2010 Beijing International Challenge

Beijing International Challenge
Tournament information
Dates	19–25 July 2010
Venue	Beijing University Students' Gymnasium
City	Beijing
Country	China
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£40,000
Highest break	140
Final
Champion	Tian Pengfei
Runner-up	Ryan Day
Score	9–3
	← 2009

The 2010 Beijing International Challenge (also known as the 2010 BTV Cup) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19–25 July 2010 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China.

Tian Pengfei won his first professional title by defeating Ryan Day 9–3 in the final.^[1]

Prize fund

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

Winner: £40,000
Runner-up: £19,500
Semi-final: £7,500
Highest break: £2,500
Maximum break: Hyundai Sedan

Main draw

Round-robin stage

^[2]^[3]

Group A

Table

POS	Player	MP	MW	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	Ryan Day	4	3	18	15	+3	3
2	Liang Wenbo	4	2	18	15	+3	2
3	Ali Carter	4	2	17	17	0	2
4	Xiao Guodong	4	2	14	17	−3	2
5	Mark Allen	4	1	15	18	−3	1

Results:

Ali Carter 5–4 Liang Wenbo
Mark Allen 3–5 Xiao Guodong
Ryan Day 3–5 Ali Carter
Liang Wenbo 5–2 Xiao Guodong
Mark Allen 5–3 Ali Carter
Liang Wenbo 4–5 Ryan Day
Mark Allen 4–5 Ryan Day
Ali Carter 4–5 Xiao Guodong
Liang Wenbo 5–3 Mark Allen
Ryan Day 5–2 Xiao Guodong

Group B

Table

POS	Player	MP	MW	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	Tian Pengfei	4	3	16	14	+2	3
2	Stephen Maguire	4	2	17	13	+4	2
3	Jin Long	4	2	15	13	+2	2
4	Marco Fu	4	2	16	18	−2	2
5	Stephen Hendry	4	1	13	19	−5	1

Results:

Stephen Hendry 2–5 Tian Pengfei
Stephen Maguire 5–1 Jin Long
Marco Fu 5–4 Stephen Hendry
Stephen Maguire 3–5 Tian Pengfei
Marco Fu 4–5 Tian Pengfei
Stephen Hendry 2–5 Jin Long
Marco Fu 5–4 Jin Long
Stephen Maguire 4–5 Stephen Hendry
Tian Pengfei 1–5 Jin Long
Stephen Maguire 5–2 Marco Fu

Knock-out stage

^[2]

Semi-finals Best of 11 frames			Final Best of 17 frames


	Stephen Maguire	3

	Ryan Day	6
				Ryan Day	3

				Tian Pengfei	9
	Liang Wenbo	4

	Tian Pengfei	6

Qualifying

The qualifying tournament for the Beijing International Challenge (also known as the 2010 Chinese Classic) took place between 16 and 18 July 2010 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, in Beijing, China.