The China Open is a professional snooker tournament. It is one of a number of ranking tournaments and began in 1997. The reigning champion is Neil Robertson.
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Beijing |
| Country | China |
| Established | 1997 |
| Organisation(s) | World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £1,000,000 |
| Current champion |  Neil Robertson |
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 tournament currently takes place at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Chaoyang District, Beijing in early April, and it is the last ranking event before the World Championship.
Winners
Records
Statistics
- Highest break: 147
- James Wattana (1997)
- Stephen Maguire (2008)
- Neil Robertson (2010)
- Judd Trump (2017)
- Stuart Bingham (2018)
- Ronnie O'Sullivan (2018)
- Stuart Bingham (2019)
Finalists
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Winner | Runner-up | Finals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Williams |  Wales
|
3 | 2 | 5 |
| Mark Selby |  England
|
3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 3 | Ding Junhui |  China
|
2 | 1 | 3 |
| Neil Robertson | Australia
|
2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | England
|
2 | 0 | 2 |
| Peter Ebdon | England
|
2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Judd Trump | England
|
2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 8 | Stephen Maguire |  Scotland
|
1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Graeme Dott | Scotland
|
1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | John Higgins | Scotland
|
0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Stephen Lee | England
|
0 | 1 | 1 |
| Anthony Hamilton | England
|
0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Stephen Hendry | Scotland
|
0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jamie Cope | England
|
0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Shaun Murphy | England
|
0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Gary Wilson | England
|
0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ricky Walden | England
|
0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Barry Hawkins | England
|
0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jack Lisowski | England
|
0 | 1 | 1 |
Champions by country
| Country | Players | Total | First title | Last title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England
|
4 | 9 | 1999 | 2018 |
| Wales
|
1 | 3 | 2002 | 2010 |
| Scotland
|
2 | 2 | 2007 | 2008 |
| China
|
1 | 2 | 2005 | 2014 |
| Australia
|
1 | 2 | 2013 | 2019 |
References
- ^ a b c Turner, Chris. "China International, China Open, Shanghai Masters, Jiangsu/Wuxi Classic". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ "Hall of Fame". Snooker.org. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ^ "China Open scores and schedule". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
- ^ "Bank of Beijing China Open (2013)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ "China Open (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ^ "Baic Motor China Open (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
- ^ "Baic Motor China Open (2016)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "Bank of Beijing China Open (2017)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ "Fuhua Group China Open (2018)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "XingPai China Open (2019)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 7 April 2019.