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Honghe Industrial China Open
Tournament information
Dates24–30 March 2008 (2008-03-24 – 2008-03-30)
VenueBeijing University Students' Gymnasium
CityBeijing
CountryChina
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£250,000
Winner's share£48,000
Highest break Stephen Maguire (SCO) (147)
Final
Champion Stephen Maguire (SCO)
Runner-up Shaun Murphy (ENG)
Score10–9
2007
2009

The 2008 Honghe Industrial China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 and 30 March 2008 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. This was the penultimate ranking event of the 2007–08 season, preceding the 2008 World Snooker Championship.

The defending champion was Graeme Dott, but he lost in the first round against Barry Pinches.

Shaun Murphy and Dave Harold set two new records in the eight frame of their first round match. Murphy eventually won it after 93 minutes and 12 seconds, beating the record of the longest televised frame between Mark Selby and Marco Fu at the 2007 UK Championship and the longest frame in professional competition between Cliff Thorburn and Stephen O'Connor at the 1994 Welsh Open qualifiers, which took 77 minutes 31 seconds and 92 minutes 52 seconds respectively.[1]

Stephen Maguire made the first maximum break in an Asian ranking tournament in the second frame of his semi-final encounter against Ryan Day.[2]

Maguire won his fourth ranking title by defeating Murphy 10–9 in a high-quality final.

Prize fund

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The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3]

Wildcard round

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Match Score
WC1  Barry Pinches (ENG) 5–1  Zhang Anda (CHN)
WC2  Fergal O'Brien (IRL) 5–2  Cao Xinlong (CHN)
WC3  Marcus Campbell (SCO) 5–4  Ah Bulajiang (CHN)
WC4  Mike Dunn (ENG) 5–1  Yang Qingtian (CHN)
WC5  Dave Harold (ENG) 5–4  Jin Long (CHN)
WC6  Mark Allen (NIR) 5–2  Li Hang (CHN)
WC7  Marco Fu (HKG) 5–4  Li Yuan (CHN)
WC8  Ricky Walden (ENG) 5–3  Yu Delu (CHN)

Main draw

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Last 32
Best of 9 frames
Last 16
Best of 9 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 19 frames
               
1 Scotland Graeme Dott 1
England Barry Pinches 5
  England Barry Pinches 1
England Nigel Bond 5
13 England Stephen Lee 3
England Nigel Bond 5
England Nigel Bond 0
10 Scotland Stephen Maguire 5
10 Scotland Stephen Maguire 5
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 3
10 Scotland Stephen Maguire 5
England Barry Hawkins 2
8 Scotland Stephen Hendry 1
England Barry Hawkins 5
10 Scotland Stephen Maguire 6
16 Wales Ryan Day 5
6 England Peter Ebdon 5
England Jamie Cope 1
6 England Peter Ebdon 2
12 Wales Mark Williams 5
12 Wales Mark Williams 5
Scotland Marcus Campbell 1
12 Wales Mark Williams 3
16 Wales Ryan Day 5
16 Wales Ryan Day 5
Wales Matthew Stevens 3
16 Wales Ryan Day 5
4 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 3
4 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5
England Mike Dunn 2
10 Scotland Stephen Maguire 10
3 England Shaun Murphy 9
3 England Shaun Murphy 5
England Dave Harold 3
3 England Shaun Murphy 5
9 China Ding Junhui 4
9 China Ding Junhui 5
England Joe Perry 3
3 England Shaun Murphy 5
Northern Ireland Mark Allen 3
14 England Ali Carter 5
England Stuart Bingham 3
14 England Ali Carter 3
Northern Ireland Mark Allen 5
7 Australia Neil Robertson 2
Northern Ireland Mark Allen 5
3 England Shaun Murphy 6
11 England Mark Selby 3
5 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 4
Hong Kong Marco Fu 5
Hong Kong Marco Fu 3
11 England Mark Selby 5
11 England Mark Selby 5
England Ricky Walden 2
11 England Mark Selby 5
2 Scotland John Higgins 2
15 England Steve Davis 2
England Mark King 5
England Mark King 1
2 Scotland John Higgins 5
2 Scotland John Higgins 5
Northern Ireland Joe Swail 4

Final

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Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas.
Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 30 March 2008.[4][5]
Stephen Maguire (10)
 Scotland
10–9 Shaun Murphy (3)
 England
Afternoon: 60–41, 32–63 (54), 0–72 (72), 74–0 (74), 120–0 (106), 68–24, 114–0 (102), 0–136 (136)
Evening: 24–75 (75), 36–61, 8–92 (81), 39–74, 137–0 (137), 80–15, 80–0 (80), 97–17 (89), 0–107 (86), 46–61, 64–40
137 Highest break 136
3 Century breaks 1
6 50+ breaks 6

Qualifying

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Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 22 and 25 January 2008.[4]

Round 1
Best of 9 frames
Round 2
Best of 9 frames
Round 3
Best of 9 frames
Round 4
Best of 9 frames
England Shailesh Jogia5England Barry Pinches5England David Gray3England Michael Holt2
Wales Gareth Coppack1England Shailesh Jogia2England Barry Pinches5England Barry Pinches5
Scotland James McBain5England David Roe5England Andy Hicks4England Nigel Bond5
Belgium Kevin Van Hove2Scotland James McBain4England David Roe5England David Roe3
England Mark Joyce5England Judd Trump5Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien5England Ian McCulloch2
Thailand Supoj Saenla1England Mark Joyce4England Judd Trump1Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien5
China Liu Song5Wales Ian Preece2England John Parrott5England Barry Hawkins5
England Alfred Burden0China Liu Song5China Liu Song0England John Parrott1
Norway Kurt Maflin5Finland Robin Hullw/dScotland Alan McManus0England Jamie Cope5
China Xiao Guodong3Norway Kurt Maflinw/oNorway Kurt Maflin5Norway Kurt Maflin1
England Matthew Selt5Scotland Marcus Campbell5England Andrew Norman1England Anthony Hamilton1
Scotland Fraser Patrick1England Matthew Selt0Scotland Marcus Campbell5Scotland Marcus Campbell5
China Tian Pengfei2Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney4England A Higginson5Wales Matthew Stevens5
China Liu Chuang5China Liu Chuang5China Liu Chuang3England A Higginson4
England Munraj Pal4England Mike Dunn5England David Gilbert2Northern Ireland Gerard Greene3
Wales Michael White5Wales Michael White3England Mike Dunn5England Mike Dunn5
England Lee Spick5England Rod Lawler1England Mark Davis3England Dave Harold5
England Ashley Wright1England Lee Spick5England Lee Spick5England Lee Spick0
Republic of Ireland David Morris5Scotland Scott MacKenzie3England Robert Milkins5England Joe Perry5
England Ben Woollaston3Republic of Ireland David Morris5Republic of Ireland David Morris0England Robert Milkins2
Malta Tony Drago5Wales Paul Davies5Thailand James Wattana2England Stuart Bingham5
England Jimmy Robertson3Malta Tony Drago3Wales Paul Davies5Wales Paul Davies3
England Alex Davies5Scotland Drew Henry5England Adrian Gunnell4Northern Ireland Mark Allen5
Republic of Ireland Rodney Goggins2England Alex Davies2Scotland Drew Henry5Scotland Drew Henry4
England Jamie O'Neill5England Tom Ford5England Rory McLeod5Hong Kong Marco Fu5
England Martin Gould4England Jamie O'Neill2England Tom Ford3England Rory McLeod4
Wales Lee Walkerw/dEngland Jimmy Michie5England Ricky Walden5Wales Dominic Dale4
Thailand Issara Kachaiwongw/oThailand Issara Kachaiwong4England Jimmy Michie3England Ricky Walden5
China Liang Wenbo3England Stuart Pettman5Republic of Ireland Michael Judge3England Mark King5
Australia Steve Mifsud5Australia Steve Mifsud2England Stuart Pettman5England Stuart Pettman2
Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez5England Jimmy White0Scotland Jamie Burnett5Northern Ireland Joe Swail5
Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace2Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez5Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez1Scotland Jamie Burnett2

Century breaks

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Qualifying stage centuries

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Televised stage centuries

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References

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  1. ^ "Murphy to play China's Ding after longest frame at snooker China Open". China Internet Information Center. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Snooker: Maximum break for Stephen Maguire". 2008-03-30. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  3. ^ "Preisgeld China Open 2008". brownball.de. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d e "2008 China Open". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 10 April 2008.
  5. ^ a b "Honghe Industrial China Open 2008". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 March 2011.