)	5 : 0	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (77)
2	Anthony Hamilton (42)	5 : 3	Alex Borg (115)		34	Robbie Williams (63)	2: 5	John Astley (94)
3	Anthony McGill (39)	5 : 0	Michael Leslie (90)		35	Ken Doherty (33)	5 : 1	Andrew Norman (103)
4th	Mark Williams (18)	5 : 1	Daniel Wells (83)		36	Ben Woollaston (30)	1: 5	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (67)
5	Matthew Stevens (19)	0: 5	James Wattana (66)		37	Michael White (32)	5 : 0	Scott Donaldson (74)
6th	Mark Joyce (38)	5 : 2	Christopher Keogan (A)		38	Liu Chuang (49)	2: 5	Sam Baird (76)
7th	Yu Delu (48)	5 : 0	Lü Haotian (98)		39	Steve Davis (58)	3: 5	Michael Wasley (75)
8th	Joe Perry (15)	2: 5	Duane Jones (A)		40	John Higgins (10)	5 : 2	Vinnie Calabrese (105)
9	Mark Allen (11)	5 : 2	James Cahill (111)		41	Marco Fu (9)	5 : 1	Adam Wicheard (A)
10	Jamie Burnett (37)	3: 5	Luca Brecel (68)		42	Cao Yupeng (53)	4: 5	Li Hang (92)
11	Jack Lisowski (36)	5 : 4	Shane Castle (A)		43	Aditya Mehta (61)	5 : 2	Alexander Ursenbacher (116)
12	Dominic Dale (26)	5 : 1	Ahmed Saif (117)		44	Mark King (24)	5 : 1	Chris Norbury (106)
13	Graeme Dott (17)	5 : 0	Alex Davies (95)		45	Marcus Campbell (29)	4: 5	Kyren Wilson (88)
14th	Rory McLeod (47)	5 : 4	Noppon Saengkham (97)		46	Alan McManus (63)	1: 5	Jamie O'Neill (91)
15th	Dave Harold (50)	5 : 4	Zhang Anda (73)		47	Fergal O'Brien (34)	5 : 1	Paul Davison (70)
16	Stephen Maguire (7)	5 : 2	Chris Wakelin (102)		48	Barry Hawkins (5)	5 : 2	Cao Xinlong (112)
17th	Shaun Murphy (8)	5 : 4	Adam Duffy (69)		49	Stuart Bingham (6)	5 : 2	Allan Taylor (110)
18th	Jamie Cope (45)	5 : 0	Gareth Green (A)		50	David Gilbert (35)	1: 5	Martin O'Donnell (86)
19th	Dechawat Poomjaeng (56)	5 : 3	Ratchayothin Yotharuck (107)		51	Ian Burns (64)	3: 5	Craig Steadman (80)
20th	Liang Wenbo (23)	4: 5	David Grace (84)		52	Michael Holt (20)	5 : 2	Antony Parsons (A)
21st	Xiao Guodong (25)	5 : 2	Andrew Pagett (99)		53	Tom Ford (28)	4: 5	Mike Dunn (65)
22nd	Gerard Greene (60)	4: 5	Hammad Miah (101)		54	Peter Lines (54)	5 : 3	Joel Walker (82)
23	Pankaj Advani (62)	5 : 3	Chen Zhe (78)		55	Tian Pengfei (57)	5 : 0	Sean O'Sullivan (89)
24	Ricky Walden (12)	5 : 2	Liam Highfield (72)		56	Robert Milkins (14)	3: 5	Gary Wilson (85)
25th	Allister Carter (16)	5 : 1	Lee Page (108)		57	Mark Davis (13)	1: 5	David Morris (87)
26th	Jamie Jones (40)	5 : 1	Mitchell Travis (A)		58	Jimmy White (59)	5 : 2	Joe Swail (96)
27	Matthew Selt (55)	5 : 0	Jak Jones (114)		59	Alfie Burden (44)	5 : 1	Ross Muir (100)
28	Ryan Day (21)	5 : 2	Khalid Belaied Abumdas (118)		60	Andrew Higginson (27)	3: 5	Tony Drago (79)
29	Peter Ebdon (22)	5 : 4	Fraser Patrick (113)		61	Martin Gould (31)	3: 5	Barry Pinches (71)
30th	Jimmy Robertson (51)	5 : 3	Sydney Wilson (A)		62	Nigel Bond (52)	5 : 1	Sanderson Lam (A)
31	Kurt Maflin (46)	5 : 0	Rhys Clark (A)		63	Rod Lawler (43)	3: 5	Stuart Carrington (93)
32	Judd Trump (4)	5 : 0	Elliot Slessor (104)		64	Mark Selby (2)	5 : 0	Ryan clark (109)

A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2013/14 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)

Century breaks

Final round

In the 63 games of the main round, a total of 22 century breaks were achieved, nine fewer than in the previous year. The winner Ding Junhui was the only one to achieve three times more than 100 points in one shot, two of them in the final.

Xiao Guodong 142 Li Hang 136 Barry Pinches 133 David Morris 130 Yu Delu 129, 104 Duane Jones 128 Ryan Day 127 Peter Ebdon 126, 119

Ding Junhui 124, 119, 104 Hammad Miah 117 John Higgins 115, 103 Jimmy White 110 Michael White 109 Allister Carter 106 Neil Robertson 102 Ricky Walden 100

Qualifying round

The 64 qualifying games brought 22 Centurys. Three players scored two hundred breaks each, including Welsh Duane Jones , who was the only one of the eight amateurs to make it into the main tournament.

Duane Jones 141, 137 Pankaj Advani 136 Jimmy White 135 John Higgins 134 Michael Holt 127 Ryan Day 126, 123 Alfie Burden 122, 109 David Morris 118 Mike Dunn 117 Shaun Murphy 116

Anthony McGill 115 Joel Walker 113 Dominic Dale 112 Mark Allen 112 Mark Selby 107 Ken Doherty 107 Ricky Walden 103 Rory McLeod 100 David Grace 100

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tournament Calendar 2013/2014 . Snooker.org. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
2. ↑ Neil Robertson beats Mark Selby to win China Open title . BBC Sports . Retrieved March 31, 2013.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Rolf Kalb : China Open - Ding Junhui breaks the Hendry record. (No longer available online.) Eurosport , April 6, 2014, archived from the original on April 8, 2014 ; Retrieved April 7, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Prize Money Breakdowns 2013/14 . In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . May 1, 2013. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved on August 19, 2013.
5. ↑ ^{a b} China Open Draw (PDF; 242 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Bank of Beijing China Open (2014) . Snooker.org. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
7. ↑ China Open: Final - Match 67: Neil Robertson v Ding Junhui . In: worldsnookerdata.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on April 6, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 24, 2014. 
8. ↑ China Open 2014 Qualifiers Draw . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . February 19, 2014. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved on March 7, 2014.
9. ↑ China Open 2014 Qualifiers Format . In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
10. ↑ China Open Qualifiers (2014) . Snooker.org. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
11. ↑ China Open - Century Breaks . In: worldsnookerdata.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved April 24, 2014.
12. ↑ China Open Qualifiers - Century Breaks . In: worldsnookerdata.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved April 24, 2014.