2010 Beijing International Challenge

Beijing International Challenge

Tournament information
Dates	19–25 July 2010
Venue	Beijing University Students' Gymnasium
City	Beijing
Country	China
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£40,000
Highest break	140
Final
Champion	Tian Pengfei
Runner-up	Ryan Day
Score	9–3
← 2009

The 2010 Beijing International Challenge (also known as the 2010 BTV Cup) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19–25 July 2010 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China.

Tian Pengfei won his first professional title by defeating Ryan Day 9–3 in the final.^[1]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[2]

• Winner: £40,000
• Runner-up: £19,500
• Semi-final: £7,500
• Highest break: £2,500
• Maximum break: Hyundai Sedan

Main draw

Round-robin stage

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Group A

Table POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Ryan Day 4 3 18 15 +3 3 2 Liang Wenbo 4 2 18 15 +3 2 3 Ali Carter 4 2 17 17 0 2 4 Xiao Guodong 4 2 14 17 −3 2 5 Mark Allen 4 1 15 18 −3 1

Results: Ali Carter 5–4 Liang Wenbo Mark Allen 3–5 Xiao Guodong Ryan Day 3–5 Ali Carter Liang Wenbo 5–2 Xiao Guodong Mark Allen 5–3 Ali Carter Liang Wenbo 4–5 Ryan Day Mark Allen 4–5 Ryan Day Ali Carter 4–5 Xiao Guodong Liang Wenbo 5–3 Mark Allen Ryan Day 5–2 Xiao Guodong

Group B

Table POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Tian Pengfei 4 3 16 14 +2 3 2 Stephen Maguire 4 2 17 13 +4 2 3 Jin Long 4 2 15 13 +2 2 4 Marco Fu 4 2 16 18 −2 2 5 Stephen Hendry 4 1 13 19 −5 1

Results: Stephen Hendry 2–5 Tian Pengfei Stephen Maguire 5–1 Jin Long Marco Fu 5–4 Stephen Hendry Stephen Maguire 3–5 Tian Pengfei Marco Fu 4–5 Tian Pengfei Stephen Hendry 2–5 Jin Long Marco Fu 5–4 Jin Long Stephen Maguire 4–5 Stephen Hendry Tian Pengfei 1–5 Jin Long Stephen Maguire 5–2 Marco Fu

Knock-out stage

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	Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
		Stephen Maguire	3
		Ryan Day	6
							Ryan Day	3
							Tian Pengfei	9
		Liang Wenbo	4
		Tian Pengfei	6

Qualifying

The qualifying tournament for the Beijing International Challenge (also known as the 2010 Chinese Classic) took place between 16 and 18 July 2010 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, in Beijing, China.

Round-robin stage

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Group A

Table POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Zhang Anda 2 2 8 3 +5 2 2 Tian Pengfei 2 1 6 6 0 1 3 Li Hang 2 0 3 8 −5 0

Results: Li Hang 1–4 Zhang Anda Tian Pengfei 4–2 Li Hang Tian Pengfei 2–4 Zhang Anda

Group B

Table POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Jin Long 2 1 6 5 +1 1 2 Li Yan 2 1 5 5 0 1 3 Xiao Guodong 2 1 5 6 −1 1

Results: Li Yan 1–4 Jin Long Jin Long 2–4 Xiao Guodong Xiao Guodong 1–4 Li Yan

Knock-out stage

^[2]

	Semi-finals Best of 7 frames					Final Best of 9 frames
		Tian Pengfei	4
		Jin Long	3
							Tian Pengfei	5
							Zhang Anda	3
		Li Yan	3
		Zhang Anda	4

Century breaks

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Qualifying centuries 119 Xiao Guodong 114, 107 Jin Long 113 Li Yan 103 Zhang Anda

Main draw centuries 140, 110, 108, 105, 100 Liang Wenbo 137, 107, 107, 103, 102 Mark Allen 136, 136, 111 Marco Fu 133, 100 Tian Pengfei 120, 116, 116, 105 Stephen Maguire 114 Ali Carter 114, 106, 102 Ryan Day 107, 100 Jin Long 100 Stephen Hendry

References

1. "BTV International: Tian's The Man". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
2. "BTV International 2010, 19–25 июля, Китай". Top-Snooker.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
3. "2010年国际斯诺克北京挑战赛 完全赛果". Top147.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2010.