2009 China Open (snooker)

The 2009 Bank of Beijing China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 30 March and 5 April 2009 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. The event was sponsored by Bank of Beijing and Hyundai.

The defending champion was Stephen Maguire, but he lost in the first round 0–5 against Dave Harold.

Peter Ebdon won in the final 10–8 against John Higgins.

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

Winner: £52,000

Runner-Up: £25,000

Semi-Finalists: £9,000

Quarter-Finalists: £5,775

Last 16: £5,000

Last 32: £3,450

Last 48: £2,050

Last 64: £1,400

Stage one highest break: £500

Stage two highest break: £2,000

Stage one maximum break: £1,000

Stage two maximum break: £20,000

Wildcard round
These matches were played in Beijing on March 30.

Qualifying
These matches took place between 21 and 24 January 2009 at the Pontin's Centre, Prestatyn, Wales.

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 142, 109 – Stuart Pettman
 * 138 – Patrick Wallace
 * 131 – Scott MacKenzie
 * 127 – Joe Swail
 * 124 – Stuart Bingham
 * 123, 109 – Ricky Walden
 * 121 – Liu Chuang
 * 110 – Atthasit Mahitthi


 * 109 – Jamie Cope
 * 109, 103 – Jin Long
 * 104 – Kuldesh Johal
 * 103 – Martin Gould
 * 103 – Michael Judge
 * 100 – David Gilbert
 * 100 – Judd Trump

Televised stage centuries

 * 140, 132, 121, 110, 103 – John Higgins
 * 140, 128, 105 – Ricky Walden
 * 138, 108, 100 – Peter Ebdon
 * 134, 118 – Gerard Greene
 * 132 – Mark Allen
 * 129, 108 – Stephen Hendry
 * 127 – Ding Junhui
 * 124, 104 – Ronnie O'Sullivan


 * 115 – Dave Harold
 * 114 – Shaun Murphy
 * 109, 101, 100 – Graeme Dott
 * 108 – Xiao Guodong
 * 105 – Tian Pengfei
 * 105 – Mark Selby
 * 100 – Judd Trump