2019 China Open (snooker)
Snooker tournament, April 2019.
Snooker tournament
The 2019 XingPai China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 1–7 April 2019 in Beijing , China .[ 1] It was the nineteenth and penultimate ranking event of the 2018/2019 season .
Neil Robertson won his second China Open title, and the 16th ranking title of his career, defeating Jack Lisowski 11–4 in the final.[ 2]
Mark Selby was the two-time reigning champion, having defended his 2017 title with an 11–3 win against Barry Hawkins in the 2018 final.[ 3] However, he lost 3–6 to Craig Steadman in qualifying.
Stuart Bingham made the highest break of the event, with his fifth 147 break of his career in his second round match with Peter Ebdon . It was the 151st 147 in snooker history.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money is shown below.[ 4]
Winner: £ 225,000
Runner-up: £90,000
Semi-final: £45,000
Quarter-final: £27,000
Last 16: £18,000
Last 32: £11,000
Last 64: £5,000
Televised highest break: £7,000
Total: £1,000,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break : £20,000
Main draw
Final
Final: Best of 21 frames. Referee: Wang Wei.Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium , Beijing , China , 7 April 2019.
Neil Robertson Australia
11 –4
Jack Lisowski England
Afternoon: 86 –32, 141 –0 (141) , 66 –13 , 109 –23 , 13–62 , 78 –30 , 100 –0 (100) , 75 –16 , 66 –47 , 60–77 Evеning: 133 –0, 76 –14, 60–74 , 6–73 , 79 –1
141
Highest break
55
2
Century breaks
0
Qualifying
Qualifying – excluding held over matches – took place between 18 and 20 February 2019 at the Chase Leisure Centre in Cannock , England .
All qualifying matches were best of 11 frames.
Note
^ a b c d e f g Match held over and played in Beijing on 1 April 2019.
Century breaks
Main stage centuries
Total: 78[ 5] 11 of these centuries were made in held over matches, by Ding Junhui , Xiao Guodong (2), Mark King , Harvey Chandler , Wu Yize , Soheil Vahedi , Craig Steadman and Mark Williams (3).
147 , 140, 116, 108, 104, 103, 101, 100 – Stuart Bingham
142, 108, 105 – Craig Steadman
141, 141, 138, 135, 119, 115, 100, 100 – Neil Robertson
139, 130, 116, 108, 102 – Luca Brecel
139 – Ding Junhui
136, 114, 108, 105 – Jack Lisowski
136, 120, 116, 107 – Sam Craigie
136 – Kyren Wilson
135, 119 – Ben Woollaston
134, 132, 130, 105 – Scott Donaldson
134, 132 – Michael Holt
134, 112 – Liang Wenbo
134 – Zhou Yuelong
133, 110 – Xiao Guodong
133, 100 – Anthony McGill
130, 107 – Mark King
130 – Harvey Chandler
129, 125 – Hossein Vafaei
128, 103 – Stephen Maguire
124 – Nigel Bond
124 – Marco Fu
120 – Wu Yize
119 – Robbie Williams
117 – Ali Carter
115, 103 – Ken Doherty
115 – Soheil Vahedi
111, 105 – Li Hang
109, 105, 102 – Alan McManus
108, 100 – David Gilbert
107 – Joe O'Connor
107 – James Wattana
106, 102, 101 – Mark Williams
104 – Lu Ning
104 – Ricky Walden
Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 35[ 6]
References