2008 China Open (snooker)

The 2008 Honghe Industrial China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 and 30 March 2008 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. This was the penultimate ranking event of the 2007–08 season, preceding the 2008 World Snooker Championship.

Honghe Industrial China Open

Tournament information
Dates	24–30 March 2008 (2008-03-24 – 2008-03-30)
Venue	Beijing University Students' Gymnasium
City	Beijing
Country	China
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£250,000
Winner's share	£48,000
Highest break	Stephen Maguire (SCO) (147)
Final
Champion	Stephen Maguire (SCO)
Runner-up	Shaun Murphy (ENG)
Score	10–9
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The defending champion was Graeme Dott, but he lost in the first round against Barry Pinches.

Shaun Murphy and Dave Harold set two new records in the eight frame of their first round match. Murphy eventually won it after 93 minutes and 12 seconds, beating the record of the longest televised frame between Mark Selby and Marco Fu at the 2007 UK Championship and the longest frame in professional competition between Cliff Thorburn and Stephen O'Connor at the 1994 Welsh Open qualifiers, which took 77 minutes 31 seconds and 92 minutes 52 seconds respectively.^[1]

Stephen Maguire made the first maximum break in an Asian ranking tournament in the second frame of his semi-final encounter against Ryan Day.^[2]

Maguire won his fourth ranking title by defeating Murphy 10–9 in a high-quality final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[3]

Winner: £48,000 Runner-up: £22,500 Semi-final: £12,000 Quarter-final: £6,500 Last 16: £4,275 Last 32: £2,750 Last 48: £1,725 Last 64: £1,325

Stage one highest break: £500 Stage two highest break: £2,000 Stage one maximum break: £1,000 Stage two maximum break: £20,000 Total: £250,000

Wildcard round

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Match		Score
WC1	Barry Pinches (ENG)	5–1	Zhang Anda (CHN)
WC2	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)	5–2	Cao Xinlong (CHN)
WC3	Marcus Campbell (SCO)	5–4	Ah Bulajiang (CHN)
WC4	Mike Dunn (ENG)	5–1	Yang Qingtian (CHN)
WC5	Dave Harold (ENG)	5–4	Jin Long (CHN)
WC6	Mark Allen (NIR)	5–2	Li Hang (CHN)
WC7	Marco Fu (HKG)	5–4	Li Yuan (CHN)
WC8	Ricky Walden (ENG)	5–3	Yu Delu (CHN)

Main draw

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	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
	1	Graeme Dott	1
		Barry Pinches	5
							Barry Pinches	1
							Nigel Bond	5
	13	Stephen Lee	3
		Nigel Bond	5
												Nigel Bond	0
											10	Stephen Maguire	5
	10	Stephen Maguire	5
		Fergal O'Brien	3
						10	Stephen Maguire	5
							Barry Hawkins	2
	8	Stephen Hendry	1
		Barry Hawkins	5
																10	Stephen Maguire	6
																16	Ryan Day	5
	6	Peter Ebdon	5
		Jamie Cope	1
						6	Peter Ebdon	2
						12	Mark Williams	5
	12	Mark Williams	5
		Marcus Campbell	1
											12	Mark Williams	3
											16	Ryan Day	5
	16	Ryan Day	5
		Matthew Stevens	3
						16	Ryan Day	5
						4	Ken Doherty	3
	4	Ken Doherty	5
		Mike Dunn	2
																					10	Stephen Maguire	10
																					3	Shaun Murphy	9
	3	Shaun Murphy	5
		Dave Harold	3
						3	Shaun Murphy	5
						9	Ding Junhui	4
	9	Ding Junhui	5
		Joe Perry	3
											3	Shaun Murphy	5
												Mark Allen	3
	14	Ali Carter	5
		Stuart Bingham	3
						14	Ali Carter	3
							Mark Allen	5
	7	Neil Robertson	2
		Mark Allen	5
																3	Shaun Murphy	6
																11	Mark Selby	3
	5	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4
		Marco Fu	5
							Marco Fu	3
						11	Mark Selby	5
	11	Mark Selby	5
		Ricky Walden	2
											11	Mark Selby	5
											2	John Higgins	2
	15	Steve Davis	2
		Mark King	5
							Mark King	1
						2	John Higgins	5
	2	John Higgins	5
		Joe Swail	4

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas. Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 30 March 2008.[4][5]
Stephen Maguire (10)  Scotland	10–9	Shaun Murphy (3)  England
Afternoon: 60–41, 32–63 (54), 0–72 (72), 74–0 (74), 120–0 (106), 68–24, 114–0 (102), 0–136 (136) Evening: 24–75 (75), 36–61, 8–92 (81), 39–74, 137–0 (137), 80–15, 80–0 (80), 97–17 (89), 0–107 (86), 46–61, 64–40
137	Highest break	136
3	Century breaks	1
6	50+ breaks	6

Qualifying

Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 22 and 25 January 2008.^[4]

	Round 1 Best of 9 frames

Century breaks

^[4]

Qualifying stage centuries

144 – Munraj Pal 138 – Andrew Higginson 134 – Jamie Cope 131 – James McBain 130, 104, 101 – Liu Chuang 128 – Mike Dunn 128 – Mark Allen 125 – Jimmy Michie 120 – Barry Pinches 119 – Jamie O'Neill 119 – Anthony Hamilton 114, 113 – Liu Song

113 – David Roe 112 – David Morris 110 – Michael Holt 104 – Leo Fernandez 104 – Stuart Pettman 104 – Dave Harold 103, 103, 102 – Matthew Selt 101, 101 – Marco Fu 100 – Michael Judge 100 –Lee Spick 100 – Fergal O'Brien 100 – Ian McCulloch

Televised stage centuries

147, 137, 126, 106, 105, 102 – Stephen Maguire 140, 136 – Ken Doherty 136, 112, 111 – Shaun Murphy 135, 118 – Mark Allen 132, 127, 117, 109, 106 – Mark Selby 128 – Fergal O'Brien 127, 116 – John Higgins 127, 116 – Barry Pinches 123, 104 – Ryan Day

121, 114, 105 – Marco Fu 115 – Jin Long 112 – Neil Robertson 110, 108, 101 – Mark Williams 110, 106 – Marcus Campbell 107, 104 – Ricky Walden 104, 101, 100 – Nigel Bond 102 – Barry Hawkins