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Dates | 27 February – 4 March 2012 |
Venue | Haikou Stadium |
City | Haikou |
Country | China |
Organisation | World Snooker |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £400,500 |
Winner's share | £75,000 |
Highest break | Stephen Lee ( ENG) (138) |
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Champion | Mark Allen ( NIR) |
Runner-up | Stephen Lee ( ENG) |
Score | 10–1 |
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The 2012 Star Xing Pai Haikou World Open [1] was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 February – 4 March 2012 at the Haikou Stadium in Haikou, China. [2] It was the first time that the tournament was held outside the United Kingdom. It was televised on ITV4
Marco Fu made the 86th official maximum break during his round 4 qualifying match against Matthew Selt. This was Fu's second 147 break. [3]
Neil Robertson was the defending champion, but lost 2–5 against Stephen Lee in the second round.
Mark Allen won his first ranking title by defeating Stephen Lee 10–1 in the final. [4]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: [5]
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These matches were played in Haikou on 27 February 2012. [6] [7] [8] [9]
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WC1 | Sam Baird ( ENG) | 3–5 | Jin Long ( CHN) |
WC2 | Robert Milkins ( ENG) | 5–3 | Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon ( THA) |
WC3 | Mark King ( ENG) | 5–2 | Hossein Vafaei ( IRI) |
WC4 | Tom Ford ( ENG) | 5–4 | Lyu Haotian ( CHN) |
WC5 | Jimmy Robertson ( ENG) | 5–2 | Zhou Yuelong ( CHN) |
WC6 | Joe Perry ( ENG) | 5–0 | Rouzi Maimaiti ( CHN) |
WC7 | Michael Holt ( ENG) | 5–4 | Zhu Yinghui ( CHN) |
WC8 | Nigel Bond ( ENG) | 4–5 | Lu Ning ( CHN) |
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee:
Leo Scullion. Haikou Stadium, Haikou, China, 4 March 2012. [8] | ||
Stephen Lee (15) England |
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Mark Allen (10) Northern Ireland |
Afternoon: 55–66, 0–104 (104), 26–59 (50), 7–127 (127), 2–59 (53), 68–55 (67, 55), 39–72, 67–76, 0–123 (123) Evening: 18–69, 19–105 (104) | ||
67 | Highest break | 127 |
0 | Century breaks | 4 |
1 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
These matches were held between 11 and 14 January 2012 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England. [10] [11] [12]
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