The 2012 Wuxi Classic was a professional ranking snooker tournament held between 25 June–1 July 2012 at the Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China. It was the first year of the tournament as a ranking event, having been non-ranking in its previous playings.[1] It was also the first ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.[2]
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 25 June – 1 July 2012 |
Venue | Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium |
City | Wuxi |
Country | China |
Organisation | World Snooker |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £405,000 |
Winner's share | £75,000 |
Highest break | Stuart Bingham (ENG) (147) |
Final | |
Champion | Ricky Walden (ENG) |
Runner-up | Stuart Bingham (ENG) |
Score | 10–4 |
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Mark Selby was the defending champion,[3] but he lost in the quarter-finals 5–4 against Stuart Bingham.[4][5]
Ricky Walden won his second ranking title by defeating Bingham 10–4 in the final.[6][7] During the final Bingham made the 89th official maximum break. This was Bingham's third 147 break.[8]
It was announced on 2 May 2012, that this year's prize money would be £400,000, which would rise to £425,000 for next year and then to £450,000 for the following three years.[1] The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[9]
These matches were played in Wuxi on 25 and 26 June 2012.[10][11][12][13]
Match | Score | ||
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WC1 | Ken Doherty (IRL) | 5–4 | Lu Ning (CHN) |
WC2 | Jamie Burnett (SCO) | 5–3 | Jin Long (CHN) |
WC3 | Michael White (WAL) | 4–5 | Zhou Yuelong (CHN) |
WC4 | Rod Lawler (ENG) | 5–2 | Li Hang (CHN) |
WC5 | Dave Harold (ENG) | 1–5 | Rouzi Maimaiti (CHN) |
WC6 | Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 5–2 | Lyu Haotian (CHN) |
WC7 | Michael Holt (ENG) | 1–5 | Zhu Yinghui (CHN) |
WC8 | Robert Milkins (ENG) | 5–2 | Chen Feilong (CHN) |
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore. Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium, Wuxi, China, 1 July 2012.[10][14] | ||
Stuart Bingham (14) England |
4–10 | Ricky Walden (13) England |
Afternoon: 57–59, 43–53, 1–69 (69), 22–62, 24–54, 147–0 (147), 1–57 (56), 33–65 Evening: 34–76, 24–74 (73), 103–0 (103), 100–0 (100), 92–20, 41–84 (74) | ||
147 | Highest break | 74 |
3 | Century breaks | 0 |
3 | 50+ breaks | 4 |
These matches were held between 5 and 8 June 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.[15][16][17] In the fourth frame of the match between Dominic Dale and Peter Lines, a 20-year-old record from the 1992 Asian Open was broken. They accumulated 192 points, then the most in a single frame in the history of snooker. Lines won the frame 108–84.[18] The previous record was 185, made when Sean Storey defeated Graham Cripsey 93–92.[19] The record stood until the quarter-finals of the 2023 UK Championship, when Mark Williams won frame eight of his match against Ding Junhui by a score of 101–94, for a total of 195 points.[20]
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