2017 China Open (snooker)

The 2017 China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 27 March and 2 April 2017 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the 18th and penultimate ranking event of the 2016–17 season. The tournament was broadcast in Europe on Eurosport and Eurosport Player.

Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals to Hossein Vafaei.

Mark Selby defeated Mark Williams 10–8 in the final to win his second China Open title and 11th career ranking title overall.

Trump made the 130th official maximum break and the third of his career in the fifth frame of his 5–3 win over Tian Pengfei in the third round.

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: £30,000.

Wildcard round
These matches were played in Beijing on 27 March 2017.

Qualifying
These matches were played from 24 to 27 January 2017 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England, except for 4 matches which were held over and played in Beijing on 27 March 2017. All matches were best of 9 frames.

Televised stage centuries
Total: 54


 * 147, 135, 122, 108, 105, 102 – Judd Trump
 * 140 – Zhang Anda
 * 138, 127, 123, 109 – Ding Junhui
 * 137, 108 – Mark Joyce
 * 136, 126, 124, 113, 109, 104, 101, 100 – Mark Selby
 * 135, 118, 101 – Michael White
 * 133, 124 – Martin O'Donnell
 * 132, 106 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 131 – David Gilbert
 * 130, 101 – Kyren Wilson
 * 129, 114, 100 – Stephen Maguire
 * 125 – Ricky Walden


 * 124, 106, 103 – Mark Williams
 * 123 – Gary Wilson
 * 120 – Xiao Guodong
 * 114 – Martin Gould
 * 113, 104, 101, 101 – Shaun Murphy
 * 109 – Aditya Mehta
 * 108 – Rory McLeod
 * 106, 100 – Hossein Vafaei
 * 106 – Rhys Clark
 * 105 – Andrew Higginson
 * 103, 100 – Ben Woollaston
 * 103 – Daniel Wells

Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 22


 * 137 – Marco Fu
 * 136 – Joe Perry
 * 134 – Liam Highfield
 * 130 – Stuart Carrington
 * 126 – Luca Brecel
 * 125 – Stephen Maguire
 * 125 – Stuart Bingham
 * 119 – Lee Walker
 * 116 – Fraser Patrick
 * 115 – Tian Pengfei
 * 113 – Mitchell Mann


 * 111 – Mark King
 * 108 – Rhys Clark
 * 107 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 107 – Michael Holt
 * 104 – John Astley
 * 102 – Jamie Jones
 * 102 – Martin Gould
 * 102 – Zhou Yuelong
 * 101 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 100 – Gary Wilson
 * 100 – Xiao Guodong