2008 China Open (snooker)

Honghe Industrial China Open 2008 03 24 2008 03 30 y Beijing University Students' Gymnasium Beijing China WPBSA Ranking event £250,000 £48,000 Stephen Maguire SCO (147) Stephen Maguire SCO Shaun Murphy ENG 10–9 2007 2009 The 2008 Honghe Industrial China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 and 30 March 2008 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. This was the penultimate ranking event of the 2007–08 season, preceding the 2008 World Snooker Championship. The defending champion was Graeme Dott, but he lost in the first round against Barry Pinches. Shaun Murphy and Dave Harold set two new records in the eighth Frame frame of their first round match. Murphy eventually won it after 93 minutes and 12 seconds, beating the record of the longest televised frame between Mark Selby and Marco Fu at the 2007 UK Championship and the longest frame in professional competition between Cliff Thorburn and Stephen O'Connor at the 1994 Welsh Open qualifiers, which took 77 minutes 31 seconds and 92 minutes 52 seconds respectively.Murphy to play China's Ding after longest frame at snooker China Open http://www.china.org.cn/sports/news/2008-03/27/content_13666827.htm China Internet Information Center 28 March 2011 Stephen Maguire made the first maximum break in an Asian ranking tournament in the second frame of his semi-final encounter against Ryan Day.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/2295829/Snooker-Maximum-break-for-Stephen-Maguire.html Snooker: Maximum break for Stephen Maguire 2008-03-30 2019-11-08 en-GB 0307-1235 Maguire won his fourth ranking title by defeating Murphy 10–9 in a high-quality final. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Preisgeld China Open 2008 http://www.brownball.de/chinaopen08/preisgeld_chinaopen08.html brownball.de 28 March 2011 70% 50% Winner: £48,000 Runner-up: £22,500 Semi-final: £12,000 Quarter-final: £6,500 Last 16: £4,275 Last 32: £2,750 Last 48: £1,725 Last 64: £1,325 50% Stage one highest break: £500 Stage two highest break: £2,000 Stage one maximum break: £1,000 Stage two maximum break: £20,000 Total: £250,000 Wildcard round 2008 China Open http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2007-8/07-8-Professional/2008_China_Draw.htm Global Snooker Centre https://web.archive.org/web/20080410222522/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2007-8/07-8-Professional/2008_China_Draw.htm 10 April 2008Honghe Industrial China Open 2008 http://www.snooker.org/trn/0708/co2008_res.shtml Snooker.org 28 March 2011 Match Score WC1 Barry Pinches ENG 5–1 Zhang Anda CHN WC2 Fergal O'Brien IRL 5–2 Cao Xinlong CHN WC3 Marcus Campbell SCO 5–4 Ah Bulajiang CHN WC4 Mike Dunn ENG 5–1 Yang Qingtian CHN WC5 Dave Harold ENG 5–4 Jin Long CHN WC6 Mark Allen NIR 5–2 Li Hang CHN WC7 Marco Fu HKG 5–4 Li Yuan CHN WC8 Ricky Walden ENG 5–3 Yu Delu CHN Main draw Last 32Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 19 frames 1 SCO Graeme Dott 1 ENG Barry Pinches 5 13 ENG Stephen Lee 3 ENG Nigel Bond 5 10 SCO Stephen Maguire 5 IRL Fergal O'Brien 3 8 SCO Stephen Hendry 1 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 6 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 ENG Jamie Cope 1 12 WAL Mark Williams 5 SCO Marcus Campbell 1 16 WAL Ryan Day 5 WAL Matthew Stevens 3 4 IRL Ken Doherty 5 ENG Mike Dunn 2 3 ENG Shaun Murphy 5 ENG Dave Harold 3 9 CHN Ding Junhui 5 ENG Joe Perry 3 14 ENG Ali Carter 5 ENG Stuart Bingham 3 7 AUS Neil Robertson 2 NIR Mark Allen 5 5 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 4 HKG Marco Fu 5 11 ENG Mark Selby 5 ENG Ricky Walden 2 15 ENG Steve Davis 2 ENG Mark King 5 2 SCO John Higgins 5 NIR Joe Swail 4   ENG Barry Pinches 1 ENG Nigel Bond 5 10 SCO Stephen Maguire 5 ENG Barry Hawkins 2 6 ENG Peter Ebdon 2 12 WAL Mark Williams 5 16 WAL Ryan Day 5 4 IRL Ken Doherty 3 3 ENG Shaun Murphy 5 9 CHN Ding Junhui 4 14 ENG Ali Carter 3 NIR Mark Allen 5 HKG Marco Fu 3 11 ENG Mark Selby 5 ENG Mark King 1 2 SCO John Higgins 5 ENG Nigel Bond 0 10 SCO Stephen Maguire 5 12 WAL Mark Williams 3 16 WAL Ryan Day 5 3 ENG Shaun Murphy 5 NIR Mark Allen 3 11 ENG Mark Selby 5 2 SCO John Higgins 2 10 SCO Stephen Maguire 6 16 WAL Ryan Day 5 3 ENG Shaun Murphy 6 11 ENG Mark Selby 3 10 SCO Stephen Maguire 10 3 ENG Shaun Murphy 9 Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas.Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 30 March 2008. Stephen Maguire (10) 10–9 Shaun Murphy (3) Afternoon: 60–41, 32–63 (54), 0–72 (72), 74–0 (74), 120–0 (106), 68–24, 114–0 (102), 0–136 (136) Evening: 24–75 (75), 36–61, 8–92 (81), 39–74, 137–0 (137), 80–15, 80–0 (80), 97–17 (89), 0–107 (86), 46–61, 64–40 137 Highest break 136 3 Century breaks 1 6 50+ breaks 6 Qualifying Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 22 and 25 January 2008. no Round 1Best of 9 frames Round 2Best of 9 frames Round 3Best of 9 frames Round 4Best of 9 frames 200 ENG Shailesh Jogia 5 WAL Gareth Coppack 1 SCO James McBain 5 BEL Kevin Van Hove 2 ENG Mark Joyce 5 THA Supoj Saenla 1 CHN Liu Song 5 ENG Alfred Burden 0 NOR Kurt Maflin 5 CHN Xiao Guodong 3 ENG Matthew Selt 5 SCO Fraser Patrick 1 CHN Tian Pengfei 2 CHN Liu Chuang 5 ENG Munraj Pal 4 WAL Michael White 5 ENG Lee Spick 5 ENG Ashley Wright 1 IRL David Morris 5 ENG Ben Woollaston 3 MLT Tony Drago 5 ENG Jimmy Robertson 3 ENG Alex Davies 5 IRL Rodney Goggins 2 ENG Jamie O'Neill 5 ENG Martin Gould 4 WAL Lee Walker w/d THA Issara Kachaiwong w/o CHN Liang Wenbo 3 AUS Steve Mifsud 5 IRL Leo Fernandez 5 NIR Patrick Wallace 2 ENG Barry Pinches 5 ENG Shailesh Jogia 2 ENG David Roe 5 SCO James McBain 4 ENG Judd Trump 5 ENG Mark Joyce 4 WAL Ian Preece 2 CHN Liu Song 5 FIN Robin Hull w/d NOR Kurt Maflin w/o SCO Marcus Campbell 5 ENG Matthew Selt 0 IRL Joe Delaney 4 CHN Liu Chuang 5 ENG Mike Dunn 5 WAL Michael White 3 ENG Rod Lawler 1 ENG Lee Spick 5 SCO Scott MacKenzie 3 IRL David Morris 5 WAL Paul Davies 5 MLT Tony Drago 3 SCO Drew Henry 5 ENG Alex Davies 2 ENG Tom Ford 5 ENG Jamie O'Neill 2 ENG Jimmy Michie 5 THA Issara Kachaiwong 4 ENG Stuart Pettman 5 AUS Steve Mifsud 2 ENG Jimmy White 0 IRL Leo Fernandez 5 ENG David Gray 3 ENG Barry Pinches 5 ENG Andy Hicks 4 ENG David Roe 5 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 ENG Judd Trump 1 ENG John Parrott 5 CHN Liu Song 0 SCO Alan McManus 0 NOR Kurt Maflin 5 ENG Andrew Norman 1 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 ENG A Higginson 5 CHN Liu Chuang 3 ENG David Gilbert 2 ENG Mike Dunn 5 ENG Mark Davis 3 ENG Lee Spick 5 ENG Robert Milkins 5 IRL David Morris 0 THA James Wattana 2 WAL Paul Davies 5 ENG Adrian Gunnell 4 SCO Drew Henry 5 ENG Rory McLeod 5 ENG Tom Ford 3 ENG Ricky Walden 5 ENG Jimmy Michie 3 IRL Michael Judge 3 ENG Stuart Pettman 5 SCO Jamie Burnett 5 IRL Leo Fernandez 1 ENG Michael Holt 2 ENG Barry Pinches 5 ENG Nigel Bond 5 ENG David Roe 3 ENG Ian McCulloch 2 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 ENG John Parrott 1 ENG Jamie Cope 5 NOR Kurt Maflin 1 ENG Anthony Hamilton 1 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 WAL Matthew Stevens 5 ENG A Higginson 4 NIR Gerard Greene 3 ENG Mike Dunn 5 ENG Dave Harold 5 ENG Lee Spick 0 ENG Joe Perry 5 ENG Robert Milkins 2 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 WAL Paul Davies 3 NIR Mark Allen 5 SCO Drew Henry 4 HKG Marco Fu 5 ENG Rory McLeod 4 WAL Dominic Dale 4 ENG Ricky Walden 5 ENG Mark King 5 ENG Stuart Pettman 2 NIR Joe Swail 5 SCO Jamie Burnett 2 Century breaks Qualifying stage centuries 144 Munraj Pal 138 Andrew Higginson 134 Jamie Cope 131 James McBain 130, 104, 101 Liu Chuang 128 Mike Dunn 128 Mark Allen 125 Jimmy Michie 120 Barry Pinches 119 Jamie O'Neill 119 Anthony Hamilton 114, 113 Liu Song 113 David Roe 112 David Morris 110 Michael Holt 104 Leo Fernandez 104 Stuart Pettman 104 Dave Harold 103, 103, 102 Matthew Selt 101, 101 Marco Fu 100 Michael Judge 100 Lee Spick 100 Fergal O'Brien 100 Ian McCulloch Televised stage centuries 147, 137, 126, 106, 105, 102 Stephen Maguire 140, 136 Ken Doherty 136, 112, 111 Shaun Murphy 135, 118 Mark Allen 132, 127, 117, 109, 106 Mark Selby 128 Fergal O'Brien 127, 116 John Higgins 127, 116 Barry Pinches 123, 104 Ryan Day 121, 114, 105 Marco Fu 115 Jin Long 112 Neil Robertson 110, 108, 101 Mark Williams 110, 106 Marcus Campbell 107, 104 Ricky Walden 104, 101, 100 Nigel Bond 102 Barry Hawkins References 2008 China Open (Snooker) China Open Category:Sports competitions in Beijing