2012 China Open (snooker)
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 26 March – 1 April 2012 |
| Venue | Beijing University Students' Gymnasium |
| City | Beijing |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £400,000 |
| Winner's share | £75,000 |
| Highest break | Mark Selby (ENG) (139) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Peter Ebdon (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Stephen Maguire (SCO) |
| Score | 10–9 |
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The 2012 Bank of Beijing China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 26 March and 1 April 2012 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China.
Judd Trump was the defending champion,[1] but he lost in the quarter-finals 3–5 against Stephen Lee.[2]
Mark Selby withdrew from his second round match against Ding Junhui due to a neck injury.[3]
Peter Ebdon won his ninth and final ranking title by defeating Stephen Maguire 10–9 in the final.[4]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5]
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Wildcard round
These matches were played in Beijing on 26 and 27 March.[6][7][8]
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 | Jimmy White (ENG) | 5–3 | Omar Alkojah (SYR) |
| WC2 | Mark King (ENG) | 5–3 | Zhu Yinghui (CHN) |
| WC3 | Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 4–5 | Jin Long (CHN) |
| WC4 | Michael Holt (ENG) | 3–5 | Li Hang (CHN) |
| WC5 | Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 5–1 | Chen Feilong (CHN) |
| WC6 | Jamie Jones (WAL) | 3–5 | Lu Ning (CHN) |
| WC7 | Peter Ebdon (ENG) | 5–2 | Lyu Haotian (CHN) |
| WC8 | Rory McLeod (ENG) | 5–0 | Zhou Yuelong (CHN) |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas. Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 1 April 2012.[8] | ||
| Stephen Maguire (8) Scotland |
9–10 | Peter Ebdon England |
| Afternoon: 27–63, 61–1 (53), 0–108 (107), 55–72 (64), 36–74, 0–124 (124) Evening: 84–32 (84), 14–60 (52), 57–44, 98–0 (98), 0–103 (103), 74–3 (65), 29–98 (65), 75–18 (70), 76–0, 97–0 (97), 4–103 (103), 66–49, 24–62 | ||
| 98 | Highest break | 124 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 4 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Qualifying
These matches took place between 21 and 24 February 2012 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.[10][11][12]
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
- ^ "Judd Trump beats Mark Selby in China Open final". BBC Sport. 3 April 2011. Archived from the original on 4 April 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
- ^ Houlihan, Owen. "Lee comes up Trumps". wiltshiretimes.co.uk. Wiltshire Times. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ^ "Selby withdraws from China Open". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
- ^ "Peter Ebdon beats Stephen Maguire in final thriller". BBC Sport. 1 April 2012. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ^ "Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ^ a b "2012 China Open draw and schedule" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
- ^ a b "2012 China Open results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
- ^ a b c "Bank of Beijing China Open (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
- ^ "China Open scores and schedule". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
- ^ "2012 China Open qualifiers draw and schedule" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "2012 China Open qualifiers results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ^ "Bank of Beijing China Open Qualifiers (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ^ "Qualifying century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ^ "Televised century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 1 April 2012.