2007 CHINA OPEN (SNOOKER)

Honghe Industrial China Open
Tournament information
Dates	25 March – 1 April 2007
Venue	Beijing University Students' Gymnasium
City	Beijing
Country	China
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£225,500
Winner's share	£35,000
Highest break	Jamie Cope ( ENG) (145)
Final
Champion	Graeme Dott ( SCO)
Runner-up	Jamie Cope ( ENG)
Score	9–5
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The 2007 Honghe Industrial China Open was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 25 March and 1 April 2007 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the penultimate ranking event of the 2006–07 season, preceding the 2007 World Championship.

The defending champion was Mark Williams, but he lost in the first round 1–5 against Jamie Cope.

Graeme Dott won the tournament by defeating Cope 9–5 in the final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[1]

Winner: £35,000
Runner Up: £17,500
Semi Finalists: £8,750
Quarter Finalist: £6,500
Last 16: £4,275
Last 32: £2,750
Last 48: £1,725
Last 64: £1,325

Stage one highest break: £500
Stage two highest break: £2,000
Stage one maximum break: £1,000
Stage two maximum break: £20,000
Total: £225,500

Wildcard round

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Match		Score
WC1	Jamie Cope ( ENG)	5–1	Yang Qingtian ( CHN)
WC2	Alfie Burden ( ENG)	2–5	Mei Xiwen ( CHN)
WC3	Joe Swail ( NIR)	5–4	Jin Long ( CHN)
WC4	Ian Preece ( WAL)	4–5	Li Hang ( CHN)
WC5	Tom Ford ( ENG)	3–5	Xiao Guodong ( CHN)
WC6	Joe Jogia ( ENG)	1–5	Yu Delu ( CHN)
WC7	Andy Hicks ( ENG)	4–5	Liu Chuang ( CHN)
WC8	Jimmy White ( ENG)	5–2	Zheng Peng ( CHN)

Main draw

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Last 32 Best of 9 frames			Last 16 Best of 9 frames			Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames			Semi-finals Best of 11 frames			Final Best of 17 frames

1	Mark Williams	1

	Jamie Cope	5
				Jamie Cope	5

				Stuart Bingham	4
11	Steve Davis	4

	Stuart Bingham	5
							Jamie Cope	5

						7	Shaun Murphy	0
9	Stephen Maguire	5

	Mark King	3
			9	Stephen Maguire	2

			7	Shaun Murphy	5
7	Shaun Murphy	5

	Mei Xiwen	1
										Jamie Cope	6

									12	Barry Hawkins	5
8	Peter Ebdon	3

	Joe Swail	5
				Joe Swail	0

			12	Barry Hawkins	5
12	Barry Hawkins	5

	Ding Junhui	3
						12	Barry Hawkins	5

						4	Ken Doherty	4
16	Anthony Hamilton	4

	Mark Selby	5
				Mark Selby	1

			4	Ken Doherty	5
4	Ken Doherty	5

	Li Hang	1
													Jamie Cope	5

												2	Graeme Dott	9
3	Stephen Hendry	4

	Marco Fu	5
				Marco Fu	5

			14	Matthew Stevens	3
14	Matthew Stevens	5

	Xiao Guodong	0
							Marco Fu	3

						5	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
15	Ali Carter	5

	Yu Delu	3
			15	Ali Carter	4

			5	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
5	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5

	Liu Chuang	1
									5	Ronnie O'Sullivan	2

									2	Graeme Dott	6
6	John Higgins	5

	Ian McCulloch	2
			6	John Higgins	5

				Jimmy White	1
10	Stephen Lee	w/d

	Jimmy White	w/o
						6	John Higgins	2

						2	Graeme Dott	5
13	Neil Robertson	5

	Michael Holt	1
			13	Neil Robertson	1

			2	Graeme Dott	5
2	Graeme Dott	5

	James Wattana	2

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Johan Oomen. Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, April 1, 2007.^[2]^[3]
Jamie Cope England	5–9	Graeme Dott (2) Scotland
Afternoon: 46–71, 64–5 (64), 16–80, 97–0 (97), 0–132 (60, 72), 36–67, 0–76 (70), 0–95 (95) Evening: 91–4 (90), 97–0 (77), 71–57, 5–124 (124), 0–126 (126), 40–71
97	Highest break	126
0	Century breaks	2
4	50+ breaks	6

Qualifying

Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 23 January and 26 January 2007.^[3]


Round 1 Best of 9 frames		Round 2 Best of 9 frames		Round 3 Best of 9 frames		Round 4 Best of 9 frames


Chris Norbury	5	Scott MacKenzie	5	Jamie Cope	5	Ryan Day	0

David Morris	4	Chris Norbury	4	Scott MacKenzie	2	Jamie Cope	5


Liang Wenbo	5	Robin Hull	5	Drew Henry	5	Stuart Bingham	5

Robert Stephen	2	Liang Wenbo	1	Robin Hull	3	Drew Henry	2


Chris Melling	2	David Roe	3	Gerard Greene	5	Mark King	5

Dene O'Kane	5	Dene O'Kane	5	Dene O'Kane	1	Gerard Greene	2


Alfie Burden	5	Shokat Ali	4	Rod Lawler	2	David Gray	3

Mohammed Shehab	3	Alfie Burden	5	Alfie Burden	5	Alfie Burden	5


Paul Davison	4	Jamie Burnett	5	Michael Judge	2	Joe Swail	5

Alex Borg	5	Alex Borg	3	Jamie Burnett	5	Jamie Burnett	0


Mark Joyce	5	Mike Dunn	0	Adrian Gunnell	5	Ding Junhui	5

Dermot McGlinchey	0	Mark Joyce	5	Mark Joyce	2	Adrian Gunnell	3


Liu Song	4	Stuart Pettman	5	Mark Davis	5	Mark Selby	5

Issara Kachaiwong	5	Issara Kachaiwong	4	Stuart Pettman	1	Mark Davis	4


Ian Preece	5	David Gilbert	0	Barry Pinches	2	Robert Milkins	3

Roy Stolk	1	Ian Preece	5	Ian Preece	5	Ian Preece	5


Judd Trump	5	Rory McLeod	1	John Parrott	4	Marco Fu	5

James Leadbetter	3	Judd Trump	5	Judd Trump	5	Judd Trump	2


Lee Page	3	Jimmy Michie	1	Tom Ford	5	Joe Perry	3

Peter Lines	5	Peter Lines	5	Peter Lines	2	Tom Ford	5


Mark Boyle	5	Joe Jogia	5	Ricky Walden	2	Alan McManus	2

Ben Woollaston	4	Mark Boyle	3	Joe Jogia	5	Joe Jogia	5


Matthew Couch	5	Mark Allen	5	Dave Harold	4	Andy Hicks	5

Sean Storey	3	Matthew Couch	4	Mark Allen	5	Mark Allen	4


Andrew Higginson	5	Paul Davies	5	Marcus Campbell	5	Ian McCulloch	5

Patrick Einsle	2	Andrew Higginson	4	Paul Davies	4	Marcus Campbell	1


Paul Wykes	0	Andrew Norman	5	Jimmy White	5	Nigel Bond	2

Passakorn Suwannawat	5	Passakorn Suwannawat	3	Andrew Norman	1	Jimmy White	5


Tian Pengfei	5	Joe Delaney	3	Fergal O'Brien	5	Michael Holt	5

Jamie Jones	2	Tian Pengfei	5	Tian Pengfei	4	Fergal O'Brien	4


Lee Spick	5	Tony Drago	3	Dominic Dale	4	James Wattana	5

Jeff Cundy	3	Lee Spick	5	Lee Spick	5	Lee Spick	1

Century breaks

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Qualifying stage centuries

141, 102 – Matthew Couch
141 – Judd Trump
136 – Joe Jogia
131 – Paul Davies
129, 115 – Tian Pengfei
128 – Barry Pinches
124 – Tom Ford
117 – Mark Joyce
114 – Chris Norbury
110, 100 – Jamie Burnett

109 – Lee Spick
108 – Issara Kachaiwong
106, 101 – Ian Preece
105 – Mark Allen
103 – Liu Song
103 – Andrew Higginson
103 – Joe Delaney
102 – Jamie Jones
102 – Ricky Walden

Televised stage centuries

145, 134, 104 – Jamie Cope
141 – Neil Robertson
137, 134, 110 – Barry Hawkins
137 – Joe Perry
130, 123 – Ding Junhui
128 – Mark Davis
126, 124, 118, 117, 106, 102 – Graeme Dott
124, 102 – Stuart Bingham
121, 120, 102 – Mark Selby
120 – Ken Doherty
118 – Mark Allen
113 – Andy Hicks

111 – James Wattana
110, 105, 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
110 – John Higgins
108 – Matthew Stevens
108 – Stephen Hendry
106 – Adrian Gunnell
104, 100 – Marco Fu
103 – Ian McCulloch
102 – Stephen Maguire
100 – Anthony Hamilton
100 – Ali Carter

References

^ "2007 China Open – Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Honghe Industrial China Open 2007". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "2007 China Open". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 15 July 2007.

[1] "2007 China Open – Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2024.

[Snooker.org-2] "Honghe Industrial China Open 2007". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 April 2011.

[GSC-3] "2007 China Open". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 15 July 2007.

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Qualifying stage centuries

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Prize fund

Wildcard round

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

Televised stage centuries

References

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Tournament information
Dates	25 March – 1 April 2007 (2007-03-25 – 2007-04-01)
Venue	Beijing University Students' Gymnasium
City	Beijing
Country	China
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£225,500
Winner's share	£35,000
Highest break	Jamie Cope ( ENG) (145)
Final
Champion	Graeme Dott ( SCO)
Runner-up	Jamie Cope ( ENG)
Score	9–5
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