Haining Open

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|tournament_name = Haining Open

|image =

|venue =

|location = Haining

|country = China

|establishment = 2014

|organisation = CBSA (2016–2023)
WPBSA (2014–2015)

|format = Non-ranking event

|prizefund =

|final year= 2023

|Final Champion =

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The Haining Open was a non-ranking snooker tournament. It was a minor-ranking part of the Players Tour Championship until 2015.

History

The tournament started in 2014 and was staged at the Haining Sports Center in Haining, Zhejiang, China. The inaugural tournament was won by Stuart Bingham who defeated fellow countryman Oliver Lines 4–0 in the final.{{cite web|last=Lambert|first=Luke|title=Stuart Bingham eases to Haining Open title|url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/11557472.Stuart_Bingham_eases_to_Haining_Open_title/|newspaper=The Echo|location=Essex|access-date=24 October 2014|date=24 October 2014}} In 2015, Ding Junhui won the tournament.{{cite web|title=Haining Open Winners|url=http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/TournamentDetails.aspx?TournKey=85|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-date=8 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808201851/https://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/TournamentDetails.aspx?TournKey=85|url-status=dead}}

Matthew Selt was the winner of the now CBSA sanctioned Haining Open tournament in 2016. The event now sanctioned by CBSA wanted to keep the event after the recent demise of the Asian Tour.{{cite web|title=Liang Wenbo and Ding Junhui Survive in Daqing|url=https://snookerhq.com/2016/10/23/liang-wenbo-and-ding-junhui-survive-in-daqing/|work=sportinglife.com|publisher=snookerhq.com|date=26 October 2016|access-date=26 October 2016}} Thepchaiya Un-Nooh was the 2019 Haining Open champion.

As a result of travel restrictions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament did not run in the 2020–21 season. The 2021-22 edition of the event was played for Chinese players mostly due to the travel restrictions still being in place.

Winners

class="wikitable" style="margin: auto"
style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | Year

! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Winner

! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Runner-up

! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Final score

! style="text-align: left; background-color: #00af00" | Season

colspan=5 style="text-align: center; background-color: #c0ffc0" |Haining Open (Minor-ranking)
2014{{cite web|title=Bingham Wins Haining Open|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/bingham-wins-haining-open/|work=worldsnooker.com|publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|date=24 October 2014|access-date=24 October 2014}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Oliver Lines

| style="text-align: center" | 4–0

| 2014–15

2015{{cite web|title=Ding delivers in China|url=http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/article/663/10039659/ding-junhui-won-his-first-title-for-16-months-at-the-haining-open-asian-tour-event|work=sportinglife.com|publisher=SportingLife|date=23 October 2015|access-date=23 October 2015|archive-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022715/http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/article/663/10039659/ding-junhui-won-his-first-title-for-16-months-at-the-haining-open-asian-tour-event|url-status=dead}}

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ricky Walden

| style="text-align: center" | 4–3

| 2015–16

colspan=5 style="text-align: center; background-color: #c0ffc0" |Haining Open (Non-ranking)
2016[https://twitter.com/ViewCue/status/789498731825598464 Matt Selt is the 2016 Haining Open Champion after beating Li Hang 5-3 in the final]

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Selt

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Hang

| style="text-align: center" | 5–3

| 2016–17

2017{{cite web |title=Maximum Man Selby Wins Haining Open |url=http://www.thecueview.com/maximum-man-selby-wins-haining-open.html|website=thecueview.com|access-date=14 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330173115/http://www.thecueview.com/maximum-man-selby-wins-haining-open.html|archive-date=30 March 2023}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Ford

| style="text-align: center" | 5–1

| 2017–18

2018{{cite web |title=Mark Selby Defends Haining Open |url=https://snookerhq.com/2018/08/05/mark-selby-defends-haining-open/ |website=SnookerHQ |date=5 August 2018 |access-date=14 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206213914/https://snookerhq.com/2018/08/05/mark-selby-defends-haining-open/|archive-date=6 December 2023}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Hang

| style="text-align: center" | 5–4

| 2018–19

2019{{cite web |title=Haining Open (2019) |url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=946 |website=snooker.org |date=26 October 2019 |access-date=14 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529130630/https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=946|archive-date=29 May 2023}}

| {{flagicon|THA}} Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Hang

| style="text-align: center" | 5–3

| 2019–20

2020

|colspan=3 style="text-align: center" |Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

| 2020–21

2021{{cite web|url=https://wpbsa.com/he-on-a-high-in-haining/|website=wpbsa.com|title=He On A High In Haining|date=30 September 2021|access-date=14 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924142423/https://wpbsa.com/he-on-a-high-in-haining/|archive-date=24 September 2023}}

| {{flagicon|CHN}} He Guoqiang

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Huang Jiahao

| style="text-align: center" | 5–0

| 2021–22

2023{{cite web|url=https://wst.tv/yuan-is-king-in-haining/|website=wpbsa.com|publisher=World Snooker Tour|title=Yuan Is King In Haining|date=21 May 2023|access-date=14 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523055258/https://wst.tv/yuan-is-king-in-haining/|archive-date=23 May 2023}}

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Yuan Sijun

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Wu Yize

| style="text-align: center" | 5–1

| 2022–23

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