2014 World Open (snooker)
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 10–16 March 2014 |
| Venue | Hainan International Exhibition Center |
| City | Haikou |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £478,000 |
| Winner's share | £85,000 |
| Highest break |  Anthony McGill (SCO) (144) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Shaun Murphy (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Mark Selby (ENG) |
| Score | 10–6 |
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The 2014 Gujinggong Liquor Haikou World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10 and 16 March 2014 at the Hainan International Exhibition Center in Haikou, China. It was the ninth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.[1]
Mark Allen was the defending champion,[2] but he lost 4–6 against Shaun Murphy in the semi-final.
Murphy won his fifth ranking title by defeating Mark Selby 10–6 in the final.[3]
Prize fund
[edit]The total prize money of the event was raised to £478,000 from the previous year's £425,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]
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Wildcard round
[edit]These matches were played in Haikou on 10 March 2014.[5][6][7][8]
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 | Jamie Burnett (SCO) |
w/d–w/o |  Yuan Sijun (CHN)
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| WC2 | Sanderson Lam (ENG) |
3–5 | Chen Zifan (CHN)
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| WC3 | Scott Donaldson (SCO) |
5–1 | Lin Shuai (CHN)
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| WC4 | Rory McLeod (ENG) |
5–1 | Zhao Xintong (CHN)
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Main draw
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Final
[edit]| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Colin Humphries. Hainan International Exhibition Center, Haikou, China, 16 March 2014.[8][9] | ||
| Shaun Murphy England
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10–6 | Mark Selby England
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| Afternoon: 95–1 (64), 80–46 (80), 81–40, 75–26 (52), 5–83, 13–91 (91), 102–1 (98), 113–1 (105), 112–0 (112) Evening: 8–92 (78), 53–62, 18–78, 85–4 (60), 43–82, 78–49 (78), 77–54 | ||
| 112 | Highest break | 91 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 8 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
Qualifying
[edit]These matches were played on 13 and 14 December 2013 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.[10][11][12]
Century breaks
[edit]Qualifying stage centuries
[edit]- 141 – Tom Ford
- 137 – Marco Fu
- 135 – Ding Junhui
- 131 – Tian Pengfei
- 125 – Stuart Bingham
- 119 – Luca Brecel
- 117 – Ryan Day
- 116 – Liam Highfield
- 115 – David Gilbert
- 112 – Joel Walker
- 107, 104 – Xiao Guodong
- 107 – Jamie Cope
- 106 – Dechawat Poomjaeng
- 105, 105 – Matthew Stevens
- 105 – Kurt Maflin
- 105 – Neil Robertson
- 104 – Graeme Dott
- 102 – David Morris
Televised stage centuries
[edit]- 144 – Anthony McGill
- 136, 128 – Ding Junhui
- 135, 131, 123 – Mark Selby
- 134, 127 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- 129, 110 – Kurt Maflin
- 128, 126, 112, 105 – Shaun Murphy
- 127, 121, 114, 104, 104, 104 – Marco Fu
- 127, 119, 111, 100 – Mark Allen
- 127, 116, 111, 100 – Neil Robertson
- 124, 122, 104 – John Higgins
- 117, 104 – Michael Holt
- 113 – Tian Pengfei
- 112 – Martin Gould
- 112 – Ricky Walden
- 111 – Stephen Maguire
- 111 – Liang Wenbo
- 110, 100 – Judd Trump
- 108 – Mark Joyce
- 103 – Stuart Bingham
- 101 – Alan McManus
References
[edit]- ^ "Tournament Calendar 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ^ "Allen defends Haikou World Open title". espn.co.uk. ESPN. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ^ Happe, Liam (16 March 2014). "Snooker – Murphy wins Haikou World Open despite Selby fight-back". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "Prize Money Breakdowns 2013/14". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 1 May 2013. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ "Letter to Tour Players from Barry Hearn" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 8 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Haikou World Open 2014 draw & results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 16 March 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ a b "Haikou World Open 2014 Provisional Format of Play" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ a b c "Gujinggong Liquor Haikou World Open (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ "Haikou World Open: Final – Match 67 – Shaun Murphy v Mark Selby". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "Haikou World Open 2014 Qualifiers draw & results" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ^ "Provisional qualifying format of the German Masters 2014 and the Haikou World Open 2014" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ "Gujinggong Liquor Haikou World Open Qualifiers (2013)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ "Haikou World Open qualifiers: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ^ "Haikou World Open: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.