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2019 China Open (snooker)

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2019 XingPai China Open
Tournament information
Dates1–7 April 2019 (2019-04-01 – 2019-04-07)
VenueOlympic Sports Center Gymnasium
CityBeijing
CountryChina
OrganisationWorld Snooker
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£1,000,000
Winner's share£225,000
Highest break Stuart Bingham (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion Neil Robertson (AUS)
Runner-up Jack Lisowski (ENG)
Score11–4
2018

The 2019 XingPai China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 1–7 April 2019 in Beijing, China.[1] It was the nineteenth and penultimate ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.

Neil Robertson won his second China Open title, and the 16th ranking title of his career, defeating Jack Lisowski 11–4 in the final.[2]

Mark Selby was the two-time reigning champion, having defended his 2017 title with an 11–3 win against Barry Hawkins in the 2018 final.[3] However, he lost 3–6 to Craig Steadman in qualifying.

Stuart Bingham made the highest break of the event, with his fifth 147 break of his career in his second round match with Peter Ebdon. It was the 151st 147 in snooker history.

Prize fund

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The breakdown of prize money is shown below.[4]

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £20,000

Main draw

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Last 64
Best of 11 frames
Last 32
Best of 11 frames
Last 16
Best of 11 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 19 frames
Final
Best of 21 frames
 
                      
 
 
 
 
England Craig Steadman6
 
 
 
Wales Dominic Dale5
 
England Craig Steadman5
 
 
 
China Liang Wenbo6
 
China Liang Wenbo6
 
 
 
England Gary Wilson3
 
China Liang Wenbo2
 
 
 
England Sam Craigie6
 
Wales Ryan Day1
 
 
 
England Sam Craigie6
 
England Sam Craigie6
 
 
 
England Ali Carter4
 
England Ali Carter6
 
 
 
Norway Kurt Maflin5
 
England Sam Craigie 0
 
 
 
Australia Neil Robertson6
 
China Mei Xiwen6
 
 
 
Hong Kong Marco Fu3
 
China Mei Xiwen3
 
 
 
Australia Neil Robertson6
 
Wales Kishan Hirani2
 
 
 
Australia Neil Robertson6
 
Australia Neil Robertson6
 
 
 
China Lu Ning0
 
Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher1
 
 
 
England Mark King6
 
England Mark King2
 
 
 
China Lu Ning6
 
China Lu Ning6
 
 
 
England Barry Hawkins5
 
Australia Neil Robertson10
 
 
 
Belgium Luca Brecel7
 
China Pang Junxu2
 
 
 
Scotland Alan McManus6
 
Scotland Alan McManus6
 
 
 
England Stuart Carrington0
 
Wales Jamie Clarke4
 
 
 
England Stuart Carrington6
 
Scotland Alan McManus6
 
 
 
Scotland Anthony McGill3
 
Scotland Stephen Maguire6
 
 
 
China Xu Si1
 
Scotland Stephen Maguire3
 
 
 
Scotland Anthony McGill6
 
Scotland Anthony McGill6
 
 
 
England Nigel Bond4
 
Scotland Alan McManus1
 
 
 
Belgium Luca Brecel6
 
England Michael Holt6
 
 
 
China Xiao Guodong4
 
England Michael Holt4
 
 
 
Belgium Luca Brecel6
 
England Sam Baird1
 
 
 
Belgium Luca Brecel6
 
Belgium Luca Brecel6
 
 
 
Iran Hossein Vafaei0
 
Iran Hossein Vafaei6
 
 
 
England Robert Milkins2
 
Iran Hossein Vafaei6
 
 
 
England Joe O'Connor3
 
England Joe O'Connor6
 
 
 
Scotland John Higgins2
 
Australia Neil Robertson11
 
 
 
England Jack Lisowski4
 
England Judd Trump5
 
 
 
England Robbie Williams6
 
England Robbie Williams4
 
 
 
China Li Hang6
 
China Zhou Yuelong3
 
 
 
China Li Hang6
 
China Li Hang4
 
 
 
England Jack Lisowski6
 
England Jack Lisowski6
 
 
 
England John Astley2
 
England Jack Lisowski6
 
 
 
Northern Ireland Gerard Greene3
 
Northern Ireland Gerard Greene6
 
 
 
England Chris Wakelin2
 
England Jack Lisowski6
 
 
 
England Stuart Bingham5
 
England Peter Ebdon6
 
 
 
China Yan Bingtao2
 
England Peter Ebdon3
 
 
 
England Stuart Bingham6
 
England Elliot Slessor0
 
 
 
England Stuart Bingham6
 
England Stuart Bingham6
 
 
 
England Rod Lawler1
 
Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong2
 
 
 
England Rod Lawler6
 
England Rod Lawler6
 
 
 
England Kyren Wilson4
 
China Yuan Sijun1
 
 
 
England Kyren Wilson6
 
England Jack Lisowski10
 
 
 
Scotland Scott Donaldson1
 
China Ding Junhui3
 
 
 
Thailand James Wattana6
 
Thailand James Wattana2
 
 
 
China Lyu Haotian6
 
England Oliver Lines4
 
 
 
China Lyu Haotian6
 
China Lyu Haotian4
 
 
 
England Ben Woollaston6
 
Poland Adam Stefanow1
 
 
 
England Andrew Higginson6
 
England Andrew Higginson3
 
 
 
England Ben Woollaston6
 
England Ashley Carty4
 
 
 
England Ben Woollaston6
 
England Ben Woollaston4
 
 
 
Scotland Scott Donaldson6
 
Scotland Scott Donaldson6
 
 
 
England Joe Perry4
 
Scotland Scott Donaldson6
 
 
 
England David Gilbert3
 
England Matthew Selt4
 
 
 
England David Gilbert6
 
Scotland Scott Donaldson6
 
 
 
England Ricky Walden5
 
England Ricky Walden6
 
 
 
China Chang Bingyu4
 
England Ricky Walden6
 
 
 
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty1
 
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty6
 
 
Wales Mark Williams4
 

Final

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Final: Best of 21 frames. Referee: Wang Wei.
Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 7 April 2019.
Neil Robertson
 Australia
11–4 Jack Lisowski
 England
Afternoon: 86–32, 141–0 (141), 66–13, 109–23, 13–62, 78–30, 100–0 (100), 75–16, 66–47, 60–77
Evеning: 133–0, 76–14, 60–74, 6–73, 79–1
141 Highest break 55
2 Century breaks 0

Qualifying

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Qualifying – excluding held over matches – took place between 18 and 20 February 2019 at the Chase Leisure Centre in Cannock, England. All qualifying matches were best of 11 frames.

Note
  1. ^ a b c d e f g Match held over and played in Beijing on 1 April 2019.

Century breaks

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Main stage centuries

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Total: 78[5] 11 of these centuries were made in held over matches, by Ding Junhui, Xiao Guodong (2), Mark King, Harvey Chandler, Wu Yize, Soheil Vahedi, Craig Steadman and Mark Williams (3).

Qualifying stage centuries

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Total: 35[6]

References

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  1. ^ "2018/19 Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Robertson Storms to Beijing Victory". World Snooker. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Selby Back On Form With China Open Victory". World Snooker. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2018/2019 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  5. ^ "China Open 2019 Centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  6. ^ "China Open 2019 Qualifiers Centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2021.