China Open 2009 (Snooker)
China Open 2009
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
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Peking University , Beijing , People's Republic of China |
| Opening: | March 30, 2009 |
| Endgame: | April 5, 2009
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| Winner: |
 Peter Ebdon
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| Highest Break: | 140 ( John Higgins / Ricky Walden )
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The China Open 2009 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2008/09 season , which was held from March 30th to April 5th, 2009 in Beijing. The main sponsor for the first time was the Bank of Beijing .
The defending champion was world number one Stephen Maguire , who was knocked out 5-0 against Dave Harold in the first round . The winner was Peter Ebdon , who beat John Higgins 10: 8 in the final . For the Englishman it was the first victory in Beijing and the eighth victory of his career in a world ranking tournament. Higgins lost the final of this tournament for the second time after 2006 .
Prize money / ranking points
The prize money increased by nearly £ 20,000 compared to the previous year.
| placement | Prize money | Points 1 |
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| winner | £ 52,000 | 5000 |
| final | £ 25,000 | 4000 |
| Semifinals | £ 9,000 | 3200 |
| Quarter finals | 5775 pounds | 2500 |
| Round of 16 | £ 5000 | 1900 |
| Last 32 | £ 3,450 | 1400 |
| Last 48 | 2050 pounds | 1150 |
| Last 64 | £ 1400 | 450 |
| Last 80 | - | 650 |
| Last 96 | - | 200 |
| All in all | £ 265,400 |
Highest Preliminary Round Break: £ 500
Highest Final Round Break: £ 2,000
Wildcard round
The games of the wildcard round were played on March 30th. There was one less wildcard game this year than in previous years, but the eighth game was a qualifying game with Liang Wenbo from the third qualifying round.
Game mode for all games was Best of 9 .
| game | Qualifier | Result | Wildcard player |
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| WC1 |
Judd Trump
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3: 5 |
 Tang Jun
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| WC2 |
Ricky Walden
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5 : 0 |
Cao Kaisheng
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| WC3 |
Stuart Pettman
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5 : 2 |
Cao Yupeng
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| WC4 |
Rod Lawler
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3: 5 |
Yu Delu
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| WC5 |
John Parrott
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Cao Xinlong
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| WC6 |
David Gray
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1: 5 |
Tian Pengfei
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| WC7 |
Michael Holt
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3: 5 |
Xiao Guodong
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Final round
32 players started the main tournament on March 31st. Two days were estimated for the first round, each subsequent round took place on one day.
As in 2007 , five wildcard players made it into the main tournament. This time, however, with Tian Pengfei and Xiao Guodong, two of them even reached the round of 16. The biggest surprise was the first round for world number one and defending champion Stephen Maguire against Dave Harold , who then lost to eventual tournament winner Peter Ebdon . The success of Stuart Pettman was also surprising : The world number 62. defeated three top 16 players and achieved the best result of his career with the semi-finals.
final
For Peter Ebdon it was the first final at this tournament, for John Higgins including the previous tournament China International (1999) the third. Ebdon was only behind once at 0: 1 and was then already 6: 4. But Higgins equalized again and kept the game open until 8: 8 before Ebdon could decide two frame wins in a row.
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Final: Best of 19 Frames Referee: Michaela Tabb Peking University , Beijing , People's Republic of China |
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Peter Ebdon
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10 : 8 |
John Higgins
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Afternoon games: 4: 87 (60), 84 : 1 (84), 109 : 15 (108), 15: 78 , 65 : 5, 68 : 57, 10: 64 , 72 : 56 (54 Ebdon, 56 Higgins), 0: 140 (140) evening games: 114 : 16 (52, 57), 13: 105 (62), 46: 68 , 55 : 25, 32: 75 (51), 67 : 43, 53: 63 (52 Ebdon) , 64 : 3, 86 : 8 (71) |
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| 108 | Highest break | 140 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 7th | 50+ breaks | 5 |
qualification
The qualifying games took place in Prestatyn from January 21 to 24, 2009, with the exception of two games . The game of Liang Wenbo against Robert Milkins in Round 3 and the subsequent game of Milkins against Joe Swail only took place in Beijing before the main tournament.
Century breaks
qualification
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Main round
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swell
- ↑ Ebdon returns to winner's circle in 2009 China Open , Billiard Pulse, April 5, 2009
- ↑ a b c d 2009 China Open at CueTracker, accessed on October 31, 2016
- ↑ a b World Snooker China Open (2008) - Venue / Format ( Memento from March 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Bank of Beijing World Snooker China Open 2009 at snooker.org, accessed October 31, 2016
