2011 Hainan Classic

The 2011 Chinalife Xingpai Hainan Classic was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10 and 13 March 2011 at the Boao Conference Center in Boao, China.

John Higgins won in the final 7–2 against Jamie Cope.

Prize fund

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

• Winner: £40,000
• Runner-up: £18,000
• Semi-finalists: £7,000
• 2nd in group: £3,500
• 3rd in group: £1,500
• 4th in group: £500
• Highest break: £1,000
• Maximum break: £5,000
• Total: £100,000

Round-robin stage

Group A

Table

Results:

• John Higgins 2–1 Peter Ebdon
• Stephen Hendry 2–0 Li Yan
• Peter Ebdon 1–2 Stephen Hendry
• John Higgins 2–0 Stephen Hendry
• Peter Ebdon 2–0 Li Yan
• John Higgins 2–0 Li Yan

Group B

Table

Results:

• Neil Robertson 2–1 Cao Yupeng
• Jamie Cope 2–0 Jin Long
• Neil Robertson 1–2 Jamie Cope
• Cao Yupeng 1–2 Jin Long
• Cao Yupeng 0–2 Jamie Cope
• Neil Robertson 1–2 Jin Long

Group C

Table

Results:

• Ali Carter 2–0 Dennis Taylor
• Shaun Murphy 2–1 Tian Pengfei
• Shaun Murphy 1–2 Ali Carter
• Dennis Taylor 0–2 Tian Pengfei
• Shaun Murphy 2–0 Dennis Taylor
• Ali Carter 1–2 Tian Pengfei

^*Ali Carter went through as he made the highest break in the group. (Carter 88, Murphy 67, Tian 52)

Group D

Table

Results:

• Graeme Dott 2–0 Ricky Walden
• Ding Junhui 0–2 Graeme Dott
• Ricky Walden 0–2 Yu Delu
• Ding Junhui 0–2 Yu Delu
• Ding Junhui 2–1 Ricky Walden
• Graeme Dott 2–1 Yu Delu

Knock-out stage

Charity exhibition match

Century breaks

• 142 Jamie Cope
• 141 Graeme Dott
• 117, 113 Ding Junhui
• 111, 109 John Higgins
• 101 Neil Robertson
• 101 Yu Delu

Notes

• Carter went through, because he made the highest break in the group. (Carter 88, Murphy 67 and Tian 52)

References