2019 International Championship

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2019 International Championship
Tournament information
Dates4–11 August 2019 (2019-08-04 – 2019-08-11)
VenueBaihu Media Broadcasting Centre
City Daqing
CountryChina
Organisation World Snooker
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £802,000
Winner's share£175,000
Highest breakFlag of England.svg  Tom Ford  (ENG) (147)
Final
ChampionFlag of England.svg  Judd Trump  (ENG)
Runner-upFlag of England.svg  Shaun Murphy  (ENG)
Score10–3
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The 2019 International Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 4 to 11 August 2019 at the Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre in Daqing, China. It was the second ranking event of the 2019/2020 season and the eighth iteration of the International Championship first held in 2012.

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Northern Irish cueist Mark Allen was the defending champion, after defeating Australian Neil Robertson in the previous year's final. Allen, however, lost 9–6 to England's Shaun Murphy in the semi-finals. Reigning world champion Judd Trump won the event and his 12th ranking championship with a 10–3 win over Murphy in the final. In winning the event, Trump returned to the world number one position, that he had last held in 2013.

Trump and Allen tied for the highest break during the televised stages, both scoring 141, with Trump also making 12 centuries throughout the tournament. Qualifying for the event took place 14–17 June 2019 in Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England. Tom Ford made the highest break of qualifying, with a maximum break, the fourth of his career, in his 6–1 win in qualifying over Fraser Patrick.

Format

The event was the eighth iteration of the International Championship, having been first held in 2012. [1] The event took place from 4–11 August 2019 at the Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre in Daqing, China. [2] [3] The event was the second ranking tournament of the 2019/20 snooker season after the 2019 Riga Masters won by Yan Bingtao. [4]

Qualifying for the event was held from 14 to 17 June 2019 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England, featuring one first round match. [5] Matches were played as best-of-11- frames until the semi-finals, which were played as best-of-17-frames, whilst the final was played as a best-of-19-frames. [2]

Prize fund

The championship total fund was higher than that of the previous year's event, with a total of £802,000 (up from £775,000). The winner of the event received the same prize money as in previous years, at £175,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: [6] [7]

  • Winner: £175,000
  • Runner-up: £75,000
  • Semi-final: £32,000
  • Quarter-final: £21,500
  • Last 16: £13,500
  • Last 32: £8,500
  • Last 64: £4,750
  • Highest break: £6,000
  • Total: £802,000

Tournament summary

The championship began on 4 August 2019, with the first round alongside held over qualifier matches. [8] Two matches in the heldover qualifier rounds were decided on a deciding frame. Ding Junhui defeated Simon Lichtenberg despite being 5–3 behind, whilst four-time world champion John Higgins defeated amateur under 21 world champion Wu Yize despite being 4–3 behind to the 15 year old. [9] Judd Trump in his first tournament after winning the 2019 World Snooker Championship scored three century breaks in his qualifier to defeat Jordan Brown 6–1. [10]

Early rounds (first round–quarter-finals)

Two top-16 ranked players were defeated in first round; Mark Williams lost to Jak Jones and Barry Hawkins to Daniel Wells both 6–2. [11] Ding Junhui defeated three fellow Chinese players in the first three rounds, overcoming Zhao Xintong, Xiao Guodong and Liang Wenbo to reach the quarter-finals. Defending champion Mark Allen conceded just four frames to draw Ding, having defeated Sam Craigie, Mark Davis (both 6–1) and Ali Carter (6–2). [12] [13] [14] Allen defeated Ding 6–3 to reach the semi-finals. As the sole remaining Chinese player in the competition, some Chinese viewers were reported to have stopped watching the event.[ citation needed ]

Graeme Dott qualified to play Shaun Murphy in the second quarter-final. Dott defeated Michael White before defeating two world champions in Stuart Bingham and John Higgins to reach the quarter-final. [15] Murphy, who had reached only the Scottish Open final in the previous season defeated Yuan Sijun 6–5 and Riga Masters champion Yan Bingtao 6–4 before drawing a rematch of the second round match at the 2019 World Championships against Neil Robertson. Murphy defeated Robertson on a deciding frame 6–5. [15] [16] Murphy defeated Dott 6–4 to draw Allen in the semi-final. [17]

Three-time world champion Mark Selby reached the second semi-final, after defeating Liam Highfield and Ben Woollaston (both 6–3), before playing World Championship semi-finalists David Gilbert and Gary Wilson, defeating both on a deciding frame 6–5. [18] [19] [20] World champion Judd Trump reached the semi-finals defeating Zhang Anda, Scott Donaldson, Joe Perry and Tom Ford. [21]

Semi-final–final

Reigning world champion Judd Trump won the event, defeating Shaun Murphy 10-3 in the final. Judd Trump at Snooker German Masters (Martin Rulsch) 2014-02-01 05.jpg
Reigning world champion Judd Trump won the event, defeating Shaun Murphy 10–3 in the final.

The first semi-final took place on 9 August 2019, between Selby and Trump. In reaching the semi-finals, Trump was guaranteed to return to world number one after the tournament for the first time since 2013. [22] Selby won three of the first four frames to lead 3–1. [18] However, Trump won the next four frames to lead 5–3 after the first session with breaks of 97, 108, 97 and 116. [18] In the second session, Trump won the first three frames to lead 8–3 including two more 90+ breaks. Selby took frame 12 before Trump won the match in frame 13 with a break of 72. [23] After the match, Trump commented "It was probably somewhere near how I was playing to win the World Championship," describing his form within the match. [18]

The second semi-final was a rematch of the 2019 Scottish Masters final between Murphy and Allen. Murphy won the first five frames of the match, with Allen not scoring a single point until frame four. [17] Allen fought back to trail 3–6 after the first session. [17] Murphy won the first frame of the second session, before Allen won the next two. Murphy won frame 13 to need just one more frame for victory. Allen won the next two frames to push the match into the interval. Murphy however won frame 15 to win the match 9–6 with a break of 66. [17] [24]

The final was played as a best-of-19-frames match held over two sessions on 11 August 2019, refereed by Lyu Xilin. [25] Trump won the first five frames of the match making a century break in frame three. Murphy, however won three of the remaining four frames of the session to trail 3–6. [10] On the resume of the match, Trump dominated the remaining frames, winning the next four frames to win the match 10–3, completing eight half-centuries in the match. [26] The victory was Trump's twelfth ranking event title, twelfth match unbeaten in a row, and had scored twelve centuries during the event. [10]

The win was the first time a reigning world champion won the first championship in which they had competed in after the event, since Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2008. [27] In losing the event, Murphy commented that he was "disappointed" and that had not played well: "Judd swamped me, that was how it felt." [10]

Main draw

Players in bold denote match winners. [25]

 
First round
Best of 11 frames		Second round
Best of 11 frames		Third round
Best of 11 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 17 frames		Final
Best of 19 frames
 
                      
 
 
 
 
Ulster Banner.svg  Mark Allen  (NIR)6
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Sam Craigie  (ENG)1
 
 Ulster Banner.svg Mark Allen 6
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Mark Davis 1
 
Flag of England.svg  Mark Davis  (ENG)6
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Matthew Selt  (ENG)3
 
 Ulster Banner.svg Mark Allen 6
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Ali Carter 2
 
Flag of England.svg  Ali Carter  (ENG)6
 
 
 
Flag of Scotland.svg  Alan McManus  (SCO)5
 
 Flag of England.svg Ali Carter 6
 
 
 
 Flag of Norway.svg Kurt Maflin 3
 
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Ryan Day  (WAL)4
 
 
 
Flag of Norway.svg  Kurt Maflin  (NOR)6
 
 Ulster Banner.svg Mark Allen 6
 
 
 
 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 3
 
Flag of England.svg  Ashley Carty  (ENG)5
 
 
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xiao Guodong  (CHN)6
 
 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xiao Guodong 1
 
 
 
 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 6
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhao Xintong  (CHN)4
 
 
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ding Junhui  (CHN)6
 
 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 6
 
 
 
 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Wenbo 5
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liang Wenbo  (CHN)6
 
 
 
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Duane Jones  (WAL)5
 
 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Wenbo 6
 
 
 
 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Daniel Wells 4
 
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Daniel Wells  (WAL)6
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Barry Hawkins  (ENG)2
 
 Ulster Banner.svg Mark Allen 6
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 9
 
Flag of Scotland.svg  John Higgins  (SCO)6
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  David Grace  (ENG)4
 
 Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 6
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Elliot Slessor 3
 
Flag of England.svg  Elliot Slessor  (ENG)6
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Louis Heathcote  (ENG)4
 
 Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 2
 
 
 
 Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Dott 6
 
Flag of England.svg  Stuart Bingham  (ENG)6
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Mark Joyce  (ENG)1
 
 Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham 3
 
 
 
 Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Dott 6
 
Flag of Scotland.svg  Graeme Dott  (SCO)6
 
 
 
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Michael White  (WAL)1
 
 Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Dott 4
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 6
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chang Bingyu  (CHN)3
 
 
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yan Bingtao  (CHN)6
 
 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Bingtao 4
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 6
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yuan Sijun  (CHN)5
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Shaun Murphy  (ENG)6
 
 Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 6
 
 
 
 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 5
 
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh  (THA)2
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Ricky Walden  (ENG)6
 
 Flag of England.svg Ricky Walden 5
 
 
 
 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 6
 
Flag of England.svg  Nigel Bond  (ENG)2
 
 
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Neil Robertson  (AUS)6
 
 Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 3
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 10
 
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Mark Williams  (WAL)2
 
 
 
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Jak Jones  (WAL)6
 
 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jak Jones 6
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Robert Milkins 3
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhou Yuelong  (CHN)3
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Robert Milkins  (ENG)6
 
 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jak Jones 3
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Gary Wilson 6
 
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Luca Brecel  (BEL)6
 
 
 
Flag of Thailand.svg  Sunny Akani  (THA)3
 
 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Luca Brecel 2
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Gary Wilson 6
 
Flag of England.svg  Gary Wilson  (ENG)6
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Peter Ebdon  (ENG)1
 
 Flag of England.svg Gary Wilson 5
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 6
 
Flag of England.svg  Michael Holt  (ENG)3
 
 
 
Flag of Scotland.svg  Anthony McGill  (SCO)6
 
 Flag of Scotland.svg Anthony McGill 1
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg David Gilbert 6
 
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ken Doherty  (IRL)2
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  David Gilbert  (ENG)6
 
 Flag of England.svg David Gilbert 5
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 6
 
Flag of England.svg  Ben Woollaston  (ENG)6
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Mark King  (ENG)3
 
 Flag of England.svg Ben Woollaston 3
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 6
 
Flag of England.svg  Liam Highfield  (ENG)3
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Mark Selby  (ENG)6
 
 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 4
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 9
 
Flag of England.svg  Kyren Wilson  (ENG)6
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Robbie Williams  (ENG)2
 
 Flag of England.svg Kyren Wilson 5
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Tom Ford 6
 
Flag of England.svg  Tom Ford  (ENG)w/o
 
 
 
Flag of Iran.svg  Hossein Vafaei  (IRN)w/d
 
 Flag of England.svg Tom Ford 6
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Andrew Higginson 4
 
Flag of England.svg  Jack Lisowski  (ENG)5
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Andrew Higginson  (ENG)6
 
 Flag of England.svg Andrew Higginson 6
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Jimmy Robertson 4
 
Flag of England.svg  Jimmy Robertson  (ENG)6
 
 
 
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Matthew Stevens  (WAL)4
 
 Flag of England.svg Tom Ford 3
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 6
 
Flag of England.svg  Chris Wakelin  (ENG)2
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Joe Perry  (ENG)6
 
 Flag of England.svg Joe Perry 6
 
 
 
 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Maguire 2
 
Flag of England.svg  Stuart Carrington  (ENG)0
 
 
 
Flag of Scotland.svg  Stephen Maguire  (SCO)6
 
 Flag of England.svg Joe Perry 2
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 6
 
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scott Donaldson  (SCO)6
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Martin Gould  (ENG)4
 
 Flag of Scotland.svg Scott Donaldson 4
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 6
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Anda  (CHN)2
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Judd Trump  (ENG)6
 

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Lyu Xilin.
Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre, Daqing, China, 11 August 2019.
Shaun Murphy
Flag of England.svg  England 		3–10 Judd Trump
Flag of England.svg  England
Afternoon: 14–85, 5–83, 19–108 (104), 0–77, 0–69, 87–0, 68–37, 23–86, 79–0
Evening: 0–80, 30–90, 6–102 (102), 9–99
87Highest break104
0Century breaks2

Qualifying

Matches were played between 14 and 17 June 2019 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England. Matches involving Mark Allen, Sam Craigie, Ding Junhui, John Higgins, Yan Bingtao, Sunny Akani, Anthony McGill and Judd Trump, were played in Daqing. All matches were the best-of-11-frames. [5]

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

A total of 63 century breaks were made during the televised stages of the tournament. Judd Trump and Mark Allen shared the highest break of the tournament, with both players making a break of 141. In addition, Trump made a total of 12 centuries, eight more than any other player. Four Centuries were made in held over matches, Three by Trump and one by Sam Craigie. [28]

Qualifying stage centuries

A total of 42 century breaks were made during the qualifying tournament preceding the event, including a maximum break from Tom Ford. [29]

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