The 2014 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 26 October and 2 November 2014 at the in Chengdu, China. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2014/2015 season.
Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost 5–6 against amateur Wang Zepeng in the qualifying round.
Ricky Walden won his third ranking title by defeating Mark Allen 10–7 in the final.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £125,000 Runner-up: £65,000 Semi-final: £30,000 Quarter-final: £17,500 Last 16: £12,000 Last 32: £7,000 Last 64: £3,000
Televised highest break: £1,000 Total: £625,000
Wildcard round These matches were played in Chengdu on 26 October 2014.
Match Score WC1 6–1 WC2 5–6 WC3 6–4 WC4 6–3
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas.Sichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu, China, 2 November 2014. Mark Allen 7–10 Ricky Walden Afternoon: 1–109 (59), 85–1, , , , , , , Evening: 0–100, 44–79, , , , , , 113 Highest break 103 1 Century breaks 1 4 50+ breaks 7
Qualifying These matches took place between 22 and 25 September 2014 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 11 frames.
Ding Junhui 5–6 Wang Zepeng Peter Lines 5–6 Mitchell Mann Aditya Mehta 6–3 James Wattana Michael White 6–4 Sean O'Sullivan Dominic Dale 6–3 Vinnie Calabrese Jack Lisowski 2–6 Ian Burns Cao Yupeng 4–6 Craig Steadman Graeme Dott 6–1 Lee Page Stuart Bingham 6–4 Michael Wasley Robbie Williams 6–2 Ahmed Saif Mark Joyce 6–4 Lu Ning Ryan Day 6–5 Lyu Haotian Martin Gould 6–4 Cao Xinlong Ken Doherty 4–6 Joel Walker Nigel Bond 6–1 Joe O'Connor Mark Allen 6–4 Nico Elton Barry Hawkins 6–0 Ratchayothin Yotharuck Jimmy White 6–5 Alex Davies Jamie Cope 3–6 Oliver Brown Mark Williams 6–2 Scott Donaldson Michael Holt 4–6 Sam Baird Kyren Wilson 6–1 Ross Muir Dechawat Poomjaeng 6–2 Steven Hallworth Mark Davis 6–2 Lee Walker John Higgins 6–2 Stuart Carrington Gary Wilson 5–6 Li Hang Jamie Jones 6–5 Zhang Anda Kurt Maflin 6–5 Elliot Slessor Alan McManus 6–2 Michael Georgiou Anthony McGill 6–2 Ashley Carty Ben Woollaston 6–3 Sydney Wilson Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–3 James Cahill
Neil Robertson 6–5 Alex Borg Matthew Selt 6–2 Alex Pagulayan Tom Ford 3–6 Joe Swail Andrew Higginson 6–2 Chris Wakelin Liang Wenbo 2–6 Zhou Yuelong Luca Brecel 5–6 Chris Melling David Morris 6–3 John Astley Ricky Walden 6–0 Lu Chenwei Joe Perry 6–0 Chris Norbury Mike Dunn 6–2 Matthew Day Rory McLeod 3–6 Andrew Pagett Peter Ebdon 6–2 David Grace Matthew Stevens 6–3 Michael Leslie Jamie Burnett 6–0 John Sutton Jimmy Robertson 6–0 Hammad Miah Judd Trump 6–0 Ian Glover Shaun Murphy 6–1 Allan Taylor Yu Delu 6–3 Brandon Sargeant Marcus Campbell 2–6 Barry Pinches Robert Milkins 6–4 Daniel Wells Xiao Guodong 6–1 Alexander Ursenbacher Gerard Greene 4–6 Eden Sharav Alfie Burden 4–6 Noppon Saengkham Stephen Maguire 6–4 Liu Chuang Marco Fu 6–0 Shane Castle Anthony Hamilton 3–6 Liam Highfield David Gilbert 6–1 Mark Owens Mark King 4–6 Zak Surety Fergal O'Brien 6–0 Fraser Patrick Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6–4 Andrew Norman Rod Lawler 6–4 Tian Pengfei Mark Selby 4–6 Oliver Lines
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
136 Gary Wilson 136 Peter Ebdon 131 Michael White 130 Barry Pinches 129 Michael Wasley 123 Anthony McGill 120, 103 Wang Zepeng 115 Mark Selby 113 Neil Robertson 112 Ding Junhui 111 Brandon Sargeant 109 Jack Lisowski 109 Judd Trump 109 Mark Allen 108, 105 Noppon Saengkham 108 Matthew Stevens 106, 100 Luca Brecel 105 Daniel Wells 104 Nigel Bond 104 Oliver Brown 103 Ken Doherty 103 Alex Pagulayan 103 Kyren Wilson 103 Joe Swail 102 Martin Gould 101 Dominic Dale
Televised stage centuries
142 Mitchell Mann 141, 134, 127, 108, 106 Marco Fu 141, 132, 115, 111, 107, 103, 100, 100 Ricky Walden 140 Stephen Maguire 139 Graeme Dott 139 Zhao Xintong 135, 128 Stuart Bingham 135, 120, 120, 105, 102 Mark Williams 130 Ryan Day 129, 101 Mark Davis 127, 104 Mark Joyce 126 Fergal O'Brien 124, 116, 112, 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan 123 Ian Burns 122 Xiao Guodong 121 Sam Baird 118, 117, 113, 108, 105, 100 Mark Allen 115 Mike Dunn 107, 101, 100 Martin Gould 107 Joe Perry 106, 101 Neil Robertson 106 Dominic Dale 105 Joel Walker 105 Zhou Yuelong 104 Rod Lawler 103 Anthony McGill 102 Judd Trump 101 Craig Steadman
References
External links 2014 International Championship – Pictures by Tai Chengzhe at Facebook