2016 World Open (snooker)
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The 2016 Hanteng Autos World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 and 31 July 2016 at the Yushan No.1 Middle School in Yushan, China. It was the third ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.
Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but he lost 2–5 to Joe Perry in the quarter-finals.
Ali Carter won the fourth ranking title of his career, defeating Perry 10–8 in the final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
| Winner: £90,000 Runner-up: £40,000 Semi-final: £21,000 Quarter-final: £12,500 Last 16: £8,000 Last 32: £6,500 Last 64: £4,000 | Highest break: £2,000 Total: £520,000 |
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £35,000.
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Yushan on 25 July 2016.
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Hammad Miah (ENG) | 3–5 | Huang Jiahao (CHN) |
| WC2 | Zhang Anda (CHN) | 5–3 | Hu Hao (CHN) |
| WC3 | James Wattana (THA) | 3–5 | Xu Si (CHN) |
| WC4 | Matthew Stevens (WAL) | 5–1 | Liu Yiqi (CHN) |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas. Yushan No.1 Middle School, Yushan, China, 31 July 2016. | ||
| Joe Perry England | 8–10 | Ali Carter England |
| Afternoon: 56–61, 79–0 (54), 73–41 (56), 40–75, 114–22 (78), 0–80 (80), 18–68 (54), 50–70, 0–91 (91) Evening: 17–115 (53, 61), 58–70 (58, 70), 70–33, 131–0 (131), 40–75, 123–4 (106), 68–34, 92–0 (92), 0–127 (127) | ||
| 131 | Highest break | 127 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 31 May and 2 June 2016 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
| 142 – Barry Hawkins 141 – Jimmy Robertson 136 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 136 – Marco Fu 135, 124 – Li Hang 134 – Ben Woollaston 133, 101 – Kurt Maflin 126 – Hammad Miah 125 – Ali Carter 122 – Sam Baird 118 – Matthew Selt 113 – Mitchell Mann | 112 – Tom Ford 110 – Ian Burns 109 – Daniel Womersley 107 – Ryan Day 107 – Ashley Hugill 106 – Sunny Akani 103 – Anthony McGill 102 – Alan McManus 102 – Yan Bingtao 101 – John Higgins 100 – Sydney Wilson |
Televised stage centuries
| 144, 116, 112 – John Higgins 141, 115, 109, 106 – Anthony McGill 140 – Matthew Selt 139, 111 – Graeme Dott 139 – Liang Wenbo 137, 106, 104, 102, 100 – Neil Robertson 135, 101 – Mark Williams 135, 100 – Ben Woollaston 135 – Zhang Anda 133 – Stephen Maguire 132, 131, 120, 107, 106, 102 – Joe Perry 130, 127, 101 – Ali Carter 127, 125, 123, 107, 100 – David Gilbert 127 – Fergal O'Brien 125, 125, 104 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 125, 120 – Michael White 124 – Xiao Guodong 122, 109 – Matthew Stevens 117 – Ding Junhui 115, 101 – Ryan Day 115 – Kurt Maflin 112 – Sam Craigie 111 – Daniel Wells 106 – Shaun Murphy 105 – Kyren Wilson 103 – Ricky Walden 102 – Mark Selby 101 – Jamie Cope 100 – Alan McManus |