2016 World Open (snooker)
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 25–31 July 2016 |
| Venue | Yushan No.1 Middle School |
| City | Yushan |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £520,000[1] |
| Winner's share | £90,000 |
| Highest break |  John Higgins (SCO) (144) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Ali Carter (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Joe Perry (ENG) |
| Score | 10–8 |
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The 2016 Hanteng Autos World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 and 31 July 2016 at the Yushan No.1 Middle School in Yushan, China.[1] It was the third ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.[2]
Shaun Murphy was the defending champion,[3] but he lost 2–5 to Joe Perry in the quarter-finals.[4]
Ali Carter won the fourth ranking title of his career, defeating Perry 10–8 in the final.[5][6]
Prize fund[edit]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[7]
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £35,000.
Wildcard round[edit]
These matches were played in Yushan on 25 July 2016.[8][9][10][11]
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 | Hammad Miah (ENG) |
3–5 |  Huang Jiahao (CHN)
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| WC2 | Zhang Anda (CHN) |
5–3 | Hu Hao (CHN)
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| WC3 |  James Wattana (THA) |
3–5 | Xu Si (CHN)
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| WC4 |  Matthew Stevens (WAL) |
5–1 | Liu Yiqi (CHN)
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Main draw[edit]
Final[edit]
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas. Yushan No.1 Middle School, Yushan, China, 31 July 2016.[9][10][11] | ||
| Joe Perry England
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8–10 | Ali Carter England
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| Afternoon: 56–61, 79–0 (54), 73–41 (56), 40–75, 114–22 (78), 0–80 (80), 18–68 (54), 50–70, 0–91 (91) Evening: 17–115 (53, 61), 58–70 (58, 70), 70–33, 131–0 (131), 40–75, 123–4 (106), 68–34, 92–0 (92), 0–127 (127) | ||
| 131 | Highest break | 127 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Qualifying[edit]
These matches were held between 31 May and 2 June 2016 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.[12][13][14]
Century breaks[edit]
Qualifying stage centuries[edit]
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Televised stage centuries[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b "World Open 2016". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 31 July 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Calendar 2016/2017". Snooker.org. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "Shaun Murphy holds off Mark Selby to win Haikou World Open". BBC Sport. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "Robertson to Face Perry in Semis". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "Carter Captures World Open Crown". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ "Ali Carter back in world's top 16 after beating Joe Perry in World Open final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ "Indicative prize money rankings schedule 2016/2017 season" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ a b "World Open Draw" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- ^ a b c "World Open Format" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ a b c "World Open Results". Snooker.org. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ a b c "World Open Matches". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 31 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "World Open Qualifiers Draw" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "Indian Open, World Open and Riga Masters Qualifiers Format" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "World Open Qualifiers". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "World Open Centuries". CueTracker. Retrieved 1 June 2016.