2010 China Open (snooker) explained

Tournament Name:	Sanyuan Foods China Open
Venue:	Beijing University Students' Gymnasium
Location:	Beijing
Country:	China
Organisation:	WPBSA
Format:	Ranking event
Total Prize Fund:	£300,000
Winners Share:	£55,000
Highest Break:	(147)
Score:	10–6
Previous:	2009
Next:	2011

The 2010 Sanyuan Foods China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 29 March and 4 April 2010 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. This was the first time that the China Open was sponsored by Sanyuan Foods.^[1]

Peter Ebdon was the defending champion, but he lost 2–5 to Ding Junhui in the quarter-finals.

Mark Williams won in the final, 10–6, against Ding Junhui.^[2]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[3]

• Winner: £55,000
• Runner-up: £28,000
• Semi-final: £14,000
• Quarter-final: £7,525
• Last 16: £5,370
• Last 32: £3,640
• Last 48: £2,050
• Last 64: £1,400

• Stage one highest break: £500
• Stage two highest break: £2,000
• Stage one maximum break: £1,000
• Stage two maximum break: £20,000
• Total: £300,000

Wildcard round

These matches were played in Beijing on 29 March 2010.

Match		Score
WC1		5–3
WC2		5–2
WC3		5–0
WC4		4–5
WC5		5–0
WC6		5–3
WC7		0–5
WC8		5–4

Main draw

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Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb. Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 4 April 2010.
Ding Junhui (14)	6–10	Mark Williams (15)
Afternoon: 12–111 (110),,,,,,,, Evening: 4–81 (81),,,,,,
127	Highest break	110
2	Century breaks	1
6	50+ breaks	8

Qualifying

These matches took place between 2 and 5 February 2010 at the Pontin's Centre, Prestatyn, Wales.^{[6] [7]}

Century breaks

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Qualifying stage centuries

• 134, 105 Matthew Selt
• 134 David Gray
• 132, 100 Robert Milkins
• 132 Jimmy Robertson
• 122 Tony Drago
• 119 Jamie Cope
• 117 Matthew Stevens
• 114, 100 Judd Trump

• 112, 102 Barry Pinches
• 112, 101 Tom Ford
• 111 Dominic Dale
• 110, 108 Jordan Brown
• 110 Rory McLeod
• 109, 100, 100 Sam Baird
• 100 Craig Steadman

Televised stage centuries

• 147, 112, 102 Neil Robertson
• 143 Mark Davis
• 137, 127, 126, 125, 121, 116, 107, 101, 100 Ding Junhui
• 132, 126 Stephen Hendry
• 130 Peter Ebdon
• 127 Shaun Murphy
• 120 Tony Drago
• 116, 110, 108 Mark Williams

• 116, 101 Mark Selby
• 116 Yu Delu
• 110 Marco Fu
• 104 Liu Chuang
• 102 Mark Allen
• 102 Bjorn Haneveer
• 100 Mark King

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sanyuan Foods To Sponsor China Open Snooker. WPBSA. 1 February 2010.
2. News: Mark Williams beats Ding Junhui to win China Open title. BBC Sport. 5 April 2010 . 4 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100406055143/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8602765.stm. 6 April 2010 . live.
3. Web site: Prize Money. 12 February 2010. WPBSA. 12 February 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100328144239/http://www.worldsnooker.com/china10_money.htm?tid=152. 28 March 2010 . live.
4. Web site: Main Event (Draw) . . 4 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100205081421/http://www.worldsnooker.com/china_open10_draw.htm?tid=152 . 5 February 2010 . dead .
5. Web site: Main Event (Results) . Global Snooker . 5 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100208184604/http://www.global-snooker.com/China-Open-2010-Beijing-results.asp . 8 February 2010 . dead .
6. Web site: Qualifying (Draw) . . 4 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100205080413/http://www.worldsnooker.com/china_open10_qualifying_draw.htm?tid=151 . 5 February 2010 . dead .
7. Web site: Qualifying (Results) . Global Snooker . 4 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100205190946/http://www.global-snooker.com/China-Open-Snooker-2010-Results.asp . 5 February 2010 . dead .
8. Web site: Century breaks. Global Snooker. 2 February 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100208165754/http://www.global-snooker.com/China-Open-2010-Centuries.asp. 8 February 2010. dead. dmy-all.