China Open 2012 (Snooker)

China Open 2012
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Venue:	Peking University , Beijing , People's Republic of China
Opening:	March 26, 2012
Endgame:	April 1, 2012
Winner:	Peter Ebdon
Highest Break:	139 ( Mark Selby )
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The Bank of Beijing China Open 2012 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2011/12 season , which took place from March 26 to April 1, 2012 in Beijing .

The defending champion was the Englishman Judd Trump , who lost 3-5 to Stephen Lee in the quarterfinals . The current number one Mark Selby retired from the tournament after his clear first round win (5-0) against the Chinese wildcard player Li Hang due to a neck injury in order to be fit for the upcoming World Cup . With that, Ding Junhui advanced one round without a fight. In the quarter-finals there, he prevailed 5: 2 against "Captain" Ali Carter . He had previously defeated the Chinese wildcard player and Shaun Murphy captive Lu Ning 5-1. As the third wildcard player and fourth Chinese participant in the first round, Jin Long clearly lost 1: 5 against world number two Mark Williams . The 2002 world champion, Peter Ebdon , was in 28th place, able to prevail in the round of 16 against reigning world champion John Higgins and in the quarterfinals against number 4, Neil Robertson , and to advance to the semifinals, where he had to compete against the Chinese Ding.

The German Masters Champion of 2012, Ronnie O'Sullivan had difficulties in the first round against the number 24, Marcus Campbell , to make it 5: 4 in the round of 16, but was able to defeat Mark Williams with 5: 1. In his quarter-final match against the Scottish Stephen Maguire it was 62:62 on points in the deciding frame. Then the decision had to be made by the “ re-spotted black ”, who ran into the middle via a double gang after a fluke from Maguire. O´Sullivan, surprised but smiling at this incredible thrust, congratulated the lucky Scot on his entry into the semi-finals, where he met the winner of the PTC Grand Finals 2012 Stephen Lee. He eliminated this 6-2 and was in the final.

In the second semifinals, the 2005 winner , Ding Junhui, and the 2009 winner , Peter Ebdon, faced each other. After the first 4 frames, the Englishman was still 1: 3 behind when he won 5 frames in a row after the break and made it 6: 3 in the final against Stephen Maguire. At the last meeting of the two in September 2011 at PTC Event 5 , the Englishman was able to prevail in the first round with 4: 2 against the Scot.

With Ding, the last remaining participant from the host country left the tournament.

The final was played by the two opponents Peter Ebdon and Stephen Maguire over the full distance of 19 frames. After winning the first frame from Ebdon, Maguire was able to equalize in the second, but the Englishman then pulled away with 4 more frames and his highest Century Break of 124 at this tournament and ended the first session with a clear 5-1 lead. Nevertheless, the games were fiercely competitive and very protracted, so that for the first time ever in a ranking tournament finale, the afternoon session was interrupted after 6 frames, so that the players had enough break. At the beginning of the evening session, the Scot was able to make up another frame. From then on, both players took turns with the frame gains more or less until Maguire could level with three wins in a row to 8: 8. The Ebdon Century in the following frame, which was the 300th of his career, again made up for Maguire. In the following decision frame, after a successful starter from Maguire, it already looked like a march when he had to give up the game after 24 points and clear the table for Ebdon, who secured his second title at the China Open after 2009 with a break of 62. For Ebdon it was the last professional title of his career.

Mark Selby, who only played one game in this tournament, was still able to secure the bonus bonus for the highest break with 139 points.

Prize money / world ranking points

	Prize money	World ranking points
winner	£ 75,000	7,000
finalist	£ 30,000	5,600
Semi-finalist	£ 18,000	4,480
Quarter finalist	£ 10,000	3,500
Round of 16	£ 7,500	2,660
Last 32	£ 6,000	1,960 (980)
Last 48	£ 2,300	1,610 (805)
Last 64	£ 1,500	1,260 (630)
Last 80		910 (455)
Last 96		560 (280)
Highest qualifying round break	£ 200
Highest final round break	£ 2,000
All in all	£ 400,000

Seeded players who lose their first game only receive half the number of points (in brackets in the table).

Wildcard round

game	Qualifier (place to sit)	Result	Wildcard player
WC1	Jimmy White (48)	5 : 3	Omar Alkojah
WC2	Mark King (30)	5 : 3	Zhu Yinghui
WC3	Fergal O'Brien (31)	4: 5	Jin Long
WC4	Michael Holt (35)	3: 5	Li Hang
WC5	Ben Woollaston (51)	5 : 1	Chen Feilong
WC6	Jamie Jones (42)	3: 5	Lu Ning
WC7	Peter Ebdon (29)	5 : 2	Lü Haotian
WC8	Rory McLeod (32)	5 : 0	Zhou Yuelong

Final round

	Round 1 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	Judd Trump	5
	48	Jimmy White	3
						1	Judd Trump	5
						14th	Stuart Bingham	3
	14th	Stuart Bingham	5
	26th	Joe Perry	4th
											1	Judd Trump	3
											15th	Stephen Lee	5
	15th	Stephen Lee	5
	27	Tom Ford	1
						15th	Stephen Lee	5
						7th	Graeme Dott	3
	7th	Graeme Dott	5
	30th	Mark King	2
																15th	Stephen Lee	2
																8th	Stephen Maguire	6th
	8th	Stephen Maguire	5
	23	Barry Hawkins	1
						8th	Stephen Maguire	5
						18th	Ricky Walden	4th
	10	Mark Allen	2
	18th	Ricky Walden	5
											8th	Stephen Maguire	5
											16	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4th
	16	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
	22nd	Marcus Campbell	4th
						16	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
						4th	Mark Williams	1
	4th	Mark Williams	5
	WC	Jin Long	1
																					8th	Stephen Maguire	9
																					29	Peter Ebdon	10
	3	Mark Selby	5
	WC	Li Hang	0
						3	Mark Selby	-
						9	Ding Junhui	kl.
	9	Ding Junhui	5
	51	Ben Woollaston	4th
											9	Ding Junhui	5
											11	Allister Carter	2
	11	Allister Carter	5
	25th	Dominic Dale	4th
						11	Allister Carter	5
						WC	Lu Ning	1
	6th	Shaun Murphy	2
	WC	Lu Ning	5
																9	Ding Junhui	3
																29	Peter Ebdon	6th
	5	Neil Robertson	5
	21st	Jamie Cope	4th
						5	Neil Robertson	5
						20th	Stephen Hendry	3
	12	Martin Gould	4th
	20th	Stephen Hendry	5
											5	Neil Robertson	3
											29	Peter Ebdon	5
	13	Matthew Stevens	3
	29	Peter Ebdon	5
						29	Peter Ebdon	5
						2	John Higgins	4th
	2	John Higgins	5
	32	Rory McLeod	1

final

Final: Best of 19 frames Referee: Jan Verhaas Peking University , Beijing , China , April 1st, 2012
Stephen Maguire (8)	9: 10	Peter Ebdon (29)
Afternoon games: 27: 63 , 61 : 1 (53), 0: 108 ( 107 ), 55: 72 (64), 36: 74 , 0: 124 ( 124 ) Evening games: 84 : 32 (84), 14: 60 ( 52), 57 : 44, 98 : 0 (98), 0: 103 ( 103 ), 74 : 3 (65), 29: 98 (65), 75 : 18 (70), 76 : 0, 97 : 0 ( 97), 4: 103 ( 103 ), 66 : 49, 24: 62
98	Highest break	124
0	Century breaks	4th
6th	50+ breaks	7th

qualification

The qualifiers took place in Sheffield from February 21 to 24, 2012 .

	Round 1 best of 9 frames				Round 2 best of 9 frames				Round 3 best of 9 frames				Round 4 best of 9 frames
					58	James Wattana	2		48	Jimmy White	5		19th	Andrew Higginson	3
					70	Liam Highfield	5		70	Liam Highfield	3		48	Jimmy White	5
	78	Andrew Pagett	4th		66	Andy Hicks	3		34	Anthony Hamilton	5		26th	Joe Perry	5
	85	Luca Brecel	5		85	Luca Brecel	5		85	Luca Brecel	3		34	Anthony Hamilton	1
	80	David Grace	5		55	Barry Pinches	3		40	Matthew Selt	4th		27	Tom Ford	5
	89	Daniel Wells	1		80	David Grace	5		80	David Grace	5		80	David Grace	4th
					63	Adrian Gunnell	5		44	Joe Jogia	2		30th	Mark King	5
					67	Joe Swail	0		63	Adrian Gunnell	5		63	Adrian Gunnell	1
	75	Andrew Norman	5		60	Liu Chuang	5		38	Robert Milkins	2		23	Barry Hawkins	5
	87	Stuart Carrington	3		75	Andrew Norman	2		60	Liu Chuang	5		60	Liu Chuang	0
	79	Sam Craigie	5		61	Liu Song	1		36	Gerard Greene	3		18th	Ricky Walden	5
	86	Adam Wicheard	3		79	Sam Craigie	5		79	Sam Craigie	5		79	Sam Craigie	3
					57	Michael White	5		33	Ken Doherty	5		22nd	Marcus Campbell	5
					64	David Gilbert	0		57	Michael White	4th		33	Ken Doherty	2
					62	Li Yan	5		49	Mike Dunn	4th		31	Fergal O'Brien	5
					65	Ian McCulloch	4th		62	Li Yan	5		62	Li Yan	4th
	76	David Morris	5		59	Peter Lines	5		35	Michael Holt	5		17th	Mark Davis	4th
	84	Paul Davison	4th		76	David Morris	1		59	Peter Lines	1		35	Michael Holt	5
	77	Tian Pengfei	5		51	Ben Woollaston	5		37	Nigel Bond	2		28	Ryan Day	4th
	81	Sam Baird	0		77	Tian Pengfei	3		51	Ben Woollaston	5		51	Ben Woollaston	5
					47	Dave Harold	5		39	Jack Lisowski	5		25th	Dominic Dale	5
					69	Alfred Burden	3		47	Dave Harold	3		39	Jack Lisowski	2
	72	Kurt Maflin	4th		54	Tony Drago	3		42	Jamie Jones	5		24	Marco Fu	1
	82	Cao Yupeng	5		82	Cao Yupeng	5		82	Cao Yupeng	3		42	Jamie Jones	5
	71	Passakorn Suwannawat	4th		56	Anthony McGill	3		45	Alan McManus	5		21st	Jamie Cope	5
	83	Aditya Mehta	5		83	Aditya Mehta	5		83	Aditya Mehta	3		45	Alan McManus	4th
	73	Yu Delu	5		53	Mark Joyce	2		46	Jamie Burnett	1		20th	Stephen Hendry	5
	88	Kacper Filipiak	0		73	Yu Delu	5		73	Yu Delu	5		73	Yu Delu	1
	74	Adam Duffy	5		50	Xiao Guodong	5		41	Liang Wenbo	5		29	Peter Ebdon	5
	90	Lucky Vatnani	0		74	Adam Duffy	1		50	Xiao Guodong	2		41	Liang Wenbo	0
					52	Jimmy Robertson	4th		43	Steve Davis	5		32	Rory McLeod	5
					68	Rod Lawler	5		68	Rod Lawler	4th		43	Steve Davis	1

Century breaks

Final round

Mark Selby 139 Stephen Hendry 135 Stephen Maguire 132 Matthew Stevens 127 Peter Ebdon 124, 109, 107, 104, 103 (2 ×) Judd Trump 122 Lu Ning 119, 114 Allister Carter 119, 102

Joe Perry 116 Stephen Lee 113, 107, 100 Ding Junhui 111 John Higgins 107 Martin Gould 105 Stuart Bingham 104, 103 Jimmy White 104 Ronnie O'Sullivan 102

Qualifying round

Adam Duffy 139 Sam Craigie 137, 129 (2 ×), 105 Cao Yupeng 130, 123, 118, 107 Yu Delu 129 Alfred Burden 128, 108 Nigel Bond 124 Dominic Dale 124 Tom Ford 122 Xiao Guodong 121 David Morris 119 James Wattana 116 Luca Brecel 115 Michael White 112, 103

Andrew Norman 112 Adrian Gunnell 108 Aditya Mehta 106 Alan McManus 105 Ryan Day 104 Ricky Walden 104 Jack Lisowski 103, 101, 100 Jamie Cope 103, 100 Gerard Greene 103 Jamie Jones 102 Anthony Hamilton 101 Peter Ebdon 101 Joe Perry 100

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mark Selby pulls out of China Open as O'Sullivan beats Williams ( English ) BBC Sport. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
2. ↑ Mark Selby pulls out of China Open with neck injury before Ding match ( English ) In: guardian.co.uk . The Guardian . Retrieved May 30, 2012.
3. ^ Prize Money . In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved on February 21, 2012.
4. ↑ The Tour Provisional Ranking Points Schedule 2011/2012 Season (DOC; 52 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on June 16, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
5. ↑ China Open Draw (PDF; 90 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on April 17, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
6. ↑ ^{a b} 2012 Results (final round) . In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
7. ↑ ^{a b c} Bank of Beijing China Open (2012) . Snooker.org. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
8. ↑ China Open 2012 Draw . In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
9. ↑ China Open Qualifiers Draw And Format (PDF; 85 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on February 27, 2012. Retrieved on May 30, 2012.
10. ↑ 2012 Results (qualification) . In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved May 30, 2012.
11. ↑ China Open Qualifiers (2012) . Snooker.org. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
12. ↑ Century Breaks (final round) . In: worldsnookerdata.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
13. ^ Century Breaks (qualification) . In: worldsnookerdata.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved on February 21, 2012.

Web links

• Snooker: Fluke decides top duel on Eurosport.
• 2012 Bank of Beijing China Open (Pics: Top147.com) on Facebook.