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.

Wuzhou International Group Jiangsu Classic
Tournament information
Dates4–7 June 2009 (2009-06-04 – 2009-06-07)
VenueWuxi Sports Center
CityWuxi
CountryChina
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£20,000
Highest break Mark Selby (147)
Final
Champion Mark Allen
Runner-up Ding Junhui
Score6–0
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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

[4]

Group 1

Group 2

Knock-out stages

[4]

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

[4]

More
  1. "Jiangsu Classic Draw". Archived from the original on 2009-08-01. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  2. 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.
  3. "Allen Soars To Jiangsu". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  4. "Global Snooker: Results and information". Archived from the original on 2009-07-29. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
  5. "Selby Joins Maximum Club". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
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