The 2016 Hanteng Autos World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 and 31 July 2016 at the Yushan No.1 Middle School in Yushan, China. It was the third ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.
Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but he lost 2–5 to Joe Perry in the quarter-finals.
Ali Carter won the fourth ranking title of his career, defeating Perry 10–8 in the final.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £90,000 Runner-up: £40,000 Semi-final: £21,000 Quarter-final: £12,500 Last 16: £8,000 Last 32: £6,500 Last 64: £4,000
Highest break: £2,000 Total: £520,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £35,000.
Wildcard round These matches were played in Yushan on 25 July 2016. Match Score WC1 3–5 WC2 5–3 WC3 3–5 WC4 5–1
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas. Yushan No.1 Middle School, Yushan, China, 31 July 2016. Joe Perry 8–10 Ali Carter Afternoon: 56–61, , , , , , , , Evening: 17–115 (53, 61), , , , , , , , 131 Highest break 127 2 Century breaks 1 7 50+ breaks 7
Qualifying These matches were held between 31 May and 2 June 2016 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.
Shaun Murphy 5–1Match was held over and played in Yushan. Sanderson Lam Martin O'Donnell 4–5 Cao Yupeng Jimmy Robertson 5–2 Fraser Patrick Jamie Jones 2–5 Wang Yuchen Stephen Maguire 5–0 Fang Xiongman Xiao Guodong 5–0 Kurt Dunham Michael White 5–4 Anthony Hamilton Kurt Maflin 5–1 David John Tom Ford 5–2 Christopher Keogan Mark Davis 5–0 Rhys Clark Jamie Burnett 5–3 Ross Muir Joe Perry 5–3 Hossein Vafaei Gary Wilson 5–0 John Astley Ben Woollaston 5–3 Yan Bingtao Robin Hull 5–1 Elliot Slessor Ding Junhui 5–3 Michael Georgiou Neil Robertson 5–4 Sydney Wilson Ian Burns 5–3 Steven Hallworth Luca Brecel 5–4 Peter Lines Jack Lisowski 2–5 Rory Thor Barry Hawkins 5–0 Zhao Xintong Robbie Williams 5–1 Darryl Hill Ryan Day 5–1 Hamza Akbar Sam Baird 3–5 Allan Taylor Rod Lawler 5–3 Nigel Bond David Gilbert 5–3 Michael Wild Zhou Yuelong 5–4 Sunny Akani Martin Gould 4–5 Hammad Miah Dominic Dale 1–5 Zhang Anda Peter Ebdon 5–1 Alex Borg Yu Delu 5–3 Ian Preece Judd Trump 5–1 Brandon Sargeant
Stuart Bingham 5–3 Eden Sharav Stuart Carrington 5–2 Adam Duffy Ali Carter 5–4 Liam Highfield Mike Dunn 5–4 Boonyarit Keattikun Kyren Wilson 5–1 Andy Hicks Joe Swail 1–5 Zhang Yong Robert Milkins 2–5 James Wattana Tian Pengfei 0–5 Daniel Wells Dechawat Poomjaeng 3–5 Duane Jones Graeme Dott w/o–w/d Leo Fernandez Andrew Higginson 5–1 Adam Stefanow Mark Williams 5–1 Scott Donaldson Fergal O'Brien 5–3 Craig Steadman Michael Holt 5–0 Chen Zhe Oliver Lines 5–3 Mitchell Mann John Higgins 5–0 Gareth Allen Ricky Walden 5–2 Jason Weston David Grace 5–4 Paul Davison Anthony McGill 5–1 Itaro Santos Mark Joyce 3–5 Lee Walker Marco Fu 5–3 Ashley Hugill Ken Doherty 3–5 Sam Craigie Matthew Selt 5–0 Jak Jones Matthew Stevens 5–1 Josh Boileau Rory McLeod 2–5 Jamie Cope Alan McManus 5–0 Hatem Yassen Li Hang 4–5 James Cahill Liang Wenbo 5–1 Chris Wakelin Mark King 5–4 Sean O'Sullivan Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–0 Noppon Saengkham Alfie Burden 5–2 Daniel Womersley Mark Selby 5–1 Jimmy White
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
142 Barry Hawkins 141 Jimmy Robertson 136 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 136 Marco Fu 135, 124 Li Hang 134 Ben Woollaston 133, 101 Kurt Maflin 126 Hammad Miah 125 Ali Carter 122 Sam Baird 118 Matthew Selt 113 Mitchell Mann
112 Tom Ford 110 Ian Burns 109 Daniel Womersley 107 Ryan Day 107 Ashley Hugill 106 Sunny Akani 103 Anthony McGill 102 Alan McManus 102 Yan Bingtao 101 John Higgins 100 Sydney Wilson
Televised stage centuries
144, 116, 112 John Higgins 141, 115, 109, 106 Anthony McGill 140 Matthew Selt 139, 111 Graeme Dott 139 Liang Wenbo 137, 106, 104, 102, 100 Neil Robertson 135, 101 Mark Williams 135, 100 Ben Woollaston 135 Zhang Anda 133 Stephen Maguire 132, 131, 120, 107, 106, 102 Joe Perry 130, 127, 101 Ali Carter 127, 125, 123, 107, 100 David Gilbert 127 Fergal O'Brien 125, 125, 104 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
125, 120 Michael White 124 Xiao Guodong 122, 109 Matthew Stevens 117 Ding Junhui 115, 101 Ryan Day 115 Kurt Maflin 112 Sam Craigie 111 Daniel Wells 106 Shaun Murphy 105 Kyren Wilson 103 Ricky Walden 102 Mark Selby 101 Jamie Cope 100 Alan McManus
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