The 2014 China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 31 March and 6 April 2014 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the eleventh ranking event of the 2013–14 season.
Ding Junhui won his 11th ranking title by defeating defending champion Neil Robertson 10–5 in the final, and became the sixth on the list of players with the most ranking titles behind Stephen Hendry (36 titles), Steve Davis (28), Ronnie O'Sullivan (26), John Higgins (25) and Mark Williams (18). Ding also equalled Hendry's record from 1990/1991 to win five ranking titles in a single season.
Prize fund The total prize money of the event was raised to £478,000 from the previous year's £425,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £85,000 Runner-up: £35,000 Semi-final: £21,000 Quarter-final: £12,500 Last 16: £8,000 Last 32: £6,500 Last 64: £3,000
Non-televised highest break: £0 Televised highest break: £2,000 Total: £478,000
Wildcard round These matches were played in Beijing on 31 March 2014.
Match Score WC1 5–2 WC2 5–2 WC3 5–2 WC4 2–5
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri.Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 6 April 2014. Neil Robertson 5–10 Ding Junhui Afternoon: 0–98 (87), , , , , , , , Evening: 63–13 (57), , , , , 102 Highest break 119 1 Century breaks 2 3 50+ breaks 7
Qualifying These matches were held between 16 and 18 February 2014 at The Capital Venue in Gloucester, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.
Neil Robertson 5–3 Li Yan Anthony Hamilton 5–3 Alex Borg Anthony McGill 5–0 Michael Leslie Mark Williams 5–1 Daniel Wells Matthew Stevens 0–5 James Wattana Mark Joyce 5–2 Christopher Keogan Yu Delu 5–0 Lyu Haotian Joe Perry 2–5 Duane Jones Mark Allen 5–2 James Cahill Jamie Burnett 3–5 Luca Brecel Jack Lisowski 5–4 Shane Castle Dominic Dale 5–1 Ahmed Saif Graeme Dott 5–0 Alex Davies Rory McLeod 5–4 Noppon Saengkham Dave Harold 5–4 Zhang Anda Stephen Maguire 5–2 Chris Wakelin Shaun Murphy 5–4 Adam Duffy Jamie Cope 5–0 Gareth Green Dechawat Poomjaeng 5–3 Ratchayothin Yotharuck Liang Wenbo 4–5 David Grace Xiao Guodong 5–2 Andrew Pagett Gerard Greene 4–5 Hammad Miah Pankaj Advani 5–3 Chen Zhe Ricky Walden 5–3 Liam Highfield Ali Carter 5–1 Lee Page Jamie Jones 5–1 Mitchell Travis Matthew Selt 5–0 Jak Jones Ryan Day 5–2 Khaled Belaid Abumdas Peter Ebdon 5–4 Fraser Patrick Jimmy Robertson 5–3 Sydney Wilson Kurt Maflin 5–0 Rhys Clark Judd Trump 5–0 Elliot Slessor
Ding Junhui 5–0 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Robbie Williams 2–5 John Astley Ken Doherty 5–1 Andrew Norman Ben Woollaston 1–5 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Michael White 5–0 Scott Donaldson Liu Chuang 2–5 Sam Baird Steve Davis 3–5 Michael Wasley John Higgins 5–2 Vinnie Calabrese Marco Fu 5–1 Adam Wicheard Cao Yupeng 4–5 Li Hang Aditya Mehta 5–2 Alexander Ursenbacher Mark King 5–1 Chris Norbury Marcus Campbell 4–5 Kyren Wilson Alan McManus 1–5 Jamie O'Neill Fergal O'Brien 5–1 Paul Davison Barry Hawkins 5–2 Cao Xinlong Stuart Bingham 5–2 Allan Taylor David Gilbert 1–5 Martin O'Donnell Ian Burns 3–5 Craig Steadman Michael Holt 5–2 Antony Parsons Tom Ford 4–5 Mike Dunn Peter Lines 5–3 Joel Walker Tian Pengfei 5–0 Sean O'Sullivan Robert Milkins 3–5 Gary Wilson Mark Davis 1–5 David Morris Jimmy White 5–2 Joe Swail Alfie Burden 5–1 Ross Muir Andrew Higginson 3–5 Tony Drago Martin Gould 3–5 Barry Pinches Nigel Bond 5–1 Sanderson Lam Rod Lawler 3–5 Stuart Carrington Mark Selby 5–0 Ryan Clark
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
141, 137 Duane Jones 136 Pankaj Advani 135 Jimmy White 134 John Higgins 127 Michael Holt 126, 123 Ryan Day 122, 109 Alfie Burden 118 David Morris 117 Mike Dunn 116 Shaun Murphy
115 Anthony McGill 113 Joel Walker 112 Dominic Dale 112 Mark Allen 107 Mark Selby 107 Ken Doherty 103 Ricky Walden 100 Rory McLeod 100 David Grace
Televised stage centuries
142 Xiao Guodong 136 Li Hang 133 Barry Pinches 130 David Morris 129, 104 Yu Delu 129 Tian Pengfei 128 Duane Jones 127 Ryan Day 126, 119 Peter Ebdon
124, 119, 104 Ding Junhui 117 Hammad Miah 115, 103 John Higgins 110 Jimmy White 109 Michael White 106 Ali Carter 102 Neil Robertson 100 Ricky Walden
References
External links 2014 China Open – Pictures by Tai Chengzhe at Facebook