The 2014 Gujinggong Liquor Haikou World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10 and 16 March 2014 at the Hainan International Exhibition Center in Haikou, China. It was the ninth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.
Mark Allen was the defending champion, but he lost 4–6 against Shaun Murphy in the semi-final.
Murphy won his fifth ranking title by defeating Mark Selby 10–6 in the final.
Prize fund The total prize money of the event was raised to £478,000 from the previous year's £425,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £85,000 Runner-up: £35,000 Semi-final: £21,000 Quarter-final: £12,500 Last 16: £8,000 Last 32: £6,500 Last 64: £3,000
Non-televised highest break: £0 Televised highest break: £2,000 Total: £478,000
Wildcard round These matches were played in Haikou on 10 March 2014. Match Score WC1 w/d–w/o WC2 3–5 WC3 5–1 WC4 5–1
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Colin Humphries.Hainan International Exhibition Center, Haikou, China, 16 March 2014. Shaun Murphy 10–6 Mark Selby Afternoon: 95–1 (64), , , , , , , , Evening: 8–92 (78), 53–62, , , , , 112 Highest break 91 2 Century breaks 0 8 50+ breaks 2
Qualifying These matches were played on 13 and 14 December 2013 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.
Mark Allen 5–4 Chris Wakelin Mike Dunn 5–1 Paul Davison Jamie Burnett 5–2 Ryan Clark Mark Williams 5–3 Chris Norbury Ken Doherty 5–4 Allan Taylor Dechawat Poomjaeng 2–5 Barry Pinches Alfie Burden 5–0 Ross Muir Ricky Walden 5–1 John Astley John Higgins 5–3 Sydney Wilson Jimmy Robertson 4–5 Alex Davies Aditya Mehta 5–2 Jak Jones Michael White 5–2 Shane Castle Matthew Stevens 5–0 Khaled Belaid Abumdas Yu Delu 5–1 Josh Boileau Dave Harold 1–5 Sanderson Lam Judd Trump 5–3 Ratchayothin Yotharuck Stephen Maguire 5–2 Rhys Clark Peter Lines 3–5 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Fergal O'Brien 3–5 Craig Steadman Andrew Higginson 5–0 Ashley Carty Ryan Day 5–4 Luca Brecel Jamie Cope 3–5 Michael Wasley Tian Pengfei 5–1 Ian Burns Graeme Dott 5–4 James Cahill Shaun Murphy 5–1 Tony Drago Jimmy White 5–1 Dylan Mitchell Cao Yupeng 5–3 Daniel Wells Mark King 5–4 David Grace Xiao Guodong 5–1 Andrew Pagett Pankaj Advani 5–2 Mitchell Travis Ben Woollaston 1–5 Li Yan Ding Junhui 5–0 Christopher Keogan
Mark Selby 5–2 Lyu Haotian Anthony Hamilton 5–3 Andrew Norman Gerard Greene 5–0 Zhang Anda Marcus Campbell 2–5 Noppon Saengkham Liang Wenbo 5–2 Chen Zhe Jack Lisowski 3–5 Scott Donaldson Liu Chuang 2–5 Adam Wicheard Mark Davis 5–4 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Robert Milkins 5–3 Joe Swail Rod Lawler 5–1 Elliot Slessor Alan McManus 5–2 Jeff Cundy Martin Gould 5–2 Sam Baird Dominic Dale 5–0 Cao Xinlong James Wattana 2–5 Michael Leslie Steve Davis 5–2 Hammad Miah Stuart Bingham 5–1 Robbie Williams Barry Hawkins 5–4 Vinnie Calabrese Matthew Selt 5–3 Liam Highfield Mark Joyce 5–2 Fraser Patrick Peter Ebdon 2–5 David Morris Ali Carter 5–3 Stuart Carrington David Gilbert 5–4 Gary Wilson Kurt Maflin 5–1 Robin Hull Joe Perry 5–4 Li Hang Marco Fu 5–0 Martin O'Donnell Anthony McGill 5–2 Adam Duffy Nigel Bond 5–0 Lee Page Michael Holt 5–2 Alex Borg Tom Ford 5–4 Joel Walker Rory McLeod 5–1 Kyren Wilson Jamie Jones 5–4 Jamie O'Neill Neil Robertson 5–0 Alexander Ursenbacher
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
141 Tom Ford 137 Marco Fu 135 Ding Junhui 131 Tian Pengfei 125 Stuart Bingham 119 Luca Brecel 117 Ryan Day 116 Liam Highfield 115 David Gilbert 112 Joel Walker 107, 104 Xiao Guodong 107 Jamie Cope 106 Dechawat Poomjaeng 105, 105 Matthew Stevens 105 Kurt Maflin 105 Neil Robertson 104 Graeme Dott 102 David Morris
Televised stage centuries
144 Anthony McGill 136, 128 Ding Junhui 135, 131, 123 Mark Selby 134, 127 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 129, 110 Kurt Maflin 128, 126, 112, 105 Shaun Murphy 127, 121, 114, 104, 104, 104 Marco Fu 127, 119, 111, 100 Mark Allen 127, 116, 111, 100 Neil Robertson 124, 122, 104 John Higgins 117, 104 Michael Holt 113 Tian Pengfei 112 Martin Gould 112 Ricky Walden 111 Stephen Maguire 111 Liang Wenbo 110, 100 Judd Trump 108 Mark Joyce 103 Stuart Bingham 101 Alan McManus
References
External links 2014 Haikou World Open – Pictures by Tai Chengzhe at Facebook