2011 Hainan Classic Explained

Tournament Name:	Chinalife Xingpai Hainan Classic
Venue:	Boao Conference Center
Location:	Boao
Country:	China
Organisation:	110 Sport Management Group
Format:	Non-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:	£100,000
Winners Share:	£40,000
Highest Break:	142
Winner:	John Higgins
Runner Up:	Jamie Cope
Score:	7–2

The 2011 Chinalife Xingpai Hainan Classic was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10 and 13 March 2011 at the Boao Conference Center in Boao, China.

John Higgins won in the final 7–2 against Jamie Cope.^[1]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[2]

• Winner: £40,000
• Runner-up: £18,000
• Semi-finalists: £7,000
• 2nd in group: £3,500
• 3rd in group: £1,500
• 4th in group: £500
• Highest break: £1,000
• Maximum break

£5,000

• Total: £100,000

Round-robin stage

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Group A

Table

width=20	POS	width=165	Player	width=20	MP	width=20	MW	width=20	FW	width=20	FL	width=20	FD	width=20	PTS
1	John Higgins	3	3	6	1	+5	3
2	Stephen Hendry	3	2	4	3	+1	2
3	Peter Ebdon	3	1	4	4	0	1
4	Li Yan	3	0	0	6	−6	0

Results:

• John Higgins 2–1 Peter Ebdon
• Stephen Hendry 2–0 Li Yan
• Peter Ebdon 1–2 Stephen Hendry
• John Higgins 2–0 Stephen Hendry
• Peter Ebdon 2–0 Li Yan
• John Higgins 2–0 Li Yan

Group B

Table

width=20	POS	width=165	Player	width=20	MP	width=20	MW	width=20	FW	width=20	FL	width=20	FD	width=20	PTS
1	Jamie Cope	3	3	6	1	+5	3
2	Jin Long	3	2	4	4	0	2
3	Neil Robertson	3	1	4	5	−1	1
4	Cao Yupeng	3	0	2	6	−4	0

Results:

• Neil Robertson 2–1 Cao Yupeng
• Jamie Cope 2–0 Jin Long
• Neil Robertson 1–2 Jamie Cope
• Cao Yupeng 1–2 Jin Long
• Cao Yupeng 0–2 Jamie Cope
• Neil Robertson 1–2 Jin Long

Group C

Table

width=20	POS	width=165	Player	width=20	MP	width=20	MW	width=20	FW	width=20	FL	width=20	FD	width=20	HB	width=20	PTS
1	Ali Carter	3	2	5	3	+2	88	2
2		3	2	5	3	+2	67	2
3	Tian Pengfei	3	2	5	3	+2	52	2
4	Dennis Taylor	3	0	0	6	−6	–	0

Results:

• Ali Carter 2–0 Dennis Taylor
• Shaun Murphy 2–1 Tian Pengfei
• Shaun Murphy 1–2 Ali Carter
• Dennis Taylor 0–2 Tian Pengfei
• Shaun Murphy 2–0 Dennis Taylor
• Ali Carter 1–2 Tian Pengfei

• Ali Carter went through as he made the highest break in the group. (Carter 88, Murphy 67, Tian 52)

Group D

Table

width=20	POS	width=165	Player	width=20	MP	width=20	MW	width=20	FW	width=20	FL	width=20	FD	width=20	PTS
1	Graeme Dott	3	3	6	1	+5	3
2	Yu Delu	3	2	5	2	+3	2
3	Ding Junhui	3	1	2	5	−3	1
4	Ricky Walden	3	0	1	6	−5	0

Results:

• Graeme Dott 2–0 Ricky Walden
• Ding Junhui 0–2 Graeme Dott
• Ricky Walden 0–2 Yu Delu
• Ding Junhui 0–2 Yu Delu
• Ding Junhui 2–1 Ricky Walden
• Graeme Dott 2–1 Yu Delu

Knock-out stage

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Charity exhibition match

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Stars Challenge Team	Results
Ali Carter	82–0	Tian Pengfei
Graeme Dott	61–49	Cao Yupeng
John Higgins	34–73	Jin Long
Neil Robertson	73–16	Li Yan
Shaun Murphy	80–16	Yu Delu
Stephen Hendry	4–121	Ding Junhui
4	Overall	2

Century breaks

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• 142 Jamie Cope
• 141 Graeme Dott
• 117, 113 Ding Junhui
• 111, 109 John Higgins
• 101 Neil Robertson
• 101 Yu Delu

Notes

• Carter went through, because he made the highest break in the group. (Carter 88, Murphy 67 and Tian 52)^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Higgins thrashes Cope to win Hainan Classic . . 14 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110322141947/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/13032011/58/higgins-thrashes-cope-win-hainan-classic.html . 22 March 2011 . dead .
2. Web site: Xingpai Hainan Classic 2011. 10–13 марта. Китай . top-snooker.com . Top Snooker . 14 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110519202932/http://www.top-snooker.com/tournament/others/183 . 2011-05-19 . dead .
3. Web site: 海南精英赛最新分组：丁俊晖首战多特傅家俊退赛. Sina.com. 14 March 2011.
4. Web site: Hainan Classic Group Stage Results . 110sport.tv . 14 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110427175901/http://www.110sport.tv/news/954 . 27 April 2011 . dead .
5. Web site: Chinalife Xingpai Hainan Classic (2011). Snooker.org. 5 July 2012.
6. Web site: Higgins To Play Carter in Hainan Semis. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 March 2011.