2012 World Open (snooker)

Star Xing Pai Haikou World Open

Tournament information
Dates	27 February – 4 March 2012 (2012-02-27 – 2012-03-04)
Venue	Haikou Stadium
City	Haikou
Country	China
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£400,500
Winner's share	£75,000
Highest break	Stephen Lee  (ENG) (138)
Final
Champion	Mark Allen  (NIR)
Runner-up	Stephen Lee  (ENG)
Score	10–1
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The 2012 Star Xing Pai Haikou World Open ^[1] was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 February – 4 March 2012 at the Haikou Stadium in Haikou, China. ^[2] It was the first time that the tournament was held outside the United Kingdom. It was televised on ITV4

Marco Fu made the 86th official maximum break during his round 4 qualifying match against Matthew Selt. This was Fu's second 147 break. ^[3]

Neil Robertson was the defending champion, but lost 2–5 against Stephen Lee in the second round.

Mark Allen won his first ranking title by defeating Stephen Lee 10–1 in the final. ^[4]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: ^[5]

Winner: £75,000 Runner-up: £34,000 Semi-final: £16,000 Quarter-final: £10,000 Last 16: £7,500 Last 32: £6,000 Last 48: £2,300 Last 64: £1,500

Stage one highest break: £500 Stage two highest break: £2,000 Stage one maximum break: £500 [3] Total: £400,500

Wildcard round

These matches were played in Haikou on 27 February 2012. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

Match		Score
WC1	Sam Baird  (ENG)	3–5	Jin Long  (CHN)
WC2	Robert Milkins  (ENG)	5–3	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon  (THA)
WC3	Mark King  (ENG)	5–2	Hossein Vafaei  (IRI)
WC4	Tom Ford  (ENG)	5–4	Lyu Haotian  (CHN)
WC5	Jimmy Robertson  (ENG)	5–2	Zhou Yuelong  (CHN)
WC6	Joe Perry  (ENG)	5–0	Rouzi Maimaiti  (CHN)
WC7	Michael Holt  (ENG)	5–4	Zhu Yinghui  (CHN)
WC8	Nigel Bond  (ENG)	4–5	Lu Ning  (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	John Higgins	5
		Marco Fu	3
						1	John Higgins	5
							Jamie Cope	0
	12	Martin Gould	4
		Jamie Cope	5
											1	John Higgins	3
												Robert Milkins	5
	9	Ding Junhui	1
		Jin Long	5
							Jin Long	2
							Robert Milkins	5
	8	Stephen Maguire	3
		Robert Milkins	5
																	Robert Milkins	2
																15	Stephen Lee	6
	7	Graeme Dott	5
		Barry Hawkins	2
						7	Graeme Dott	5
							Marcus Campbell	3
	11	Ali Carter	w/d
		Marcus Campbell	w/o
											7	Graeme Dott	1
											15	Stephen Lee	5
	15	Stephen Lee	5
		Dominic Dale	0
						15	Stephen Lee	5
						4	Neil Robertson	2
	4	Neil Robertson	5
		Stephen Hendry	3
																					15	Stephen Lee	1
																					10	Mark Allen	10
	3	Mark Williams	1
		Mark King	5
							Mark King	5
							Tom Ford	4
	16	Ronnie O'Sullivan	w/d
		Tom Ford	w/o
												Mark King	1
											10	Mark Allen	5
	10	Mark Allen	5
		Jimmy Robertson	1
						10	Mark Allen	5
						5	Judd Trump	4
	5	Judd Trump	5
		Andrew Higginson	0
																10	Mark Allen	6
																2	Mark Selby	5
	6	Shaun Murphy	5
		Ricky Walden	3
						6	Shaun Murphy	5
							Joe Perry	3
	13	Matthew Stevens	4
		Joe Perry	5
											6	Shaun Murphy	0
											2	Mark Selby	5
	14	Stuart Bingham	0
		Michael Holt	5
							Michael Holt	3
						2	Mark Selby	5
	2	Mark Selby	5
		Lu Ning	3

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Leo Scullion. Haikou Stadium, Haikou, China, 4 March 2012. [8]
Stephen Lee (15)   England	1–10	Mark Allen (10)   Northern Ireland
Afternoon: 55–66, 0–104 (104), 26–59 (50), 7–127 (127), 2–59 (53), 68–55 (67, 55), 39–72, 67–76, 0–123 (123) Evening: 18–69, 19–105 (104)
67	Highest break	127
0	Century breaks	4
1	50+ breaks	7

Qualifying

These matches were held between 11 and 14 January 2012 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

	Round 1 Best of 9 frames				Round 2 Best of 9 frames				Round 3 Best of 9 frames				Round 4 Best of 9 frames
	David Morris	5			Tony Drago	5			Matthew Selt	5			Marco Fu	5
	Adam Wicheard	4			David Morris	3			Tony Drago	2			Matthew Selt	2
					David Gilbert	5			Jamie Burnett	5			Jamie Cope	5
					Passakorn Suwannawat	3			David Gilbert	3			Jamie Burnett	1
	Sam Baird	5			Liu Chuang	1			Jimmy White	1			Mark Davis	4
	Luca Brecel	3			Sam Baird	5			Sam Baird	5			Sam Baird	5
	Sam Craigie	5			Barry Pinches	3			Robert Milkins	5			Ryan Day	0
	Daniel Wells	2			Sam Craigie	5			Sam Craigie	1			Robert Milkins	5
					Peter Lines	2			Steve Davis	1			Barry Hawkins	5
					Ian McCulloch	5			Ian McCulloch	5			Ian McCulloch	4
					Xiao Guodong	3			Jack Lisowski	1			Marcus Campbell	5
					Alfie Burden	5			Alfie Burden	5			Alfie Burden	3
					Dave Harold	5			Joe Jogia	2			Dominic Dale	5
					Rod Lawler	1			Dave Harold	5			Dave Harold	4
	Tian Pengfei	5			Adrian Gunnell	3			Mike Dunn	5			Stephen Hendry	5
	Stuart Carrington	4			Tian Pengfei	5			Tian Pengfei	2			Mike Dunn	2
	David Grace	3			Michael White	5			Liang Wenbo	5			Mark King	5
	Aditya Mehta	5			Aditya Mehta	1			Michael White	4			Liang Wenbo	4
					Anthony McGill	5			Jamie Jones	5			Tom Ford	5
					Joe Swail	1			Anthony McGill	1			Jamie Jones	4
	Andrew Norman	5			Jimmy Robertson	5			Ken Doherty	4			Rory McLeod	3
	Paul Davison	1			Andrew Norman	2			Jimmy Robertson	5			Jimmy Robertson	5
	Yu Delu	5			Andy Hicks	2			Alan McManus	1			Andrew Higginson	5
	Cao Yupeng	2			Yu Delu	5			Yu Delu	5			Yu Delu	3
					Mark Joyce	4			Gerard Greene	5			Ricky Walden	5
					Kurt Maflin	5			Kurt Maflin	3			Gerard Greene	4
					Ben Woollaston	3			Anthony Hamilton	5			Joe Perry	5
					Liam Highfield	5			Liam Highfield	4			Anthony Hamilton	1
	Andrew Pagett	2			Liu Song	4			Michael Holt	5			Peter Ebdon	3
	Dechawat Poomjaeng	5			Dechawat Poomjaeng	5			Dechawat Poomjaeng	4			Michael Holt	5
	Adam Duffy	5			James Wattana	2			Nigel Bond	5			Fergal O'Brien	4
	Lucky Vatnani	2			Adam Duffy	5			Adam Duffy	3			Nigel Bond	5

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

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147 – Marco Fu 138 – Marcus Campbell 137 – Mark Davis 136 – Yu Delu 135, 125 – Anthony Hamilton 132 – Kurt Maflin 123, 103 – Alfie Burden 122 – Robert Milkins 121, 104 – David Gilbert 120 – Joe Jogia 119, 118 – Tian Pengfei 118 – Liam Highfield

117 – Andrew Norman 116 – Andrew Higginson 116 – Michael Holt 113 – Sam Baird 110, 103 – Michael White 107 – Adrian Gunnell 106 – Sam Craigie 104, 100 – Jimmy Robertson 104 – Liang Wenbo 103 – Fergal O'Brien 100 – Ken Doherty

Televised stage centuries

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• 138, 120, 109 – Stephen Lee
• 136, 133 – John Higgins
• 136, 106 – Neil Robertson
• 135, 101, 101 – Michael Holt
• 131, 115 – Shaun Murphy
• 127, 123, 112, 105, 104, 104, 103, 101, 100, 100, 100 – Mark Allen
• 117, 112, 109, 108, 105, 102 – Mark Selby
• 117, 106, 102 – Robert Milkins
• 111, 104 – Judd Trump
• 100 – Tom Ford

References

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4. "Controversial Allen thrashes Lee 10–1 in Haikou final". espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 4 March 2012.
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External links

• 2012 World Open Q – Marco Fu 147 on YouTube