2017 China Open (snooker)


The 2017 China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 27 March and 2 April 2017 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the eighteenth and penultimate ranking event of the 2016/2017 season. The tournament was broadcast in Europe on Eurosport and Eurosport Player.
Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals to Hossein Vafaei.
Judd Trump made the 130th official maximum break and the third of his career in the fifth frame of his 5–3 win over in the third round.
Mark Selby defeated Mark Williams 10–8 in the final to win his second China Open title and 11th career ranking title overall.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £30,000.

Wildcard round

These matches were played in Beijing on 27 March 2017.
MatchScore
WC1 Robbie Williamsw/d–w/o Fan Zhengyi
WC2 Jimmy White5–1 Li Yuan
WC3 Li Hang5–1 Luo Honghao
WC4 Alex Borg4–5 Niu Zhuang

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

These matches were played from 24–27 January 2017 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England, except for 4 matches which were held over and played in Beijing on 27 March 2017. All matches were best of 9 frames.

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

Total: 54
Total: 22