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Baic Motor China Open Pencil

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 30 Mar - 5 Apr 2015; Venue: Beijing University Students Gymnasium, Beijing, China; Type: Ranking; Twitter: #SnookerChinaOpen; Notes: See also results (131)
Final Pencil
(Winner: £85,000; Runner-up: £35,000)
England Mark Selby [2] 10-2 England Gary Wilson [60] Head to head Details  Pencil

74-39, 87-43 (51), 56-41, 1-91 (91), 70-36
78-40 (54), 145-0 (145), 72-3 (48), 86-0
136-0 (136), 0-101 (101), 83-32

Referee: Brendan Moore

This was Selby's sixth ranking title and second of the season. He won the £2,000 high-break award with a 145 in the final.

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(Losers receive £21,000)
England Gary Wilson [60] 6-5 China Ding Junhui [1] Head to head Details 
Ding almost came back from needing four snookers in the decider
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84-6 (68), 0-77, 5-71 (64), 4-96 (58), 85-23 (50)
94-0 (60). 121-0 (68), 70-0 (70), 4-97 (97)
22-112 (72), 103-36 (72)

England Mark Selby [2] 6-3 Norway Kurt Maflin [34] Head to head Details 
Re-rack in frame three
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75-18 (64), 75-31 (74), 0-129 (129)
0-96 (74), 131-0 (131), 1-118 (113)
49-35, 125-0 (106), 99-47 (56)

Quarterfinals Pencil
(Losers receive £12,500)
China Ding Junhui [1] 5-4 Scotland John Higgins [15] Head to head Details 
In the deciding frame Ding potted a long red but went in-off. Higgins let Ding play again only to see him fluke a red. Higgins got one more chance later but missed the green and Ding cleared up for the win.
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England Gary Wilson [60] 5-3 England Barry Hawkins [5] Head to head Details  Pencil
Norway Kurt Maflin [34] 5-4 England Shaun Murphy [7] Head to head Details  Pencil
England Mark Selby [2] 5-4 England Robert Milkins [16] Head to head Details 
Magnet frame and re-rack in frame 2
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Round 3 Pencil
(Last 16; Losers receive £8,000)
1 China Ding Junhui [1] 5-2 Wales Mark J Williams [17] Head to head  
Ding steals frame 2 after Williams misses brown ball. Williams responds well with a 91 break. Ding answers with a ton.
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2 Scotland John Higgins [15] 5-4 England Judd Trump [6] Head to head  
Trump steals frame five with a 62 after Higgins was leading 48-0. He later takes the match to a decider with a 68.

Trump puts pressure on Higgins and then capitalizes with a 59 even though the balls were awkwardly placed. Higgins comes back with a brilliant clearance to win the match though.
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3 England Barry Hawkins [5] 5-3 Scotland Stephen Maguire [12] Head to head  
Hawkins makes a 51 in frame six but Maguire steals it with a 61 to tie the match at 3-3.
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4 England Gary Wilson [60] 5-1 Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng [39] Head to head   Pencil
5 Norway Kurt Maflin [34] 5-1 Finland Robin Hull [69] Head to head   Pencil
6 England Shaun Murphy [7] 5-3 Wales Jamie Jones [45] Head to head   Pencil
7 England Robert Milkins [16] 5-1 Wales Michael White [24] Head to head   Pencil
8 England Mark Selby [2] 5-2 England David Gilbert [33] Head to head   Pencil
Round 2 Pencil
(Last 32; Losers receive £6,500)
1 China Ding Junhui [1] 5-1 England Mark Davis [19] Head to head   Pencil
2 Wales Mark J Williams [17] 5-0 Scotland Michael Leslie [108]     Pencil
3 Scotland John Higgins [15] 5-2 Scotland Graeme Dott [18] Head to head   Pencil
4 England Judd Trump [6] 5-1 England Peter Ebdon [29] Head to head   Pencil
5 England Barry Hawkins [5] 5-2 Wales Dominic Dale [27] Head to head   Pencil
6 Scotland Stephen Maguire [12] 5-4 Wales Ryan Day [22] Head to head   Pencil
7 England Gary Wilson [60] 5-2 England Ricky Walden [9] Head to head   Pencil
8 Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng [39] 5-0 England Jack Lisowski [38] Head to head   Pencil
9 Finland Robin Hull [69] 5-4 England Mark King [31]    
Re rack in the decider after 45 min play!
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10 Norway Kurt Maflin [34] 5-3 England Mike Dunn [47] Head to head   Pencil
11 Wales Jamie Jones [45] 5-4 Hong Kong Marco Fu [11] Head to head   Pencil
12 England Shaun Murphy [7] 5-4 Scotland Anthony McGill [28] Head to head   Pencil
13 Wales Michael White [24] 5-4 England Stuart Bingham [8] Head to head   Pencil
14 England Robert Milkins [16] 5-4 England Zak Surety [102] Head to head   Pencil
15 England David Gilbert [33] 5-2 China Zhou Yuelong [83] Head to head   Pencil
16 England Mark Selby [2] 5-0 England Elliot Slessor [93] Head to head   Pencil
Round 1 Pencil
(Last 64; Losers receive £3,000)
1 China Ding Junhui [1] 5-1 Scotland Marcus Campbell [54] Head to head   Pencil
2 England Mark Davis [19] 5-3 England Kyren Wilson [58] Head to head   Pencil
3 Wales Mark J Williams [17] 5-2 China Zhao Xintong (a) Head to head   Pencil
4 Scotland Michael Leslie [108] 5-1 England Joe O'Connor (a)     Pencil
5 Scotland John Higgins [15] 5-3 China Yu Delu [49]     Pencil
6 Scotland Graeme Dott [18] 5-3 Wales Daniel Wells (a) Head to head   Pencil
7 England Peter Ebdon [29] 5-4 China Zhang Anda [97] Head to head   Pencil
8 England Judd Trump [6] 5-3 England Andrew Higginson [40] Head to head  
Two tons from Trump and one by Higginson in the first four frames of the match.
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9 England Barry Hawkins [5] 5-2 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene [43] Head to head   Pencil
10 Wales Dominic Dale [27] 5-3 England Jimmy Robertson [44] Head to head   Pencil
11 Wales Ryan Day [22] 5-1 England Liam Highfield [80] Head to head   Pencil
12 Scotland Stephen Maguire [12] 5-1 Ireland David Morris [52] Head to head   Pencil
13 England Ricky Walden [9] 5-0 China Cao Yupeng [62] Head to head   Pencil
14 England Gary Wilson [60] 5-3 China Liang Wenbo [21] Head to head   Pencil
15 England Jack Lisowski [38] 5-4 Scotland Alan McManus [23] Head to head   Pencil
16 Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng [39] 5-4 Australia Neil Robertson [4] Head to head  
Robertson led 3-1 before Poomjaeng won three in a row to lead 4-3. Robertson then leveled the match with a 74. In the decider Robertson made a 44 but Poomjaeng replied with a 48. Robertson later got a new chanc (Poomjaeng miss yellow) but missed the final black. Poomjaeng potted it to win 5-4.
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17 Finland Robin Hull [69] w/o England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] Head to head   Pencil

O'Sullivan pulled out for health reasons

18 England Mark King [31] 5-3 Scotland Jamie Burnett [46]     Pencil
19 England Mike Dunn [47] 5-3 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [26] Head to head   Pencil
20 Norway Kurt Maflin [34] 5-4 England Ali Carter [13] Head to head   Pencil
21 Hong Kong Marco Fu [11] 5-0 England Ashley Carty (a) Head to head   Pencil
22 Wales Jamie Jones [45] 5-3 Wales Matthew Stevens [30] Head to head   Pencil
23 Scotland Anthony McGill [28] 5-1 England Alfie Burden [53] Head to head   Pencil
24 England Shaun Murphy [7] 5-1 England Jamie Cope [56] Head to head   Pencil
25 England Stuart Bingham [8] 5-1 England Peter Lines [61] Head to head   Pencil
26 Wales Michael White [24] 5-4 Ireland Ken Doherty [37] Head to head   Pencil
27 England Zak Surety [102] 5-4 Northern Ireland Joe Swail [66] Head to head   Pencil
28 England Robert Milkins [16] 5-3 England Nigel Bond [59] Head to head   Pencil
29 England David Gilbert [33] 5-3 England Joe Perry [14] Head to head   Pencil
30 China Zhou Yuelong [83] 5-1 England Anthony Hamilton [50] Head to head   Pencil
31 England Elliot Slessor [93] 5-3 England Matthew Selt [36] Head to head   Pencil
32 England Mark Selby [2] 5-3 England Mark Joyce [41] Head to head   Pencil
Wild Card Round Pencil
(Last 68; Losers receive £3,000)
1 China Zhao Xintong (a) 5-0 England Alex Davies [76]     Pencil
2 Finland Robin Hull [69] 5-1 China Yan Bingtao (a) Head to head   Pencil
3 England Peter Lines [61] 5-3 China Yuan Sijun (a) Head to head   Pencil
4 China Zhou Yuelong [83] 5-2 China Zhang Yong (a) Head to head   Pencil

China Open Qualifiers Pencil

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 14-15 Feb 2015; Venue: Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley, England; View on separate page; Twitter: #SnookerChinaOpen; Notes: See also results (64)
Qual Round 1 Pencil
(Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1 China Ding Junhui [1] 5-1 Scotland Ross Muir [91] Head to head   Pencil
2 Scotland Marcus Campbell [54] 5-2 China Lyu Chenwei [101]     Pencil
3 England Kyren Wilson [58] 5-3 England Matthew Day (a)     Pencil
4 England Mark Davis [19] 5-3 England Mitchell Mann [94] Head to head   Pencil
5 Wales Mark J Williams [17] 5-1 Wales Lee Walker [109]     Pencil
6 England Alex Davies [76] 5-3 England Tom Ford [42]     Pencil
7 England Joe O'Connor (a) 5-2 England Ben Woollaston [35] Head to head   Pencil
8 Scotland Michael Leslie [108] 5-1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [10] Head to head   Pencil
9 Scotland John Higgins [15] 5-2 England Oliver Lines [81] Head to head   Pencil
10 China Yu Delu [49] 5-3 England Chris Norbury [96] Head to head   Pencil
11 Wales Daniel Wells (a) 5-3 England Robbie Williams [55] Head to head   Pencil
12 Scotland Graeme Dott [18] 5-1 England Sean O'Sullivan (a) Head to head   Pencil
13 England Peter Ebdon [29] 5-3 England Sam Baird [71] Head to head   Pencil

started 15.30 finshed 20.03

14 China Zhang Anda [97] 5-2 India Aditya Mehta [48] Head to head   Pencil
15 England Andrew Higginson [40] 5-0 England Hammad Miah [89] Head to head   Pencil
16 England Judd Trump [6] 5-0 Israel Eden Sharav (a) Head to head   Pencil
17 England Barry Hawkins [5] 5-1 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [67] Head to head   Pencil
18 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene [43] 5-1 England Chris Wakelin [72] Head to head   Pencil
19 England Jimmy Robertson [44] 5-3 England Steven Hallworth [106] Head to head   Pencil
20 Wales Dominic Dale [27] 5-2 England Ian Glover [104] Head to head   Pencil
21 Wales Ryan Day [22] 5-0 England Sydney Wilson (a) Head to head   Pencil
22 England Liam Highfield [80] 5-1 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [57] Head to head   Pencil
23 Ireland David Morris [52] 5-1 Wales Jamie Clarke (a)     Pencil
24 Scotland Stephen Maguire [12] 5-2 England Lee Page [95]     Pencil
25 England Ricky Walden [9] 5-2 England David Grace [98] Head to head   Pencil
26 China Cao Yupeng [62] 5-2 England Adam Bobat (a)     Pencil
27 England Gary Wilson [60] 5-3 Wales Jak Jones [105] Head to head   Pencil
28 China Liang Wenbo [21] 5-2 England Joel Walker [82] Head to head   Pencil
29 Scotland Alan McManus [23] 5-3 China Tian Pengfei [88] Head to head   Pencil
30 England Jack Lisowski [38] 5-0 Qatar Ahmed Saif [111]     Pencil
31 Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng [39] 5-1 England James Cahill [75]     Pencil
32 Australia Neil Robertson [4] 5-3 China Lyu Haotian [73] Head to head   Pencil
33 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] 5-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [65] Head to head   Pencil
34 Finland Robin Hull [69] 5-3 Jamaica Rory McLeod [51] Head to head   Pencil
35 Scotland Jamie Burnett [46] 5-3 England Ian Burns [79] Head to head   Pencil
36 England Mark King [31] 5-2 China Lu Ning [103] Head to head   Pencil
37 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [26] 5-2 England George Pragnell (a)     Pencil
38 England Mike Dunn [47] 5-3 Thailand T Tirapongpaiboon Head to head   Pencil
39 Norway Kurt Maflin [34] 5-3 China Cao Xinlong [99]     Pencil
40 England Ali Carter [13] 5-1 Ireland Martin McCrudden (a)     Pencil
41 Hong Kong Marco Fu [11] 5-2 Cyprus Michael Georgiou [87]     Pencil
42 England Ashley Carty (a) 5-4 England Jimmy White [63]     Pencil
43 Wales Jamie Jones [45] 5-2 England Michael Tomlinson (a)     Pencil
44 Wales Matthew Stevens [30] 5-0 Scotland Mark Owens (a)     Pencil
45 Scotland Anthony McGill [28] 5-3 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [107] Head to head   Pencil
46 England Alfie Burden [53] 5-4 England Allan Taylor [100] Head to head   Pencil
47 England Jamie Cope [56] 5-3 Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong     Pencil
48 England Shaun Murphy [7] 5-1 Brazil Igor Figueiredo [90] Head to head   Pencil
49 England Stuart Bingham [8] 5-0 Scotland Scott Donaldson [84] Head to head   Pencil
50 England Peter Lines [61] 5-4 England Chris Melling [92]     Pencil

Melling won three in a row from 3-1 down and was close to win the match. Lines won on the black ball.

51 Ireland Ken Doherty [37] 5-4 England Dave Harold [70] Head to head   Pencil
52 Wales Michael White [24] 5-2 Thailand James Wattana [110] Head to head   Pencil
53 Northern Ireland Joe Swail [66] 5-2 England Rod Lawler [32] Head to head   Pencil
54 England Zak Surety [102] 5-4 China Li Hang [64] Head to head   Pencil
55 England Nigel Bond [59] 5-2 England Craig Steadman [77] Head to head   Pencil
56 England Robert Milkins [16] 5-0 England Stuart Carrington [68] Head to head   Pencil
57 England Joe Perry [14] 5-2 England Oliver Brown (a) Head to head   Pencil
58 England David Gilbert [33] 5-2 England Adam Duffy (a) Head to head   Pencil
59 England Anthony Hamilton [50] 5-0 England Michael Wasley [86] Head to head   Pencil
60 China Zhou Yuelong [83] 5-1 England Michael Holt [25] Head to head   Pencil
61 England Elliot Slessor [93] 5-4 China Xiao Guodong [20]     Pencil
62 England Matthew Selt [36] 5-0 England John Astley [78]     Pencil
63 England Mark Joyce [41] 5-2 Scotland Fraser Patrick [74] Head to head   Pencil
64 England Mark Selby [2] 5-1 England Barry Pinches [85] Head to head   Pencil