2011 Wuxi Classic Explained

Tournament Name:	Wuxi Classic
Venue:	Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium
Location:	Wuxi
Country:	China
Organisation:	WPBSA
Format:	Non-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:	£56,000
Winners Share:	£20,000
Highest Break:	137
Winner:	Mark Selby
Runner Up:	Ali Carter
Score:	9–7
Previous:	2010
Next:	2012

The 2011 Wuxi Classic was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held between 7–10 July 2011 at the Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China.

Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but he lost in the semi-finals 3–6 against Ali Carter. Mark Selby won in the final 9–7 against Carter.^[1]

Prize fund

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

• Winner: £20,000
• Runner-Up: £10,000
• Semi-final: £5,000
• Quarter-final: £2,500
• Last 12: £1,250
• Highest break: £1,000
• Total: £56,000

Main draw

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Final

Final: Best of 17 frames Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium, Wuxi, China, 10 July 2011.
Ali Carter	7–9	Mark Selby
Afternoon: 0–102 (89),,,,,,, Evening: 84–40 (84),,,,,,,
99	Highest break	100
0	Century breaks	1
5	50+ breaks	7

Century breaks

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• 137 Ding Junhui
• 134, 100 Mark Selby
• 124, 107 Stephen Maguire
• 113, 107 Peter Ebdon
• 102 Shaun Murphy
• 101 Ali Carter

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wuxi win for Selby. 11 July 2011. Sky Sports. 11 July 2011.
2. Web site: Prize Money. www.worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 7 July 2011.
3. Web site: 2011 World Snooker Wuxi Classic. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 1 June 2011. excel.
4. Web site: Selby Captures Wuxi Crown . worldsnooker.com . . 10 July 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101217235707/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~2204252%2C00.html . 17 December 2010 .
5. Web site: Wuci Classic (2011). Snooker.org. 14 June 2011.
6. Web site: Century breaks . livescores.worldsnookerdata.com . . 7 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715000638/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=951 . 15 July 2011 . live .
7. Web site: Wuxi Classic Century breaks. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 7 July 2011.