2014 International Championship

International Championship
Tournament information
Dates 26 October–2 November 2014
Venue Sichuan International Tennis Center
City Chengdu
Country China
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £625,000
Winner's share £125,000
Highest break England Mitchell Mann (142)
Final
Champion England Ricky Walden
Runner-up Northern Ireland Mark Allen
Score 10–7
2013
2015

The 2014 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 26 October and 2 November 2014 at the Sichuan International Tennis Center in Chengdu, China. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2014/2015 season.[1]

Ding Junhui was the defending champion,[2] but he lost 5–6 against amateur Wang Zepeng in the qualifying round.[3]

Ricky Walden won his third ranking title by defeating Mark Allen 10–7 in the final.[4][5]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6][7]

  • Winner: £125,000
  • Runner-up: £65,000
  • Semi-final: £30,000
  • Quarter-final: £17,500
  • Last 16: £12,000
  • Last 32: £7,000
  • Last 64: £3,000

  • Televised highest break: £1,000
  • Total: £625,000

Wildcard round

These matches were played in Chengdu on 26 October 2014.[8][9][10]

Match Score
WC1 England Mitchell Mann 6–1 China Niu Zhuang
WC2 Wales Jamie Jones 5–6 China Zhao Xintong
WC3 Northern Ireland Joe Swail 6–4 China Yan Bingtao
WC4 England Oliver Lines 6–3 China Huang Jiahao

Main draw

[8][9][10]

Last 64
Best of 11 frames
Last 32
Best of 11 frames
Last 16
Best of 11 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 17 frames
Final
Best of 19 frames
                  
China Wang Zepeng 5
England Mitchell Mann 6
England Mitchell Mann 4
Wales Michael White 6
India Aditya Mehta 0
Wales Michael White 6
Wales Michael White 6
England Ian Burns 2
Wales Dominic Dale 5
England Ian Burns 6
England Ian Burns 6
England Craig Steadman 3
England Craig Steadman 6
Scotland Graeme Dott 1
Wales Michael White 3
Northern Ireland Mark Allen 6
England Stuart Bingham 6
England Robbie Williams 4
England Stuart Bingham 6
Wales Ryan Day 3
England Mark Joyce 5
Wales Ryan Day 6
England Stuart Bingham 4
Northern Ireland Mark Allen 6
England Martin Gould 6
England Joel Walker 4
England Martin Gould 4
Northern Ireland Mark Allen 6
England Nigel Bond 0
Northern Ireland Mark Allen 6
Northern Ireland Mark Allen 9
Wales Mark Williams 8
England Barry Hawkins 6
England Jimmy White 4
England Barry Hawkins 2
Wales Mark Williams 6
England Oliver Brown 1
Wales Mark Williams 6
Wales Mark Williams 6
England Sam Baird 4
England Sam Baird 6
England Kyren Wilson 2
England Sam Baird 6
England Mark Davis 5
Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 2
England Mark Davis 6
Wales Mark Williams 6
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
Scotland John Higgins 1
China Li Hang 6
China Li Hang 6
China Zhao Xintong 1
China Zhao Xintong 6
Norway Kurt Maflin 3
China Li Hang 1
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
Scotland Alan McManus 4
Scotland Anthony McGill 6
Scotland Anthony McGill 1
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
England Ben Woollaston 4
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
Northern Ireland Mark Allen 7
England Ricky Walden 10
Australia Neil Robertson 6
England Matthew Selt 3
Australia Neil Robertson 5
Northern Ireland Joe Swail 6
Northern Ireland Joe Swail 6
England Andrew Higginson 2
Northern Ireland Joe Swail 4
England Ricky Walden 6
China Zhou Yuelong 6
England Chris Melling 1
China Zhou Yuelong 5
England Ricky Walden 6
Republic of Ireland David Morris 3
England Ricky Walden 6
England Ricky Walden 6
Scotland Jamie Burnett 1
England Joe Perry 6
England Mike Dunn 3
England Joe Perry 1
England Peter Ebdon 6
Wales Andrew Pagett 1
England Peter Ebdon 6
England Peter Ebdon 2
Scotland Jamie Burnett 6
Wales Matthew Stevens 1
Scotland Jamie Burnett 6
Scotland Jamie Burnett 6
England Judd Trump 5
England Jimmy Robertson 5
England Judd Trump 6
England Ricky Walden 9
England Robert Milkins 2
England Shaun Murphy 6
China Yu Delu 1
England Shaun Murphy 1
England Robert Milkins 6
England Barry Pinches 2
England Robert Milkins 6
England Robert Milkins 6
China Xiao Guodong 4
China Xiao Guodong 6
Scotland Eden Sharav 2
China Xiao Guodong 6
Thailand Noppon Saengkham 5
Thailand Noppon Saengkham 6
Scotland Stephen Maguire 5
England Robert Milkins 6
Hong Kong Marco Fu 5
Hong Kong Marco Fu 6
England Liam Highfield 4
Hong Kong Marco Fu 6
England David Gilbert 5
England David Gilbert 6
England Zak Surety 4
Hong Kong Marco Fu 6
England Rod Lawler 4
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 6
Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 1
England Rod Lawler 6
England Rod Lawler 6
England Oliver Lines 3

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas.
Sichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu, China, 2 November 2014.[10][11]
Mark Allen
 Northern Ireland
7–10 Ricky Walden
 England
Afternoon: 1–109 (59), 85–1, 25–69 (64), 52–57, 76–48, 113–1 (113), 49–67, 67–18, 71–31 (52)
Evening: 0–100, 44–79, 4–85 (85), 69–1 (68), 88–4 (74), 0–85 (85), 0–103 (103), 6–116 (54, 62)
113 Highest break 103
1 Century breaks 1
4 50+ breaks 7

Qualifying

These matches took place between 22 and 25 September 2014 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England.[12][13] All matches were best of 11 frames.[14]

China Ding Junhui 5–6 China Wang Zepeng
England Peter Lines 5–6 England Mitchell Mann
India Aditya Mehta 6–3 Thailand James Wattana
Wales Michael White 6–4 England Sean O'Sullivan
Wales Dominic Dale 6–3 Australia Vinnie Calabrese
England Jack Lisowski 2–6 England Ian Burns
China Cao Yupeng 4–6 England Craig Steadman
Scotland Graeme Dott 6–1 England Lee Page
England Stuart Bingham 6–4 England Michael Wasley
England Robbie Williams 6–2 Qatar Ahmed Saif
England Mark Joyce 6–4 China Lu Ning
Wales Ryan Day 6–5 China Lyu Haotian
England Martin Gould 6–4 China Cao Xinlong
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 4–6 England Joel Walker
England Nigel Bond 6–1 England Joe O'Connor
Northern Ireland Mark Allen 6–4 England Nico Elton
England Barry Hawkins 6–0 Thailand Ratchayothin Yotharuck
England Jimmy White 6–5 England Alex Davies
England Jamie Cope 3–6 England Oliver Brown
Wales Mark Williams 6–2 Scotland Scott Donaldson
England Michael Holt 4–6 England Sam Baird
England Kyren Wilson 6–1 Scotland Ross Muir
Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 6–2 England Steven Hallworth
England Mark Davis 6–2 Wales Lee Walker
Scotland John Higgins 6–2 England Stuart Carrington
England Gary Wilson 5–6 China Li Hang
Wales Jamie Jones 6–5 China Zhang Anda
Norway Kurt Maflin 6–5 England Elliot Slessor
Scotland Alan McManus 6–2 England Michael Georgiou
Scotland Anthony McGill 6–2 England Ashley Carty
England Ben Woollaston 6–3 England Sydney Wilson
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–3 England James Cahill

Australia Neil Robertson 6–5 Malta Alex Borg
England Matthew Selt 6–2 Canada Alex Pagulayan
England Tom Ford 3–6 Northern Ireland Joe Swail
England Andrew Higginson 6–2 England Chris Wakelin
China Liang Wenbo 2–6 China Zhou Yuelong
Belgium Luca Brecel 5–6 England Chris Melling
Republic of Ireland David Morris 6–3 England John Astley
England Ricky Walden 6–0 China Lu Chenwei
England Joe Perry 6–0 England Chris Norbury
England Mike Dunn 6–2 England Matthew Day
England Rory McLeod 3–6 Wales Andrew Pagett
England Peter Ebdon 6–2 England David Grace
Wales Matthew Stevens 6–3 Scotland Michael Leslie
Scotland Jamie Burnett 6–0 Republic of Ireland John Sutton
England Jimmy Robertson 6–0 England Hammad Miah
England Judd Trump 6–0 England Ian Glover
England Shaun Murphy 6–1 England Allan Taylor
China Yu Delu 6–3 England Brandon Sargeant
Scotland Marcus Campbell 2–6 England Barry Pinches
England Robert Milkins 6–4 Wales Daniel Wells
China Xiao Guodong 6–1 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher
Northern Ireland Gerard Greene 4–6 Scotland Eden Sharav
England Alfie Burden 4–6 Thailand Noppon Saengkham
Scotland Stephen Maguire 6–4 China Liu Chuang
Hong Kong Marco Fu 6–0 England Shane Castle
England Anthony Hamilton 3–6 England Liam Highfield
England David Gilbert 6–1 Scotland Mark Owens
England Mark King 4–6 England Zak Surety
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 6–0 Scotland Fraser Patrick
Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6–4 England Andrew Norman
England Rod Lawler 6–4 China Tian Pengfei
England Mark Selby 4–6 England Oliver Lines

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

[15][16]

Televised stage centuries

[16][17]

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