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 | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £478,000 |
| Winner's share | £85,000 |
| Highest break |  Anthony McGill (144) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Shaun Murphy |
| Runner-up | Mark Selby |
| Score | 10–6 |
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The 2014 Gujinggong Liquor Haikou World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10–16 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
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
These matches were played in Haikou on 10 March 2014.[5][6][7][8]
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 | Jamie Burnett
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w/d–w/o |  Yuan Sijun
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| WC2 | Sanderson Lam
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3–5 | Chen Zifan
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| WC3 | Scott Donaldson
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5–1 | Lin Shuai
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| WC4 | Rory McLeod
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5–1 | Zhao Xintong
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Main draw
Final
| 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
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
Qualifying stage centuries
- 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
- 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
- ^ "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 9 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 6 March 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 12 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 15 December 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ^ "Haikou World Open: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.