2008_Jiangsu_Classic Knowpia

Guolian Securities Jiangsu Classic
Tournament information
Dates	4–8 June 2008
Venue	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium; Wuxi Sports Center
City	Nanjing; Wuxi
Country	China
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£64,000
Winner's share	£20,000
Highest break	110
Final
Champion	Ding Junhui
Runner-up	Mark Selby
Score	6–5
	← First 2009 →

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.

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 edit

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 edit

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Group A edit

POS	Player	MP	MW	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	Joe Perry	5	5	10	2	+8	5
2	Ryan Day	5	4	8	4	+4	4
3	Jin Long	5	2	6	6	0	2
4	Shaun Murphy	5	2	5	7	−2	2
5	Liang Wenbo	5	1	4	8	−4	1
6	Neil Robertson	5	1	3	9	−6	1

(breaks above 50 shown between brackets), breaks 100 and above will be indicated bold.

Shaun Murphy 2–0 Jin Long → (80) 137–0, (65) 107–0
Neil Robertson 0–2 Liang Wenbo → 54–59, 3–115 (89)
Ryan Day 0–2 Joe Perry → 43–65, 9–63 (62)
Shaun Murphy 2–1 Liang Wenbo → 72–52, 1–85 (76), 69–18
Ryan Day 2–1 Neil Robertson → 73–50, 30–68 (64), (59) 68–23
Shaun Murphy 1–2 Neil Robertson → 7–81, 72-(52), 37–71
Joe Perry 2–1 Jin Long → 72–23, 40–72, 77–40
Ryan Day 2–1 Jin Long → 0-(86), (100)-0, (73) 77–0
Joe Perry 2–1 Liang Wenbo → 40–76, 61–44, (77) 83–1
Ryan Day 2–0 Liang Wenbo → (91) 92–28, (89)-20
Shaun Murphy 0–2 Joe Perry → 44–64, ?-?
Neil Robertson 0–2 Jin Long → 26–59 (59), 8–92
Liang Wenbo 0–2 Jin Long → 40–80, 0–91 (62)
Neil Robertson 0–2 Joe Perry → 6–94, 43–92 (81)
Shaun Murphy 0–2 Ryan Day → 7–98 (62), 58–70

Group B edit

POS	Player	MP	MW	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	Ding Junhui	5	5	10	2	+8	5
2	Mark Selby	5	3	7	6	+1	3
3	Peter Ebdon	5	2	7	8	−1	2
4	Liu Chuang	5	2	5	7	−2	2
5	Ali Carter	5	2	5	8	−3	2
6	Li Hang	5	1	5	8	−3	1

(breaks above 50 shown between brackets), breaks 100 and above will be indicated bold.

Mark Selby 2–1 → Li Hang 57–7, 2–66 (64), (100) 119–4
Peter Ebdon 1–2 Liu Chuang → (66) 79–25, (53)-55, 35–59
Ali Carter 0–2 Ding Junhui → 15–109 (108), 2–64
Mark Selby 2–0 Liu Chuang → (102) 111–0, (86)-33
Ali Carter 2–1 Peter Ebdon → (68) 69–0, 0–102 (93), 68–35
Ding Junhui 2–1 Li Hang → (72)-0, 31–70 (54), 85–44
Mark Selby 1–2 Peter Ebdon → 71–43, 16-(100), 20–82 (68)
Ali Carter 0–2 Li Hang → 0–79 (75), 4–50
Ding Junhui 2–0 Liu Chuang → (77) 78–11, 61–54
Ali Carter 2–1 Liu Chuang → 68–52, 23–72, 62–55
Mark Selby 0–2 Ding Junhui → 10-(110), 30–69
Peter Ebdon 2–1 Li Hang → (60) 84–8, 35–73, 66–17
Liu Chuang 2–0 Li Hang → 68–8, 65–18
Peter Ebdon 1–2 Ding Junhui → 2–76, (59) 77–0, 66–68
Mark Selby 2–1 Ali Carter → (62) 67–24, 0–124 (52,72), (72)-1

Knock-out stages edit

^[2]^[3]

Semi-finals Best of 9 frames		Final Best of 11 frames

Joe Perry	1

Mark Selby*	4
		Mark Selby	5

		Ding Junhui	6
Ding Junhui**	4

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 edit

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 edit

^[2]^[3]

110, 108, 108 – Ding Junhui
102, 100 – Mark Selby
100 – Ryan Day
100 – Peter Ebdon

References edit

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "2008 Guolian Securities Jiangsu Snooker Classic". Archived from the original on 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2006-08-08.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Top Snooker: 2008 Jiangsu Classic Information & Draw". Archived from the original on 2009-01-18. Retrieved 2009-05-20.

[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.

[GSC-2] "2008 Guolian Securities Jiangsu Snooker Classic". Archived from the original on 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2006-08-08.

[Top_Snooker-3] "Top Snooker: 2008 Jiangsu Classic Information & Draw". Archived from the original on 2009-01-18. Retrieved 2009-05-20.

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Tournament information
Dates	4–8 June 2008 (2008-06-04 – 2008-06-08)
Venue	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium Wuxi Sports Center
City	Nanjing Wuxi
Country	China
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£64,000
Winner's share	£20,000
Highest break	110
Final
Champion	Ding Junhui
Runner-up	Mark Selby
Score	6–5
← First 2009 →

Summary

Prize fund edit

Round-robin stage edit

Group A edit

Group B edit

Knock-out stages edit

Final edit

Century breaks edit

References edit