The 2006 Star Dragon Woods Villa Cup China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 20 and 26 March 2006 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the penultimate ranking event of the 2005–06 season, preceding the 2006 World Championship.
Mark Williams won the tournament by defeating John Higgins 9–8 in a high-quality final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
| Winner: £30,000 Runner Up: £15,000 Semi Finalist: £7,500 Quarter Finalist: £5,600 Last 16: £4,000 Last 32: £2,500 Last 48: £1,625 Last 64: £1,100 | Stage one high break: £500 Stage two high break: £2,000Stage one maximum break: £1,000 Stage two maximum break: £20,000 |
Wildcard round
| Match | | Score | |
|---|
| WC1 | Dave Harold (ENG) | 2–5 | Yang Qingtian (CHN) |
| WC2 | Andrew Norman (ENG) | 1–5 | Yu Delu (CHN) |
| WC3 | Joe Swail (NIR) | 5–2 | Liu Chuang (CHN) |
| WC4 | David Roe (ENG) | 5–2 | Li Yinxi (CHN) |
| WC5 | Scott MacKenzie (SCO) | 5–2 | Li Hang (CHN) |
| WC6 | Jamie Cope (ENG) | 5–2 | Tian Pengfei (CHN) |
| WC7 | Ricky Walden (ENG) | 5–1 | Cao Kaisheng (CHN) |
| WC8 | Adrian Gunnell (ENG) | 5–3 | Zheng Peng (CHN) |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, March 26, 2006. |
| Mark Williams (11) Wales | 9–8 | John Higgins (8) Scotland |
| Afternoon: 1–85 (54), 63–60, 60–66 (56, 66), 72–52, 69–0 (60), 3–74 (74), 25–68, 73–32 (66) Evening: 67–0, 57–71, 78–42 (61), 39–58, 0–75 (69), 70–12 (69), 58–47, 28–64 (64), 69–44 |
| 69 | Highest break | 74 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 5 |
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between November 15 and November 18, 2005.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
Televised stage centuries