- 2008 China Open (snooker)
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Honghe Industrial China Open Tournament information Dates 24–30 March 2008 Venue Beijing University
Students GymnasiumCity Beijing Country China Organisation(s) WPBSA Format Ranking event Total prize fund £250,000 Winner's share £48,000 Highest break 147 Final Champion Stephen Maguire
Runner-up Shaun Murphy
Score 10–9 ← 20072009 →The 2008 Honghe Industrial China Open professional ranking snooker tournament took place between 24 and 30 March 2008 at the Beijing University Students Gymnasium. This was the penultimate ranking event of the season, preceding the 2008 World Snooker Championship.
The defending champion was Graeme Dott, but he was eliminated in the first round, losing to Barry Pinches.
Shaun Murphy and Dave Harold set two new records in the eight frame of their first round match. Murphy eventually won it after 93 minutes and 12 seconds, beating the record of the longest televised frame between Mark Selby and Marco Fu at the 2007 UK Championship and the longest frame in professional competition between Cliff Thorburn and Stephen O’Connor at the 1994 Welsh Open qualifiers, which took 77 minutes 31 seconds and 92 minutes 52 seconds respectively.[1]
Stephen Maguire made the first maximum break in an Asian ranking tournament in the second frame of his semi-final encounter against Ryan Day.[2]
Stephen Maguire won the tournament, beating Shaun Murphy 10–9 in a high quality final.
Contents
Prize fund
Winner: £48,000
Runner Up: £22,500
Semi Finalists: £12,000
Quarter Finalist: £6500
Last 16: £4275
Last 32: £2750
Last 48: £1725
Last 64: £1325Stage 1 high break: £500
Stage 2 high break: £2000Stage 1 max: £1000
Stage 2 max: £20,000Total: £250,000
Wildcard round
Match Score WC1 Barry Pinches
5–1 Zhang Anda
WC2 Fergal O'Brien
5–2 Cao Xinlong
WC3 Marcus Campbell
5–4 Ah Bulajiang
WC4 Mike Dunn
5–1 Yang Qingtian
WC5 Dave Harold
5–4 Jin Long
WC6 Mark Allen
5–2 Li Hang
WC7 Marco Fu
5–4 Li Yuan
WC8 Ricky Walden
5–3 Yu Delu
Main draw
Final
Final: Best of 19 frames
Beijing University Student's Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 30 March 2008.[4][5]Stephen Maguire
Scotland
10–9 Shaun Murphy
England
Afternoon: 60–41, 32–63 (54), 0–72 (72), 74–0 (74), 120–0 (106), 68–24, 114–0 (102), 0–136 (136)
Evening: 24–75 (75), 36–61, 8–92 (81), 39–74, 137–0 (137), 80–15, 80–0 (80), 97–17 (89),
0–107 (86), 46–61, 64–40137 Highest break 136 3 Century breaks 1 3 50+ breaks 5 Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place in Pontin's Prestatyn, Wales between 22 and 25 January 2008.[4]
Century Breaks
Qualifying Stages Centurys
- 144 Munraj Pal
- 138 Andrew Higginson
- 134 Jamie Cope
- 131 James McBain
- 130, 104, 101 Liu Chuang
- 128 Mike Dunn
- 128 Mark Allen
- 125 Jimmy Michie
- 120 Barry Pinches
- 119 Jamie O'Neill
- 119 Anthony Hamilton
- 114, 113 Liu Song
- 113 David Roe
- 112 David Morris
- 110 Michael Holt
- 104 Leo Fernandez
- 104 Stuart Pettman
- 104 Dave Harold
- 103, 103, 102 Matt Selt
- 101, 101 Marco Fu
- 100 Michael Judge
- 100 Lee Spick
- 100 Fergal O'Brien
- 100 Ian McCulloch
Television stages centuries
- 147, 137, 126, 106, 105, 102 Stephen Maguire
- 140, 136 Ken Doherty
- 136 Shaun Murphy
- 135, 118 Mark Allen
- 132, 127, 117, 109, 106 Mark Selby
- 128 Fergal O'Brien
- 127, 116 John Higgins
- 127, 116 Barry Pinches
- 123, 104 Ryan Day
- 121, 114, 105 Marco Fu
- 115 Jin Long
- 112 Neil Robertson
- 112, 111 Shaun Murphy
- 110, 108, 101 Mark Williams
- 110, 106 Marcus Campbell
- 107, 104 Ricky Walden
- 104, 101, 100 Nigel Bond
- 102 Barry Hawkins
References
- ^ "Murphy to play China's Ding after longest frame at snooker China Open". China Internet Information Center. http://www.china.org.cn/sports/news/2008-03/27/content_13666827.htm. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ "Maximum effort puts Maguire in China Open final". Mail Online. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-549108/Maximum-effort-puts-Maguire-China-Open-final.html. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ "Preisgeld China Open 2008". brownball.de. http://www.brownball.de/chinaopen08/preisgeld_chinaopen08.html. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "2008 China Open". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 10 April 2008. http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20080410222522/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2007-8/07-8-Professional/2008_China_Draw.htm.
- ^ a b "Honghe Industrial China Open 2008". WWW Snooker. http://www.snooker.org/trn/0708/co2008_res.shtml. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
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