2017 World Open (snooker)

World Open
Tournament information
Dates	18–24 September 2017
City	Yushan
Country	China
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£700,000
Winner's share	£150,000
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The 2017 World Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament that will take place from 18–24 September 2017 in Yushan, China.^[1] It will be the fifth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.

Qualifying will take place from 6–9 August in Preston.^[1]

Ali Carter is the defending champion but he chose not to participate in this year.

Prize fund

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

Winner: £150,000
Runner-up: £75,000
Semi-final: £32,000
Quarter-final: £18,000
Last 16: £12,000
Last 32: £7,000
Last 64: £4,000

Non-televised highest break: £TBC
Televised highest break: £TBC

Total: £700,000^[1]

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stands at £

Main draw

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

Alexander Ursenbacher

John Higgins

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Yushan No.1 Middle School, Yushan, China, 24 September 2017.
	–

	Highest break
	Century breaks
	50+ breaks

Qualifying

These matches were held between 6 and 9 August 2017 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.


Mark Selby	−^{[nb 1]}	Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn
Lee Walker	5−1	Paul Davison
Robert Milkins	5−4	Jak Jones
Jamie Jones	5−2	Josh Boileau
Anthony McGill	5−4	Zhao Xintong
Kurt Maflin	3−5	Duane Jones
Stephen Maguire	5−1	Matthew Bolton
Robbie Williams	3−5	Ken Doherty
David Grace	0−5	Cao Yupeng
Michael White	−^{[nb 1]}	TBC^{[nb 2]}
Alfie Burden	5−1	Craig Steadman
Stuart Bingham	5−1	Mei Xiwen
Mike Dunn	5−0	Soheil Vahedi
Luca Brecel	5−4	Ross Muir
Daniel Wells	5−3	Gerard Greene
Shaun Murphy	5−1	Alex Borg
Marco Fu	5−3	Sean O'Sullivan
Scott Donaldson	0−5	Ian Burns
Graeme Dott	w/o−w/d	Hamza Akbar
Peter Ebdon	5−4	Niu Zhuang
Liang Wenbo	−^{[nb 1]}	Akani Songsermsawad
Li Hang	5−3	Robin Hull
Ricky Walden	5−2	Jamie Curtis-Barrett
Andrew Higginson	5−1	Martin O'Donnell
Yu Delu	5−2	Zhang Yong
Joe Perry	5−2	Ian Preece
Gary Wilson	5−1	Nigel Bond
Ryan Day	5−3	Rod Lawler
Xiao Guodong	5−3	Lukas Kleckers
Dominic Dale	5−0	Jackson Page
Zhang Anda	5−2	Yuan Sijun
Ding Junhui	−^{[nb 1]}	Hammad Miah


Judd Trump	0−5	Sam Craigie
John Astley	5−1	Chris Totten
Tom Ford	5−1	Boonyarit Keattikun
Jimmy Robertson	−^{[nb 1]}	TBC^{[nb 2]}
Mark Williams	5−0	Christopher Keogan
Matthew Stevens	5−0	Kurt Dunham
Mark King	5−2	Li Yuan
Sam Baird	3−5	Chen Zhe
Mark Joyce	5−3	Aditya Mehta
Michael Holt	5−1	Billy Joe Castle
Hossein Vafaei	5−4	Ashley Hugill
Kyren Wilson	5−1	Thor Chuan Leong
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	5−1	Fang Xiongman
Alan McManus	−^{[nb 1]}	TBC^{[nb 2]}
Chris Wakelin	5−4	James Wattana
Barry Hawkins	5−0	David John
Neil Robertson	5−1	Sanderson Lam
Noppon Saengkham	5−3	Adam Duffy
Ben Woollaston	5−0	Peter Lines
Rory McLeod	4−5	Eden Sharav
Mark Allen	5−1	Wang Yuchen
Oliver Lines	5−2	Chen Zifan
Anthony Hamilton	4−5	Allan Taylor
Fergal O'Brien	0−5	Michael Georgiou
Tian Pengfei	5−1	Jimmy White
David Gilbert	5−1	Rhys Clark
Jack Lisowski	5−4	Xu Si
Martin Gould	−^{[nb 1]}	TBC^{[nb 2]}
Matthew Selt	5−2	Mitchell Mann
Mark Davis	4−5	Elliot Slessor
Liam Highfield	3−5	Alexander Ursenbacher
John Higgins	5−2	Joe Swail

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Match was held over and played in Yushan.
1 2 3 4 Wildcard

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 22

References

1 2 3 "World Open in Yushan". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
↑ "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

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