2014 China Open (snooker)

The 2014 China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 31 March and 6 April 2014 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the eleventh ranking event of the 2013–14 season.

Ding Junhui won his 11th ranking title by defeating defending champion Neil Robertson 10–5 in the final, and became the sixth on the list of players with the most ranking titles behind Stephen Hendry (36 titles), Steve Davis (28), Ronnie O'Sullivan (26), John Higgins (25) and Mark Williams (18). Ding also equalled Hendry's record from 1990/1991 to win five ranking titles in a single season.

Prize fund
The total prize money of the event was raised to £478,000 from the previous year's £425,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


 * Winner: £85,000
 * Runner-up: £35,000
 * Semi-final: £21,000
 * Quarter-final: £12,500
 * Last 16: £8,000
 * Last 32: £6,500
 * Last 64: £3,000


 * Non-televised highest break: £0
 * Televised highest break: £2,000
 * Total: £478,000

Wildcard round
These matches were played in Beijing on 31 March 2014.

Qualifying
These matches were held between 16 and 18 February 2014 at The Capital Venue in Gloucester, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 141, 137 – Duane Jones
 * 136 – Pankaj Advani
 * 135 – Jimmy White
 * 134 – John Higgins
 * 127 – Michael Holt
 * 126, 123 – Ryan Day
 * 122, 109 – Alfie Burden
 * 118 – David Morris
 * 117 – Mike Dunn
 * 116 – Shaun Murphy


 * 115 – Anthony McGill
 * 113 – Joel Walker
 * 112 – Dominic Dale
 * 112 – Mark Allen
 * 107 – Mark Selby
 * 107 – Ken Doherty
 * 103 – Ricky Walden
 * 100 – Rory McLeod
 * 100 – David Grace

Televised stage centuries

 * 142 – Xiao Guodong
 * 136 – Li Hang
 * 133 – Barry Pinches
 * 130 – David Morris
 * 129, 104 – Yu Delu
 * 129 – Tian Pengfei
 * 128 – Duane Jones
 * 127 – Ryan Day
 * 126, 119 – Peter Ebdon


 * 124, 119, 104 – Ding Junhui
 * 117 – Hammad Miah
 * 115, 103 – John Higgins
 * 110 – Jimmy White
 * 109 – Michael White
 * 106 – Ali Carter
 * 102 – Neil Robertson
 * 100 – Ricky Walden