The 2006 Star Dragon Woods Villa Cup China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 20 and 26 March 2006 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the penultimate ranking event of the 2005–06 season, preceding the 2006 World Championship.
Mark Williams won the tournament by defeating John Higgins 9–8 in a high-quality final. __TOC__
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £30,000 Runner Up: £15,000 Semi Finalist: £7,500 Quarter Finalist: £5,600 Last 16: £4,000 Last 32: £2,500 Last 48: £1,625 Last 64: £1,100
Stage one high break: £500 Stage two high break: £2,000
Stage one maximum break: £1,000 Stage two maximum break: £20,000
Wildcard round
Match Score WC1 2–5 WC2 1–5 WC3 5–2 WC4 5–2 WC5 5–2 WC6 5–2 WC7 5–1 WC8 5–3
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams.Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, March 26, 2006. Mark Williams (11) 9–8 John Higgins (8) Afternoon: 1–85 (54), 63–60, , , , , , Evening: 67–0, 57–71, , , , , , , 69 Highest break 74 0 Century breaks 0 5 50+ breaks 5
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between November 15 and November 18, 2005.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
137 Mark Selby 134 Dave Harold 130 Nick Dyson 129 Jamie Burnett 129 Mark Davis 127 Patrick Wallace 126 Jimmy Michie 124, 104 Ryan Day 122 Simon Bedford 119 Leo Fernandez 118, 107 Stuart Bingham 118 Robin Hull
116 David Gilbert 114 James Tatton 114 Judd Trump 112 Gary Wilson 109 Alfie Burden 109 Fergal O'Brien 106 Andrew Norman 104 Liang Wenbo 101 Brian Morgan 101 Scott MacKenzie 101 David Roe
Televised stage centuries
135, 119, 114 Ding Junhui 133, 116, 115 Mark Williams 131 David Roe 128, 100 John Higgins 127, 122 Ricky Walden 127 Adrian Gunnell 125 Joe Swail 124, 112 Jamie Cope
124 Shaun Murphy 123 Michael Holt 120 Graeme Dott 115 Drew Henry 107 Scott MacKenzie 107 Yang Qingtian 105 Joe Perry 101 Matthew Stevens
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