2014 China Open (snooker)

China Open
Tournament information
Dates 31 March–6 April 2014
Venue Beijing University Students' Gymnasium
City Beijing
Country China
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £478,000
Winner's share £85,000
Highest break 142
Final
Champion China Ding Junhui
Runner-up Australia Neil Robertson
Score 10–5
2013
2015

The 2014 China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 31 March and 6 April 2014 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the eleventh ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.[1]

Ding Junhui won his 11th ranking title by defeating defending champion Neil Robertson 10–5 in the final, and became the sixth on the list of players with the most ranking titles behind Stephen Hendry (36 titles), Steve Davis (28), Ronnie O'Sullivan (26), John Higgins (25) and Mark Williams (18).[2] Ding also equalled Hendry's record from 1990/1991 to win five ranking titles in a single season.[3]

Prize fund

The total prize money of the event was raised to £478,000 from the previous year's £425,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]

  • Winner: £85,000
  • Runner-up: £35,000
  • Semi-final: £21,000
  • Quarter-final: £12,500
  • Last 16: £8,000
  • Last 32: £6,500
  • Last 64: £3,000

  • Non-televised highest break: £0
  • Televised highest break: £2,000
  • Total: £478,000

Wildcard round

These matches were played in Beijing on 31 March 2014.[5][6][7][8][9]

Match Score
WC1 China Yu Delu 5–2 China Chen Zifan
WC2 Belgium Luca Brecel 5–2 China Yuan Sijun
WC3 England John Astley 5–2 China Yan Bingtao
WC4 England Sam Baird 2–5 China Zhao Xintong

Main draw

[6][7][8][9]

Last 64
Best of 9 frames
Last 32
Best of 9 frames
Last 16
Best of 9 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 19 frames
                  
Australia Neil Robertson 5
England Anthony Hamilton 4
Australia Neil Robertson 5
Wales Mark Williams 4
Scotland Anthony McGill 3
Wales Mark Williams 5
Australia Neil Robertson 5
China Yu Delu 4
Thailand James Wattana 5
England Mark Joyce 0
Thailand James Wattana 1
China Yu Delu 5
China Yu Delu 5
Wales Duane Jones 3
Australia Neil Robertson 5
Scotland Graeme Dott 3
Northern Ireland Mark Allen w/d
Belgium Luca Brecel w/o
Belgium Luca Brecel 5
Wales Dominic Dale 1
England Jack Lisowski 3
Wales Dominic Dale 5
Belgium Luca Brecel 2
Scotland Graeme Dott 5
Scotland Graeme Dott 5
England Rory McLeod 4
Scotland Graeme Dott 5
England Dave Harold 4
England Dave Harold w/o
Scotland Stephen Maguire w/d
Australia Neil Robertson 6
England Ali Carter 2
England Shaun Murphy 5
England Jamie Cope 1
England Shaun Murphy 5
Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 0
Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 5
England David Grace 3
England Shaun Murphy 3
England Ricky Walden 5
China Xiao Guodong 5
England Hammad Miah 2
China Xiao Guodong 3
England Ricky Walden 5
India Pankaj Advani 1
England Ricky Walden 5
England Ricky Walden 3
England Ali Carter 5
England Ali Carter 5
Wales Jamie Jones 0
England Ali Carter 5
England Matthew Selt 2
England Matthew Selt 5
Wales Ryan Day 2
England Ali Carter 5
England Peter Ebdon 3
England Peter Ebdon 5
England Jimmy Robertson 3
England Peter Ebdon 5
England Judd Trump 4
Norway Kurt Maflin 1
England Judd Trump 5
Australia Neil Robertson 5
China Ding Junhui 10
China Ding Junhui 5
England John Astley 1
China Ding Junhui 5
Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 3
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 0
Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5
China Ding Junhui 5
Scotland John Higgins 2
Wales Michael White 5
China Zhao Xintong 2
Wales Michael White 1
Scotland John Higgins 5
England Michael Wasley 2
Scotland John Higgins 5
China Ding Junhui 5
England Mark King 2
Hong Kong Marco Fu 5
China Li Hang 3
Hong Kong Marco Fu 3
England Mark King 5
India Aditya Mehta 4
England Mark King 5
England Mark King 5
England Jamie O'Neill 3
England Kyren Wilson 3
England Jamie O'Neill 5
England Jamie O'Neill 5
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 2
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien w/o
England Barry Hawkins w/d
China Ding Junhui 6
England Mike Dunn 0
England Stuart Bingham w/d
England Martin O'Donnell w/o
England Martin O'Donnell 4
England Craig Steadman 5
England Craig Steadman 5
England Michael Holt 1
England Craig Steadman 3
England Mike Dunn 5
England Mike Dunn 5
England Peter Lines 4
England Mike Dunn 5
China Tian Pengfei 3
China Tian Pengfei 5
England Gary Wilson 2
England Mike Dunn 5
England Mark Selby 3
Republic of Ireland David Morris 2
England Jimmy White 5
England Jimmy White 5
England Alfie Burden 3
England Alfie Burden w/o
Malta Tony Drago w/d
England Jimmy White 1
England Mark Selby 5
England Barry Pinches 2
England Nigel Bond 5
England Nigel Bond 1
England Mark Selby 5
England Stuart Carrington 3
England Mark Selby 5

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Terry Camilieri.
Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 6 April 2014.[9][10]
Neil Robertson
 Australia
5–10 Ding Junhui
 China
Afternoon: 0–98 (87), 0–63 (61), 58–67, 74–21, 0–123 (119), 6–110 (59), 20–71, 102–1 (102), 57–71
Evening: 63–13 (57), 5–125 (104), 64–49, 0–87 (67), 74–9 (57), 13–98 (66)
102 Highest break 119
1 Century breaks 2
3 50+ breaks 7

Qualifying

These matches were held between 16 and 18 February 2014 at The Capital Venue in Gloucester, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.[11][12][13]

Australia Neil Robertson 5–3 China Li Yan
England Anthony Hamilton 5–3 Malta Alex Borg
Scotland Anthony McGill 5–0 Scotland Michael Leslie
Wales Mark Williams 5–1 Wales Daniel Wells
Wales Matthew Stevens 0–5 Thailand James Wattana
England Mark Joyce 5–2 England Christopher Keogan
China Yu Delu 5–0 China Lyu Haotian
England Joe Perry 2–5 Wales Duane Jones
Northern Ireland Mark Allen 5–2 England James Cahill
Scotland Jamie Burnett 3–5 Belgium Luca Brecel
England Jack Lisowski 5–4 England Shane Castle
Wales Dominic Dale 5–1 Qatar Ahmed Saif
Scotland Graeme Dott 5–0 England Alex Davies
England Rory McLeod 5–4 Thailand Noppon Saengkham
England Dave Harold 5–4 China Zhang Anda
Scotland Stephen Maguire 5–2 England Chris Wakelin
England Shaun Murphy 5–4 England Adam Duffy
England Jamie Cope 5–0 England Gareth Green
Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 5–3 Thailand Ratchayothin Yotharuck
China Liang Wenbo 4–5 England David Grace
China Xiao Guodong 5–2 Wales Andrew Pagett
Northern Ireland Gerard Greene 4–5 England Hammad Miah
India Pankaj Advani 5–3 China Chen Zhe
England Ricky Walden 5–3 England Liam Highfield
England Ali Carter 5–1 England Lee Page
Wales Jamie Jones 5–1 England Mitchell Travis
England Matthew Selt 5–0 Wales Jak Jones
Wales Ryan Day 5–2 Libya Khaled Belaid Abumdas
England Peter Ebdon 5–4 Scotland Fraser Patrick
England Jimmy Robertson 5–3 England Sydney Wilson
Norway Kurt Maflin 5–0 Scotland Rhys Clark
England Judd Trump 5–0 England Elliot Slessor

China Ding Junhui 5–0 Thailand Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon
England Robbie Williams 2–5 England John Astley
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5–1 England Andrew Norman
England Ben Woollaston 1–5 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Wales Michael White 5–0 Scotland Scott Donaldson
China Liu Chuang 2–5 England Sam Baird
England Steve Davis 3–5 England Michael Wasley
Scotland John Higgins 5–2 Australia Vinnie Calabrese
Hong Kong Marco Fu 5–1 England Adam Wicheard
China Cao Yupeng 4–5 China Li Hang
India Aditya Mehta 5–2 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher
England Mark King 5–1 England Chris Norbury
Scotland Marcus Campbell 4–5 England Kyren Wilson
Scotland Alan McManus 1–5 England Jamie O'Neill
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 5–1 England Paul Davison
England Barry Hawkins 5–2 China Cao Xinlong
England Stuart Bingham 5–2 England Allan Taylor
England David Gilbert 1–5 England Martin O'Donnell
England Ian Burns 3–5 England Craig Steadman
England Michael Holt 5–2 England Antony Parsons
England Tom Ford 4–5 England Mike Dunn
England Peter Lines 5–3 England Joel Walker
China Tian Pengfei 5–0 England Sean O'Sullivan
England Robert Milkins 3–5 England Gary Wilson
England Mark Davis 1–5 Republic of Ireland David Morris
England Jimmy White 5–2 Northern Ireland Joe Swail
England Alfie Burden 5–1 Scotland Ross Muir
England Andrew Higginson 3–5 Malta Tony Drago
England Martin Gould 3–5 England Barry Pinches
England Nigel Bond 5–1 England Sanderson Lam
England Rod Lawler 3–5 England Stuart Carrington
England Mark Selby 5–0 England Ryan Clark

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

[14]

Televised stage centuries

[15]

References

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