Haining Open

The Haining Open is a non-ranking snooker tournament. It was a minor-ranking part of the Players Tour Championship until 2015.

Haining Open
Tournament information
LocationHaining
CountryChina
Established2014
Organisation(s)CBSA (2016–present)
WPBSA (2014–2015)
FormatNon-ranking event
Current championChina He Guoqiang

History

The tournament started in 2014 and was staged at the Haining Sports Center in Haining, Zhejiang, China. The inaugural tournament was won by Stuart Bingham who defeated fellow countryman Oliver Lines 4–0 in the final.[1] In 2015, Ding Junhui won the tournament.[2]

Matthew Selt was the winner of the now CBSA sanctioned Haining Open tournament in 2016. The event now sanctioned by CBSA wanted to keep the event after the recent demise of the Asian Tour.[3] Thepchaiya Un-Nooh is the 2019 Haining Open champion.

As a result of travel restrictions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament did not run in the 2020–21 season. The 2021-22 edition of the event was played for Chinese players mostly due to the travel restrictions still being in place.

Winners
Year Winner Runner-up Final score Season
Haining Open (Minor-ranking)
2014[4] England Stuart Bingham England Oliver Lines 4–0 2014–15
2015[5] China Ding Junhui England Ricky Walden 4–3 2015–16
Haining Open (Non-ranking)
2016[6] England Matthew Selt China Li Hang 5–3 2016–17
2017 England Mark Selby England Tom Ford 5–1 2017–18
2018 England Mark Selby China Li Hang 5–4 2018–19
2019 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh China Li Hang 5–3 2019–20
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2020–21
2021 China He Guoqiang China Huang Jiahao 5–0 2021–22

References
  1. Lambert, Luke (24 October 2014). "Stuart Bingham eases to Haining Open title". The Echo. Essex. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  2. "Haining Open Winners". Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. "Liang Wenbo and Ding Junhui Survive in Daqing". sportinglife.com. snookerhq.com. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  4. "Bingham Wins Haining Open". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  5. "Ding delivers in China". sportinglife.com. SportingLife. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  6. Matt Selt is the 2016 Haining Open Champion after beating Li Hang 5-3 in the final
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