2017 China Open (snooker)
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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.
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.
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.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
| Winner: £85,000 Runner-up: £35,000 Semi-final: £21,000 Quarter-final: £12,500 Last 16: £8,000 Last 32: £6,500 Last 64: £4,000 | Televised highest break: £2,000 Total: £510,000 |
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £30,000.
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Beijing on 27 March 2017.
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Final
| 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
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.
Century breaks
Televised stage centuries
Total: 54
| 147, 135, 122, 108, 105, 102 – Judd Trump 140 – Zhang Anda 138, 127, 123, 109 – Ding Junhui 137, 108 – Mark Joyce 136, 126, 124, 113, 109, 104, 101, 100 – Mark Selby 135, 118, 101 – Michael White 133, 124 – Martin O'Donnell 132, 106 – Ronnie O'Sullivan 131 – David Gilbert 130, 101 – Kyren Wilson 129, 114, 100 – Stephen Maguire 125 – Ricky Walden | 124, 106, 103 – Mark Williams 123 – Gary Wilson 120 – Xiao Guodong 114 – Martin Gould 113, 104, 101, 101 – Shaun Murphy 109 – Aditya Mehta 108 – Rory McLeod 106, 100 – Hossein Vafaei 106 – Rhys Clark 105 – Andrew Higginson 103, 100 – Ben Woollaston 103 – Daniel Wells |
Qualifying stage centuries
| 137 – Marco Fu 136 – Joe Perry 134 – Liam Highfield 130 – Stuart Carrington 126 – Luca Brecel 125 – Stephen Maguire 125 – Stuart Bingham 119 – Lee Walker 116 – Fraser Patrick 115 – Tian Pengfei 113 – Mitchell Mann | 111 – Mark King 108 – Rhys Clark 107 – Ronnie O'Sullivan 107 – Michael Holt 104 – John Astley 102 – Jamie Jones 102 – Martin Gould 102 – Zhou Yuelong 101 – Fergal O'Brien 100 – Gary Wilson 100 – Xiao Guodong |