The 2014 Sports Lottery Cup Wuxi Classic was a professional ranking snooker tournament held between 23 and 29 June 2014 at the Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China. It was the first ranking event of the 2014/2015 season.
Neil Robertson defended his title, which he won in 2013, by defeating Joe Perry 10–9 in the final. This was Robertson's 10th ranking title.
Prize fund 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
Televised highest break: £2,000 Total: £478,000
Wildcard round These matches were played in Wuxi on 23 June 2014.
Match Score WC1 3–5 WC2 4–5 WC3 3–5 WC4 5–1
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Leo Scullion.Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium, Wuxi, China, 29 June 2014. Neil Robertson 10–9 Joe Perry Afternoon: 49–61, 9–76, , , , , , , Evening: 81–0, 25–72 (68), , , , , , , , 87 Highest break 93 0 Century breaks 0 3 50+ breaks 6
Qualifying These matches were held between 24 and 28 May 2014 at The Capital Venue in Gloucester, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.
Neil Robertson 5–1 Steven Hallworth Kyren Wilson 4–5 Alexander Ursenbacher Aditya Mehta 0–5 Michael Georgiou Marcus Campbell 5–1 Daniel Wells Michael Holt 5–2 Hammad Miah Rory McLeod 5–4 Ashley Carty Jimmy White 2–5 Fraser Patrick Ali Carter w/d–w/o Sam Baird Matthew Stevens 4–5 Chris Melling Dechawat Poomjaeng w/d–w/o Andrew Norman Jack Lisowski 5–3 Lu Ning Dominic Dale 2–5 Lu Chenwei Tom Ford 2–5 Chris Wakelin Andrew Higginson 0–5 Joe O'Connor Rod Lawler 5–3 Vinnie Calabrese Shaun Murphy 5–2 Ryan Clark Marco Fu 5–0 Jamie O'Neill Luca Brecel 4–5 Craig Steadman Jamie Jones 5–2 Zak Surety Ken Doherty w/o–w/d Ratchayothin Yotharuck Kurt Maflin 5–2 George Pragnall Anthony Hamilton 5–2 Andrew Pagett Mike Dunn 3–5 Tony Drago Stuart Bingham 5–3 James Cahill John Higgins 5–1 Michael Wasley Anthony McGill 5–3 Alex Borg Gary Wilson 5–2 Michael Leslie Alan McManus 5–4 Cao Xinlong Peter Ebdon 4–5 Barry Pinches Yu Delu 5–0 Allan Taylor Gerard Greene 1–5 Lee Page Barry Hawkins 5–0 Matthew Day
Ding Junhui 0–5 Oliver Brown Dave Harold 4–5 Oliver Lines Nigel Bond 4–5 Michael Tomlinson Martin Gould 5–1 Adam Duffy Ryan Day 5–3 Li Hang Matthew Selt 5–4 Sydney Wilson Mark Joyce 5–4 Alex Davies Mark Williams 5–3 Elliot Slessor Stephen Maguire 5–0 Alex Pagulayan David Gilbert 5–2 Sean O'Sullivan Jamie Cope 5–1 Ross Muir Michael White 5–2 John Sutton Fergal O'Brien w/o–w/d Noppon Saengkham Ben Woollaston 5–2 Lyu Haotian Jimmy Robertson 4–5 David Grace Judd Trump 5–3 Joel Walker Ricky Walden 5–4 Joe Swail Peter Lines 5–0 Liu Chuang Cao Yupeng 5–2 Wang Zepeng Mark King 5–3 Lee Walker Xiao Guodong 5–4 Liam Highfield Thepchaiya Un-Nooh w/d–w/o Robin Hull Alfie Burden 3–5 Zhou Yuelong Graeme Dott 5–3 Eden Sharav Joe Perry 5–1 Jak Jones Stuart Carrington 2–5 Scott Donaldson David Morris 5–3 Ian Burns Robert Milkins 5–3 Chris Norbury Liang Wenbo 5–2 Ian Glover Jamie Burnett 5–3 Jamie Clarke Robbie Williams 5–2 Mark Owens Mark Selby 5–0 John Astley
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
137 Neil Robertson 136, 131 Michael Holt 136 Chris Wakelin 130 David Grace 125, 105 Judd Trump 120 David Morris 117 Barry Pinches 116 Yu Delu 115 Alexander Ursenbacher 111 Matthew Selt 106 Joel Walker 104 Kurt Maflin 103 Michael White 102 Dave Harold 101 Anthony McGill 101 Stuart Bingham
Televised stage centuries
145, 118, 102 Stephen Maguire 139, 134, 101 Robin Hull 138 Barry Hawkins 137 Joe Perry 135 Ken Doherty 130, 128, 105 Neil Robertson 128, 111, 105, 100 Marco Fu 128, 105, 101, 100 Liang Wenbo 123, 119 Mark Selby 122 Martin Gould 122 John Higgins 116 Judd Trump 114 Michael Holt 104 Rory McLeod
References
External links 2014 Wuxi Classic – Pictures by Tai Chengzhe at Facebook