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2019 XingPai China Open
Tournament information
Dates1–7 April 2019 (2019-04-01 – 2019-04-07)
VenueOlympic Sports Center Gymnasium
CityBeijing
CountryChina
OrganisationWorld Snooker
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£1,000,000
Winner's share£225,000
Highest break Stuart Bingham (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion Neil Robertson (AUS)
Runner-up Jack Lisowski (ENG)
Score11–4
2018
Snooker tournament

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.

  • Winner: £225,000
  • Runner-up: £90,000
  • Semi-final: £45,000
  • Quarter-final: £27,000
  • Last 16: £18,000
  • Last 32: £11,000
  • Last 64: £5,000
  • Televised highest break: £7,000
  • Total: £1,000,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £20,000

Main draw

 Last 64
Best of 11 frames
Last 32
Best of 11 frames
Last 16
Best of 11 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 19 frames
Final
Best of 21 frames
                       
  
 
 England Craig Steadman6
  
 Wales Dominic Dale5
 England Craig Steadman5
  
 China Liang Wenbo6
 China Liang Wenbo6
  
 England Gary Wilson3
 China Liang Wenbo2
  
 England Sam Craigie6
 Wales Ryan Day1
  
 England Sam Craigie6
 England Sam Craigie6
  
 England Ali Carter4
 England Ali Carter6
  
 Norway Kurt Maflin5
 England Sam Craigie 0
  
 Australia Neil Robertson6
 China Mei Xiwen6
  
 Hong Kong Marco Fu3
 China Mei Xiwen3
  
 Australia Neil Robertson6
 Wales Kishan Hirani2
  
 Australia Neil Robertson6
 Australia Neil Robertson6
  
 China Lu Ning0
 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher1
  
 England Mark King6
 England Mark King2
  
 China Lu Ning6
 China Lu Ning6
  
 England Barry Hawkins5
 Australia Neil Robertson10
  
 Belgium Luca Brecel7
 China Pang Junxu2
  
 Scotland Alan McManus6
 Scotland Alan McManus6
  
 England Stuart Carrington0
 Wales Jamie Clarke4
  
 England Stuart Carrington6
 Scotland Alan McManus6
  
 Scotland Anthony McGill3
 Scotland Stephen Maguire6
  
 China Xu Si1
 Scotland Stephen Maguire3
  
 Scotland Anthony McGill6
 Scotland Anthony McGill6
  
 England Nigel Bond4
 Scotland Alan McManus1
  
 Belgium Luca Brecel6
 England Michael Holt6
  
 China Xiao Guodong4
 England Michael Holt4
  
 Belgium Luca Brecel6
 England Sam Baird1
  
 Belgium Luca Brecel6
 Belgium Luca Brecel6
  
 Iran Hossein Vafaei0
 Iran Hossein Vafaei6
  
 England Robert Milkins2
 Iran Hossein Vafaei6
  
 England Joe O'Connor3
 England Joe O'Connor6
  
 Scotland John Higgins2
 Australia Neil Robertson11
  
 England Jack Lisowski4
 England Judd Trump5
  
 England Robbie Williams6
 England Robbie Williams4
  
 China Li Hang6
 China Zhou Yuelong3
  
 China Li Hang6
 China Li Hang4
  
 England Jack Lisowski6
 England Jack Lisowski6
  
 England John Astley2
 England Jack Lisowski6
  
 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene3
 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene6
  
 England Chris Wakelin2
 England Jack Lisowski6
  
 England Stuart Bingham5
 England Peter Ebdon6
  
 China Yan Bingtao2
 England Peter Ebdon3
  
 England Stuart Bingham6
 England Elliot Slessor0
  
 England Stuart Bingham6
 England Stuart Bingham6
  
 England Rod Lawler1
 Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong2
  
 England Rod Lawler6
 England Rod Lawler6
  
 England Kyren Wilson4
 China Yuan Sijun1
  
 England Kyren Wilson6
 England Jack Lisowski10
  
 Scotland Scott Donaldson1
 China Ding Junhui3
  
 Thailand James Wattana6
 Thailand James Wattana2
  
 China Lyu Haotian6
 England Oliver Lines4
  
 China Lyu Haotian6
 China Lyu Haotian4
  
 England Ben Woollaston6
 Poland Adam Stefanow1
  
 England Andrew Higginson6
 England Andrew Higginson3
  
 England Ben Woollaston6
 England Ashley Carty4
  
 England Ben Woollaston6
 England Ben Woollaston4
  
 Scotland Scott Donaldson6
 Scotland Scott Donaldson6
  
 England Joe Perry4
 Scotland Scott Donaldson6
  
 England David Gilbert3
 England Matthew Selt4
  
 England David Gilbert6
 Scotland Scott Donaldson6
  
 England Ricky Walden5
 England Ricky Walden6
  
 China Chang Bingyu4
 England Ricky Walden6
  
 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty1
 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty6
 
 Wales Mark Williams4
 

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.

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

Note
  1. ^ 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).

Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 35

References

  1. "2018/19 Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  2. "Robertson Storms to Beijing Victory". World Snooker. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  3. "Selby Back On Form With China Open Victory". World Snooker. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  4. "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2018/2019 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  5. "China Open 2019 Centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  6. "China Open 2019 Qualifiers Centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
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