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.
The defending champion was Stephen Maguire, but he lost in the first round 0–5 against Dave Harold.
Peter Ebdon won in the final 10–8 against John Higgins.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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
Stage one highest break: £500 Stage two highest break: £2,000
Stage one maximum break: £1,000 Stage two maximum break: £20,000
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Beijing on March 30.
Match Score WC1 3–5 WC2 5–0 WC3 5–2 WC4 3–5 WC5 w/d-w/o WC6 1–5 WC7 3–5
Main draw
Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb.Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 5 April 2009. Peter Ebdon (9) 10–8 John Higgins (5) Afternoon: 4–87 (60), , , , , , , , Evening: 114–16 (52, 57), , , , , , , , 108 Highest break 140 1 Century breaks 1 7 50+ breaks 5
Qualifying
These matches took place between 21 and 24 January 2009 at the Pontin's Centre, Prestatyn, Wales.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
142, 109 Stuart Pettman 138 Patrick Wallace 131 Scott MacKenzie 127 Joe Swail 124 Stuart Bingham 123, 109 Ricky Walden 121 Liu Chuang 110 Atthasit Mahitthi
109 Jamie Cope 109, 103 Jin Long 104 Kuldesh Johal 103 Martin Gould 103 Michael Judge 100 David Gilbert 100 Judd Trump
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
115 Dave Harold 114 Shaun Murphy 109, 101, 100 Graeme Dott 108 Xiao Guodong 105 Tian Pengfei 105 Mark Selby 100 Judd Trump
References