2012 World Open (snooker)
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The 2012 Star Xing Pai Haikou World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 February – 4 March 2012 at the Haikou Stadium in Haikou, China. It was the first time that the tournament was held outside the United Kingdom. It was televised on ITV4
Marco Fu made the 86th official maximum break during his round 4 qualifying match against Matthew Selt. This was Fu's second 147 break.
Neil Robertson was the defending champion, but lost 2–5 against Stephen Lee in the second round.
Mark Allen won his first ranking title by defeating Stephen Lee 10–1 in the final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
| Winner: £75,000 Runner-up: £34,000 Semi-final: £16,000 Quarter-final: £10,000 Last 16: £7,500 Last 32: £6,000 Last 48: £2,300 Last 64: £1,500 | Stage one highest break: £500 Stage two highest break: £2,000 Stage one maximum break: £500 Total: £400,500 |
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Haikou on 27 February 2012.
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Sam Baird (ENG) | 3–5 | Jin Long (CHN) |
| WC2 | Robert Milkins (ENG) | 5–3 | Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (THA) |
| WC3 | Mark King (ENG) | 5–2 | Hossein Vafaei (IRI) |
| WC4 | Tom Ford (ENG) | 5–4 | Lyu Haotian (CHN) |
| WC5 | Jimmy Robertson (ENG) | 5–2 | Zhou Yuelong (CHN) |
| WC6 | Joe Perry (ENG) | 5–0 | Rouzi Maimaiti (CHN) |
| WC7 | Michael Holt (ENG) | 5–4 | Zhu Yinghui (CHN) |
| WC8 | Nigel Bond (ENG) | 4–5 | Lu Ning (CHN) |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Leo Scullion. Haikou Stadium, Haikou, China, 4 March 2012. | ||
| Stephen Lee (15) England | 1–10 | Mark Allen (10) Northern Ireland |
| Afternoon: 55–66, 0–104 (104), 26–59 (50), 7–127 (127), 2–59 (53), 68–55 (67, 55), 39–72, 67–76, 0–123 (123) Evening: 18–69, 19–105 (104) | ||
| 67 | Highest break | 127 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 4 |
| 1 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 11 and 14 January 2012 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
| 147 – Marco Fu 138 – Marcus Campbell 137 – Mark Davis 136 – Yu Delu 135, 125 – Anthony Hamilton 132 – Kurt Maflin 123, 103 – Alfie Burden 122 – Robert Milkins 121, 104 – David Gilbert 120 – Joe Jogia 119, 118 – Tian Pengfei 118 – Liam Highfield | 117 – Andrew Norman 116 – Andrew Higginson 116 – Michael Holt 113 – Sam Baird 110, 103 – Michael White 107 – Adrian Gunnell 106 – Sam Craigie 104, 100 – Jimmy Robertson 104 – Liang Wenbo 103 – Fergal O'Brien 100 – Ken Doherty |
Televised stage centuries
- 138, 120, 109 – Stephen Lee
- 136, 133 – John Higgins
- 136, 106 – Neil Robertson
- 135, 101, 101 – Michael Holt
- 131, 115 – Shaun Murphy
- 127, 123, 112, 105, 104, 104, 103, 101, 100, 100, 100 – Mark Allen
- 117, 112, 109, 108, 105, 102 – Mark Selby
- 117, 106, 102 – Robert Milkins
- 111, 104 – Judd Trump
- 100 – Tom Ford
External links
- on YouTube