World Snooker has announced that the World Open will not take place during the 2014/15 season.
The world ranking event was staged in Haikou, China, in 2012, 2013 and 2014, but the contract with the promoter has not been renewed.
Category: World Open
Awesome Allen Captures World Open Title
It has been quite a week for Antrim’s Mark Allen who courted controversy with his Twitter comments a few days ago, but today he hit back in the best way possible by taking an overdue first ranking event title at the 2012 Haikou World Open, with a 10-1 demolition of Stephen Lee…
World Open 2012: Lee Downs Milkman To Set Up Allen Final
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Tomorrow’s final of the 2012 Haikou World Open will be contested by Mark Allen and Stephen Lee after the pair overcame Mark Selby and Robert Milkins in their respective semi-finals today. Click below for a round-up of the action from the last four…
Galway Snooker Final Close To Sell Out
Tickets for the final of the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals in Galway, Ireland, have virtually sold out.
The tournament is the culmination of the PTC Series and will bring star names likes Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump, John Higgins, Neil Robertson, Ding Junhui and Mark Selby to the Bailey Allen Hall. They will be battling for a top prize of £70,000…
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World Open 2012: Allen Tops Trump, Higgins Gathering Momentum
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Today saw the quarter-final line-up decided at the Haikou World Open as reigning world champion John Higgins showed signs of a return to top form with a 5-0 win against Jamie Cope, while the likes of Shaun Murphy, Mark Selby and Mark Allen were also able to progress…
World Open 2012: Williams Out, Selby Survives
Trailing Chinese wildcard Lu Ning 2-0 following the early exchanges today, world number one Mark Selby recovered to book his place in the second round, but second ranked player Mark Williams was not so able, falling 5-1 to Mark King in the early session…
World Open 2012: Jin Shocks Ding To Move To Last 16
Following his victory against Sam Baird in yesterday’s wildcard round, China’s Jin Long caused a real shock today at the Haikou World Open by sending home favourite Ding Junhui crashing out of the tournament with a 5-1 win. Elsewhere, there were wins for 2011 world finalists John Higgins and Judd Trump, as well as Michael Holt who maintained his recent strong form…
World Open 2012: Wildcard Round Wrap
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This morning saw the start of the Haikou World Open from Hainan Island with the always contentious wildcard round and it was not to be plain sailing for all of the main tour players as two were sent crashing out of the tournament on day one…