Tournament information | |
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Dates | 26 October – 2 November 2014 |
Venue | Sichuan International Tennis Center |
City | Chengdu |
Country | China |
Organisation | World Snooker |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £625,000 |
Winner's share | £125,000 |
Highest break | Mitchell Mann ( ENG) (142) |
Final | |
Champion | Ricky Walden ( ENG) |
Runner-up | Mark Allen ( NIR) |
Score | 10–7 |
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The 2014 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 26 October and 2 November 2014 at the Sichuan International Tennis Center in Chengdu, China. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2014/2015 season. [1]
Ding Junhui was the defending champion, [2] but he lost 5–6 against amateur Wang Zepeng in the qualifying round. [3]
Ricky Walden won his third ranking title by defeating Mark Allen 10–7 in the final. [4] [5]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: [6] [7]
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These matches were played in Chengdu on 26 October 2014. [8] [9] [10]
Match | Score | ||
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WC1 | Mitchell Mann ( ENG) | 6–1 | Niu Zhuang ( CHN) |
WC2 | Jamie Jones ( WAL) | 5–6 | Zhao Xintong ( CHN) |
WC3 | Joe Swail ( NIR) | 6–4 | Yan Bingtao ( CHN) |
WC4 | Oliver Lines ( ENG) | 6–3 | Huang Jiahao ( CHN) |
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee:
Jan Verhaas. Sichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu, China, 2 November 2014. [10] [11] | ||
Mark Allen Northern Ireland |
7–10 |
Ricky Walden England |
Afternoon: 1–109 (59), 85–1, 25–69 (64), 52–57, 76–48, 113–1 (113), 49–67, 67–18, 71–31 (52) Evening: 0–100, 44–79, 4–85 (85), 69–1 (68), 88–4 (74), 0–85 (85), 0–103 (103), 6–116 (54, 62) | ||
113 | Highest break | 103 |
1 | Century breaks | 1 |
4 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
These matches took place between 22 and 25 September 2014 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. [12] [13] All matches were best of 11 frames. [14]