The 2016 BAIC Motor China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 28 March and 3 April 2016 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the ninth ranking event of the 2015–16 season.

Mark Selby was the defending champion, but he withdrew for personal reasons.

Judd Trump defeated Ricky Walden 10–4 in the final to win his fifth career ranking title.

Prize fund 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: £4,000

Televised highest break: £2,000 Total: £510,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £15,000, but was not won.

Wildcard round These matches were played in Beijing on 28 March 2016.

Match Score WC1 5–0 WC2 3–5 WC3 5–1 WC4 5–3

Main draw

Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas.Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 3 April 2016. Judd Trump 10–4 Ricky Walden Afternoon: 25–75 (71), , , , , , , Evening: 67–40, 68–36, , , , 90 Highest break 108 0 Century breaks 1 4 50+ breaks 3

Qualifying These matches were played from 9–11 February 2016 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England, except for 4 matches which were held over to be played in Beijing on 28 March 2016. All matches were best of 9 frames.

Mark Selby w/d–w/o Darryl Hill David Morris 3–5 James Wattana Jamie Jones 5–0 Lu Chenwei Dominic Dale 5–0 Hatem Yassen Michael White 5–4 Craig Steadman Jack Lisowski 5–1 Zhang Yong Stephen Maguire 5–3 Andy Hicks Gary Wilson 5–1 Paul Davison Ken Doherty 0–5 Rhys Clark Mark Davis 5–0 Steven Hallworth Robbie Williams 2–5 Alfie Burden Joe Perry 5–2 Fraser Patrick Mike Dunn 5–3 Ashley Hugill Alan McManus 5–4 Sydney Wilson Rory McLeod 5–4 James Cahill Mark Allen 2–5 Mitchell Mann Judd Trump 5–0 Joel Walker Stuart Carrington 5–1 Lu Ning Anthony McGill 5–1 Jake Nicholson Jimmy Robertson 5–0 Itaro Santos Marco Fu 5–2 Gareth Allen Yu De Lu 5–2 Vinnie Calabrese Robert Milkins 5–2 Daniel Wells Jamie Burnett 0–5 Ross Muir Kurt Maflin 3–5 Chris Wakelin Matthew Selt 5–2 Jamie Cope Joe Swail 5–3 Ian Glover Mark Williams 3–5 Martin O'Donnell Mark King 5–2 Hamza Akbar Ali Carter 5–1 Alex Taubman David Grace 5–1 Jason Weston Shaun Murphy 5–1 Zak Surety

Neil Robertson 5–3 Hossein Vafaei Oliver Lines 4–5 Noppon Saengkham Ben Woollaston 5–1 Zhao Xintong Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 3–5 Adam Duffy Martin Gould 5–1 Scott Donaldson Andrew Higginson 5–3 Liam Highfield Graeme Dott 5–4 Jimmy White Matthew Stevens 5–1 Chris Melling Gerard Greene 5–4 Oliver Brown David Gilbert 5–4 Duane Jones Li Hang 5–4 Thor Chuan Leong Ding Junhui 1–5Match held over and played in Beijing. Lee Walker Mark Joyce 5–3 Sean O'Sullivan Luca Brecel 5–1 Zhang Anda Zhou Yuelong 5–1 Jordan Brown John Higgins 5–2 Michael Wasley Barry Hawkins 5–0 Sanderson Lam Tian Pengfei 5–3 Leo Fernandez Michael Holt 5–1 Matthew Day Xiao Guodong 2–5 Nigel Bond Ricky Walden 5–4 Barry Pinches Robin Hull 5–1 Eden Sharav Ryan Day 5–1 Brett Miller Dechawat Poomjaeng 5–4 Michael Leslie Tom Ford 5–2 Michael Wild Kyren Wilson 5–3 Anthony Hamilton Rod Lawler 5–4 Hammad Miah Liang Wenbo 2–5 Peter Lines Fergal O'Brien 4–5 Ian Burns Peter Ebdon 5–4 Michael Georgiou Sam Baird 5–3 Allan Taylor Stuart Bingham 5–0 Cao Yupeng

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

142, 108 Ryan Day 140 Joe Perry 137, 123 Anthony Hamilton 136, 104 Shaun Murphy 135 Tian Pengfei 132 Jamie Cope 132 Neil Robertson 129 Marco Fu 128, 109 Barry Hawkins 125, 108, 103, 100 Kyren Wilson 125 Lu Ning 124 Chris Wakelin 123 Noppon Saengkham 121 John Higgins 115 Matthew Stevens

113 Dominic Dale 110 Dechawat Poomjaeng 108 Judd Trump 106, 100 Michael Holt 104 Rhys Clark 104 Peter Ebdon 104 Stephen Maguire 103, 100 Ben Woollaston 103 Michael Georgiou 103 Robert Milkins 102 Mitchell Mann 101 Mark Joyce 100 Eden Sharav 100 Mark Allen

Televised stage centuries

143, 128, 119, 109 Stuart Bingham 136 Ding Junhui 135 Ian Burns 135, 131, 113, 108 Ricky Walden 133, 108 Tian Pengfei 123, 115, 111 Marco Fu 120, 103 Zhou Yuelong 117, 116 Alfie Burden 116 Mark Joyce 115, 102 David Gilbert 114 John Higgins

110, 109, 100 Judd Trump 109, 105, 101 Dominic Dale 106, 106 Neil Robertson 106 Ben Woollaston 105 Alan McManus 102 Yuan Sijun 101 Stephen Maguire 101 Ryan Day 100 Michael Holt 100 Anthony McGill

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