Wuxi Classic 2012
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Wuxi Classic 2012
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium, Wuxi , China |
| Opening: | June 25, 2012 |
| Endgame: | July 1, 2012
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| Winner: |
 Ricky Walden
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| Finalist: |
Stuart Bingham
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| Highest Break: |
147 ( Stuart Bingham )
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The Wuxi Classic 2012 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2012/13 season , which was held from June 25 to July 1, 2012 at the Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi .
Defending champion was Mark Selby , who was eliminated 4-5 in the quarterfinals against Stuart Bingham .
During the fourth qualifying round Dominic Dale and Peter Lines broke a 20-year-old record: After numerous foul points, Lines won the fourth frame of the game with 108: 84. With a total of 192 points scored in one frame, the previous maximum number of points from the game Sean Storey against Graham Cripsey (93:92 = 185 points, qualification for the Asian Open 1992) was exceeded.
In the final, Stuart Bingham managed the 89th official maximum break . It was Stuart Bingham's third 147 break.
In the end, however, Ricky Walden won the final 10: 4, thus securing his second title in a world ranking tournament.
Prize money and world ranking points
| Prize money | World ranking points |
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| 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) |
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| Last 96 | 560 (280) |
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| Highest qualifying round break |
£ 200 | |
| Highest final round break |
£ 2,000 | |
| Maximum break final round | £ 5,000 | |
| All in all | £ 405,000 |
Seeded players who lost their first game only received half the number of points (in brackets in the table).
Wildcard round
The games of the wildcard round took place on June 25th and 26th, 2012 in Wuxi .
| game | Qualifier (place to sit) | Result | Wildcard player |
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| WC1 |
 Ken Doherty (32)
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5 : 4 |
 Lu Ning
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| WC2 |
 Jamie Burnett (36)
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5 : 3 |
Jin Long
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| WC3 |
 Michael White (50)
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4: 5 |
Zhou Yuelong
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| WC4 |
Rod Lawler (-)
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5 : 2 |
Li Hang
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| WC5 |
Dave Harold (44)
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1: 5 |
Rouzi Maimaiti
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| WC6 |
Fergal O'Brien (31)
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5 : 2 |
Lü Haotian
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| WC7 |
Michael Holt (30)
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1: 5 |
Zhu Yinghui
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| WC8 |
Robert Milkins (33)
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5 : 2 |
Chen Feilong
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Final round
Due to back problems, Matthew Stevens canceled his participation three days before the start of the finals.
final
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Final: Best of 19 Frames Referee: Brendan Moore Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium, Wuxi , July 1st, 2012 |
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Stuart Bingham (14)
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4: 10 |
Ricky Walden (13)
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Afternoon games: 57: 59 , 43: 53 , 1: 69 (69), 22: 62 , 24: 54 , 147 : 0 ( 147 ), 1: 57 (56), 33: 65 evening games: 34: 76 , 24: 74 (73), 103 : 0 ( 103 ), 100 : 0 ( 100 ), 92 : 20, 41: 84 (74) |
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| 147 | Highest break | 74 |
| 3 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | 4th |
qualification
The qualifying games were played from June 5th to 8th, 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield .
A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2012/13 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit) kl. = won without a fight
Century breaks
Finals
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1 scored in the wildcard round
qualification
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Record Breakers . In: snookerscene.blogspot.de . Snooker Scene Blog. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
- ↑ a b Bingham Makes Maximum In Wuxi ( English ) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . July 1, 2012. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
- ↑ Prize Money ( English ) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . June 3, 2012. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved on June 3, 2012.
- ↑ The Tour Ranking Points Schedule 2012/2013 Season (DOC; 57 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
- ↑ Wuxi Classic Draw And Format (PDF; 76 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on April 13, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
- ↑ a b Results ( English ) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . July 3, 2012. Archived from the original on December 30, 2014. Retrieved on July 3, 2012.
- ↑ a b c Wuxi Classic (2012) . Snooker.org. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
- ↑ Stevens Withdraws From Wuxi Classic ( English ) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . June 22, 2012. Archived from the original on June 28, 2012. Retrieved on June 24, 2012.
- ↑ Wuxi Classic 2012 Draw ( English ) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on August 25, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
- ↑ Wuxi Classic Qualifiers Draw And Format (PDF; 85 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
- ↑ Results (qualification) ( English ) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . June 9, 2012. Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
- ^ Wuxi Classic Qualifiers (2012) . Snooker.org. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
- ^ Wuxi Classic Centuries . In: worldsnookerdata.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
- ^ Wuxi Classic qualifiers - Centuries . In: worldsnookerdata.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on June 8, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
Web links
- Pictures from Tai Chengzhe, TOP147.com on Facebook.
- Maximum Break by Stuart Bingham on YouTube.