Haining Open

Haining Open
Tournament information
Location Haining
Country China
Established 2014
Organisation(s) WPBSA (until 2015)
CBSA (since 2016)
Format Non-ranking event
Current champion(s) England Mark Selby

The Haining Open is a non-ranking snooker tournament, which was former a minor-ranking part of the Players Tour Championship (until 2015).

History

The tournament started in 2014 and was staged at the Haining Sports Center in Haining, Zhejiang, China. The inaugural tournament was won by Stuart Bingham who defeated fellow countryman Oliver Lines 4–0 in the final.[1] In 2015, Ding Junhui have won the tournament.[2]

Matthew Selt was the winner of the highly secretive 2016 Haining Open tournament, an event which half of the tour wasn't even aware was running again after the recent demise of the satellite Asian Tour.[3] Mark Selby is the 2018 Haining Open champion.

Winners

Year Winner Runner-up Final score Season
Haining Open (minor-ranking)
2014[4] England Stuart Bingham England Oliver Lines 4–0 2014/15
2015[5] China Ding Junhui England Ricky Walden 4–3 2015/16
Haining Open (non-ranking)
2016[6] England Matthew Selt China Li Hang 5–3 2016/17
2017 England Mark Selby England Tom Ford 5–1 2017/18
2018 England Mark Selby China Li Hang 5–4 2018/19

References

  1. ↑ Lambert, Luke (24 October 2014). "Stuart Bingham eases to Haining Open title". The Echo. Essex. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Haining Open Winners". Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Liang Wenbo and Ding Junhui Survive in Daqing". sportinglife.com. snookerhq.com. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Bingham Wins Haining Open". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Ding delivers in China". sportinglife.com. SportingLife. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  6. ↑ Matt Selt is the 2016 Haining Open Champion after beating Li Hang 5-3 in the final
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