The 2010 Sanyuan Foods China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 29 March and 4 April 2010 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. This was the first time that the China Open was sponsored by Sanyuan Foods.
Peter Ebdon was the defending champion, but he lost 2–5 to Ding Junhui in the quarter-finals.
Mark Williams won in the final, 10–6, against Ding Junhui.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £55,000 Runner-up: £28,000 Semi-final: £14,000 Quarter-final: £7,525 Last 16: £5,370 Last 32: £3,640 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 Total: £300,000
Wildcard round These matches were played in Beijing on 29 March 2010.
Match Score WC1 5–3 WC2 5–2 WC3 5–0 WC4 4–5 WC5 5–0 WC6 5–3 WC7 0–5 WC8 5–4
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb.Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 4 April 2010. Ding Junhui (14) 6–10 Mark Williams (15) Afternoon: 12–111 (110), , , , , , , , Evening: 4–81 (81), , , , , , 127 Highest break 110 2 Century breaks 1 6 50+ breaks 8
Qualifying These matches took place between 2 and 5 February 2010 at the Pontin's Centre, Prestatyn, Wales.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
134, 105 Matthew Selt 134 David Gray 132, 100 Robert Milkins 132 Jimmy Robertson 122 Tony Drago 119 Jamie Cope 117 Matthew Stevens 114, 100 Judd Trump
112, 102 Barry Pinches 112, 101 Tom Ford 111 Dominic Dale 110, 108 Jordan Brown 110 Rory McLeod 109, 100, 100 Sam Baird 100 Craig Steadman
Televised stage centuries
147, 112, 102 Neil Robertson 143 Mark Davis 137, 127, 126, 125, 121, 116, 107, 101, 100 Ding Junhui 132, 126 Stephen Hendry 130 Peter Ebdon 127 Shaun Murphy 120 Tony Drago 116, 110, 108 Mark Williams
116, 101 Mark Selby 116 Yu Delu 110 Marco Fu 104 Liu Chuang 102 Mark Allen 102 Bjorn Haneveer 100 Mark King
References