The 2017 Yushan World Open was a professional

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tournament that took place between 18 and 24 September 2017 in Yushan,

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. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season. Qualifying took place between 6–9 August in

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. Ali Carter was the defending champion but he chose not to participate. Ding Junhui won his 13th ranking title, defeating Kyren Wilson 10–3 in the final. It was Ding's first ranking event win since the

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, a year earlier.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: * Winner: £150,000 * Runner-up: £75,000 * Semi-final: £32,000 * Quarter-final: £18,000 * Last 16: £12,000 * Last 32: £7,000 * Last 64: £4,000 * Highest break: £3,000 * Total: £700,000 The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £30,000.

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

These matches were held between 6 and 9 August 2017 at the Preston Guild Hall in

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. All matches were best of 9 frames. ;Notes

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 22 * 138 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh * 131

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* 131

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* 129 Barry Hawkins * 126 Xiao Guodong * 120 Cao Yupeng * 116

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* 113 Peter Ebdon * 112 Jack Lisowski * 112

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* 110 Matthew Stevens * 109 Oliver Lines * 107 Tom Ford * 106

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* 105 Stuart Bingham * 104 Ryan Day * 102 Zhang Anda * 102 Chen Zhe * 101 Fang Xiongman * 100 Alfie Burden * 100 Marco Fu * 100 Noppon Saengkham

Televised stage centuries

Total: 48 * 143, 127, 118, 102 Li Hang * 142, 142 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh * 142 Jimmy Robertson * 137 Anthony McGill * 136 Marco Fu * 135, 127, 127, 113, 104, 102 Kyren Wilson * 132, 130 David Gilbert * 132

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* 129 Peter Ebdon * 129 Michael Holt * 128, 121, 110, 108 Ding Junhui * 126, 125 John Higgins * 126, 121, 108 Mark Williams * 123, 110 John Astley * 119, 101 Sunny Akani * 117, 105

* 117

* 117 Elliot Slessor * 114 Joe Perry * 114 Chris Wakelin * 112

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* 105, 103

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* 105 Stuart Bingham * 105

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* 105

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* 103, 100 Neil Robertson * 103 Matthew Selt

References

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