The 2017 China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 27 March and 2 April 2017 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the 18th and penultimate ranking event of the 2016–17 season. The tournament was broadcast in Europe on Eurosport and Eurosport Player.
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 27 March – 2 April 2017 |
| Venue | Beijing University Students' Gymnasium |
| City | Beijing |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £510,000 |
| Winner's share | £85,000 |
| Highest break |  Judd Trump (ENG) (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Mark Selby (ENG) |
| Runner-up |  Mark Williams (WAL) |
| Score | 10–8 |
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Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals to Hossein Vafaei.
Mark Selby defeated Mark Williams 10–8 in the final to win his second China Open title and 11th career ranking title overall.[1][2]
Trump made the 130th official maximum break and the third of his career in the fifth frame of his 5–3 win over Tian Pengfei in the third round.[3]
Prize fund edit
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £30,000.
Wildcard round edit
These matches were played in Beijing on 27 March 2017.
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 | Robbie Williams (ENG) | w/d–w/o |  Fan Zhengyi (CHN) |
| WC2 | Jimmy White (ENG) | 5–1 | Li Yuan (CHN) |
| WC3 | Li Hang (CHN) | 5–1 | Luo Honghao (CHN) |
| WC4 |  Alex Borg (MLT) | 4–5 | Niu Zhuang (CHN) |
Main draw edit
Final edit
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas. Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 2 April 2017. | ||
| Mark Williams Wales | 8–10 | Mark Selby England |
| Afternoon: 9–122 (54), 3–100 (100), 124–0 (124), 6–113 (109), 82–1 (82), 46–73 (50), 71–47, 23–80, 106–32 (106) Evеning: 75–1 (68), 22–76 (55), 91–29 (65), 81–0 (81), 0–99 (95), 70–55, 0–70 (70), 4–129 (124), 16–86 | ||
| 124 | Highest break | 124 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 3 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 8 |
Qualifying edit
These matches were played from 24 to 27 January 2017 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England, except for 4 matches which were held over and played in Beijing on 27 March 2017. All matches were best of 9 frames.[5]
Century breaks edit
Televised stage centuries edit
Total: 54[6]
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Qualifying stage centuries edit
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Notes edit
References edit
- ^ "China Open: Mark Selby beats Mark Williams 10-8 ahead of World Championship". BBC Sport. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ "Selby King In Beijing". World Snooker. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ "Judd Trump makes maximum 147 break in China Open last-16 victory". BBC. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "China Open / Matches". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "China Open Qualifying Round Draw and Format". World Snooker. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "China Open / Centuries". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 2017-05-07. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "China Open Qualifiers / Centuries". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.