Jiangsu Classic 2008

Jiangsu Classic 2008
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Venue:	Nanjing / Wuxi , China
Opening:	June 4, 2008
Endgame:	June 8, 2008
Winner:	Ding Junhui
Highest Break:	110 ( Ding Junhui )
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The Jiangsu Classic 2008 (also: Guolian Securities Jiangsu Classic ) was a snooker tournament that was held from June 4 to 8, 2008 in Nanjing and Wuxi . It was an invitation tournament as part of the Main Tour of the 2008/09 snooker season .

In the final, Ding Junhui was able to prevail in a tight decision frame with 6: 5 against Mark Selby .

Prize money

• Winner: £ 20,000
• Finalist: £ 9,000
• Semi-finalists: £ 4,000
• Third party: £ 2,000
• Group fourth: £ 1,000
• Entry fee for professionals: £ 2,500
• Highest break: £ 1,000

• Total: £ 64,000

Group stage

The group stage took place at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center in Nanjing .

Group 1

space player Games Victories Frames won Frames lost Balance sheet 1 Joe Perry 5 5 10 2 +8 2 Ryan Day 5 4th 8th 4th +4 3 Jin Long 5 2 6th 6th 0 4th Shaun Murphy 5 2 5 7th −2 5 Liang Wenbo 5 1 4th 8th −4 6th Neil Robertson 5 1 3 9 −6

50+ breaks are indicated by brackets (). Century breaks are marked in bold . Shaun Murphy 2-0 Jin Long → (80) 137-0, (65) 107-0 Neil Robertson 0: 2 Liang Wenbo → 54:59, 3: 115 (89) Ryan Day 0-2 Joe Perry → 43:65, 9:63 (62) Shaun Murphy 2 : 1 Liang Wenbo → 72:52, 1:85 (76), 69:18 Ryan Day 2 : 1 Neil Robertson → 73:50, 30:68 (64), (59) 68:23 Shaun Murphy 1: 2 Neil Robertson → 7:81, 72: (52), 37:71 Joe Perry 2 : 1 Jin Long → 72:23, 40:72, 77:40 Ryan Day 2 : 1 Jin Long → 0: (86), ( 100 ): 0, (73) 77: 0 Joe Perry 2 : 1 Liang Wenbo → 40:76, ​​61:44, (77) 83: 1 Ryan Day 2 : 0 Liang Wenbo → (91) 92:28, (89): 20 Shaun Murphy 0-2 Joe Perry → 44:64,?:? Neil Robertson 0-2 Jin Long → 26:59 (59), 8:92 Liang Wenbo 0: 2 Jin Long → 40:80, 0:91 (62) Neil Robertson 0-2 Joe Perry → 6:94, 43:92 (81) Shaun Murphy 0-2 Ryan Day → 7:98 (62), 58:70

Group 2

space player Games Victories Frames won Frames lost Balance sheet 1 Ding Junhui 5 5 10 2 +8 2 Mark Selby 5 3 7th 6th +1 3 Peter Ebdon 5 2 7th 8th −1 4th Liu Chuang 5 2 5 7th −2 5 Ali Carter 5 2 5 8th −3 6th Li Hang 5 1 5 8th −3

50+ breaks are indicated by brackets (). Century breaks are marked in bold . Mark Selby 2 : 1 → Li Hang 57: 7, 2:66 (64), ( 100 ) 119: 4 Peter Ebdon 1: 2 Liu Chuang → (66) 79:25, (53): 55, 35:59 Ali Carter 0-2 Ding Junhui → 15:10 ( 108 ), 2:64 Mark Selby 2-0 Liu Chuang → ( 102 ) 111-0, (86): 33 Ali Carter 2 : 1 Peter Ebdon → (68) 69: 0, 0: 102 (93), 68:35 Ding Junhui 2 : 1 Li Hang → (72): 0, 31:70 (54), 85:44 Mark Selby 1: 2 Peter Ebdon → 71:43, 16 :( 100 ), 20:82 (68) Ali Carter 0: 2 Li Hang → 0:79 (75), 4:50 Ding Junhui 2-0 Liu Chuang → (77) 78:11, 61:54 Ali Carter 2 : 1 Liu Chuang → 68:52, 23:72, 62:55 Mark Selby 0: 2 Ding Junhui → 10 :( 110 ), 30:69 Peter Ebdon 2 : 1 Li Hang → (60) 84: 8, 35:73, 66:17 Liu Chuang 2-0 Li Hang → 68: 8, 65:18 Peter Ebdon 1: 2 Ding Junhui → 2:76, (59) 77: 0, 66:68 Mark Selby 2 : 1 Ali Carter → (62) 67:24, 0: 124 (52.72), (72): 1

Finals

	Semi-finals June 6, Nanjing Best of 7 frames					Final June 8th, Wuxi Best of 11 frames
		Joe Perry	1
		Mark Selby *	4th
							Mark Selby	5
							Ding Junhui	6th
		Ding Junhui **	4th
		Ryan Day	0

* 32:71, (51) 75:43, 1:75 (52), 1:81 (74), 22:97 (81)
** (52) 75:21, (81) 85: 0, (75 ) 120: 1, ( 108 ) 120: 0

final

With the final, the Wuxi Sports Center was inaugurated as a snooker venue.

Final: Best of 11 frames
Mark Selby	5: 6	Ding Junhui
63 : 50, 52: 60 , 67 : 41, 36: 76 (50), 24: 68 (59), 38: 77 49 :( 70 ), 85 (64): 44, 93 (85): 14, 75 (74): 0, (52): 77 (61)
85	Highest break	70
0	Century breaks	0
4th	50+ breaks	4th

Century breaks

Ding Junhui	110, 108 (2 ×)
Mark Selby	102, 100
Ryan Day	100
Peter Ebdon	100