China Open
Tournament information
LocationBeijing
CountryChina
Established1997
Organisation(s)World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£1,000,000
Current championAustralia Neil Robertson

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.

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]

As of 2019, the tournament took place at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Chaoyang District, Beijing in early April, and it is usually the last ranking event before the World Championship.

Winners

[1][2]

Year Winner Runner-up Final score Host city Season
China International (non-ranking)
1997 England Steve Davis England Jimmy White 7–4 Beijing 1997/98
China International (ranking)
1999 Scotland John Higgins Scotland Billy Snaddon 9–3 Shanghai 1998/99
China Open (ranking)
1999 England Ronnie O'Sullivan England Stephen Lee 9–2 Shanghai 1999/00
2000 England Ronnie O'Sullivan Wales Mark Williams 9–3 Shenzhen 2000/01
2002 Wales Mark Williams England Anthony Hamilton 9–8 Shanghai 2001/02
2005 China Ding Junhui Scotland Stephen Hendry 9–5 Beijing 2004/05
2006 Wales Mark Williams Scotland John Higgins 9–8 2005/06
2007 Scotland Graeme Dott England Jamie Cope 9–5 2006/07
2008 Scotland Stephen Maguire England Shaun Murphy 10–9 2007/08
2009 England Peter Ebdon Scotland John Higgins 10–8 2008/09
2010 Wales Mark Williams China Ding Junhui 10–6 2009/10
2011 England Judd Trump England Mark Selby 10–8 2010/11
2012[3] England Peter Ebdon Scotland Stephen Maguire 10–9 2011/12
2013[4] Australia Neil Robertson England Mark Selby 10–6 2012/13
2014[5] China Ding Junhui Australia Neil Robertson 10–5 2013/14
2015[6] England Mark Selby England Gary Wilson 10–2 2014/15
2016[7] England Judd Trump England Ricky Walden 10–4 2015/16
2017[8] England Mark Selby Wales Mark Williams 10–8 2016/17
2018[9] England Mark Selby England Barry Hawkins 11–3 2017/18
2019[10] Australia Neil Robertson England Jack Lisowski 11–4 2018/19
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
2021
2022

Records

Statistics

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

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. ↑ "Hall of Fame". Snooker.org. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "China Open scores and schedule". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "Bank of Beijing China Open (2013)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "China Open (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Baic Motor China Open (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "Baic Motor China Open (2016)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "Bank of Beijing China Open (2017)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  9. ↑ "Fuhua Group China Open (2018)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "XingPai China Open (2019)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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