2008 Jiangsu Classic

Guolian Securities Jiangsu Classic
Tournament information
Dates4–8 June 2008 (2008-06-04 – 2008-06-08)
VenueNanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Wuxi Sports Center
CityNanjing
Wuxi
CountryChina
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£64,000
Winner's share£20,000
Highest break110
Final
ChampionChina Ding Junhui
Runner-upEngland Mark Selby
Score6–5
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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.

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

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

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

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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

[2][3]

References

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