2012 China Open (snooker) explained

Tournament Name:Bank of Beijing China Open
Venue:Beijing University Students' Gymnasium
Location:Beijing
Country:China
Organisation:World Snooker
Format:Ranking event
Total Prize Fund:£400,000
Winners Share:£75,000
Highest Break: (139)
Score:10–9
Previous:2011
Next:2013

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]

Wildcard round

These matches were played in Beijing on 26 and 27 March.

Match Score
WC1 5–3
WC2 5–3
WC3 4–5
WC4 3–5
WC5 5–1
WC6 3–5
WC7 5–2
WC8 5–0

Main draw

[6] [7] [8] [9]

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas.
Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 1 April 2012.
Stephen Maguire (8)
9–10Peter Ebdon
Afternoon: 27–63, 61–1 (53),,,,
Evening: 84–32 (84), 14–60 (52),,,,,,,,,,,
98Highest break124
0Century breaks4
650+ breaks7

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

[13]

Televised stage centuries

[14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Judd Trump beats Mark Selby in China Open final. BBC Sport. 3 April 2011. 3 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110404035635/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/snooker/12949826.stm. 4 April 2011 . live.
  2. Web site: Houlihan. Owen. Lee comes up Trumps. wiltshiretimes.co.uk. Wiltshire Times. 30 March 2012.
  3. Web site: Selby withdraws from China Open. Eurosport UK. 29 March 2012.
  4. News: Peter Ebdon beats Stephen Maguire in final thriller . 1 April 2012 . BBC Sport . 3 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404002857/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/17577969 . 4 April 2012 . live .
  5. Web site: Prize Money. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 21 February 2012.
  6. Web site: 2012 China Open draw and schedule. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 20 March 2012.
  7. Web site: 2012 China Open results. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 1 April 2012.
  8. Web site: Bank of Beijing China Open (2012). Snooker.org. 1 April 2012.
  9. Web site: China Open scores and schedule. BBC Sport. 1 April 2012.
  10. Web site: 2012 China Open qualifiers draw and schedule. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 16 February 2012.
  11. Web site: 2012 China Open qualifiers results. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 24 February 2012.
  12. Web site: Bank of Beijing China Open Qualifiers (2012). Snooker.org. 24 February 2012.
  13. Web site: Qualifying century breaks . worldsnookerdata.com . . 24 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120226030736/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=2998 . 2012-02-26 . dead .
  14. Web site: Televised century breaks . worldsnookerdata.com . . 1 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120403213410/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=2997 . 2012-04-03 . dead .

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