The 2008
Honghe Industrial China Open was a professional
ranking
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tournament that took place between 24 and 30 March 2008 at the
Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in
Beijing
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, China. This was the penultimate ranking event of the
2007–08 season, preceding the
2008 World Snooker Championship
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.
The defending champion was
Graeme Dott, but he lost in the first round against
Barry Pinches.
Shaun Murphy
Shaun Peter Murphy (born 10 August 1982) is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Snooker Championship, 2005 World Championship. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted for his straight Cue stick, cue action and his lo ...
and
Dave Harold set two new records in the eight 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
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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.
Stephen Maguire made the first
maximum break in an Asian ranking tournament in the second frame of his semi-final encounter against
Ryan Day.
Maguire won his fourth ranking title by defeating Murphy 10–9 in a high-quality final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
*Winner:
£48,000
*Runner-up: £22,500
*Semi-final: £12,000
*Quarter-final: £6,500
*Last 16: £4,275
*Last 32: £2,750
*Last 48: £1,725
*Last 64: £1,325
*Stage one highest break: £500
*Stage two highest break: £2,000
*Stage one maximum break: £1,000
*Stage two maximum break: £20,000
*Total: £250,000
Wildcard round
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at
Pontins in
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,
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between 22 and 25 January 2008.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
*144
Munraj Pal
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Career
Pal turned professional in 1995, but fell off the tour two years later in 1997. He re-qualified during the 1997/1998 season, but lost his professional s ...
*138
Andrew Higginson
*134
Jamie Cope
*131
James McBain
*130, 104, 101
Liu Chuang
*128
Mike Dunn
*128
Mark Allen
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*125
Jimmy Michie
*120
Barry Pinches
*119
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*119
Anthony Hamilton
*114, 113
Liu Song
*113
David Roe
*112
David Morris
*110
Michael Holt
*104
Leo Fernandez
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Fernandez finished second on the PIOS Order of Merit in 2007 gaining promotion to the Main Tour for the 2007–08 season, although he fai ...
*104
Stuart Pettman
*104
Dave Harold
*103, 103, 102
Matthew Selt
*101, 101
Marco Fu
*100
Michael Judge
*100
Lee Spick
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He reac ...
*100
Fergal O'Brien
*100
Ian McCulloch
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, 137, 126, 106, 105, 102
Stephen Maguire
*140, 136
Ken Doherty
*136, 112, 111
Shaun Murphy
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*135, 118
Mark Allen
Mark may refer to:
Currency
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* East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic
* Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927
* Finn ...
*132, 127, 117, 109, 106
Mark Selby
*128
Fergal O'Brien
*127, 116
John Higgins
*127, 116
Barry Pinches
*123, 104
Ryan Day
*121, 114, 105
Marco Fu
*115
Jin Long
*112
Neil Robertson
*110, 108, 101
Mark Williams
*110, 106
Marcus Campbell
*107, 104
Ricky Walden
*104, 101, 100
Nigel Bond
*102
Barry Hawkins
References
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China Open (Snooker)
The China Open is a professional snooker tournament. It is one of a number of Snooker world rankings, ranking tournaments and began in 1997. The reigning champion is Neil Robertson.
History
The first international snooker tournament in China wa ...
China Open
Sports competitions in Beijing