China Open 2006 (Snooker)
China Open 2006
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Peking University , Beijing , People's Republic of China |
| Opening: | March 20, 2006 |
| Endgame: | March 26, 2006
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| Winner: |
 Mark Williams
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| Finalist: |
 John Higgins
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| Highest Break: | 135 ( Ding Junhui )
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The China Open 2006 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2005/06 season , which was held from March 20 to March 26, 2006 in Beijing.
The defending champion Ding Junhui came this time back to the semifinals, where he lost to the eventual winner Mark Williams . The Welshman defeated John Higgins in a close match 9: 8 in the final and won the title in China for the second time since 2002 .
Prize money / ranking points
Two tournaments had dropped out of the tournament calendar compared to the previous season, so the rating for the world rankings was changed. The winner got 1,000 points more, the points for the following places were also increased in stages, only the losers in the first main round got 50 points less. In the qualification, the rating remained unchanged. In terms of prize money, everything remained the same compared to 2005.
| placement | Prize money | Points a |
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| winner | £ 30,000 | 5,000 |
| final | £ 15,000 | 4,000 |
| Semifinals | £ 7,500 | 3,200 |
| Quarter finals | £ 5,600 | 2,500 |
| Round of 16 | £ 4,000 | 1,900 |
| Last 32 | £ 2,500 | 1,400 |
| Last 48 | £ 1,625 | 1,150 |
| Last 64 | £ 1,100 | 900 |
| Last 80 | - | 650 |
| Last 96 | - | 200 |
| Highest Break (Final Round) | £ 2,000 | |
| Highest Break (Qualification) | £ 500 | |
| All in all | £ 197,250 |
Wildcard round
In the previous year, all 16 qualifiers had to go through a wildcard round against 16 amateurs selected by the Asian Association. As of this year, there were only eight amateurs from China with a wildcard. They played against the lowest placed professionals from the qualification in the world rankings. Two of the local players took the chance to move into the main tournament.
The games of the wildcard round were played on March 20th. Game mode for all games was Best of 9 .
Final roundThe top 16 of the world rankings were set for round 2 and played against the 8 winners of the wildcard round and the 8 other qualifiers from Prestatyn. finalThe final of the two veterans, Mark Williams with 20 and John Higgins with 25 Main Tour titles, was perfectly even. A player has never had more than a frame advantage, four times Higgins took the lead and four times Mark Williams. Both players managed five breaks between 50 and 100 points and only three frames ended in zero. So you inevitably faced each other after 16 frames in the decision frame and that was also contested. In the end, Williams just got the upper hand with 69:44. If you take only the world ranking tournaments, it was the 16th world ranking title for the Welshman, the second in China.
qualificationThe qualifying matches took place in Prestatyn from November 15 to 18, 2015, the year before . In round 1, places 65 to 96 of the world rankings played against each other, the winners met in round 2 on places 49 to 64, in round 3 numbers 33 to 48 and in round 4 numbers 17 to 32. kl. = without a fight Century breaks16 players achieved 23 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament. Mark Williams made the 200th century break of his career in the first round. There were 25 Centurys in the qualification divided between 23 players. Main tournament
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