2016 World Open (snooker)

The 2016 Hanteng Autos World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 and 31 July 2016 at the Yushan No.1 Middle School in Yushan, China. It was the third ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.

Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but he lost 2–5 to Joe Perry in the quarter-finals.

Ali Carter won the fourth ranking title of his career, defeating Perry 10–8 in the final.

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


 * Winner: £90,000
 * Runner-up: £40,000
 * Semi-final: £21,000
 * Quarter-final: £12,500
 * Last 16: £8,000
 * Last 32: £6,500
 * Last 64: £4,000


 * Highest break: £2,000
 * Total: £520,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £35,000.

Wildcard round
These matches were played in Yushan on 25 July 2016.

Qualifying
These matches were held between 31 May and 2 June 2016 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 142 – Barry Hawkins
 * 141 – Jimmy Robertson
 * 136 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
 * 136 – Marco Fu
 * 135, 124 – Li Hang
 * 134 – Ben Woollaston
 * 133, 101 – Kurt Maflin
 * 126 – Hammad Miah
 * 125 – Ali Carter
 * 122 – Sam Baird
 * 118 – Matthew Selt
 * 113 – Mitchell Mann


 * 112 – Tom Ford
 * 110 – Ian Burns
 * 109 – Daniel Womersley
 * 107 – Ryan Day
 * 107 – Ashley Hugill
 * 106 – Sunny Akani
 * 103 – Anthony McGill
 * 102 – Alan McManus
 * 102 – Yan Bingtao
 * 101 – John Higgins
 * 100 – Sydney Wilson

Televised stage centuries

 * 144, 116, 112 – John Higgins
 * 141, 115, 109, 106 – Anthony McGill
 * 140 – Matthew Selt
 * 139, 111 – Graeme Dott
 * 139 – Liang Wenbo
 * 137, 106, 104, 102, 100 – Neil Robertson
 * 135, 101 – Mark Williams
 * 135, 100 – Ben Woollaston
 * 135 – Zhang Anda
 * 133 – Stephen Maguire
 * 132, 131, 120, 107, 106, 102 – Joe Perry
 * 130, 127, 101 – Ali Carter
 * 127, 125, 123, 107, 100 – David Gilbert
 * 127 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 125, 125, 104 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh


 * 125, 120 – Michael White
 * 124 – Xiao Guodong
 * 122, 109 – Matthew Stevens
 * 117 – Ding Junhui
 * 115, 101 – Ryan Day
 * 115 – Kurt Maflin
 * 112 – Sam Craigie
 * 111 – Daniel Wells
 * 106 – Shaun Murphy
 * 105 – Kyren Wilson
 * 103 – Ricky Walden
 * 102 – Mark Selby
 * 101 – Jamie Cope
 * 100 – Alan McManus