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2009 Jiangsu Classic


FieldValue
tournament_nameWuzhou International Group Jiangsu Classic
dates
venueWuxi Sports Center
locationWuxi
countryChina
organisationWPBSA
formatNon-ranking event
winners_share£20,000
highest_breakENG Mark Selby (147)
winnerNIR Mark Allen
runner_upCHN Ding Junhui
score6–0
previous[2008](2008-jiangsu-classic)
next[2010](2010-wuxi-classic)

The 2009 Wuzhou International Group Jiangsu Classic was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4–7 June 2009 at the Wuxi Sports Center in Wuxi, China. The round-robin stage consisted of two groups of six players, ten top 16 players. The tournament was renamed the following year to Wuxi Classic.

Mark Selby made the 69th official maximum break during his last round robin match against Joe Perry. This was Selby's first official 147 break.

Mark Allen won his first professional title by defeating defending champion Ding Junhui 6–0.

Prize fund

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

  • Winner: £20,000
  • Runner-Up: £9,000
  • Semi-finalist: £8,000
  • 3rd place in Group: £4,000
  • 4th place in Group: £2,000
  • Appearance Fees for professionals: £2,500
  • Highest Break: £1,000

Round robin stage

Group 1

POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS
1CHN **Ding Junhui**5495+44
2NIR **Mark Allen**5374+33
3WAL Ryan Day5375+23
4CHN Li Hang5365+13
5SCO Stephen Hendry5267−12
6ENG Peter Ebdon50310−70

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

  • Ding Junhui 1–2 Li Hang → 29–47, (117) 118–12, 38–73 (65)
  • Mark Allen 2–0 Stephen Hendry → (60) 77–40, 65–0
  • Ryan Day 2–0 Peter Ebdon → (132)-0, (60) 66–51
  • Ding Junhui 2–1 Stephen Hendry → 80–47, 32–71 (60), 64–43
  • Ryan Day 2–0 Mark Allen → 53–52, 62–21
  • Peter Ebdon 1–2 Li Hang → (55) 66–14, 44–68, 17–92
  • Ding Junhui 2–1 Mark Allen → (52) 92–45, (53) 60–70, (78) 92–26
  • Ryan Day 1–2 Li Hang → 69–13, 8-(77), 16-(62)
  • Peter Ebdon 1–2 Stephen Hendry → 64–16, 9–73 (64), 28–66
  • Ryan Day 2–1 Stephen Hendry → (68)-0, 14-(102), (76)-1
  • Ding Junhui 2–1 Peter Ebdon → 49–70 (52), 70–46, 70–47
  • Mark Allen 2–0 Li Hang → 79–44, (52) 68–49
  • Stephen Hendry 2–0 Li Hang → 94–21, 71–7
  • Mark Allen 2–0 Peter Ebdon → 78–73, 86–32
  • Ding Junhui 2–0 Ryan Day → 65–16, 53–35

Group 2

POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS
1ENG **Shaun Murphy**5483+54*
2HKG **Marco Fu**5483+54
3ENG Joe Perry5376+13
4ENG Mark Selby5267−12
5ENG Ali Carter5258−32
6CHN Jin Long50310−70

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

  • Shaun Murphy 2–0 Jin Long → 54–52, (114)-6
  • Joe Perry 0–2 Marco Fu → 60–88, 13–74
  • Ali Carter 0–2 Mark Selby → 33–70, 2–124 (92)
  • Shaun Murphy 2–0 Marco Fu → 80–0, 72–0
  • Ali Carter 2–1 Joe Perry → 0-(99), (56) 96–22, 45–38
  • Mark Selby 2–1 Jin Long → 42–102, 68–41, 106–33
  • Shaun Murphy 0–2 Joe Perry → 0-(74), 0–80
  • Ali Carter 2–1 Jin Long → 1–80, (81) 85–15, 58–52
  • Mark Selby 1–2 Marco Fu → 44–100 (58), 74–6, 6–60
  • Ali Carter 0–2 Marco Fu → 29–55, 17–86 (81)
  • Shaun Murphy 2–0 Mark Selby → 84–29, (52) 85–8
  • Joe Perry 2–1 Jin Long → 28–61, 53–44, 64-(54)
  • Marco Fu 2–0 Jin Long → (54) 69–29, 54–37
  • Joe Perry 2–1 Mark Selby → 0–151 (147), 68–56, (74)-1
  • Shaun Murphy 2–1 Ali Carter → 76–63, 26–82 (64), (85) 86–0
  • Shaun Murphy topped the group ahead of Marco Fu due to winning their head to head match 2–0

Knock-out stages

Best of 11 frames | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=CHN Ding Junhui* | RD1-score1=5 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=HKG Marco Fu | RD1-score2=1 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=ENG Shaun Murphy | RD1-score3=2 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=NIR Mark Allen** | RD1-score4=5 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=CHN Ding Junhui | RD2-score1=0 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=NIR Mark Allen | RD2-score2=6

  • 76–51, 0–63, (104) 125–0, (124) 128–1, (97)-0, (72)-0

** 4–110 (86), 64–55, 25–66 (61), (74) 83–1, 16–78 (72), 4–124 (88), 47–76

Final

050+ breaks**4**

Century breaks

  • 147 Mark Selby
  • 132 Ryan Day
  • 124, 117, 104 Ding Junhui
  • 114 Shaun Murphy
  • 102 Stephen Hendry

More

References

  1. "Jiangsu Classic Draw".
  2. Turner, Chris. "Maximum Breaks". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive.
  3. (June 2017). "Allen Soars To Jiangsu". [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]].
  4. "Global Snooker: Results and information".
  5. (June 2017). "Selby Joins Maximum Club". [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]].
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