2009 Beijing International Challenge

Beijing International Challenge

Tournament information
Dates	7–12 July 2009 (2009-07-07 – 2009-07-12)
Venue	Beijing University Students' Gymnasium
City	Beijing
Country	China
Organisation	110 Sports Management Group
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£50,000
Highest break	138
Final
Champion	Liang Wenbo
Runner-up	Stephen Maguire
Score	7–6
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The 2009 Beijing International Challenge (also known as the 2009 BTV Cup) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 7–12 July 2009 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China.

Liang Wenbo won his first professional title by beating Stephen Maguire 7–6.^[1]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[2]

• Winner: £50,000
• Runner-up: £25,000
• Semi-final: £7,500
• Highest break: £2,500

Round-robin stage

^[2]

Group 1

Table POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Liang Wenbo 3 2 7 3 +4 2 2 Stephen Hendry 3 2 6 6 0 2 3 Ali Carter 3 1 5 6 −1 1 4 Jin Long 3 1 4 7 −3 1

Results: Jin Long 0–3 Ali Carter Stephen Hendry 0–3 Liang Wenbo Liang Wenbo 3–0 Ali Carter Stephen Hendry 3–2 Ali Carter Jin Long 3–1 Liang Wenbo Jin Long 1–3 Stephen Hendry

Group 2

Table POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Stephen Maguire 3 3 9 1 +8 3 2 Mark Allen 3 1 6 8 −2 1 3 Marco Fu 3 1 5 7 −2 1 4 Tian Pengfei 3 1 4 8 −4 1

Results: Marco Fu 0–3 Stephen Maguire Stephen Maguire 3–1 Mark Allen Marco Fu 3–1 Tian Pengfei Tian Pengfei 3–2 Mark Allen Tian Pengfei 0–3 Stephen Maguire Marco Fu 2–3 Mark Allen

Knock-out stage

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	Semi-finals Best of 9 frames					Final Best of 13 frames
	Liang Wenbo		5
	Mark Allen		1
						Liang Wenbo		7
						Stephen Maguire		6
	Stephen Maguire		5
	Stephen Hendry		3

Century breaks

^[2]

• 138, 123 – Liang Wenbo
• 103 – Stephen Maguire

References