2008 China Open (snooker)

Honghe Industrial China Open

Tournament information
Dates	24–30 March 2008
Venue	Beijing University Students Gymnasium
City	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
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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.

Prize fund

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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: £1325

Stage 1 high break: £500 Stage 2 high break: £2000 Stage 1 max: £1000 Stage 2 max: £20,000 Total: £250,000

Wildcard round

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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

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	Round 1 Best of 9 frames					Round 2 Best of 9 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	Graeme Dott	1
		Barry Pinches	5
							Barry Pinches	1
							Nigel Bond	5
	13	Stephen Lee	3
		Nigel Bond	5
												Nigel Bond	0
										10	Stephen Maguire	5
	10	Stephen Maguire	5
		Fergal O'Brien	3
						10	Stephen Maguire	5
							Barry Hawkins	2
	8	Stephen Hendry	1
		Barry Hawkins	5
																10	Stephen Maguire	6
																16	Ryan Day	5
	6	Peter Ebdon	5
		Jamie Cope	1
						6	Peter Ebdon	2
						12	Mark Williams	5
	12	Mark Williams	5
		Marcus Campbell	1
											12	Mark Williams	3
										16	Ryan Day	5
	16	Ryan Day	5
		Matthew Stevens	3
						16	Ryan Day	5
						4	Ken Doherty	3
	4	Ken Doherty	5
		Mike Dunn	2
																					10	Stephen Maguire	10
																					3	Shaun Murphy	9
	3	Shaun Murphy	5
		Dave Harold	3
						3	Shaun Murphy	5
						9	Ding Junhui	4
	9	Ding Junhui	5
		Joe Perry	3
											3	Shaun Murphy	5
											Mark Allen	3
	14	Allister Carter	5
		Stuart Bingham	3
						14	Allister Carter	3
							Mark Allen	5
	7	Neil Robertson	2
		Mark Allen	5
																3	Shaun Murphy	6
																11	Mark Selby	3
	5	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4
		Marco Fu	5
							Marco Fu	3
						11	Mark Selby	5
	11	Mark Selby	5
		Ricky Walden	2
											11	Mark Selby	5
										2	John Higgins	2
	15	Steve Davis	2
		Mark King	5
							Mark King	1
						2	John Higgins	5
	2	John Higgins	5
		Joe Swail	4

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, 64–40
137	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]

	Round 1 Best of 9 frames			Round 2 Best of 9 frames			Round 3 Best of 9 frames			Round 4 Best of 9 frames
	Shailesh Jogia	5		Barry Pinches	5		David Gray	3		Michael Holt	2
	Gareth Coppack	1		Shailesh Jogia	2		Barry Pinches	5		Barry Pinches	5
	James McBain	5		David Roe	5		Andy Hicks	4		Nigel Bond	5
	Kevin Van Hove	2		James McBain	4		David Roe	5		David Roe	3
	Mark Joyce	5		Judd Trump	5		Fergal O'Brien	5		Ian McCulloch	2
	Supoj Saenla	1		Mark Joyce	4		Judd Trump	1		Fergal O'Brien	5
	Liu Song	5		Ian Preece	2		John Parrott	5		Barry Hawkins	5
	Alfred Burden	0		Liu Song	5		Liu Song	0		John Parrott	1
	Kurt Maflin	5		Robin Hull	0		Alan McManus	0		Jamie Cope	5
	Xiao Guodong	3		Kurt Maflin	W/O		Kurt Maflin	5		Kurt Maflin	1
	Matthew Selt	5		Marcus Campbell	5		Andrew Norman	1		Anthony Hamilton	1
	Fraser Patrick	1		Matthew Selt	0		Marcus Campbell	5		Marcus Campbell	5
	Tian Pengfei	2		Joe Delaney	4		A Higginson	5		Matthew Stevens	5
	Liu Chuang	5		Liu Chuang	5		Liu Chuang	3		A Higginson	4
	Munraj Pal	4		Mike Dunn	5		David Gilbert	2		Gerard Greene	3
	Michael White	5		Michael White	3		Mike Dunn	5		Mike Dunn	5
	Lee Spick	5		Rod Lawler	1		Mark Davis	3		Dave Harold	5
	Ashley Wright	1		Lee Spick	5		Lee Spick	5		Lee Spick	0
	David Morris	5		Scott MacKenzie	3		Robert Milkins	5		Joe Perry	5
	Ben Woollaston	3		David Morris	5		David Morris	0		Robert Milkins	2
	Tony Drago	5		Paul Davies	5		James Wattana	2		Stuart Bingham	5
	Jimmy Robertson	3		Tony Drago	3		Paul Davies	5		Paul Davies	3
	Alex Davies	5		Drew Henry	5		Adrian Gunnell	4		Mark Allen	5
	Rodney Goggins	2		Alex Davies	2		Drew Henry	5		Drew Henry	4
	Jamie O'Neill	5		Tom Ford	5		Rory McLeod	5		Marco Fu	5
	Martin Gould	4		Jamie O'Neill	2		Tom Ford	3		Rory McLeod	4
	Lee Walker	0		Jimmy Michie	5		Ricky Walden	5		Dominic Dale	4
	I Kachaiwong	W/O		I Kachaiwong	4		Jimmy Michie	3		Ricky Walden	5
	Liang Wenbo	3		Stuart Pettman	5		Michael Judge	3		Mark King	5
	Steve Mifsud	5		Steve Mifsud	2		Stuart Pettman	5		Stuart Pettman	2
	Leo Fernandez	5		Jimmy White	0		Jamie Burnett	5		Joe Swail	5
	Patrick Wallace	2		Leo Fernandez	5		Leo Fernandez	1		Jamie Burnett	2

Century Breaks

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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

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2. ^ "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. 
3. ^ "Preisgeld China Open 2008". brownball.de. http://www.brownball.de/chinaopen08/preisgeld_chinaopen08.html. Retrieved 28 March 2011. 
4. ^ ^{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. 
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