China Open 2014 (Snooker)
China Open 2014
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Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
Venue: |
Peking University , Beijing , People's Republic of China |
Opening: | March 31, 2014 |
Endgame: | April 6, 2014
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Winner: |
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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
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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 |
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WC1 |
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5 : 2 |
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WC2 |
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5 : 2 |
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WC3 |
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5 : 2 |
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WC4 |
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2: 5 |
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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.
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 ![]() |
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5: 10 |
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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) |
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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) | |
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5 : 3 |
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33 |
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5 : 0 |
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2 |
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5 : 3 |
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34 |
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2: 5 |
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3 |
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5 : 0 |
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35 |
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5 : 1 |
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4th |
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5 : 1 |
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36 |
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1: 5 |
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5 |
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0: 5 |
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37 |
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5 : 0 |
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6th |
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5 : 2 |
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38 |
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2: 5 |
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7th |
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5 : 0 |
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39 |
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3: 5 |
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8th |
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2: 5 |
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40 |
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5 : 2 |
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9 |
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5 : 2 |
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41 |
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5 : 1 |
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10 |
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3: 5 |
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42 |
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4: 5 |
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11 |
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5 : 4 |
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43 |
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5 : 2 |
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12 |
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5 : 1 |
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44 |
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5 : 1 |
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13 |
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5 : 0 |
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45 |
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4: 5 |
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14th |
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5 : 4 |
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46 |
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1: 5 |
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15th |
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5 : 4 |
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47 |
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5 : 1 |
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16 |
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5 : 2 |
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48 |
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5 : 2 |
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17th |
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5 : 4 |
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49 |
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5 : 2 |
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18th |
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5 : 0 |
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50 |
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1: 5 |
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19th |
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5 : 3 |
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51 |
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3: 5 |
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20th |
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4: 5 |
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52 |
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5 : 2 |
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21st |
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5 : 2 |
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53 |
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4: 5 |
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22nd |
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4: 5 |
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54 |
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5 : 3 |
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23 |
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5 : 3 |
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55 |
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5 : 0 |
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24 |
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5 : 2 |
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56 |
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3: 5 |
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25th |
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5 : 1 |
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57 |
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1: 5 |
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26th |
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5 : 1 |
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58 |
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5 : 2 |
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27 |
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5 : 0 |
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59 |
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5 : 1 |
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28 |
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5 : 2 |
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60 |
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3: 5 |
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29 |
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5 : 4 |
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61 |
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3: 5 |
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30th |
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5 : 3 |
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62 |
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5 : 1 |
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31 |
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5 : 0 |
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63 |
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3: 5 |
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32 |
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5 : 0 |
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64 |
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5 : 0 |
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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.
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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.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Tournament Calendar 2013/2014 . Snooker.org. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- ↑ Neil Robertson beats Mark Selby to win China Open title . BBC Sports . Retrieved March 31, 2013.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ a b c Bank of Beijing China Open (2014) . Snooker.org. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ China Open Qualifiers (2014) . Snooker.org. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
- ↑ China Open - Century Breaks . In: worldsnookerdata.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved April 24, 2014.
- ↑ China Open Qualifiers - Century Breaks . In: worldsnookerdata.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved April 24, 2014.