The 2019 China Open (officially the 2019 XingPai China Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 1–7 April 2019 in Beijing, China. It was the nineteenth and penultimate ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.

Neil Robertson won his second China Open title, and the 16th ranking title of his career, defeating Jack Lisowski 11–4 in the final.

Mark Selby was the two-time reigning champion, having defended his 2017 title with an 11–3 win against Barry Hawkins in the 2018 final. However, he lost 3–6 to Craig Steadman in qualifying.

Stuart Bingham made the highest break of the event, with his fifth 147 break of his career in his second round match with Peter Ebdon. It was the 151st 147 in snooker history.

Prize fund The breakdown of prize money is shown below.

Winner: £225,000 Runner-up: £90,000 Semi-final: £45,000 Quarter-final: £27,000 Last 16: £18,000 Last 32: £11,000 Last 64: £5,000

Televised highest break: £7,000 Total: £1,000,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £20,000

Main draw

Final Final: Best of 21 frames. Referee: Wang Wei.Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 7 April 2019. Neil Robertson 11–4 Jack LisowskiAfternoon: 86–32, , , , , , , , , Evеning: 133–0, 76–14, , , 141 Highest break 55 2 Century breaks 0

Qualifying Qualifying – excluding held over matches – took place between 18 and 20 February 2019 at the Chase Leisure Centre in Cannock, England. All qualifying matches were best of 11 frames.

Mark Selby 3–6Match held over and played in Beijing on 1 April 2019. Craig Steadman Dominic Dale Rhys Clark Liang Wenbo 6–5 Zhao Xintong Gary Wilson 6–1 Jimmy White Ryan Day 6–2 Zhang Anda Sunny Akani 2–6 Sam Craigie Ali Carter 6–3 Allan Taylor Kurt Maflin 6–4 Ashley Hugill Martin O'Donnell 4–6 Mei Xiwen Marco Fu 6–1 Niu Zhuang Daniel Wells 4–6 Kishan Hirani Neil Robertson 6–0 Hamza Akbar Matthew Stevens 5–6 Alexander Ursenbacher Mark King 6–3Match held over and played in Beijing on 1 April 2019. Bai Langning Rory McLeod 4–6 Lu Ning Barry Hawkins 6–3 Robin Hull Mark Allen w/d–w/o Pang Junxu Alan McManus 6–3 Luo Honghao Noppon Saengkham 4–6 Jamie Clarke Stuart Carrington 6–1 Lukas Kleckers Stephen Maguire 6–1 Zhang Yong Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–6 Xu Si Anthony McGill 6–3 Simon Lichtenberg Mark Joyce 4–6 Nigel Bond Michael Holt 6–5 Joe Swail Xiao Guodong 6–1Match held over and played in Beijing on 1 April 2019. Soheil Vahedi Fergal O'Brien 5–6 Sam Baird Luca Brecel 6–1 Andy Lee Hossein Vafaei 6–4 Hammad Miah Robert Milkins 6–1 Eden Sharav Liam Highfield 3–6 Joe O'Connor John Higgins 6–1 Chris Totten

Judd Trump 6–2 Jak Jones Robbie Williams 6–2 Tian Pengfei Zhou Yuelong 6–1 Lee Walker Li Hang 6–0 Jordan Brown Jack Lisowski 6–2 Alfie Burden Michael Georgiou 5–6 John Astley Graeme Dott 5–6 Gerard Greene Chris Wakelin 6–4 Peter Lines Peter Ebdon 6–0 Sanderson Lam Yan Bingtao 6–0 Fan Zhengyi Mike Dunn 4–6 Elliot Slessor Stuart Bingham 6–2 Chen Zifan Michael White 1–6 Thor Chuan Leong Martin Gould 0–6 Rod Lawler Yuan Sijun 6–4 Ian Burns Kyren Wilson 6–1 Chen Feilong Ding Junhui 6–1Match held over and played in Beijing on 1 April 2019. Zhang Jiankang Anthony Hamilton 3–6 James Wattana Tom Ford 2–6 Oliver Lines Lyu Haotian 6–4 Ross Muir Shaun Murphy 4–6 Adam Stefanow Andrew Higginson 6–4 Duane Jones Jimmy Robertson 3–6 Ashley Carty Ben Woollaston 6–1 Li Yuan Scott Donaldson 6–1 Billy Joe Castle Joe Perry 6–3Match held over and played in Beijing on 1 April 2019. Wu Yize Matthew Selt 6–1 David Lilley David Gilbert 6–2 Sean O'Sullivan Ricky Walden 6–2 James Cahill Mark Davis 4–6Match held over and played in Beijing on 1 April 2019. Chang Bingyu Ken Doherty 6–3 Paul Davison Mark Williams 6–4Match held over and played in Beijing on 1 April 2019. Harvey Chandler

Note

Century breaks

Main stage centuries Total: 78 11 of these centuries were made in held over matches, by Ding Junhui, Xiao Guodong (2), Mark King, Harvey Chandler, Wu Yize, Soheil Vahedi, Craig Steadman and Mark Williams (3).

147, 140, 116, 108, 104, 103, 101, 100 Stuart Bingham 142, 108, 105 Craig Steadman 141, 141, 138, 135, 119, 115, 100, 100 Neil Robertson 139, 130, 116, 108, 102 Luca Brecel 139 Ding Junhui 136, 114, 108, 105 Jack Lisowski 136, 120, 116, 107 Sam Craigie 136 Kyren Wilson 135, 119 Ben Woollaston 134, 132, 130, 105 Scott Donaldson 134, 132 Michael Holt 134, 112 Liang Wenbo 134 Zhou Yuelong 133, 110 Xiao Guodong 133, 100 Anthony McGill 130, 107 Mark King 130 Harvey Chandler 129, 125 Hossein Vafaei 128, 103 Stephen Maguire 124 Nigel Bond 124 Marco Fu 120 Wu Yize 119 Robbie Williams 117 Ali Carter 115, 103 Ken Doherty 115 Soheil Vahedi 111, 105 Li Hang 109, 105, 102 Alan McManus 108, 100 David Gilbert 107 Joe O'Connor 107 James Wattana 106, 102, 101 Mark Williams 104 Lu Ning 104 Ricky Walden

Qualifying stage centuries Total: 35

146, 108 Hossein Vafaei 143 Anthony Hamilton 142, 118 Neil Robertson 140 Ashley Hugill 140 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 135 Barry Hawkins 131 Matthew Stevens 130 Fergal O'Brien 129 Joe O'Connor 128, 105 Xu Si 127, 105 Ken Doherty 117, 111 Matthew Selt 116 Lu Ning 111, 101 Gerard Greene 108, 103 Chris Wakelin 108 Luca Brecel 108 Ryan Day 108 Mei Xiwen 106 Ian Burns 104 Ricky Walden 102, 101 Kyren Wilson 102 Martin O'Donnell 101 Rory McLeod 101 Yuan Sijun 100 Sam Baird 100 Robert Milkins 100 Joe Swail

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