2011 Hainan Classic

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Chinalife Xingpai Hainan Classic
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Tournament information
Dates10–13 March 2011 (2011-03-10 2011-03-13)
Venue Boao Conference Center
City Boao
Country China
Organisation(s)110 Sport Management Group
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund £100,000
Winner's share£40,000
Highest break142
Final
Champion Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins
Runner-up Flag of England.svg Jamie Cope
Score7–2

The 2011 Chinalife Xingpai Hainan Classic was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10 and 13 March 2011 at the Boao Conference Center in Boao, China.

Contents

John Higgins won in the final 7–2 against Jamie Cope. [1]

Prize fund

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

Round-robin stage

[2] [3] [4] [5]

Group A

Group B

Group C

* Ali Carter went through as he made the highest break in the group. (Carter 88, Murphy 67, Tian 52)

Group D

Knock-out stage

[2] [3]

Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames
Final
Best of 13 frames
      
Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 5
Flag of England.svg Ali Carter 3
Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 7
Flag of England.svg Jamie Cope 2
Flag of England.svg Jamie Cope 5
Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Dott 1

Charity exhibition match

[2] [3] [5]

Stars Challenge TeamResultsChinese Stars Challenge Team
Ali Carter 82–0 Tian Pengfei
Graeme Dott 61–49 Cao Yupeng
John Higgins 34–73 Jin Long
Neil Robertson 73–16 Li Yan
Shaun Murphy 80–16 Yu Delu
Stephen Hendry 4–121 Ding Junhui
4Overall2

Century breaks

[2]

Notes

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