China Open (snooker)

The China Open was a snooker tournament. It was a ranking tournament tournaments. It began in 1997. The final champion is Neil Robertson, who won the event in 2019.

 History 
The first big snooker tournament in China was the China International in September 1997. The China International was a non-ranking tournament for the top 16 players and local players. The following season the tournament was given a ranking and was held in March. Then the name of the event was changed to China Open and was held in December, so there were two events in 1999. After the 2002 tournament the event was abandoned.

The event was revived in 2004. Local players were invited to play against the qualifiers. Ding Junhui, Chinese, won the tournament, but as he entered as a wild-card, he received no prize money nor ranking points.

The last edition of the tournament in 2019 took place at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Chaoyang District, Beijing in early April, and it was usually the last ranking event before the World Championship. The 2020 edition was scheduled to take place, but the COVID-19 pandemic caused it to be cancelled: the subsequent restrictions meant it was not staged through 2021, 2022 and 2023. Despite the COVID restrictions ending in China, the tournament has not been restored to the calendar, with new events in Wuhan and Xi'an being staged in its place.

Winners
Below are the winners of the events.
 Year Winner Runner-up Final score Host city Season China International (non-ranking) 1997  Steve Davis  Jimmy White 7–4 Beijing 1997/98 China International (ranking) 1999  John Higgins  Billy Snaddon 9–3 Shanghai 1998/99 China Open (ranking) 1999  Ronnie O'Sullivan  Stephen Lee 9–2 Shanghai 1999/00 2000  Ronnie O'Sullivan  Mark Williams 9–3 Shenzhen 2000/01 2002  Mark Williams  Anthony Hamilton 9–8 Shanghai 2001/02 2005  Ding Junhui  Stephen Hendry 9–5Beijing 2004/05 2006  Mark Williams  John Higgins 9–8 2005/06 2007  Graeme Dott  Jamie Cope 9–5 2006/07 2008  Stephen Maguire  Shaun Murphy 10–9 2007/08 2009  Peter Ebdon  John Higgins 10–8 2008/09 2010  Mark Williams  Ding Junhui 10–6 2009/10 2011  Judd Trump  Mark Selby 10–8 2010/11 2012  Peter Ebdon  Stephen Maguire 10–9 2011/12 2013  Neil Robertson  Mark Selby 10–6 2012/13 2014  Ding Junhui  Neil Robertson 10–5 2013/14 2015  Mark Selby  Gary Wilson 10–2 2014/15 2016  Judd Trump  Ricky Walden 10–4 2015/16 2017  Mark Selby  Mark Williams 10–8 2016/17 2018  Mark Selby  Barry Hawkins 11–3 2017/18 2019  Neil Robertson  Jack Lisowski 11–4 2018/19 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2019/20

References

Category:Snooker tournaments