The 2014 Gujinggong Liquor Haikou World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10 and 16 March 2014 at the Hainan International Exhibition Center in Haikou, China. It was the ninth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.[1]
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10–16 March 2014 |
| Venue | Hainan International Exhibition Center |
| City | Haikou |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £478,000 |
| Winner's share | £85,000 |
| Highest break |  Anthony McGill (SCO) (144) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Shaun Murphy (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Mark Selby (ENG) |
| Score | 10–6 |
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Mark Allen was the defending champion,[2] but he lost 4–6 against Shaun Murphy in the semi-final.
Murphy won his fifth ranking title by defeating Mark Selby 10–6 in the final.[3]
Prize fund
The total prize money of the event was raised to £478,000 from the previous year's £425,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Haikou on 10 March 2014.[5][6][7][8]
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Jamie Burnett (SCO) | w/d–w/o |  Yuan Sijun (CHN) |
| WC2 | Sanderson Lam (ENG) | 3–5 | Chen Zifan (CHN) |
| WC3 | Scott Donaldson (SCO) | 5–1 | Lin Shuai (CHN) |
| WC4 | Rory McLeod (ENG) | 5–1 | Zhao Xintong (CHN) |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Colin Humphries. Hainan International Exhibition Center, Haikou, China, 16 March 2014.[8][9] | ||
| Shaun Murphy England | 10–6 | Mark Selby England |
| Afternoon: 95–1 (64), 80–46 (80), 81–40, 75–26 (52), 5–83, 13–91 (91), 102–1 (98), 113–1 (105), 112–0 (112) Evening: 8–92 (78), 53–62, 18–78, 85–4 (60), 43–82, 78–49 (78), 77–54 | ||
| 112 | Highest break | 91 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 8 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
Qualifying
These matches were played on 13 and 14 December 2013 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.[10][11][12]
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
- 141 – Tom Ford
- 137 – Marco Fu
- 135 – Ding Junhui
- 131 – Tian Pengfei
- 125 – Stuart Bingham
- 119 – Luca Brecel
- 117 – Ryan Day
- 116 – Liam Highfield
- 115 – David Gilbert
- 112 – Joel Walker
- 107, 104 – Xiao Guodong
- 107 – Jamie Cope
- 106 – Dechawat Poomjaeng
- 105, 105 – Matthew Stevens
- 105 – Kurt Maflin
- 105 – Neil Robertson
- 104 – Graeme Dott
- 102 – David Morris
Televised stage centuries
- 144 – Anthony McGill
- 136, 128 – Ding Junhui
- 135, 131, 123 – Mark Selby
- 134, 127 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- 129, 110 – Kurt Maflin
- 128, 126, 112, 105 – Shaun Murphy
- 127, 121, 114, 104, 104, 104 – Marco Fu
- 127, 119, 111, 100 – Mark Allen
- 127, 116, 111, 100 – Neil Robertson
- 124, 122, 104 – John Higgins
- 117, 104 – Michael Holt
- 113 – Tian Pengfei
- 112 – Martin Gould
- 112 – Ricky Walden
- 111 – Stephen Maguire
- 111 – Liang Wenbo
- 110, 100 – Judd Trump
- 108 – Mark Joyce
- 103 – Stuart Bingham
- 101 – Alan McManus