2009 Beijing International Challenge

Beijing International Challenge
Tournament information
Dates 7–12 July 2009
Venue Beijing University Students' Gymnasium
City Beijing
Country China
Format Non-ranking event
Winner's share £50,000
Highest break 138
Final
Champion China Liang Wenbo
Runner-up Scotland Stephen Maguire
Score 7–6
First
2010

The 2009 Beijing International Challenge (also known as the 2009 BTV Cup) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 7–12 July 2009 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China.

Liang Wenbo won his first professional title by beating Stephen Maguire 7–6.[1]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[2]

Round-robin stage

[2]

Group 1

Table

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS
1China Liang Wenbo 3273+42
2Scotland Stephen Hendry 326602
3England Ali Carter 3156−11
4China Jin Long 3147−31

Results:

  • Jin Long 0–3 Ali Carter
  • Stephen Hendry 0–3 Liang Wenbo
  • Liang Wenbo 3–0 Ali Carter
  • Stephen Hendry 3–2 Ali Carter
  • Jin Long 3–1 Liang Wenbo
  • Jin Long 1–3 Stephen Hendry

Group 2

Table

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS
1Scotland Stephen Maguire 3391+83
2Northern Ireland Mark Allen 3168−21
3Hong Kong Marco Fu 3157−21
4China Tian Pengfei 3148−41

Results:

  • Marco Fu 0–3 Stephen Maguire
  • Stephen Maguire 3–1 Mark Allen
  • Marco Fu 3–1 Tian Pengfei
  • Tian Pengfei 3–2 Mark Allen
  • Tian Pengfei 0–3 Stephen Maguire
  • Marco Fu 2–3 Mark Allen

Knock-out stage

[2]

Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames
Final
Best of 13 frames
      
China Liang Wenbo 5
Northern Ireland Mark Allen 1
China Liang Wenbo 7
Scotland Stephen Maguire 6
Scotland Stephen Maguire 5
Scotland Stephen Hendry 3

Century breaks

[2]

References

  1. "Wenbo Bags first Professional title in the BTV Beijing Challenge". Global Snooker. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2010.