2012 China Open (snooker)
The 2012 Bank of Beijing China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 26 March and 1 April 2012 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China.
Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals 3–5 against Stephen Lee.
Mark Selby withdrew from his second round match against Ding Junhui due to a neck injury.
Peter Ebdon won his ninth and final ranking title by defeating Stephen Maguire 10–9 in the final.Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner: £75,000
- Runner-up: £30,000
- Semi-final: £18,000
- Quarter-final: £10,000
- Last 16: £7,500
- Last 32: £6,000
- Last 48: £2,300
- Last 64: £1,500
- Stage one highest break: £200
- Stage two highest break: £2,000
- Total: £400,000
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Beijing on 26 and 27 March.
Match | | Score | |
WC1 | Jimmy White | 5–3 | Omar Alkojah |
WC2 | Mark King | 5–3 | Zhu Yinghui |
WC3 | Fergal O'Brien | 4–5 | Jin Long |
WC4 | Michael Holt | 3–5 | Li Hang |
WC5 | Ben Woollaston | 5–1 | Chen Feilong |
WC6 | Jamie Jones | 3–5 | Lu Ning |
WC7 | Peter Ebdon | 5–2 | Lyu Haotian |
WC8 | Rory McLeod | 5–0 | Zhou Yuelong |
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
These matches took place between 21 and 24 February 2012 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
- 139 Adam Duffy
- 137, 129, 129, 105 Sam Craigie
- 130, 123, 118, 107 Cao Yupeng
- 129 Yu Delu
- 128, 108 Alfie Burden
- 124 Nigel Bond
- 124 Dominic Dale
- 122 Tom Ford
- 121 Xiao Guodong
- 119 David Morris
- 116 James Wattana
- 115 Luca Brecel
- 112, 103 Michael White
- 112 Andrew Norman
- 108 Adrian Gunnell
- 106 Aditya Mehta
- 105 Alan McManus
- 104 Ryan Day
- 104 Ricky Walden
- 103, 100 Jamie Cope
- 103, 101, 100 Jack Lisowski
- 103 Gerard Greene
- 102 Jamie Jones
- 101 Anthony Hamilton
- 101 Peter Ebdon
- 100 Joe Perry
Televised stage centuries
- 139 Mark Selby
- 135 Stephen Hendry
- 132 Stephen Maguire
- 127 Matthew Stevens
- 124, 109, 107, 104, 103, 103 Peter Ebdon
- 122 Judd Trump
- 119, 114 Lu Ning
- 119, 102 Ali Carter
- 116 Joe Perry
- 113, 107, 100 Stephen Lee
- 111 Ding Junhui
- 107 John Higgins
- 105 Martin Gould
- 104, 103 Stuart Bingham
- 104 Jimmy White
- 102 Ronnie O'Sullivan