2012 World Open (snooker)

The 2012 Star Xing Pai Haikou World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 February – 4 March 2012 at the Haikou Stadium in Haikou, China. It was the first time that the tournament was held outside the United Kingdom. It was televised on ITV4

Marco Fu made the 86th official maximum break during his round 4 qualifying match against Matthew Selt. This was Fu's second 147 break.

Neil Robertson was the defending champion, but lost 2–5 against Stephen Lee in the second round.

Mark Allen won his first ranking title by defeating Stephen Lee 10–1 in the final.

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


 * Winner: £75,000
 * Runner-up: £34,000
 * Semi-final: £16,000
 * Quarter-final: £10,000
 * Last 16: £7,500
 * Last 32: £6,000
 * Last 48: £2,300
 * Last 64: £1,500


 * Stage one highest break: £500
 * Stage two highest break: £2,000
 * Stage one maximum break: £500
 * Total: £400,500

Wildcard round
These matches were played in Haikou on 27 February 2012.

Qualifying
These matches were held between 11 and 14 January 2012 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 147 – Marco Fu
 * 138 – Marcus Campbell
 * 137 – Mark Davis
 * 136 – Yu Delu
 * 135, 125 – Anthony Hamilton
 * 132 – Kurt Maflin
 * 123, 103 – Alfie Burden
 * 122 – Robert Milkins
 * 121, 104 – David Gilbert
 * 120 – Joe Jogia
 * 119, 118 – Tian Pengfei
 * 118 – Liam Highfield


 * 117 – Andrew Norman
 * 116 – Andrew Higginson
 * 116 – Michael Holt
 * 113 – Sam Baird
 * 110, 103 – Michael White
 * 107 – Adrian Gunnell
 * 106 – Sam Craigie
 * 104, 100 – Jimmy Robertson
 * 104 – Liang Wenbo
 * 103 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 100 – Ken Doherty

Televised stage centuries

 * 138, 120, 109 – Stephen Lee
 * 136, 133 – John Higgins
 * 136, 106 – Neil Robertson
 * 135, 101, 101 – Michael Holt
 * 131, 115 – Shaun Murphy
 * 127, 123, 112, 105, 104, 104, 103, 101, 100, 100, 100 – Mark Allen
 * 117, 112, 109, 108, 105, 102 – Mark Selby
 * 117, 106, 102 – Robert Milkins
 * 111, 104 – Judd Trump
 * 100 – Tom Ford