# 2019 China Open (snooker)

The 2019 XingPai China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 1–7 April 2019 in Beijing, China. It was the nineteenth and penultimate ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.
Neil Robertson won his second China Open title, and the 16th ranking title of his career, defeating Jack Lisowski 11–4 in the final.
Mark Selby was the two-time reigning champion, having defended his 2017 title with an 11–3 win against Barry Hawkins in the 2018 final. However, he lost 3–6 to Craig Steadman in qualifying.
Stuart Bingham made the highest break of the event, with his fifth 147 break of his career in his second round match with Peter Ebdon. It was the 151st 147 in snooker history.

## Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money is shown below.
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £20,000

## Main draw

| Last 64 Best of 11 frames | Last 64 Best of 11 frames | Last 32 Best of 11 frames | Last 32 Best of 11 frames | Last 16 Best of 11 frames | Last 16 Best of 11 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 19 frames | Semi-finals Best of 19 frames | Final Best of 21 frames | Final Best of 21 frames |
| Craig Steadman | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Dominic Dale | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Dominic Dale | 5 | Craig Steadman | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | Liang Wenbo | 6 | | | | | | |
| Liang Wenbo | 6 | Liang Wenbo | 6 | | | | | | |
| Gary Wilson | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Gary Wilson | 3 | | | Liang Wenbo | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Sam Craigie | 6 | | | | |
| Ryan Day | 1 | | | Sam Craigie | 6 | | | | |
| Sam Craigie | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Sam Craigie | 6 | Sam Craigie | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | Ali Carter | 4 | | | | | | |
| Ali Carter | 6 | Ali Carter | 4 | | | | | | |
| Kurt Maflin | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Kurt Maflin | 5 | | | | | Sam Craigie | 0 | | |
| | | | | | | Neil Robertson | 6 | | |
| Mei Xiwen | 6 | | | | | Neil Robertson | 6 | | |
| Marco Fu | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Marco Fu | 3 | Mei Xiwen | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | Neil Robertson | 6 | | | | | | |
| Kishan Hirani | 2 | Neil Robertson | 6 | | | | | | |
| Neil Robertson | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Neil Robertson | 6 | | | Neil Robertson | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | Lu Ning | 0 | | | | |
| Alexander Ursenbacher | 1 | | | Lu Ning | 0 | | | | |
| Mark King | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Mark King | 6 | Mark King | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | Lu Ning | 6 | | | | | | |
| Lu Ning | 6 | Lu Ning | 6 | | | | | | |
| Barry Hawkins | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Barry Hawkins | 5 | | | | | | | Neil Robertson | 10 |
| | | | | | | | | Luca Brecel | 7 |
| Pang Junxu | 2 | | | | | | | Luca Brecel | 7 |
| Alan McManus | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Alan McManus | 6 | Alan McManus | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | Stuart Carrington | 0 | | | | | | |
| Jamie Clarke | 4 | Stuart Carrington | 0 | | | | | | |
| Stuart Carrington | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Stuart Carrington | 6 | | | Alan McManus | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | Anthony McGill | 3 | | | | |
| Stephen Maguire | 6 | | | Anthony McGill | 3 | | | | |
| Xu Si | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Xu Si | 1 | Stephen Maguire | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | Anthony McGill | 6 | | | | | | |
| Anthony McGill | 6 | Anthony McGill | 6 | | | | | | |
| Nigel Bond | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Nigel Bond | 4 | | | | | Alan McManus | 1 | | |
| | | | | | | Luca Brecel | 6 | | |
| Michael Holt | 6 | | | | | Luca Brecel | 6 | | |
| Xiao Guodong | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Xiao Guodong | 4 | Michael Holt | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | Luca Brecel | 6 | | | | | | |
| Sam Baird | 1 | Luca Brecel | 6 | | | | | | |
| Luca Brecel | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Luca Brecel | 6 | | | Luca Brecel | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | Hossein Vafaei | 0 | | | | |
| Hossein Vafaei | 6 | | | Hossein Vafaei | 0 | | | | |
| Robert Milkins | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Robert Milkins | 2 | Hossein Vafaei | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | Joe O'Connor | 3 | | | | | | |
| Joe O'Connor | 6 | Joe O'Connor | 3 | | | | | | |
| John Higgins | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| John Higgins | 2 | | | | | | | | | Neil Robertson | 11 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Jack Lisowski | 4 |
| Judd Trump | 5 | | | | | | | | | Jack Lisowski | 4 |
| Robbie Williams | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Robbie Williams | 6 | Robbie Williams | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | Li Hang | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Zhou Yuelong | 3 | Li Hang | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Li Hang | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Li Hang | 6 | | | Li Hang | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | Jack Lisowski | 6 | | | | | | |
| Jack Lisowski | 6 | | | Jack Lisowski | 6 | | | | | | |
| John Astley | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| John Astley | 2 | Jack Lisowski | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | Gerard Greene | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Gerard Greene | 6 | Gerard Greene | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Chris Wakelin | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chris Wakelin | 2 | | | | | Jack Lisowski | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Stuart Bingham | 5 | | | | |
| Peter Ebdon | 6 | | | | | Stuart Bingham | 5 | | | | |
| Yan Bingtao | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yan Bingtao | 2 | Peter Ebdon | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | Stuart Bingham | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Elliot Slessor | 0 | Stuart Bingham | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Stuart Bingham | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Stuart Bingham | 6 | | | Stuart Bingham | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | Rod Lawler | 1 | | | | | | |
| Thor Chuan Leong | 2 | | | Rod Lawler | 1 | | | | | | |
| Rod Lawler | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rod Lawler | 6 | Rod Lawler | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | Kyren Wilson | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Yuan Sijun | 1 | Kyren Wilson | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Kyren Wilson | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kyren Wilson | 6 | | | | | | | Jack Lisowski | 10 | | |
| | | | | | | | | Scott Donaldson | 1 |
| Ding Junhui | 3 | | | | | | | Scott Donaldson | 1 |
| James Wattana | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| James Wattana | 6 | James Wattana | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | Lyu Haotian | 6 | | | | | | |
| Oliver Lines | 4 | Lyu Haotian | 6 | | | | | | |
| Lyu Haotian | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Lyu Haotian | 6 | | | Lyu Haotian | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | Ben Woollaston | 6 | | | | |
| Adam Stefanow | 1 | | | Ben Woollaston | 6 | | | | |
| Andrew Higginson | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Andrew Higginson | 6 | Andrew Higginson | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | Ben Woollaston | 6 | | | | | | |
| Ashley Carty | 4 | Ben Woollaston | 6 | | | | | | |
| Ben Woollaston | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Ben Woollaston | 6 | | | | | Ben Woollaston | 4 | | |
| | | | | | | Scott Donaldson | 6 | | |
| Scott Donaldson | 6 | | | | | Scott Donaldson | 6 | | |
| Joe Perry | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Joe Perry | 4 | Scott Donaldson | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | David Gilbert | 3 | | | | | | |
| Matthew Selt | 4 | David Gilbert | 3 | | | | | | |
| David Gilbert | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| David Gilbert | 6 | | | Scott Donaldson | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | Ricky Walden | 5 | | | | |
| Ricky Walden | 6 | | | Ricky Walden | 5 | | | | |
| Chang Bingyu | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Chang Bingyu | 4 | Ricky Walden | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | Ken Doherty | 1 | | | | | | |
| Ken Doherty | 6 | Ken Doherty | 1 | | | | | | |
| Mark Williams | 4 | | | | | | | | |

## Final

Final: Best of 21 frames. Referee: Wang Wei. Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 7 April 2019. :
| Neil Robertson Australia | 11–4 | Jack Lisowski England |
| Afternoon: 86–32, 141–0 (141), 66–13, 109–23, 13–62, 78–30, 100–0 (100), 75–16, 66–47, 60–77 Evеning: 133–0, 76–14, 60–74, 6–73, 79–1 |||
| 141 | Highest break | 55 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 0 |

## Qualifying

Qualifying – excluding held over matches – took place between 18 and 20 February 2019 at the Chase Leisure Centre in Cannock, England. All qualifying matches were best of 11 frames.
| Mark Selby | 3–6 | Craig Steadman |
| Dominic Dale | w/o–w/d | Rhys Clark |
| Liang Wenbo | 6–5 | Zhao Xintong |
| Gary Wilson | 6–1 | Jimmy White |
| Ryan Day | 6–2 | Zhang Anda |
| Sunny Akani | 2–6 | Sam Craigie |
| Ali Carter | 6–3 | Allan Taylor |
| Kurt Maflin | 6–4 | Ashley Hugill |
| Martin O'Donnell | 4–6 | Mei Xiwen |
| Marco Fu | 6–1 | Niu Zhuang |
| Daniel Wells | 4–6 | Kishan Hirani |
| Neil Robertson | 6–0 | Hamza Akbar |
| Matthew Stevens | 5–6 | Alexander Ursenbacher |
| Mark King | 6–3 | Bai Langning |
| Rory McLeod | 4–6 | Lu Ning |
| Barry Hawkins | 6–3 | Robin Hull |
| Mark Allen | w/d–w/o | Pang Junxu |
| Alan McManus | 6–3 | Luo Honghao |
| Noppon Saengkham | 4–6 | Jamie Clarke |
| Stuart Carrington | 6–1 | Lukas Kleckers |
| Stephen Maguire | 6–1 | Zhang Yong |
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 5–6 | Xu Si |
| Anthony McGill | 6–3 | Simon Lichtenberg |
| Mark Joyce | 4–6 | Nigel Bond |
| Michael Holt | 6–5 | Joe Swail |
| Xiao Guodong | 6–1 | Soheil Vahedi |
| Fergal O'Brien | 5–6 | Sam Baird |
| Luca Brecel | 6–1 | Andy Lee |
| Hossein Vafaei | 6–4 | Hammad Miah |
| Robert Milkins | 6–1 | Eden Sharav |
| Liam Highfield | 3–6 | Joe O'Connor |
| John Higgins | 6–1 | Chris Totten |
| Judd Trump | 6–2 | Jak Jones |
| Robbie Williams | 6–2 | Tian Pengfei |
| Zhou Yuelong | 6–1 | Lee Walker |
| Li Hang | 6–0 | Jordan Brown |
| Jack Lisowski | 6–2 | Alfie Burden |
| Michael Georgiou | 5–6 | John Astley |
| Graeme Dott | 5–6 | Gerard Greene |
| Chris Wakelin | 6–4 | Peter Lines |
| Peter Ebdon | 6–0 | Sanderson Lam |
| Yan Bingtao | 6–0 | Fan Zhengyi |
| Mike Dunn | 4–6 | Elliot Slessor |
| Stuart Bingham | 6–2 | Chen Zifan |
| Michael White | 1–6 | Thor Chuan Leong |
| Martin Gould | 0–6 | Rod Lawler |
| Yuan Sijun | 6–4 | Ian Burns |
| Kyren Wilson | 6–1 | Chen Feilong |
| Ding Junhui | 6–1 | Zhang Jiankang |
| Anthony Hamilton | 3–6 | James Wattana |
| Tom Ford | 2–6 | Oliver Lines |
| Lyu Haotian | 6–4 | Ross Muir |
| Shaun Murphy | 4–6 | Adam Stefanow |
| Andrew Higginson | 6–4 | Duane Jones |
| Jimmy Robertson | 3–6 | Ashley Carty |
| Ben Woollaston | 6–1 | Li Yuan |
| Scott Donaldson | 6–1 | Billy Joe Castle |
| Joe Perry | 6–3 | Wu Yize |
| Matthew Selt | 6–1 | David Lilley |
| David Gilbert | 6–2 | Sean O'Sullivan |
| Ricky Walden | 6–2 | James Cahill |
| Mark Davis | 4–6 | Chang Bingyu |
| Ken Doherty | 6–3 | Paul Davison |
| Mark Williams | 6–4 | Harvey Chandler |

### Note

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Match held over and played in Beijing on 1 April 2019.

## Century breaks
### Main stage centuries

Total: 78 11 of these centuries were made in held over matches, by Ding Junhui, Xiao Guodong (2), Mark King, Harvey Chandler, Wu Yize, Soheil Vahedi, Craig Steadman and Mark Williams (3).
* 147, 140, 116, 108, 104, 103, 101, 100 – Stuart Bingham
* 142, 108, 105 – Craig Steadman
* 141, 141, 138, 135, 119, 115, 100, 100 – Neil Robertson
* 139, 130, 116, 108, 102 – Luca Brecel
* 139 – Ding Junhui
* 136, 114, 108, 105 – Jack Lisowski
* 136, 120, 116, 107 – Sam Craigie
* 136 – Kyren Wilson
* 135, 119 – Ben Woollaston
* 134, 132, 130, 105 – Scott Donaldson
* 134, 132 – Michael Holt
* 134, 112 – Liang Wenbo
* 134 – Zhou Yuelong
* 133, 110 – Xiao Guodong
* 133, 100 – Anthony McGill
* 130, 107 – Mark King
* 130 – Harvey Chandler
* 129, 125 – Hossein Vafaei
* 128, 103 – Stephen Maguire
* 124 – Nigel Bond
* 124 – Marco Fu
* 120 – Wu Yize
* 119 – Robbie Williams
* 117 – Ali Carter
* 115, 103 – Ken Doherty
* 115 – Soheil Vahedi
* 111, 105 – Li Hang
* 109, 105, 102 – Alan McManus
* 108, 100 – David Gilbert
* 107 – Joe O'Connor
* 107 – James Wattana
* 106, 102, 101 – Mark Williams
* 104 – Lu Ning
* 104 – Ricky Walden

### Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 35
* 146, 108 – Hossein Vafaei
* 143 – Anthony Hamilton
* 142, 118 – Neil Robertson
* 140 – Ashley Hugill
* 140 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
* 135 – Barry Hawkins
* 131 – Matthew Stevens
* 130 – Fergal O'Brien
* 129 – Joe O'Connor
* 128, 105 – Xu Si
* 127, 105 – Ken Doherty
* 117, 111 – Matthew Selt
* 116 – Lu Ning
* 111, 101 – Gerard Greene
* 108, 103 – Chris Wakelin
* 108 – Luca Brecel
* 108 – Ryan Day
* 108 – Mei Xiwen
* 106 – Ian Burns
* 104 – Ricky Walden
* 102, 101 – Kyren Wilson
* 102 – Martin O'Donnell
* 101 – Rory McLeod
* 101 – Yuan Sijun
* 100 – Sam Baird
* 100 – Robert Milkins
* 100 – Joe Swail