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2009 China Open (snooker)
Snooker tournament
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.[1]
The defending champion was Stephen Maguire, but he lost in the first round 0–5 against Dave Harold.[2]
Peter Ebdon won in the final 10–8 against John Higgins.[3][4]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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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
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Stage one highest break: £500
Stage two highest break: £2,000
Stage one maximum break: £1,000
Stage two maximum break: £20,000[5]
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Wildcard round
These matches were played in Beijing on March 30.
Main draw
[6][7]
Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb.
Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 5 April 2009.
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Peter Ebdon (9)
 England
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10–8
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John Higgins (5)
 Scotland
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Afternoon: 4–87 (60), 84–1 (84), 109–15 (108), 15–78, 65–5, 68–57, 10–64, 72–56 (Ebdon 54, Higgins 56), 0–140 (140)
Evening: 114–16 (52, 57), 13–105 (62), 46–68, 55–25, 32–75 (51), 67–43, 53–63 (Ebdon 52), 64–3, 86–8 (71)
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Highest break
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140
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Century breaks
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1
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50+ breaks
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5
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Qualifying
These matches took place between 21 and 24 January 2009 at the Pontin's Centre, Prestatyn, Wales.[8][9]
- ^ a b Matches were held over and played in Beijing.
Century breaks
[10]
Qualifying stage centuries
Televised stage centuries
- 140, 132, 121, 110, 103 – John Higgins
- 140, 128, 105 – Ricky Walden
- 138, 108, 100 – Peter Ebdon
- 134, 118 – Gerard Greene
- 132 – Mark Allen
- 129, 108 – Stephen Hendry
- 127 – Ding Junhui
- 124, 104 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
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References
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