2009 China Open (snooker)
The 2009 Bank of Beijing China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 30 March and 5 April 2009 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. The event was sponsored by Bank of Beijing and Hyundai.
The defending champion was Stephen Maguire, but he lost in the first round 0–5 against Dave Harold.
Peter Ebdon won in the final 10–8 against John Higgins.Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £52,000
Runner-Up: £25,000
Semi-Finalists: £9,000
Quarter-Finalists: £5,775
Last 16: £5,000
Last 32: £3,450
Last 48: £2,050
Last 64: £1,400
Stage one highest break: £500
Stage two highest break: £2,000
Stage one maximum break: £1,000
Stage two maximum break: £20,000These matches were played in Beijing on March 30.
| Match | | Score | |
| WC1 |  | 3–5 |  ' |
| WC2 | ' | 5–0 | |
| WC3 | ' | 5–2 | |
| WC4 | | 3–5 | ' |
| WC5 | | w/d-w/o | ' |
| WC6 | | 1–5 | ' |
| WC7 | | 3–5 | |
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
These matches took place between 21 and 24 January 2009 at the Pontin's Centre, Prestatyn, Wales.Century breaks
- 142 Stuart Pettman
- 138 Patrick Wallace
- 131 Scott MacKenzie
- 121 Liu Chuang
- 110 Atthasit Mahitthi
- 104 Kuldesh Johal
- 103 Jin Long
- 103 Martin Gould
Televised stage centuries
- 140, 132, 121, 110, 103 John Higgins
- 140, 128, 123, 109, 105 Ricky Walden
- 138, 108, 100 Peter Ebdon
- 134, 118 Gerard Greene
- 132 Mark Allen
- 129, 108 Stephen Hendry
- 127 Ding Junhui
- 127 Joe Swail
- 124, 104 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 124 Stuart Bingham
- 115 Dave Harold
- 114 Shaun Murphy
- 109, 101, 100 Graeme Dott
- 109 Jamie Cope
- 109 Stuart Pettman
- 109 Jin Long
- 108 Xiao Guodong
- 105 Tian Pengfei
- 105 Mark Selby
- 103 Michael Judge
- 100, 100 Judd Trump
- 100 David Gilbert
