2006 China Open (snooker)

The 2006 Star Dragon Woods Villa Cup China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 20 and 26 March 2006 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the penultimate ranking event of the 2005–06 season, preceding the 2006 World Championship.

Mark Williams won the tournament by defeating John Higgins 9–8 in a high-quality final.

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

Winner: £30,000

Runner Up: £15,000

Semi Finalist: £7,500

Quarter Finalist: £5,600

Last 16: £4,000

Last 32: £2,500

Last 48: £1,625

Last 64: £1,100

Stage one high break: £500

Stage two high break: £2,000

Stage one maximum break: £1,000

Stage two maximum break: £20,000

Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales between November 15 and November 18, 2005.

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 137 – Mark Selby
 * 134 – Dave Harold
 * 130 – Nick Dyson
 * 129 – Jamie Burnett
 * 129 – Mark Davis
 * 127 – Patrick Wallace
 * 126 – Jimmy Michie
 * 124, 104 – Ryan Day
 * 122 – Simon Bedford
 * 119 – Leo Fernandez
 * 118, 107 – Stuart Bingham
 * 118 – Robin Hull


 * 116 – David Gilbert
 * 114 – James Tatton
 * 114 – Judd Trump
 * 112 – Gary Wilson
 * 109 – Alfie Burden
 * 109 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 106 – Andrew Norman
 * 104 – Liang Wenbo
 * 101 – Brian Morgan
 * 101 – Scott MacKenzie
 * 101 – David Roe

Televised stage centuries

 * 135, 119, 114 – Ding Junhui
 * 133, 116, 115 – Mark Williams
 * 131 – David Roe
 * 128, 100 – John Higgins
 * 127, 122 – Ricky Walden
 * 127 – Adrian Gunnell
 * 125 – Joe Swail
 * 124, 112 – Jamie Cope


 * 124 – Shaun Murphy
 * 123 – Michael Holt
 * 120 – Graeme Dott
 * 115 – Drew Henry
 * 107 – Scott MacKenzie
 * 107 – Yang Qingtian
 * 105 – Joe Perry
 * 101 – Matthew Stevens