The 2012 Wuxi Classic was a professional ranking snooker tournament held between 25 June–1 July 2012 at the Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China. It was the first year of the tournament as a ranking event, having been non-ranking in its previous playings.[1] It was also the first ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.[2]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25 June – 1 July 2012 |
| Venue | Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium |
| City | Wuxi |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £405,000 |
| Winner's share | £75,000 |
| Highest break |  Stuart Bingham (ENG) (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Ricky Walden (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Stuart Bingham (ENG) |
| Score | 10–4 |
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Mark Selby was the defending champion,[3] but he lost in the quarter-finals 5–4 against Stuart Bingham.[4][5]
Ricky Walden won his second ranking title by defeating Bingham 10–4 in the final.[6][7] During the final Bingham made the 89th official maximum break. This was Bingham's third 147 break.[8]
Prize fund
It was announced on 2 May 2012, that this year's prize money would be £400,000, which would rise to £425,000 for next year and then to £450,000 for the following three years.[1] The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[9]
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Wuxi on 25 and 26 June 2012.[10][11][12][13]
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 |  Ken Doherty (IRL) | 5–4 |  Lu Ning (CHN) |
| WC2 |  Jamie Burnett (SCO) | 5–3 | Jin Long (CHN) |
| WC3 |  Michael White (WAL) | 4–5 | Zhou Yuelong (CHN) |
| WC4 | Rod Lawler (ENG) | 5–2 | Li Hang (CHN) |
| WC5 | Dave Harold (ENG) | 1–5 | Rouzi Maimaiti (CHN) |
| WC6 | Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 5–2 | Lyu Haotian (CHN) |
| WC7 | Michael Holt (ENG) | 1–5 | Zhu Yinghui (CHN) |
| WC8 | Robert Milkins (ENG) | 5–2 | Chen Feilong (CHN) |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore. Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium, Wuxi, China, 1 July 2012.[10][14] | ||
| Stuart Bingham (14) England | 4–10 | Ricky Walden (13) England |
| Afternoon: 57–59, 43–53, 1–69 (69), 22–62, 24–54, 147–0 (147), 1–57 (56), 33–65 Evening: 34–76, 24–74 (73), 103–0 (103), 100–0 (100), 92–20, 41–84 (74) | ||
| 147 | Highest break | 74 |
| 3 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | 4 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 5 and 8 June 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.[15][16][17] In the fourth frame of the match between Dominic Dale and Peter Lines, a 20-year-old record from the 1992 Asian Open was broken. They accumulated 192 points, then the most in a single frame in the history of snooker. Lines won the frame 108–84.[18] The previous record was 185, made when Sean Storey defeated Graham Cripsey 93–92.[19] The record stood until the quarter-finals of the 2023 UK Championship, when Mark Williams won frame eight of his match against Ding Junhui by a score of 101–94, for a total of 195 points.[20]
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
Televised stage centuries
- 147, 143, 134, 124, 110, 103, 100 – Stuart Bingham
- 137, 113, 108 – Judd Trump
- 129 – Rod Lawler
- 120, 101 – Mark Selby
- 115 – Zhou Yuelong
- 104, 102 – Ricky Walden
- 102 – Ken Doherty
- 101 – Lu Ning