China Open 2016 (Snooker)

China Open 2016
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Venue:	Beijing University Students' High School, Beijing , China
Opening:	March 28, 2016
Endgame:	3rd April 2016
Winner:	Judd Trump
Highest Break:	143 ( Stuart Bingham )
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The China Open 2016 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour , which was held from March 28 to April 3 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in the Haidian District of the Chinese capital Beijing . It was the 15th China Open since 1999.

The defending champion was world number one Mark Selby . The winner was the Englishman Judd Trump with a clear 10: 4 victory over his compatriot Ricky Walden . For Trump it was the second victory in this tournament after 2011 and the fifth overall tournament victory . Walden had only been in the final of the Players Tour Championship a week earlier and also lost there.

Prize money

This year the prize pool was increased by £ 32,000: the losers in the first main round were each awarded £ 1,000 more than in 2015.

	Prize money
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	4000 pounds
All in all	£ 510,000

Wildcard round

The games of the wildcard round took place on March 28th. The game mode was best-of-9 .

game	Qualifier (place to sit)	Result	Wildcard player
WC1	Martin O'Donnell (87)	5 : 0	Wang Yuchen
WC2	Andrew Higginson (51)	3: 5	Yuan Sijun
WC3	Tian Pengfei (58)	5 : 1	Niu Zhuang
WC4	Ian Burns (68)	5 : 3	Guan Zhen

Final round

	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
	93	Darryl Hill	5
	109	James Wattana	3
						93	Darryl Hill	3
						33	Dominic Dale	5
	32	Jamie Jones	1
	33	Dominic Dale	5
											33	Dominic Dale	1
											17th	Stephen Maguire	5
	16	Michael White	1
	49	Jack Lisowski	5
						49	Jack Lisowski	2
						17th	Stephen Maguire	5
	17th	Stephen Maguire	5
	48	Gary Wilson	3
																17th	Stephen Maguire	5
																89	Alfie Burden	1
	101	Rhys Clark	5
	24	Mark Davis	4th
						101	Rhys Clark	4th
						89	Alfie Burden	5
	89	Alfie Burden	5
	9	Joe Perry	0
											89	Alfie Burden	5
											57	Rory McLeod	1
	40	Mike Dunn	5
	25th	Alan McManus	4th
						40	Mike Dunn	2
						57	Rory McLeod	5
	57	Rory McLeod	5
	74	Mitchell Mann	0
																					17th	Stephen Maguire	0
																					5	Judd Trump	6th
	5	Judd Trump	kl.
	60	Stuart Carrington
						5	Judd Trump	5
						37	Jimmy Robertson	1
	28	Anthony McGill	3
	37	Jimmy Robertson	5
											5	Judd Trump	5
											12	Marco Fu	1
	12	Marco Fu	5
	53	Yu Delu	2
						12	Marco Fu	5
						21st	Robert Milkins	0
	21st	Robert Milkins	5
	86	Ross Muir	4th
																5	Judd Trump	5
																36	Mark King	3
	85	Chris Wakelin	4th
	20th	Matthew Selt	5
						20th	Matthew Selt	1
						87	Martin O'Donnell	5
	52	Joe Swail	2
	87	Martin O'Donnell	5
											87	Martin O'Donnell	0
											36	Mark King	5
	36	Mark King	5
	29	Ali Carter	2
						36	Mark King	5
						4th	Shaun Murphy	3
	61	David Grace	3
	4th	Shaun Murphy	5
																									5	Judd Trump	10
																										10	Ricky Walden	4th
	3	Neil Robertson	3
	96	Noppon Saengkham	5
						96	Noppon Saengkham	5
						30th	Ben Woollaston	4th
	30th	Ben Woollaston	kl.
	A.	Adam Duffy	-
											96	Noppon Saengkham	5
											19th	Graeme Dott	1
	14th	Martin Gould	0
	WC	Yuan Sijun	5
						WC	Yuan Sijun	2
						19th	Graeme Dott	5
	19th	Graeme Dott	5
	46	Matthew Stevens	1
																96	Noppon Saengkham	3
																6th	John Higgins	5
	43	Gerard Greene	1
	22nd	David Gilbert	5
						22nd	David Gilbert	5
						75	Lee Walker	1
	54	Li Hang	3
	75	Lee Walker	5
											22nd	David Gilbert	3
											6th	John Higgins	5
	38	Mark Joyce	5
	27	Luca Brecel	2
						38	Mark Joyce	1
						6th	John Higgins	5
	59	Zhou Yuelong	2
	6th	John Higgins	5
																				6th	John Higgins	5
																					10	Ricky Walden	6th
	7th	Barry Hawkins	4th
	58	Tian Pengfei	5
						58	Tian Pengfei	5
						26th	Michael Holt	2
	26th	Michael Holt	5
	94	Nigel Bond	2
											58	Tian Pengfei	4th
											10	Ricky Walden	5
	10	Ricky Walden	kl.
	55	Robin Hull
						10	Ricky Walden	5
						23	Ryan Day	3
	23	Ryan Day	5
	42	Dechawat Poomjaeng	4th
																10	Ricky Walden	5
																2	Stuart Bingham	1
	47	Tom Ford	3
	18th	Kyren Wilson	5
						18th	Kyren Wilson	1
						50	Rod Lawler	5
	50	Rod Lawler	5
	69	Peter Lines	1
											50	Rod Lawler	2
											2	Stuart Bingham	5
	68	Ian Burns	5
	31	Peter Ebdon	0
						68	Ian Burns	3
						2	Stuart Bingham	5
	63	Sam Baird	3
	2	Stuart Bingham	5

final

Final: Best of 19 Frames Referee: Jan Verhaas Beijing University Students' Gymnasium,  Beijing , China , April 3, 2015
Judd Trump	10 : 4	Ricky Walden
Afternoon games: 25: 75 (71), 53: 63 , 65 : 33, 0: 108 (108), 96 : 4 (90), 60 : 22, 72 : 60, 67 : 28 (59) evening games: 67 : 40 , 68 : 36, 65 : 35, 91 : 35 (69), 8: 97 (64), 75 : 6 (55)
90	Highest break	108
-	Century breaks	1
4th	50+ breaks	3

qualification

With the exception of four games, the qualifying round was played from February 9 to 11, 2016 at the Metrodome in the English city ​​of Barnsley . As in the International Championship 2015 , the games of the defending champion and the world champion as well as the two best-placed Chinese players (games 1, 44, 60 and 64) were played at the beginning of the main tournament in Beijing. The best-of-9 mode applied to all games .

The biggest surprises of the qualification were the elimination of the top 16 players Mark Allen and Mark Williams against Mitchell Mann and Martin O'Donnell respectively . With Adam Duffy an amateur took the chance to participate in the main round of a professional tournament. He defeated number 36 in the world rankings Thepchaiya Un-Nooh .

The game between Kyren Wilson and Anthony Hamilton was remarkable . From the second to the seventh frame, the two players achieved six century breaks in a row (Wilson four, Hamilton two). This meant a new record, there had already been a series of five Centurys twice in professional snooker. In the sixth Century Wilson reached exactly 100 points, he also won the match with a total of 5: 3. The encounter between Rod Lawler and Hammad Miah ended in the tightest of possible results. When the score was 4: 4, the decision frame also ended in a draw. Lawler only secured qualification with the black ball ("Respotted Black") back on.

game	Player 1 (seat position)	Result	Player 2 (seat position)		game	Player 1 (seat position)	Result	Player 2 (seat position)
1	Mark Selby (1)	kl.	Darryl Hill (93)		33	Neil Robertson (3)	5 : 3	Hossein Vafaei (90)
2	David Morris (64)	3: 5	James Wattana (109)		34	Oliver Lines (62)	4: 5	Noppon Saengkham (96)
3	Jamie Jones (32)	5 : 0	Lu Chenwei (99)		35	Ben Woollaston (30)	5 : 1	Zhao Xintong (A)
4th	Dominic Dale (33)	5 : 0	Hatem Yaseen (125)		36	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (35)	3: 5	Adam Duffy (A)
5	Michael White (16)	5 : 4	Craig Steadman (67)		37	Martin Gould (14)	5 : 1	Scott Donaldson (77)
6th	Jack Lisowski (49)	5 : 1	Zhang Yong (108)		38	Andrew Higginson (51)	5 : 3	Liam Highfield (70)
7th	Stephen Maguire (17)	5 : 3	Andy Hicks (A)		39	Graeme Dott (19)	5 : 4	Jimmy White (113)
8th	Gary Wilson (48)	5 : 1	Paul Davison (110)		40	Matthew Stevens (46)	5 : 1	Chris Melling (81)
9	Ken Doherty (41)	0: 5	Rhys Clark (101)		41	Gerard Greene (43)	5 : 4	Oliver Brown (A)
10	Mark Davis (24)	5 : 0	Steven hallworth (92)		42	David Gilbert (22)	5 : 4	Duane Jones (111)
11	Robbie Williams (56)	2: 5	Alfie Burden (89)		43	Li Hang (54)	5 : 4	Thor Chuan Leong (97)
12	Joe Perry (9)	5 : 2	Patrick Fraser (106)		44	Ding Junhui (11)	1: 5	Lee Walker (75)
13	Mike Dunn (40)	5 : 3	Ashley Hugill (A)		45	Mark Joyce (38)	5 : 3	Sean O'Sullivan (82)
14th	Alan McManus (25)	5 : 4	Sydney Wilson (95)		46	Luca Brecel (27)	5 : 1	Zhang Anda (71)
15th	Rory McLeod (57)	5 : 4	James Cahill (105)		47	Zhou Yuelong (59)	5 : 1	Jordan Brown (A)
16	Mark Allen (8)	2: 5	Mitchell Man (74)		48	John Higgins (6)	5 : 2	Michael Wasley (79)
17th	Judd Trump (5)	5 : 0	Joel Walker (73)		49	Barry Hawkins (7)	5 : 0	Sanderson Lam (88)
18th	Stuart Carrington (60)	5 : 1	Lu Ning (91)		50	Tian Pengfei (58)	5 : 3	Leo Fernandez (A)
19th	Anthony McGill (28)	5 : 1	Jake Nicholson (A)		51	Michael Holt (26)	5 : 1	Matthew Day (A)
20th	Jimmy Robertson (37)	5 : 0	Itaro Santos (125)		52	Xiao Guodong (39)	2: 5	Nigel Bond (94)
21st	Marco Fu (12)	5 : 2	Gareth Allen (102)		53	Ricky Walden (10)	5 : 4	Barry Pinches (80)
22nd	Yu Delu (53)	5 : 2	Vinnie Calabrese (112)		54	Robin hull (55)	5 : 1	Eden Sharav (103)
23	Robert Milkins (21)	5 : 2	Daniel Wells (83)		55	Ryan Day (23)	5 : 1	Brett Miller (A)
24	Jamie Burnett (44)	0: 5	Ross Muir (86)		56	Dechawat Poomjaeng (42)	5 : 4	Michael Leslie (84)
25th	Kurt Maflin (45)	3: 5	Chris Wakelin (85)		57	Tom Ford (47)	5 : 2	Michael Wild (100)
26th	Matthew Selt (20)	5 : 2	Jamie Cope (76)		58	Kyren Wilson (18)	5 : 3	Anthony Hamilton (66)
27	Joe Swail (52)	5 : 3	Ian Glover (98)		59	Rod Lawler (50)	5 : 4	Hammad Miah (A)
28	Mark Williams (13)	3: 5	Martin O'Donnell (87)		60	Liang Wenbo (15)	2: 5	Peter Lines (69)
29	Mark King (36)	5 : 2	Hamza Akbar (123)		61	Fergal O'Brien (34)	4: 5	Ian Burns (68)
30th	Ali Carter (29)	5 : 1	Alex Taubman (A)		62	Peter Ebdon (31)	5 : 4	Michael Georgiou (72)
31	David Grace (61)	5 : 1	Jason Weston (104)		63	Sam Baird (63)	5 : 3	Allan Taylor (107)
32	Shaun Murphy (4)	5 : 1	Zak Surety (78)		64	Stuart Bingham (2)	5 : 0	Cao Yupeng (65)

A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2015/16 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)

Century breaks

Main round

Stuart Bingham 143, 119, 109 Ian Burns 135 Ricky Walden 135, 131, 113, 108 Tian Pengfei 133 Marco Fu 123, 115, 111 Zhou Yuelong 120, 103 Alfie Burden 117, 116 Mark Joyce 116 David Gilbert 115, 102 John Higgins 114

Judd Trump 110, 109, 100 Dominic Dale 109, 105, 101 Neil Robertson 106 (2 ×) Ben Woollaston 106 Alan McManus 105 Yuan Sijun 102 Stephen Maguire 101 Ryan Day 101 Anthony McGill 100 Michael Holt 100

qualification

Ryan Day 142, 108 Joe Perry 140 Anthony Hamilton 137, 123 Shaun Murphy 136, 104 Ding Junhui 136 Tian Pengfei 135, 108 Jamie Cope 132 Neil Robertson 132 Marco Fu 129 Barry Hawkins 128, 109 Stuart Bingham 128 Lu Ning 125 Kyren Wilson 125, 108, 103, 100 Chris Wakelin 124 Noppon Saengkham 123 John Higgins 121

Matthew Stevens 115 Dominic Dale 113 Dechawat Poomjaeng 110 Judd Trump 108 Michael Holt 106, 100 Rhys Clark 104 Peter Ebdon 104 Stephen Maguire 104 Shaun Murphy 104 Ben Woollaston 103, 100 Michael Georgiou 103 Robert Milkins 103 Mitchell Mann 102 Mark Joyce 101 Eden Sharav 100 Mark Allen 100

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