2009 Jiangsu Classic

Wuzhou International Group Jiangsu Classic

Tournament information
Dates	4–7 June 2009
Venue	Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium
City	Wuxi
Country	China
Organisation(s)	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 →

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 City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China. The round-robin stage consisted of two groups of six players, ten top 16 players. The tournament was renamed the following year to Wuxi Classic.

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.

Mark Allen won his first professional title by defeating defending champion Ding Junhui 6–0.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

• 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

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

Knock-out stages

	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 City Sports Park Stadium, Wuxi, China, 7 June 2009.
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

• 147 Mark Selby
• 132 Ryan Day
• 124, 117, 104 Ding Junhui
• 114 Shaun Murphy
• 102 Stephen Hendry