China Open (snooker)

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China Open
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Tournament information
Location Beijing
Country China
Established1997
Organisation(s) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £1,000,000
Final year2019
Final champion Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson

The China Open was a professional snooker tournament. It was one of a number of ranking tournaments and began in 1997. The final champion is Neil Robertson, who won the event in 2019.

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History

The first international snooker tournament in China was the China International in September 1997, a non-ranking tournament for the top 16 players and local players. The following season the tournament became ranking and was held in March. Then the name of the event was changed to China Open and was held in December, so there were two events in 1999. After the 2002 tournament the event was abandoned. [1]

The event was revived for the 2004/05 season. Local wild-card players were invited to play against the qualifiers. The three Chinese players on the tour were invited to play as wild-cards, rather than qualify the usual way. Ding Junhui was one of them, and he won the tournament, but as he entered as a wild-card, he received no prize money nor ranking points. [1]

The last edition of the tournament in 2019 took place at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Chaoyang District, Beijing in early April, and it was usually the last ranking event before the World Championship. The 2020 edition was scheduled to take place, but the COVID-19 pandemic caused it to be cancelled: the subsequent restrictions meant it was not staged through 2021, 2022 and 2023. Despite the COVID restrictions ending in China, the tournament has not been restored to the calendar, with new events in Wuhan and Xi'an being staged in its place.

Winners

[1] [2]

YearWinnerRunner-upFinal scoreHost citySeason
China International (non-ranking)
1997 Flag of England.svg Steve Davis Flag of England.svg Jimmy White 7–4 Beijing 1997/98
China International (ranking)
1999 Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins Flag of Scotland.svg Billy Snaddon 9–3 Shanghai 1998/99
China Open (ranking)
1999 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan Flag of England.svg Stephen Lee 9–2 Shanghai 1999/00
2000 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams 9–3 Shenzhen 2000/01
2002 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams Flag of England.svg Anthony Hamilton 9–8 Shanghai 2001/02
2005 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry 9–5 Beijing 2004/05
2006 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 9–8 2005/06
2007 Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Dott Flag of England.svg Jamie Cope 9–5 2006/07
2008 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Maguire Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 10–9 2007/08
2009 Flag of England.svg Peter Ebdon Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 10–8 2008/09
2010 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 10–6 2009/10
2011 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 10–8 2010/11
2012 [3] Flag of England.svg Peter Ebdon Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Maguire 10–9 2011/12
2013 [4] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 10–6 2012/13
2014 [5] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 10–5 2013/14
2015 [6] Flag of England.svg Mark Selby Flag of England.svg Gary Wilson 10–2 2014/15
2016 [7] Flag of England.svg Judd Trump Flag of England.svg Ricky Walden 10–4 2015/16
2017 [8] Flag of England.svg Mark Selby Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams 10–8 2016/17
2018 [9] Flag of England.svg Mark Selby Flag of England.svg Barry Hawkins 11–3 2017/18
2019 [10] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson Flag of England.svg Jack Lisowski 11–4 2018/19
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2019/20

Records

Statistics

Finalists

RankNameNationalityWinnerRunner-upFinals
1 Mark Williams Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 325
Mark Selby Flag of England.svg  England 325
3 Ding Junhui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 213
Neil Robertson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 213
5 Ronnie O'Sullivan Flag of England.svg  England 202
Peter Ebdon Flag of England.svg  England 202
Judd Trump Flag of England.svg  England 202
8 Stephen Maguire Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 112
9 Graeme Dott Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 101
10 John Higgins Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 022
11 Stephen Lee Flag of England.svg  England 011
Anthony Hamilton Flag of England.svg  England 011
Stephen Hendry Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 011
Jamie Cope Flag of England.svg  England 011
Shaun Murphy Flag of England.svg  England 011
Gary Wilson Flag of England.svg  England 011
Ricky Walden Flag of England.svg  England 011
Barry Hawkins Flag of England.svg  England 011
Jack Lisowski Flag of England.svg  England 011

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