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
Dates	4–7 June 2009 (2009-06-04 – 2009-06-07)
Venue	Wuxi Sports Center
City	Wuxi
Country	China
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£20,000
Highest break	Mark Selby (147)
Final
Champion	Mark Allen
Runner-up	Ding Junhui
Score	6–0
← 2008 2010 →

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

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Ding Junhui 5 4 9 5 +4 4 2 Mark Allen 5 3 7 4 +3 3 3 Ryan Day 5 3 7 5 +2 3 4 Li Hang 5 3 6 5 +1 3 5 Stephen Hendry 5 2 6 7 −1 2 6 Peter Ebdon 5 0 3 10 −7 0

(breaks above 50 shown between brackets) breaks 100 and above will be indicated bold. Ding Junhui 1–2 Li Hang → 29–47, (117) 118–12, 38–73 (65) Mark Allen 2–0 Stephen Hendry → (60) 77–40, 65–0 Ryan Day 2–0 Peter Ebdon → (132)-0, (60) 66–51 Ding Junhui 2–1 Stephen Hendry → 80–47, 32–71 (60), 64–43 Ryan Day 2–0 Mark Allen → 53–52, 62–21 Peter Ebdon 1–2 Li Hang → (55) 66–14, 44–68, 17–92 Ding Junhui 2–1 Mark Allen → (52) 92–45, (53) 60–70, (78) 92–26 Ryan Day 1–2 Li Hang → 69–13, 8-(77), 16-(62) Peter Ebdon 1–2 Stephen Hendry → 64–16, 9–73 (64), 28–66 Ryan Day 2–1 Stephen Hendry → (68)-0, 14-(102), (76)-1 Ding Junhui 2–1 Peter Ebdon → 49–70 (52), 70–46, 70–47 Mark Allen 2–0 Li Hang → 79–44, (52) 68–49 Stephen Hendry 2–0 Li Hang → 94–21, 71–7 Mark Allen 2–0 Peter Ebdon → 78–73, 86–32 Ding Junhui 2–0 Ryan Day → 65–16, 53–35

Group 2

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Shaun Murphy 5 4 8 3 +5 4* 2 Marco Fu 5 4 8 3 +5 4 3 Joe Perry 5 3 7 6 +1 3 4 Mark Selby 5 2 6 7 −1 2 5 Ali Carter 5 2 5 8 −3 2 6 Jin Long 5 0 3 10 −7 0

(breaks above 50 shown between brackets) breaks 100 and above will be indicated bold. Shaun Murphy 2–0 Jin Long → 54–52, (114)-6 Joe Perry 0–2 Marco Fu → 60–88, 13–74 Ali Carter 0–2 Mark Selby → 33–70, 2–124 (92) Shaun Murphy 2–0 Marco Fu → 80–0, 72–0 Ali Carter 2–1 Joe Perry → 0-(99), (56) 96–22, 45–38 Mark Selby 2–1 Jin Long → 42–102, 68–41, 106–33 Shaun Murphy 0–2 Joe Perry → 0-(74), 0–80 Ali Carter 2–1 Jin Long → 1–80, (81) 85–15, 58–52 Mark Selby 1–2 Marco Fu → 44–100 (58), 74–6, 6–60 Ali Carter 0–2 Marco Fu → 29–55, 17–86 (81) Shaun Murphy 2–0 Mark Selby → 84–29, (52) 85–8 Joe Perry 2–1 Jin Long → 28–61, 53–44, 64-(54) Marco Fu 2–0 Jin Long → (54) 69–29, 54–37 Joe Perry 2–1 Mark Selby → 0–151 (147), 68–56, (74)-1 Shaun Murphy 2–1 Ali Carter → 76–63, 26–82 (64), (85) 86–0

* Shaun Murphy topped the group ahead of Marco Fu due to winning their head to head match 2-0

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]

• 147 – Mark Selby^[5]
• 132 – Ryan Day
• 124, 117, 104 – Ding Junhui
• 114 – Shaun Murphy
• 102 – Stephen Hendry

More

1. "Jiangsu Classic Draw". Archived from the original on 2024-05-24. 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.^{[permanent dead link]}
4. "Global Snooker: Results and information". Archived from the original on 2009-08-01. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
5. "Selby Joins Maximum Club". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 17 April 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}