2014 China Open (snooker)

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 2013–14 season.^[1]

China Open

Tournament information
Dates	31 March – 6 April 2014 (2014-03-31 – 2014-04-06)
Venue	Beijing University Students' Gymnasium
City	Beijing
Country	China
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£478,000
Winner's share	£85,000
Highest break	Zhao Xintong (CHN) (142)
Final
Champion	Ding Junhui (CHN)
Runner-up	Neil Robertson (AUS)
Score	10–5
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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	Yu Delu (CHN)	5–2	Chen Zifan (CHN)
WC2	Luca Brecel (BEL)	5–2	Yuan Sijun (CHN)
WC3	John Astley (ENG)	5–2	Yan Bingtao (CHN)
WC4	Sam Baird (ENG)	2–5	Zhao Xintong (CHN)

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

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri. 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]

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

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

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

^[14]

141, 137 – Duane Jones 136 – Pankaj Advani 135 – Jimmy White 134 – John Higgins 127 – Michael Holt 126, 123 – Ryan Day 122, 109 – Alfie Burden 118 – David Morris 117 – Mike Dunn 116 – Shaun Murphy

115 – Anthony McGill 113 – Joel Walker 112 – Dominic Dale 112 – Mark Allen 107 – Mark Selby 107 – Ken Doherty 103 – Ricky Walden 100 – Rory McLeod 100 – David Grace

Televised stage centuries

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142 – Xiao Guodong 136 – Li Hang 133 – Barry Pinches 130 – David Morris 129, 104 – Yu Delu 129 – Tian Pengfei 128 – Duane Jones 127 – Ryan Day 126, 119 – Peter Ebdon

124, 119, 104 – Ding Junhui 117 – Hammad Miah 115, 103 – John Higgins 110 – Jimmy White 109 – Michael White 106 – Ali Carter 102 – Neil Robertson 100 – Ricky Walden