2014 China Open (snooker)
Format | Ranking event |
---|---|
Total prize fund | £478,000 |
Winner's share | £85,000 |
Highest break | Zhao Xintong (CHN) (142) |
Final | |
Champion | Ding Junhui (CHN) |
Runner-up | Neil Robertson (AUS) |
Score | 10–5 |
← 2013 → |
The 2014 China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 31 March and 6 April 2014 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the eleventh ranking event of the 2013–14 season.[1]
1990/1991 to win five ranking titles in a single season.[3]
Prize fund
The total prize money of the event was raised to £478,000 from the previous year's £425,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]
|
|
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Beijing on 31 March 2014.[5][6][7][8][9]
Match | Score | ||
---|---|---|---|
WC1 | Yu Delu (CHN) | 5–2 | Chen Zifan (CHN) |
WC2 | Luca Brecel (BEL) | 5–2 | Yuan Sijun (CHN) |
WC3 | John Astley (ENG) | 5–2 | Yan Bingtao (CHN) |
WC4 | Sam Baird (ENG) | 2–5 | Zhao Xintong (CHN) |
Main draw
Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri. Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 6 April 2014.[9][10] | ||
Neil Robertson Australia |
5–10 | Ding Junhui China |
Afternoon: 0–98 (87), 0–63 (61), 58–67, 74–21, 0–123 (119), 6–110 (59), 20–71, 102–1 (102), 57–71 Evening: 63–13 (57), 5–125 (104), 64–49, 0–87 (67), 74–9 (57), 13–98 (66) | ||
102 | Highest break | 119 |
1 | Century breaks | 2 |
3 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 16 and 18 February 2014 at The Capital Venue in Gloucester, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.[11][12][13]
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
|
|
Televised stage centuries
|
|
References
- ^ "Tournament Calendar 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ^ "Ding Matches Hendry's Record". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ "Ding Junhui wins China Open to equal Stephen Hendry record". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ "Prize Money Breakdowns 2013/14". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 1 May 2013. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ "Letter to Tour Players from Barry Hearn" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 8 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ a b "China Open 2014 draw & results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 7 April 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ a b "China Open 2014 Provisional Format of Play" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ a b "China Open 2014: Results". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ a b c "China Open (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Final – Match 67 – Neil Robertson v Ding Junhui". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ "China Open 2014 Qualifiers Draw" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 19 February 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ "China Open 2014 Qualifiers Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "China Open Qualifiers (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "China Open qualifiers: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ "China Open: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.