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Wuxi Classic 2012 06 25 2012 07 1 y Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium Wuxi China World Snooker Ranking event £405,000 £75,000 Stuart Bingham ENG (147) Ricky Walden ENG Stuart Bingham ENG 10–4 2011 2013
The 2012 Wuxi Classic was a professional ranking snooker tournament held between 25 June–1 July 2012 at the Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China. It was the first year of the tournament as a ranking event, having been non-ranking in its previous playings.http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2757115,00.html Wuxi Classic Becomes World Ranking Event worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 4 June 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131105042807/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~2757115%2C00.html 5 November 2013 It was also the first ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=2&season=2012 Tournament Calendar 2012/2013 Snooker.org 4 June 2012
Mark Selby was the defending champion,http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/10072011/58/selby-claims-wuxi-classic-title.html Selby claims Wuxi Classic title Eurosport 4 June 2012 but he lost in the quarter-finals 5–4 against Stuart Bingham.http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2827261,00.html In Form Bingham Keeps Run Going World Snooker 30 June 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120702031642/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~2827261%2C00.html 2 July 2012 Wuxi Classic: Stuart Bingham defeats Mark Selby in China https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/18598657 BBC Sport 30 June 2012
Ricky Walden won his second ranking title by defeating Bingham 10–4 in the final.Wuxi Classic: Ricky Walden defeats Stuart Bingham in final https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/18665008 BBC Sport 1 July 2012Kane Desmond Walden sinks maximum man Bingham to win Wuxi final http://eurosport.yahoo.com/news/walden-leads-maximum-man-bingham-in-wuxi-final-102054563.html Eurosport UK 1 July 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120704140649/http://eurosport.yahoo.com/news/walden-leads-maximum-man-bingham-in-wuxi-final-102054563.html 4 July 2012 During the final Bingham made the 89th official maximum break. This was Bingham's third 147 break.Bingham Makes Maximum in Wuxi http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2828353,00.html worldsnoker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 1 July 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120706161951/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~2828353%2C00.html 6 July 2012 dmy
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Prize fund
It was announced on 2 May 2012, that this year's prize money would be £400,000, which would rise to £425,000 for next year and then to £450,000 for the following three years. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/WuxiClassicEventArticle/0,,13165~2796388,00.html Prize Money worldsnooker.com World Snooker 4 June 2012
70%
50%
Winner: £75,000
Runner-up: £30,000
Semi-final: £18,000
Quarter-final: £10,000
Last 16: £7,500
Last 32: £6,000
Last 48: £2,300
Last 64: £1,500
50%
Non-televised highest break: £200
Televised highest break: £2,000
Televised maximum break: £5,000
Total: £405,000
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Wuxi on 25 and 26 June 2012.
Match Score WC1 Ken Doherty IRL 5–4 Lu Ning CHN WC2 Jamie Burnett SCO 5–3 Jin Long CHN WC3 Michael White WAL 4–5 Zhou Yuelong CHN WC4 Rod Lawler ENG 5–2 Li Hang CHN WC5 Dave Harold ENG 1–5 Rouzi Maimaiti CHN WC6 Fergal O'Brien IRL 5–2 Lyu Haotian CHN WC7 Michael Holt ENG 1–5 Zhu Yinghui CHN WC8 Robert Milkins ENG 5–2 Chen Feilong CHN
Main draw
http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=175 Wuxi Classic (2012) Snooker.org 4 June 2012Wuxi Classic 2012: scores and results https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/18587963 https://web.archive.org/web/20120627081350/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/18587963 dead 27 June 2012 BBC Sport 30 June 2012http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/12/b5/0,,13165~177426,00.pdf Wuxi Classic 2012 Draw and Format of Play worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 18 June 2012http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/ac2cb2ee-2d72-4973-b03b-35232a3c4327.pdf Wuxi Classic 2012 results World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 23 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140408230232/http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/ac2cb2ee-2d72-4973-b03b-35232a3c4327.pdf 8 April 2014 dead dmy-all
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 ENG Mark Selby 5 ENG Barry Hawkins 2 12 ENG Martin Gould 3 ENG Jamie Cope 5 14 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 ENG Peter Ebdon 4 5 ENG Shaun Murphy 1 IRL Ken Doherty 5 6 AUS Neil Robertson 1 SCO Jamie Burnett 5 9 CHN Ding Junhui 2 ENG Mark Davis 5 11 SCO Graeme Dott 5 CHN Zhou Yuelong 1 4 SCO Stephen Maguire 4 ENG Rod Lawler 5 3 WAL Mark Williams 5 ENG Tom Ford 0 10 NIR Mark Allen 5 CHN Rouzi Maimaiti 1 15 ENG Ali Carter 3 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 7 ENG Stephen Lee 1 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 8 WAL Matthew Stevens w/d ENG Joe Perry w/o 13 ENG Ricky Walden 5 CHN Zhu Yinghui 0 16 ENG Andrew Higginson 3 ENG Robert Milkins 5 2 ENG Judd Trump 5 WAL Dominic Dale 1 1 ENG Mark Selby 5 ENG Jamie Cope 0 14 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 IRL Ken Doherty 4 SCO Jamie Burnett 3 ENG Mark Davis 5 11 SCO Graeme Dott 5 ENG Rod Lawler 4 3 WAL Mark Williams 5 10 NIR Mark Allen 3 IRL Fergal O'Brien 2 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 ENG Joe Perry 4 13 ENG Ricky Walden 5 ENG Robert Milkins 5 2 ENG Judd Trump 3 1 ENG Mark Selby 4 14 ENG Stuart Bingham 5 ENG Mark Davis 5 11 SCO Graeme Dott 0 3 WAL Mark Williams 3 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 13 ENG Ricky Walden 5 ENG Robert Milkins 3 14 ENG Stuart Bingham 6 ENG Mark Davis 5 SCO Marcus Campbell 1 13 ENG Ricky Walden 6 14 ENG Stuart Bingham 4 13 ENG Ricky Walden 10
Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore.Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium, Wuxi, China, 1 July 2012.Final – Match 39 – Stuart Bingham v Ricky Walden http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Result/12978?matchId=153506 worldsnookerdata.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 23 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140401010544/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Result/12978?matchId=153506 1 April 2014 dead dmy-all Stuart Bingham (14) 4–10 Ricky Walden (13) Afternoon: 57–59, 43–53, 1–69 (69), 22–62, 24–54, 147–0 (147), 1–57 (56), 33–65 Evening: 34–76, 24–74 (73), 103–0 (103), 100–0 (100), 92–20, 41–84 (74) 147 Highest break 74 3 Century breaks 0 3 50+ breaks 4
Qualifying
These matches were held between 5 and 8 June 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/49/b4/0,,13165~177225,00.pdf Wuxi Classic 2012 Qualifiers Draw and Format worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 4 June 2012http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/8f8bcbaf-c748-486c-9b61-99e9911affd1.pdf Wuxi Classic qualifiers 2012 results World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 23 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140408230431/http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/8f8bcbaf-c748-486c-9b61-99e9911affd1.pdf 8 April 2014 dead dmy-all http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=176 Wuxi Classic Qualifiers (2012) Snooker.org 4 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130429125815/http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=176 29 April 2013 dead In the fourth frame of the match between Dominic Dale and Peter Lines, a 20-year-old record from the 1992 Asian Open was broken. They accumulated 192 points, then the most in a single frame in the history of snooker. Lines won the frame 108–84.Buzás Gábor Baljós árnyak http://tv.eurosport.hu/snooker/story_sto3320145.shtml Eurosport HU 21 June 2012 Hungarian https://web.archive.org/web/20131231002129/http://tv.eurosport.hu/snooker/story_sto3320145.shtml 31 December 2013 dead dmy-all The previous record was 185, made when Sean Storey defeated Graham Cripsey 93–92.Turner Chris Various Snooker Records http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Records.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130210111343/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Records.html 10 February 2013 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 21 June 2012 The record stood until the quarter-finals of the 2023 UK Championship, when Mark Williams won frame eight of his match against Ding Junhui by a score of 101–94, for a total of 195 points. 2023-12-02 Trump Sees Off Selby https://wst.tv/trump-sees-off-selby/ https://web.archive.org/web/20231202043109/https://wst.tv/trump-sees-off-selby/ dead 2 December 2023 2023-12-04 World Snooker en-US
no Round 1Best of 9 frames Round 2Best of 9 frames Round 3Best of 9 frames Round 4Best of 9 frames THA Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5 ENG Robbie Williams 2 IND Aditya Mehta 5 ENG Sam Baird 3 IND Pankaj Advani 4 CHN Chen Zhe 5 MLT Tony Drago 5 ENG Sean O'Sullivan 1 BEL Luca Brecel 5 WAL Daniel Wells 1 IRI Hossein Vafaei w/d SCO Fraser Patrick w/o THA Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 5 ENG Ian Burns 3 CHN Zhang Anda 3 ENG Rod Lawler 5 CHN Tian Pengfei 5 WAL Duane Jones 4 ENG David Grace 2 ENG Martin O'Donnell 5 AUS Ben Judge 1 ENG Adrian Gunnell 5 SCO Michael Leslie 2 ENG Paul Davison 5 ENG Liam Highfield 4 ENG Michael Wasley 5 NOR Kurt Maflin 5 ENG Jamie O'Neill 3 ENG Craig Steadman 5 ENG Michael Wild 3 CHN Cao Yupeng 4 ENG Joel Walker 5 ENG Jimmy Robertson 5 THA Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 0 THA James Wattana 1 IND Aditya Mehta 5 ENG Simon Bedford 5 CHN Chen Zhe 0 ENG Adam Duffy 3 MLT Tony Drago 5 THA Dechawat Poomjaeng 4 BEL Luca Brecel 5 ENG Mark Joyce 5 SCO Fraser Patrick 3 WAL Michael White 5 THA Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 3 CHN Yu Delu 4 ENG Rod Lawler 5 ENG Barry Pinches 5 CHN Tian Pengfei 0 ENG Alfie Burden 5 ENG Martin O'Donnell 3 CHN Li Yan 5 ENG Adrian Gunnell 2 ENG David Gilbert 5 ENG Paul Davison 3 THA Passakorn Suwannawat 5 ENG Michael Wasley 1 ENG Andy Hicks 1 NOR Kurt Maflin 5 CHN Liu Chuang 5 ENG Craig Steadman 4 ENG Peter Lines 5 ENG Joel Walker 4 ENG Nigel Bond 3 ENG Jimmy Robertson 5 ENG Jimmy White 1 IND Aditya Mehta 5 ENG Matthew Selt 5 ENG Simon Bedford 3 ENG Jack Lisowski 5 MLT Tony Drago 1 SCO Jamie Burnett 5 BEL Luca Brecel 4 ENG Rory McLeod 5 ENG Mark Joyce 3 CHN Xiao Guodong 1 WAL Michael White 5 CHN Liang Wenbo 3 ENG Rod Lawler 5 SCO Alan McManus 2 ENG Barry Pinches 5 ENG Dave Harold 5 ENG Alfie Burden 4 NIR Gerard Greene 5 CHN Li Yan 1 SCO Anthony McGill 4 ENG David Gilbert 5 ENG Ben Woollaston 1 THA Passakorn Suwannawat 5 ENG Steve Davis 3 NOR Kurt Maflin 5 ENG Robert Milkins 5 CHN Liu Chuang 4 ENG Mike Dunn 1 ENG Peter Lines 5 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 ENG Jimmy Robertson 4 ENG Jamie Cope 5 IND Aditya Mehta 4 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 ENG Matthew Selt 4 IRL Ken Doherty 5 ENG Jack Lisowski 3 HKG Marco Fu 2 SCO Jamie Burnett 5 ENG Mark Davis 5 ENG Rory McLeod 2 ENG Anthony Hamilton 4 WAL Michael White 5 WAL Jamie Jones 2 ENG Rod Lawler 5 ENG Tom Ford 5 ENG Barry Pinches 0 ENG Mark King 4 ENG Dave Harold 5 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 NIR Gerard Greene 3 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 ENG David Gilbert 4 ENG Joe Perry 5 THA Passakorn Suwannawat 1 ENG Michael Holt 5 NOR Kurt Maflin 4 WAL Ryan Day 0 ENG Robert Milkins 5 WAL Dominic Dale 5 ENG Peter Lines 4
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
Wuxi Classic qualifiers centuries http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=12979 worldsnookerdata.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 8 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120608225950/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=12979 8 June 2012 dead dmy
136 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
136 Mark Joyce
136 Dechawat Poomjaeng
131 David Grace
131 Passakorn Suwannawat
130, 110 Joe Perry
128, 102 Anthony Hamilton
127 Ian Burns
123, 105 Kurt Maflin
123 Simon Bedford
122, 108, 105 Luca Brecel
118 Chen Zhe
118 Fergal O'Brien
112, 111 Liam Highfield
112, 106, 100 Jimmy Robertson
110, 105 Mark King
110 Dave Harold
107 Michael Holt
107 Paul Davison
104 Zhang Anda
104 Liu Chuang
103 Marco Fu
100 Yu Delu
100 Michael White
Televised stage centuries
Wuxi Classic centuries http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=12978 worldsnookerdata.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 1 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120703191350/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=12978 3 July 2012 dead dmy
147, 143, 134, 124, 110, 103, 100 Stuart Bingham
137, 113, 108 Judd Trump
129 Rod Lawler
120, 101 Mark Selby
115 Zhou Yuelong
104, 102 Ricky Walden
102 Ken Doherty
101 Lu Ning
References
External links
http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/WuxiClassicEvent
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