2008_Guolian_Securities_Jiangsu_Snooker_Classic

2008 Jiangsu Classic

2008 Jiangsu Classic

Snooker tournament

The 2008 Guolian Securities Jiangsu Classic was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4 and 8 June 2008 in two cities in the Jiangsu Province, China.

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The round-robin stage consisted of two groups of six players, eight top 16 players and four Chinese wild cards. The final was staged at the Wuxi Sports Center in Wuxi, while the rest of the tournament had been held at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Nanjing.[1]

Ding Junhui, the only player to have won all his matches, delighted his home crowd by taking the title with a tense final frame decider defeat of Mark Selby.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[2]

  • Winner: £20,000
  • Runner-Up: £9,000
  • Semi-final: £4,000
  • 3rd place in group: £2,000
  • 4th place in group: £1,000
  • Appearance Fees for 8 professionals: £2,500
  • Highest break: £1,000
  • Total: £64,000

Round-robin stage

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Group A

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Group B

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Knock-out stages

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Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames 		Final
Best of 11 frames
      
England Joe Perry 1
England Mark Selby* 4
England Mark Selby 5
China Ding Junhui 6
China Ding Junhui** 4
Wales Ryan Day 0

* 32–71, (51) 75–43, 1–75 (52), 1–81 (74), 22–97 (81)
** (52) 75–21, (81) 85–0, (75) 120–1, (108) 120–0

Final

Final: Best of 11 frames.
Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium, Wuxi, China, 8 June 2008.[2][3]
Mark Selby
 England		 5–6 Ding Junhui
 China
63–50, 52–60, 67–41, 36–76 (50), 24–68 (59), 38–77
49–70 (70), 85–44 (64), 93–14 (85), 75–0 (74), 52–77 (52, 61)
85 Highest break 70
0 Century breaks 0
4 50+ breaks 4

Century breaks

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References

  1. [1]
    Turner, Chris. "China International, China Open, Shanghai Masters, Jiangsu/Wuxi Classic". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  2. [2]
    "2008 Guolian Securities Jiangsu Snooker Classic". Archived from the original on 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2006-08-08.
  3. [3]
    "Top Snooker: 2008 Jiangsu Classic Information & Draw". Archived from the original on 2009-01-18. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
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