2009 Jiangsu Classic
The 2009 Wuzhou International Group Jiangsu Classic was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4–7 June 2009 at the Wuxi Sports Center in Wuxi, China. The round-robin stage consisted of two groups of six players, ten top 16 players.[1] The tournament was renamed the following year to Wuxi Classic.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4–7 June 2009 |
| Venue | Wuxi Sports Center |
| City | Wuxi |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | £20,000 |
| Highest break |  Mark Selby (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Mark Allen |
| Runner-up |  Ding Junhui |
| Score | 6–0 |
← 2008 2010 → | |
Mark Selby made the 69th official maximum break during his last round robin match against Joe Perry. This was Selby's first official 147 break.[2]
Mark Allen won his first professional title by defeating defending champion Ding Junhui 6–0.[3]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]
- Winner: £20,000
- Runner-Up: £9,000
- Semi-finalist: £8,000
- 3rd place in Group: £4,000
- 4th place in Group: £2,000
- Appearance Fees for professionals: £2,500
- Highest Break: £1,000
Round robin stage
Group 1
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(breaks above 50 shown between brackets)
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Group 2
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(breaks above 50 shown between brackets)
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Knock-out stages
| Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 11 frames | ||||||||
| Ding Junhui*
| 5 | ||||||||
 Marco Fu
| 1 | ||||||||
| Ding Junhui
| 0 | ||||||||
| Mark Allen
| 6 | ||||||||
| Shaun Murphy
| 2 | ||||||||
| Mark Allen**
| 5 | ||||||||
* 76–51, 0–63, (104) 125–0, (124) 128–1, (97)-0, (72)-0
** 4–110 (86), 64–55, 25–66 (61), (74) 83–1, 16–78 (72), 4–124 (88), 47–76
Final
| Final: Best of 11 frames Wuxi Sports Center, Wuxi, China, 7 June 2009.[4] | ||
| Ding Junhui China |
0–6 | Mark Allen Northern Ireland |
| 0–105 (64), 8–81 (71), 19–102 (74), 41–63, 32–68, 14–67 (58) | ||
| 37 | Highest break | 74 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 0 | 50+ breaks | 4 |
Century breaks
- 147 – Mark Selby[5]
- 132 – Ryan Day
- 124, 117, 104 – Ding Junhui
- 114 – Shaun Murphy
- 102 – Stephen Hendry
More
- "Jiangsu Classic Draw". Archived from the original on 2009-08-01. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- Turner, Chris. "Maximum Breaks". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- "Allen Soars To Jiangsu". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- "Global Snooker: Results and information". Archived from the original on 2009-08-01. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- "Selby Joins Maximum Club". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 17 April 2010.