The 2012 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 28 October and 4 November 2012 at the Sichuan International Tennis Center in Chengdu, China. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.[3] It was named as the "first overseas 'major'", as the tournament had the same level of ranking points as the UK Championship.[2]
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 28 October – 4 November 2012 |
Venue | Sichuan International Tennis Center |
City | Chengdu |
Country | China |
Organisation | World Snooker |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £600,000[1] |
Winner's share | £125,000[2] |
Highest break | Neil Robertson (AUS) (142) |
Final | |
Champion | Judd Trump (ENG) |
Runner-up | Neil Robertson (AUS) |
Score | 10–8 |
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Judd Trump won the third ranking title of his career by defeating Neil Robertson 10–8 in the final.[4][5][6] Trump also became the world number one as a result of reaching the final.[7]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[8]
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Wildcard round
These matches were played in Chengdu on 28 and 29 October 2012.[2][9][10][11][12][13]
Match | Score | ||
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WC1 | Michael White (WAL) | 5–6 | Lyu Haotian (CHN) |
WC2 | Ken Doherty (IRL) | 5–6 | Zhao Xintong (CHN) |
WC3 | Pankaj Advani (IND) | w/d–w/o | Zhou Yuelong (CHN) |
WC4 | Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 6–3 | Chen Feilong (CHN) |
WC5 | Aditya Mehta (IND) | 6–5 | Zhu Yinghui (CHN) |
WC6 | Cao Yupeng (CHN) | 6–5 | Wang Yuchen (CHN) |
WC7 | Jamie Burnett (SCO) | 6–0 | Niu Zhuang (CHN) |
WC8 | Barry Pinches (ENG) | 5–6 | Lu Ning (CHN) |
Main draw
Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Leo Scullion. Sichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu, China, 4 November 2012.[9][14] | ||
Neil Robertson (7) Australia |
8–10 | Judd Trump (3) England |
Afternoon: 21–72 (61), 41–84, 99–25 (77), 83–14 (68), 82–20 (59), 92–0 (51), 0–102 (67), 59–67, 73–23 (50) Evening: 12–70 (65), 17–68, 71–37 (68), 88–42 (88), 88–1 (73), 13–66, 0–96 (96), 3–119 (119), 12–95 | ||
88 | Highest break | 119 |
0 | Century breaks | 1 |
8 | 50+ breaks | 5 |
Qualifying
These matches took place between 19 and 22 August 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.[15][16][17]
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
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