2016 China Open (snooker)

The 2016 BAIC Motor China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 28 March and 3 April 2016 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the ninth ranking event of the 2015–16 season.

Mark Selby was the defending champion, but he withdrew for personal reasons.

Judd Trump defeated Ricky Walden 10–4 in the final to win his fifth career ranking title.

Prize fund
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: £4,000


 * Televised highest break: £2,000
 * Total: £510,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £15,000, but was not won.

Wildcard round
These matches were played in Beijing on 28 March 2016.

Qualifying
These matches were played from 9–11 February 2016 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England, except for 4 matches which were held over to be played in Beijing on 28 March 2016. All matches were best of 9 frames.

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 142, 108 – Ryan Day
 * 140 – Joe Perry
 * 137, 123 – Anthony Hamilton
 * 136, 104 – Shaun Murphy
 * 135 – Tian Pengfei
 * 132 – Jamie Cope
 * 132 – Neil Robertson
 * 129 – Marco Fu
 * 128, 109 – Barry Hawkins
 * 125, 108, 103, 100 – Kyren Wilson
 * 125 – Lu Ning
 * 124 – Chris Wakelin
 * 123 – Noppon Saengkham
 * 121 – John Higgins
 * 115 – Matthew Stevens


 * 113 – Dominic Dale
 * 110 – Dechawat Poomjaeng
 * 108 – Judd Trump
 * 106, 100 – Michael Holt
 * 104 – Rhys Clark
 * 104 – Peter Ebdon
 * 104 – Stephen Maguire
 * 103, 100 – Ben Woollaston
 * 103 – Michael Georgiou
 * 103 – Robert Milkins
 * 102 – Mitchell Mann
 * 101 – Mark Joyce
 * 100 – Eden Sharav
 * 100 – Mark Allen

Televised stage centuries

 * 143, 128, 119, 109 – Stuart Bingham
 * 136 – Ding Junhui
 * 135 – Ian Burns
 * 135, 131, 113, 108 – Ricky Walden
 * 133, 108 – Tian Pengfei
 * 123, 115, 111 – Marco Fu
 * 120, 103 – Zhou Yuelong
 * 117, 116 – Alfie Burden
 * 116 – Mark Joyce
 * 115, 102 – David Gilbert
 * 114 – John Higgins


 * 110, 109, 100 – Judd Trump
 * 109, 105, 101 – Dominic Dale
 * 106, 106 – Neil Robertson
 * 106 – Ben Woollaston
 * 105 – Alan McManus
 * 102 – Yuan Sijun
 * 101 – Stephen Maguire
 * 101 – Ryan Day
 * 100 – Michael Holt
 * 100 – Anthony McGill