2012 China Open (snooker)

The 2012 Bank of Beijing China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 26 March and 1 April 2012 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China.

Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals 3–5 against Stephen Lee.

Mark Selby withdrew from his second round match against Ding Junhui due to a neck injury.

Peter Ebdon won his ninth and final ranking title by defeating Stephen Maguire 10–9 in the final.

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


 * Winner: £75,000
 * Runner-up: £30,000
 * Semi-final: £18,000
 * Quarter-final: £10,000
 * Last 16: £7,500
 * Last 32: £6,000
 * Last 48: £2,300
 * Last 64: £1,500


 * Stage one highest break: £200
 * Stage two highest break: £2,000
 * Total: £400,000

Wildcard round
These matches were played in Beijing on 26 and 27 March.

Qualifying
These matches took place between 21 and 24 February 2012 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 139 – Adam Duffy
 * 137, 129, 129, 105 – Sam Craigie
 * 130, 123, 118, 107 – Cao Yupeng
 * 129 – Yu Delu
 * 128, 108 – Alfie Burden
 * 124 – Nigel Bond
 * 124 – Dominic Dale
 * 122 – Tom Ford
 * 121 – Xiao Guodong
 * 119 – David Morris
 * 116 – James Wattana
 * 115 – Luca Brecel
 * 112, 103 – Michael White


 * 112 – Andrew Norman
 * 108 – Adrian Gunnell
 * 106 – Aditya Mehta
 * 105 – Alan McManus
 * 104 – Ryan Day
 * 104 – Ricky Walden
 * 103, 100 – Jamie Cope
 * 103, 101, 100 – Jack Lisowski
 * 103 – Gerard Greene
 * 102 – Jamie Jones
 * 101 – Anthony Hamilton
 * 101 – Peter Ebdon
 * 100 – Joe Perry

Televised stage centuries

 * 139 – Mark Selby
 * 135 – Stephen Hendry
 * 132 – Stephen Maguire
 * 127 – Matthew Stevens
 * 124, 109, 107, 104, 103, 103 – Peter Ebdon
 * 122 – Judd Trump
 * 119, 114 – Lu Ning
 * 119, 102 – Ali Carter


 * 116 – Joe Perry
 * 113, 107, 100 – Stephen Lee
 * 111 – Ding Junhui
 * 107 – John Higgins
 * 105 – Martin Gould
 * 104, 103 – Stuart Bingham
 * 104 – Jimmy White
 * 102 – Ronnie O'Sullivan