2011 China Open (snooker)
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The 2011 Bank of Beijing China Open
professional ranking
snooker
tournament took place between 28 March and 3 April 2011 at the Beijing University Students Gymnasium
, Beijing
, China
.
Mark Williams
was the defending champion, but he lost 4–5 to Stephen Lee
in the first round, despite making four century breaks.
Judd Trump
won his first ranking tournament, by defeating Mark Selby
10–8 in the final.
60,000
Runner-up: £30,000
Semi-final: £15,000
Quarter-final: £8,000
Last 16: £5,925
Last 32: £4,000
Last 48: £2,200
Last 64: £1,500
Stage 1 High Break: £400
Stage 2 High Break: £2,000
Total: £325,000
, England
.
China Open (snooker)
The China Open is a professional snooker tournament. It is one of a number of ranking tournaments and began in 1997.-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...
professional ranking
Snooker world rankings
The snooker world rankings are the official system of ranking professional snooker players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments on the World Snooker Tour. They are maintained by the sport's governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association...
snooker
Snooker
Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...
tournament took place between 28 March and 3 April 2011 at the Beijing University Students Gymnasium
Peking University Gymnasium
Peking University Gymnasium , nicknamed China's Spine , is an indoor arena located in the southeastern part of Peking University in Beijing, China....
, Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
.
Mark Williams
Mark Williams (snooker player)
Mark James Williams, MBE is a Welsh professional snooker player who has been World Champion twice, in 2000 and 2003. Often noted for his single-ball potting, he has earned the nickname, The Welsh Potting Machine...
was the defending champion, but he lost 4–5 to Stephen Lee
Stephen Lee
Stephen Lee is a professional snooker-player from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, whose smooth cue action is regarded by some pundits as the most natural in the game. He has won four ranking titles, and spent 10 seasons in the Top 16 of the world rankings before dropping out for the snooker...
in the first round, despite making four century breaks.
Judd Trump
Judd Trump
Judd Trump is an English professional snooker player from Bristol. He enjoyed considerable success in youth tournaments before turning professional in 2005. On 3 April 2011, Trump won his first ranking title, beating Mark Selby 10–8 in the final of the China Open...
won his first ranking tournament, by defeating Mark Selby
Mark Selby
Mark Anthony Selby is an English professional snooker and pool player. Runner up in the World Snooker Championship 2007, he was the 2006 WEPF World Eight-ball Champion. Selby has won the Masters on two occasions, the Welsh Open and the Shanghai Masters...
10–8 in the final.
Prize fund
Winner: £Pound sterling
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60,000
Runner-up: £30,000
Semi-final: £15,000
Quarter-final: £8,000
Last 16: £5,925
Last 32: £4,000
Last 48: £2,200
Last 64: £1,500
Stage 1 High Break: £400
Stage 2 High Break: £2,000
Total: £325,000
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Beijing on 28 & 29 March.| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 |  Kurt MaflinKurt Maflin Kurt Maflin , is a Norwegian professional snooker player.-Career:He began playing snooker at the age of four, achieving a high break of 25 by the time he was five. He increased his time spent at the table practising... |
5–3 |  Cao YupengCao Yupeng Cao Yupeng is a professional snooker player from the People's Republic of China. He won the 2011 Asian Under-21 Championship, thus qualifying for the professional Main Tour for the 2011/2012 season.... |
| WC2 |  Marcus CampbellMarcus Campbell Marcus Campbell is a Scottish professional snooker player. He lives in Erskine. He has been ranked within the worlds top 64 for 9 consecutive seasons and is currently ranked at 24.-Career:... |
5–3 | Mei Xiwen Mei Xiwen Mei Xiwen is a Chinese professional snooker player. He made his debut on the Main Tour in the 2009/2010 season, as the ACBS Asian nomination, but dropped off the tour after just one season.-References:* * *... |
| WC3 |  Robert MilkinsRobert Milkins - External links :* * * *... |
5–1 | Rouzi Maimaiti |
| WC4 | Jimmy White Jimmy White James Warren "Jimmy" White MBE is an English professional snooker player. Nicknamed the "Whirlwind" and popularly referred to as the "People's Champion", White is a multiple World Championship finalist renowned for losing each of the six finals he contested.White's extensive list of achievements,... |
w/d–w/o | Tian Pengfei Tian Pengfei Tian Pengfei is a professional snooker player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Tian first competed on the main tour in the 2006/2007 season, dropping off the tour in the following season.... |
| WC5 | Nigel Bond Nigel Bond -External links:*... |
5–3 | Jin Long Jin Long Jin Long is a Chinese professional snooker player. He has managed to regain a Main Tour place by winning the 2008 Asian Championship, beating Aditya Mehta 7–3 in the final, having had spells on the tour on three previous occasions... |
| WC6 |  Ken DohertyKen Doherty Ken Doherty is an Irish professional snooker player. He is the only player ever to have been world amateur and world professional champion... |
1–5 | Li Hang Li Hang Li Hang is a Chinese professional snooker player, who is making his debut on the Main Tour for the 2008/2009 season. He managed to qualify by winning the ACBS Asian Under-21 Championship. He competed in the 2008 Jiangsu Classic, finishing last in his group, although he managed to beat the 2008... |
| WC7 | Joe Perry Joe Perry (snooker player) -External links:*... |
5–2 | Li Yan Li Yan (snooker player) Li Yan is a professional snooker player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Li received a wild card for the 2008 Shanghai Masters, losing 1-5 to Anthony Hamilton... |
| WC8 |  Gerard GreeneGerard Greene Gerard Greene is a left-handed Northern Irish professional snooker player, who has represented Northern Ireland in international events , as his parents are from Belfast. He lives in Rainham in Kent... |
5–2 | Yu Delu Yu Delu Yu Delu is a professional snooker player from the People's Republic of China.Yu made his first appearance at the China Open as a wild card in 2006. He defeated Andrew Norman, before losing to Graeme Dott in the last 32... |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Leo Scullion. Beijing University Students Gymnasium Peking University Gymnasium Peking University Gymnasium , nicknamed China's Spine , is an indoor arena located in the southeastern part of Peking University in Beijing, China.... , Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture... |
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| Mark Selby Mark Selby Mark Anthony Selby is an English professional snooker and pool player. Runner up in the World Snooker Championship 2007, he was the 2006 WEPF World Eight-ball Champion. Selby has won the Masters on two occasions, the Welsh Open and the Shanghai Masters... (4) |
8–10 | Judd Trump Judd Trump Judd Trump is an English professional snooker player from Bristol. He enjoyed considerable success in youth tournaments before turning professional in 2005. On 3 April 2011, Trump won his first ranking title, beating Mark Selby 10–8 in the final of the China Open... |
| Afternoon: 0–104 (104), 101–21 (88), 46–76, 0–104 (104), 90–34 (90), 53–69 (53 Selby, 55 Trump), 39–67 (61), 66–65 (62 Selby) Evening: 49–89 (68), 132–0 (132), 66–0 (66), 0–113 (113), 134–0 (134), 40–73, 124–7 (124), 84–31, 49–60 (57), 41–57 (57) |
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| 134 | Highest break | 113 |
| 3 | Century breaks | 3 |
| 8 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Qualifying
These matches took place between 24 and 27 February 2011 at the World Snooker Academy, SheffieldSheffield
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, England
England
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Qualifying stages centuries
- 140, 117, 115, 103 Kurt MaflinKurt MaflinKurt Maflin , is a Norwegian professional snooker player.-Career:He began playing snooker at the age of four, achieving a high break of 25 by the time he was five. He increased his time spent at the table practising...
- 138 Jimmy RobertsonJimmy Robertson (snooker player)Jimmy "Robbo" Robertson is an English professional snooker player.He was on the main tour for 2002/2003 where he was the youngest player on the tour...
- 137 Tony DragoTony DragoTony Drago is a professional snooker and pool player from Malta. He won the 2003 World Pool Masters Tournament beating Hsia Hui-kai 8–6 and also reached the quarter finals of the World Snooker Championship...
- 136 Stuart PettmanStuart PettmanStuart Pettman is an English professional snooker player. The ginger-haired Preston native has qualified for the World Championship three times, in 2003, 2004 and 2010. He beat 2005 champion Shaun Murphy in qualifying to reach the 2004 World Championships...
- 134 Mark KingMark King (snooker player)Mark King is an English professional snooker player. He has not yet won a ranking tournament, but came close when he was a beaten finalist in the 1997 Regal Welsh Open and the 2004 Irish Masters.- Career :...
- 130 Ben WoollastonBen Woollaston-External links:**...
- 120 Dominic DaleDominic Dale-External links:**...
- 120 Martin GouldMartin GouldMartin Gould is an English professional snooker player from Pinner in the London Borough of Harrow. He practises at the Whetstone Snooker Club. He works part-time as a debt collector, where he picked up his nickname "Solid Gould"....
- 116, 106 Jack LisowskiJack LisowskiJack Lisowski is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010, by finishing first in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings.-Amateur years:He was runner-up to Mitchell Mann in the 2007 Junior Pot Black....
- 112, 101 David GilbertDavid Gilbert (snooker player)David Gilbert is an English professional snooker player. Gilbert is a former World Snooker Young Player of Distinction. Gilbert practices in Tamworth, Staffordshire at 'Tamworth Cue Sports Leisure Club'.-Career:...
- 109 Judd TrumpJudd TrumpJudd Trump is an English professional snooker player from Bristol. He enjoyed considerable success in youth tournaments before turning professional in 2005. On 3 April 2011, Trump won his first ranking title, beating Mark Selby 10–8 in the final of the China Open...
- 107 Jamie BurnettJamie BurnettJamie Burnett is a professional snooker player from Hamilton, Scotland.-Career:During the qualifying stages of the 2004 UK Championship, he achieved the impressive feat of becoming the first ever player to compile a break over 147 in a professional match, in which he made a break of 148 against...
- 107 Robert MilkinsRobert Milkins- External links :* * * *...
- 105 Matthew CouchMatthew CouchMatthew Couch is an English professional snooker player from Scunthorpe. A professional since 1992, Couch has had little success in ranking events, although he reached the quarter-finals of the UK Championship in 1998, and his highest break is 141 from 2002.He returned to the Main Tour for the...
- 105 Ken DohertyKen DohertyKen Doherty is an Irish professional snooker player. He is the only player ever to have been world amateur and world professional champion...
- 102 Anthony HamiltonAnthony Hamilton (snooker player)Anthony Hamilton is an English professional snooker player noted for his strong break-building technique and distinctive appearance. He has spent five seasons ranked among the game's top 16, and fifteen in the top 32, reaching a career-high at number #10 in the world in the 1999/2000 season...
TV stages centuries
- 142, 114 Robert MilkinsRobert Milkins- External links :* * * *...
- 139, 134, 132, 131, 130, 125, 129, 102 Mark SelbyMark SelbyMark Anthony Selby is an English professional snooker and pool player. Runner up in the World Snooker Championship 2007, he was the 2006 WEPF World Eight-ball Champion. Selby has won the Masters on two occasions, the Welsh Open and the Shanghai Masters...
- 138 Nigel BondNigel Bond-External links:*...
- 137, 113, 104, 100 Mark WilliamsMark Williams (snooker player)Mark James Williams, MBE is a Welsh professional snooker player who has been World Champion twice, in 2000 and 2003. Often noted for his single-ball potting, he has earned the nickname, The Welsh Potting Machine...
- 137 Mark DavisMark Davis (snooker player)Mark Davis is an English professional snooker player from St. Leonards in Sussex, England. The highlights of his career so far have been winning the Benson & Hedges Championship in 2002 – earning him an appearance at the Masters – and winning the 2009 Six-red World Championship.- Career :Davis...
- 134, 133, 120, 117 Ding JunhuiDing JunhuiDing Junhui is a Chinese professional snooker player. Ding Junhui is China's most successful player ever, having become only the second teenager, after John Higgins, to win three ranking titles...
- 133, 117 Li HangLi HangLi Hang is a Chinese professional snooker player, who is making his debut on the Main Tour for the 2008/2009 season. He managed to qualify by winning the ACBS Asian Under-21 Championship. He competed in the 2008 Jiangsu Classic, finishing last in his group, although he managed to beat the 2008...
- 130, 113, 104, 104 Judd TrumpJudd TrumpJudd Trump is an English professional snooker player from Bristol. He enjoyed considerable success in youth tournaments before turning professional in 2005. On 3 April 2011, Trump won his first ranking title, beating Mark Selby 10–8 in the final of the China Open...
- 128 Barry HawkinsBarry HawkinsBarry Hawkins is an English professional snooker player. He has reached three ranking semi-finals, and spent five seasons inside the top 32 of the rankings. He has also played in the World Championship the last six years running.-Early career:Before taking up snooker professionally he was an...
- 124 Neil RobertsonNeil Robertson (snooker player)Neil Robertson is an Australian professional snooker player and the 2010 World Champion and World #4...
- 123 Ronnie O'SullivanRonnie O'SullivanRonald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , is an English professional snooker player known for his rapid playing style and nicknamed "The Rocket". He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize-money list, with career earnings of over £6 million, behind only Stephen...
- 117 Yu DeluYu DeluYu Delu is a professional snooker player from the People's Republic of China.Yu made his first appearance at the China Open as a wild card in 2006. He defeated Andrew Norman, before losing to Graeme Dott in the last 32...
- 108 Shaun MurphyShaun Murphy (snooker player)Shaun Murphy is an English professional snooker player, who won the 2005 World Championship. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted for his straight cue action and his long potting. He is known for his dedication and for being a devout Christian.Born in Harlow, England, Murphy turned...
- 107 John Higgins
- 106 Joe PerryJoe Perry (snooker player)-External links:*...
- 103 Kurt MaflinKurt MaflinKurt Maflin , is a Norwegian professional snooker player.-Career:He began playing snooker at the age of four, achieving a high break of 25 by the time he was five. He increased his time spent at the table practising...
- 101 Tian PengfeiTian PengfeiTian Pengfei is a professional snooker player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Tian first competed on the main tour in the 2006/2007 season, dropping off the tour in the following season....
- 100 Stephen HendryStephen HendryStephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at the age of 21. He has won the World Championship a record seven times and was snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years between 1990 and 1998, and again...
- 100 Ryan DayRyan Day-External links:* * *...