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2017 Evergrande China Championship
Tournament information
Dates	16–22 August 2017
Venue	Guangzhou Sport University
City	Guangzhou
Country	China
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£700,000
Winner's share	£150,000
Highest break	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (144)
Final
Champion	Luca Brecel (BEL)
Runner-up	Shaun Murphy (ENG)
Score	10–5
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The 2017 China Championship (officially the 2017 Evergrande China Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 22 August 2017 in China.^[1] It was the second ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.^[2]

This was the first time the event was a ranking tournament. John Higgins was the defending champion, but was knocked out in the second round by Tom Ford.^[3]^[4]

Luca Brecel won his first ranking tournament, beating Shaun Murphy 10–5 in the final. He became the first player from mainland Europe to win a ranking event.^[5]^[6]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[7]

Winner: £150,000
Runner-up: £75,000
Semi-final: £32,000
Quarter-final: £18,000
Last 16: £12,000
Last 32: £7,000
Last 64: £4,000

Televised highest break: £3,000
Total: £700,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £15,000

Main draw

Last 64 Best of 9 frames		Last 32 Best of 9 frames		Last 16 Best of 9 frames		Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals Best of 11 frames

Mark Selby	5

Noppon Saengkham	1
		Mark Selby	4

		Zhou Yuelong	5
Zhou Yuelong	5

Chen Zifan	4
				Zhou Yuelong	5

				Martin Gould	2
Martin Gould	5

Andrew Higginson	2
		Martin Gould	5

		Mark Joyce	2
Anthony McGill	2

Mark Joyce	5
						Zhou Yuelong	2

						Shaun Murphy	5
Rory McLeod	1

Stephen Maguire	5
		Stephen Maguire	5

		Yan Bingtao	1
Yan Bingtao	5

Stuart Bingham	3
				Stephen Maguire	0

				Shaun Murphy	5
Peter Ebdon	3

Anthony Hamilton	5
		Anthony Hamilton^{[nb 1]}	0

		Shaun Murphy	5
Ken Doherty	4

Shaun Murphy	5
								Shaun Murphy	6

								Ali Carter	4
Barry Hawkins	5

Oliver Lines	2
		Barry Hawkins	3

		Mark Davis	5
Ben Woollaston	4

Mark Davis	5
				Mark Davis	1

				Ali Carter	5
Ali Carter	5

Aditya Mehta	4
		Ali Carter	5

		David Grace	4
Ian Preece	4

David Grace	5
						Ali Carter	5

						Fergal O'Brien	2
Fergal O'Brien	5

Mark King	3
		Fergal O'Brien	5

		Kurt Maflin	2
Kurt Maflin	5

Michael Georgiou	0
				Fergal O'Brien	5

				Alan McManus	4
Elliot Slessor	3

Alan McManus	5
		Alan McManus	5

		Ding Junhui	0
Alfie Burden	2

Ding Junhui	5



Judd Trump	5

Daniel Wells	2
		Judd Trump	3

		Graeme Dott	5
Graeme Dott	5

Robert Milkins	3
				Graeme Dott	0

				Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
Ronnie O'Sullivan	5

Sam Baird	2
		Ronnie O'Sullivan	5

		David Gilbert	3
David Gilbert	5

Stuart Carrington	4
						Ronnie O'Sullivan	4

						Luca Brecel	5
Mike Dunn	5

Joe Perry	1
		Mike Dunn	5

		Allan Taylor	4
Allan Taylor	5

Ian Burns	4
				Mike Dunn	3

				Luca Brecel	5
Jimmy Robertson	2

Luca Brecel	5
		Luca Brecel	5

		Marco Fu	2
Hossein Vafaei	3

Marco Fu	5
								Luca Brecel	6

								Li Hang	5
Neil Robertson	4

Li Hang	5
		Li Hang	5

		Michael White	4
Michael White	5

Xiao Guodong	3
				Li Hang	5

				Matthew Stevens	4
Mark Allen	4

Matthew Stevens	5
		Matthew Stevens	5

		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	2
Michael Holt	2

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	5
						Li Hang	5

						Mark Williams	3
Cao Yupeng	3

Ryan Day	5
		Ryan Day	0

		Mark Williams	5
Tian Pengfei	2

Mark Williams	5
				Mark Williams	5

				Tom Ford	3
Matthew Selt	1

Tom Ford	5
		Tom Ford	5

		John Higgins	2
Chris Wakelin	2

John Higgins	5

Notes

^ Hamilton retired at 0–1 due to a neck injury

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Deng Shihao. Guangzhou Sports University, Guangzhou, China, 22 August 2017.
Shaun Murphy England	5–10	Luca Brecel Belgium
Afternoon: 68–2 (55), 78–31 (68), 15–68 (64), 107–0 (107), 49–63, 19–56, 53–77 (Murphy 53), 5–78 (78), 58–54 Evening: 0–66, 30–62, 109–1 (77), 52–53, 30–70, 37–61
107	Highest break	78
1	Century breaks	0
5	50+ breaks	2

Qualifying

These matches were held between 3 and 6 June 2017 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were the best of 9 frames.^[8]


Mark Selby (ENG)	5–1^{[nb 1]}	Luo Honghao (CHN)^{[nb 2]}
Noppon Saengkham (THA)	5–4	Rhys Clark (SCO)
Zhou Yuelong (CHN)	5–3	Christopher Keogan (ENG)
Dominic Dale (WAL)	3–5	Chen Zifan (CHN)
Martin Gould (ENG)	5–1	Adam Duffy (ENG)
Andrew Higginson (ENG)	5–1^{[nb 1]}	Hu Hao (CHN)^{[nb 2]}
Anthony McGill (SCO)	5–3	Craig Steadman (ENG)
Mark Joyce (ENG)	5–3	Rod Lawler (ENG)
Rory McLeod (ENG)	5–3	Chen Zhe (CHN)
Stephen Maguire (SCO)	5–1	Jamie Curtis-Barrett (ENG)
Yan Bingtao (CHN)	5–1	Wang Yuchen (CHN)
Stuart Bingham (ENG)	5–0	Billy Joe Castle (ENG)
Peter Ebdon (ENG)	5–3	Nigel Bond (ENG)
Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	5–2	Robin Hull (FIN)
Gary Wilson (ENG)	1–5	Ken Doherty (IRL)
Shaun Murphy (ENG)	5–2	Zhang Anda (CHN)
Barry Hawkins (ENG)	5–4	John Astley (ENG)
Oliver Lines (ENG)	5–2	Duane Jones (WAL)
Ben Woollaston (ENG)	5–3	Lukas Kleckers (GER)
Mark Davis (ENG)	5–2	Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI)
Ali Carter (ENG)	5–2	Ross Muir (SCO)
Robbie Williams (ENG)	4–5	Aditya Mehta (IND)
Ricky Walden (ENG)	0–5	Ian Preece (WAL)
David Grace (ENG)	5–4	Mei Xiwen (CHN)
Fergal O'Brien (IRL)	5–3	Sam Craigie (ENG)
Mark King (ENG)	w/o–w/d	Li Yuan (CHN)
Kurt Maflin (NOR)	5–3	Thor Chuan Leong (MAS)
Kyren Wilson (ENG)	1–5	Michael Georgiou (CYP)
Jamie Jones (WAL)	0–5	Elliot Slessor (ENG)
Alan McManus (SCO)	5–4	Hammad Miah (ENG)
Alfie Burden (ENG)	5–2	Paul Davison (ENG)
Ding Junhui (CHN)	5–1^{[nb 1]}	Niu Zhuang (CHN)


Judd Trump (ENG)	5–1	Xu Si (CHN)
Daniel Wells (WAL)	5–2^{[nb 1]}	Ma Chunmao (CHN)^{[nb 2]}
Graeme Dott (SCO)	w/o–w/d	Liam Highfield (ENG)
Robert Milkins (ENG)	5–2	Zhao Xintong (CHN)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	w/o–w/d	Zhang Yong (CHN)
Sam Baird (ENG)	5–2	Josh Boileau (IRL)
David Gilbert (ENG)	5–4	Mitchell Mann (ENG)
Stuart Carrington (ENG)	5–1	Scott Donaldson (SCO)
Mike Dunn (ENG)	5–2	Alex Borg (MLT)
Joe Perry (ENG)	5–1	Eden Sharav (SCO)
Jack Lisowski (ENG)	3–5	Allan Taylor (ENG)
Liang Wenbo (CHN)	3–5^{[nb 1]}	Ian Burns (ENG)
Jimmy Robertson (ENG)	5–0	David John (WAL)
Luca Brecel (BEL)	5–2	Sean O'Sullivan (ENG)
Hossein Vafaei (IRN)	5–0	Soheil Vahedi (IRN)
Marco Fu (HKG)	5–0	Sanderson Lam (ENG)
Neil Robertson (AUS)	5–2	Gerard Greene (NIR)
Li Hang (CHN)	5–3	Joe Swail (NIR)
Michael White (WAL)	5–3	Martin O'Donnell (ENG)
Xiao Guodong (CHN)	5–4	Hamza Akbar (PAK)
Mark Allen (NIR)	5–3	Lee Walker (WAL)
Matthew Stevens (WAL)	5–2	Ashley Hugill (ENG)
Michael Holt (ENG)	5–0	Kurt Dunham (AUS)
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)	5–4	Chris Totten (SCO)
Yu Delu (CHN)	3–5	Cao Yupeng (CHN)
Ryan Day (WAL)	5–0	Jimmy White (ENG)
Tian Pengfei (CHN)	5–2^{[nb 1]}	Fan Zhengyi (CHN)^{[nb 2]}
Mark Williams (WAL)	5–3	Jak Jones (WAL)
Matthew Selt (ENG)	5–4	Peter Lines (ENG)
Tom Ford (ENG)	5–3	Yuan Sijun (CHN)
Chris Wakelin (ENG)	5–3	Fang Xiongman (CHN)
John Higgins (SCO)	5–0^{[nb 1]}	Lyu Haotian (CHN)