2009 Jiangsu Classic

Wuzhou International Group Jiangsu Classic
Tournament information
Dates4–7 June 2009 (2009-06-04 – 2009-06-07)
VenueWuxi Sports Center
CityWuxi
CountryChina
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£20,000
Highest breakEngland Mark Selby (147)
Final
ChampionNorthern Ireland Mark Allen
Runner-upChina Ding Junhui
Score6–0
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Snooker tournament

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.[1] 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.[2]

Mark Allen won his first professional title by defeating defending champion Ding Junhui 6–0.[3]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]

  • 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

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Group 1

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS
1 China Ding Junhui 5 4 9 5 +4 4
2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 5 3 7 4 +3 3
3 Wales Ryan Day 5 3 7 5 +2 3
4 China Li Hang 5 3 6 5 +1 3
5 Scotland Stephen Hendry 5 2 6 7 −1 2
6 England Peter Ebdon 5 0 3 10 −7 0

(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

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS
1 England Shaun Murphy 5 4 8 3 +5 4*
2 Hong Kong Marco Fu 5 4 8 3 +5 4
3 England Joe Perry 5 3 7 6 +1 3
4 England Mark Selby 5 2 6 7 −1 2
5 England Ali Carter 5 2 5 8 −3 2
6 China Jin Long 5 0 3 10 −7 0

(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

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Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames 		Final
Best of 11 frames
      
China Ding Junhui* 5
Hong Kong Marco Fu 1
China Ding Junhui 0
Northern Ireland Mark Allen 6
England Shaun Murphy 2
Northern Ireland Mark Allen** 5

* 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

Final: Best of 11 frames
Wuxi Sports Center, Wuxi, China, 7 June 2009.[4]
Ding Junhui
 China 		0–6 Mark Allen
 Northern Ireland
0–105 (64), 8–81 (71), 19–102 (74), 41–63, 32–68, 14–67 (58)
37 Highest break 74
0 Century breaks 0
0 50+ breaks 4

Century breaks

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More

  1. ^ "Jiangsu Classic Draw". Archived from the original on 2009-08-01. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  2. ^ Turner, Chris. "Maximum Breaks". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Allen Soars To Jiangsu". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 17 April 2010.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ a b c d e "Global Snooker: Results and information". Archived from the original on 2009-08-01. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
  5. ^ "Selby Joins Maximum Club". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 17 April 2010.[permanent dead link]