2011 China Open (snooker)

The 2011 Bank of Beijing China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 28 March and 3 April 2011 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China.

Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost 4–5 against Stephen Lee in the first round, despite making four century breaks.

Judd Trump won his first ranking title by defeating Mark Selby 10–8 in the final. Trump made his 100th career century during the final.

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


 * Winner: £60,000
 * Runner-up: £30,000
 * Semi-final: £15,000
 * Quarter-final: £8,000
 * Last 16: £5,925
 * Last 32: £4,000
 * Last 48: £2,200
 * Last 64: £1,500


 * Stage one highest break: £400
 * Stage two highest break: £2,000
 * Total: £325,000

Wildcard round
These matches were played in Beijing on 28 & 29 March.

Qualifying
These matches took place between 24 and 27 February 2011 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 140, 117, 115, 103 – Kurt Maflin
 * 138 – Jimmy Robertson
 * 137 – Tony Drago
 * 136 – Stuart Pettman
 * 134 – Mark King
 * 130 – Ben Woollaston
 * 120 – Dominic Dale
 * 120 – Martin Gould


 * 116, 106 – Jack Lisowski
 * 112, 101 – David Gilbert
 * 109 – Judd Trump
 * 107 – Jamie Burnett
 * 107 – Robert Milkins
 * 105 – Matthew Couch
 * 105 – Ken Doherty
 * 102 – Anthony Hamilton

Televised stage centuries

 * 142, 114 – Robert Milkins
 * 139, 134, 132, 131, 130, 129, 124, 102 – Mark Selby
 * 138 – Nigel Bond
 * 137, 113, 104, 100 – Mark Williams
 * 137 – Mark Davis
 * 134, 133, 126, 120, 117 – Ding Junhui
 * 133, 117 – Li Hang
 * 130, 113, 104, 104 – Judd Trump
 * 128 – Barry Hawkins
 * 124 – Neil Robertson


 * 123 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 117 – Yu Delu
 * 108 – Shaun Murphy
 * 107 – John Higgins
 * 106 – Joe Perry
 * 103 – Kurt Maflin
 * 101 – Tian Pengfei
 * 100 – Stephen Hendry
 * 100 – Ryan Day