2007 China Open (snooker)
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 25 March – 1 April 2007 |
| Venue | Beijing University Students' Gymnasium |
| City | Beijing |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £225,500 |
| Winner's share | £35,000 |
| Highest break |  Jamie Cope (ENG) (145) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Graeme Dott (SCO) |
| Runner-up | Jamie Cope (ENG) |
| Score | 9–5 |
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The 2007 Honghe Industrial China Open was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 25 March and 1 April 2007 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the penultimate ranking event of the 2006–07 season, preceding the 2007 World Championship.
The defending champion was Mark Williams, but he lost in the first round 1–5 against Jamie Cope.
Graeme Dott won the tournament by defeating Cope 9–5 in the final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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Wildcard round
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 | Jamie Cope (ENG) |
5–1 |  Yang Qingtian (CHN)
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| WC2 | Alfie Burden (ENG) |
2–5 | Mei Xiwen (CHN)
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| WC3 |  Joe Swail (NIR) |
5–4 | Jin Long (CHN)
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| WC4 |  Ian Preece (WAL) |
4–5 | Li Hang (CHN)
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| WC5 | Tom Ford (ENG) |
3–5 | Xiao Guodong (CHN)
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| WC6 | Joe Jogia (ENG) |
1–5 | Yu Delu (CHN)
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| WC7 | Andy Hicks (ENG) |
4–5 | Liu Chuang (CHN)
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| WC8 | Jimmy White (ENG) |
5–2 | Zheng Peng (CHN)
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Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Johan Oomen. Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, April 1, 2007. | ||
| Jamie Cope England
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5–9 | Graeme Dott (2) Scotland
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| Afternoon: 46–71, 64–5 (64), 16–80, 97–0 (97), 0–132 (60, 72), 36–67, 0–76 (70), 0–95 (95) Evening: 91–4 (90), 97–0 (77), 71–57, 5–124 (124), 0–126 (126), 40–71 | ||
| 97 | Highest break | 126 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 2 |
| 4 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales between 23 January and 26 January 2007.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
- ^ "2007 China Open – Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Honghe Industrial China Open 2007". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
- ^ "2007 China Open". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 15 July 2007.