2017 China Championship

The 2017 China Championship (officially the 2017 Evergrande China Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 22 August 2017 in China. It was the second ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.

This was the first time the event was a ranking tournament. John Higgins was the defending champion, but was knocked out in the second round by Tom Ford.

Luca Brecel won his first ranking tournament, beating Shaun Murphy 10–5 in the final. He became the first player from mainland Europe to win a ranking event.

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


 * Winner: £150,000
 * Runner-up: £75,000
 * Semi-final: £32,000
 * Quarter-final: £18,000
 * Last 16: £12,000
 * Last 32: £7,000
 * Last 64: £4,000


 * Televised highest break: £3,000
 * Total: £700,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £15,000

Main draw

 * Notes

Qualifying
These matches were held between 3 and 6 June 2017 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were the best of 9 frames.


 * Notes

Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 29


 * 138 – Zhang Anda
 * 136 – Stuart Carrington
 * 134, 124 – Marco Fu
 * 120 – David Gilbert
 * 115 – Mark Allen
 * 115 – Rhys Clark
 * 111 – Anthony McGill
 * 110 – Chris Wakelin
 * 110 – Mark Williams
 * 109 – Shaun Murphy
 * 107 – Anthony Hamilton
 * 105 – Joe Perry
 * 104 – Barry Hawkins
 * 104 – Xiao Guodong


 * 103 – Ali Carter
 * 103 – Jimmy Robertson
 * 103 – Chen Zifan
 * 102 – Mark Davis
 * 102 – Ken Doherty
 * 102 – Sam Craigie
 * 101 – Peter Ebdon
 * 101 – Stephen Maguire
 * 100 – Judd Trump
 * 100 – Ian Preece
 * 100 – Gerard Greene
 * 100 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
 * 100 – Hossein Vafaei
 * 100 – Chris Totten

Televised stage centuries
Total: 40


 * 144 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
 * 139, 133, 103 – Li Hang
 * 139, 130, 124, 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 137 – Ryan Day
 * 134 – Mark Joyce
 * 133, 127, 112 – Ali Carter
 * 133 – Tom Ford
 * 130, 120 – Stuart Carrington
 * 129, 119 – John Higgins
 * 128, 105, 104 – Judd Trump
 * 128 – Ding Junhui
 * 124, 104 – Zhou Yuelong


 * 124 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 123 – Mark Selby
 * 122 – Yan Bingtao
 * 115 – Mark Williams
 * 110, 107, 103 – Luca Brecel
 * 110 – Barry Hawkins
 * 109 – Mark Davis
 * 107, 104, 100 – Shaun Murphy
 * 104 – Michael White
 * 102 – Marco Fu
 * 102 – Liang Wenbo
 * 100 – Alfie Burden