The 2012 Star Xing Pai Haikou World Open[1] was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 February – 4 March 2012 at the Haikou Stadium in Haikou, China.[2] It was the first time that the tournament was held outside the United Kingdom. It was televised on ITV4
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 27 February – 4 March 2012 |
| Venue | Haikou Stadium |
| City | Haikou |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £400,500 |
| Winner's share | £75,000 |
| Highest break |  Stephen Lee (ENG) (138) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Mark Allen (NIR) |
| Runner-up | Stephen Lee (ENG) |
| Score | 10–1 |
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Marco Fu made the 86th official maximum break during his round 4 qualifying match against Matthew Selt. This was Fu's second 147 break.[3]
Neil Robertson was the defending champion, but lost 2–5 against Stephen Lee in the second round.
Mark Allen won his first ranking title by defeating Stephen Lee 10–1 in the final.[4]
Prize fund edit
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5]
Wildcard round edit
These matches were played in Haikou on 27 February 2012.[6][7][8][9]
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Sam Baird (ENG) |
3–5 |  Jin Long (CHN)
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| WC2 | Robert Milkins (ENG) |
5–3 |  Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (THA)
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| WC3 | Mark King (ENG) |
5–2 |  Hossein Vafaei (IRI)
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| WC4 | Tom Ford (ENG) |
5–4 | Lyu Haotian (CHN)
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| WC5 | Jimmy Robertson (ENG) |
5–2 | Zhou Yuelong (CHN)
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| WC6 | Joe Perry (ENG) |
5–0 | Rouzi Maimaiti (CHN)
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| WC7 | Michael Holt (ENG) |
5–4 | Zhu Yinghui (CHN)
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| WC8 | Nigel Bond (ENG) |
4–5 | Lu Ning (CHN)
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Main draw edit
Final edit
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Leo Scullion. Haikou Stadium, Haikou, China, 4 March 2012.[8] | ||
| Stephen Lee (15) England
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1–10 | Mark Allen (10) Northern Ireland
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| Afternoon: 55–66, 0–104 (104), 26–59 (50), 7–127 (127), 2–59 (53), 68–55 (67, 55), 39–72, 67–76, 0–123 (123) Evening: 18–69, 19–105 (104) | ||
| 67 | Highest break | 127 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 4 |
| 1 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Qualifying edit
These matches were held between 11 and 14 January 2012 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.[10][11][12]
Century breaks edit
Qualifying stage centuries edit
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Televised stage centuries edit
- 138, 120, 109 – Stephen Lee
- 136, 133 – John Higgins
- 136, 106 – Neil Robertson
- 135, 101, 101 – Michael Holt
- 131, 115 – Shaun Murphy
- 127, 123, 112, 105, 104, 104, 103, 101, 100, 100, 100 – Mark Allen
- 117, 112, 109, 108, 105, 102 – Mark Selby
- 117, 106, 102 – Robert Milkins
- 111, 104 – Judd Trump
- 100 – Tom Ford
References edit
- ^ "O'Sullivan Withdraws From Haikou". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ^ "Haikou To Stage World Open". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Fu Through With A 147". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 16 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ^ "Controversial Allen thrashes Lee 10–1 in Haikou final". espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ "Haikou World Open Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
- ^ a b "2012 Haikou World Open draw and format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
- ^ a b "2012 Haikou World Open results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ a b c "Haikou World Open (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ a b "2012 World Open scores and schedule". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ "2012 Haikou World Open qualifiers draw and format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "2012 Haikou World Open qualifiers results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ^ "World Open Qualifiers". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ^ "Qualifying century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ^ "Televised century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.