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SNOOKER · 2019-09-29 · GUANGZHOU, CHINA

2019 China Championship snooker prize money

The 2019 China Championship paid £751,000 to 64 players. Shaun Murphy won £150,000. Mark Williams took £75,000 as runner-up.

TOTAL PAID£751k
WINNER£150k
PLAYERS PAID64
PAYOUT BANDS8

Every cheque

64 players paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each player at the 2019 China Championship.
PLACE PLAYER NATION PRIZE MONEY
Winner Shaun Murphy England £150,000£150k
Runner-up Mark Williams Wales £75,000£75k
Semi-final Hossein Vafaei Iran £32,000£32k
Semi-final Mark Selby England £32,000£32k
Quarter-final Barry Hawkins England £20,000£20k
Quarter-final David Gilbert England £20,000£20k
Quarter-final Joe Perry England £20,000£20k
Quarter-final Kurt Maflin Norway £20,000£20k
Last 16 Anthony McGill Scotland £13,000£13k
Last 16 Chris Wakelin England £13,000£13k
Last 16 John Higgins Scotland £13,000£13k
Last 16 Judd Trump England £13,000£13k
Last 16 Luca Brecel Belgium £13,000£13k
Last 16 Matthew Selt England £13,000£13k
Last 16 Noppon Saengkham Thailand £13,000£13k
Last 16 Zhao Xintong China £13,000£13k
Last 32 Jack Lisowski England £7,500£8k
Last 32 Jordan Brown Northern Ireland £7,500£8k
Last 32 Kyren Wilson England £7,500£8k
Last 32 Li Hang China £7,500£8k
Last 32 Luo Honghao China £7,500£8k
Last 32 Mark Allen Northern Ireland £7,500£8k
Last 32 Mark Joyce England £7,500£8k
Last 32 Martin Gould England £7,500£8k
Last 32 Matthew Stevens Wales £7,500£8k
Last 32 Mitchell Mann England £7,500£8k
Last 32 Neil Robertson Australia £7,500£8k
Last 32 Ryan Day Wales £7,500£8k
Last 32 Stephen Maguire Scotland £7,500£8k
Last 32 Xiao Guodong China £7,500£8k
Last 32 Yan Bingtao China £7,500£8k
Last 32 Zhou Yuelong China £7,500£8k
Last 64 Akani Songsermsawad Thailand £4,750£5k
Last 64 Alexander Ursenbacher Switzerland £4,750£5k
Last 64 Andrew Higginson England £4,750£5k
Last 64 Anthony Hamilton England £4,750£5k
Last 64 Ben Woollaston England £4,750£5k
Last 64 Daniel Wells Wales £4,750£5k
Last 64 Ding Junhui China £4,750£5k
Last 64 Dominic Dale Wales £4,750£5k
Last 64 Graeme Dott Scotland £4,750£5k
Last 64 Hammad Miah England £4,750£5k
Last 64 Harvey Chandler England £4,750£5k
Last 64 Jak Jones Wales £4,750£5k
Last 64 Jianbo Zhao China £4,750£5k
Last 64 Joe O'Connor England £4,750£5k
Last 64 Kishan Hirani Wales £4,750£5k
Last 64 Liam Highfield England £4,750£5k
Last 64 Lu Ning China £4,750£5k
Last 64 Lyu Haotian China £4,750£5k
Last 64 Marco Fu Hong Kong £4,750£5k
Last 64 Mark King England £4,750£5k
Last 64 Martin O'Donnell England £4,750£5k
Last 64 Michael Holt England £4,750£5k
Last 64 Mike Dunn England £4,750£5k
Last 64 Ricky Walden England £4,750£5k
Last 64 Robbie Williams England £4,750£5k
Last 64 Sam Baird England £4,750£5k
Last 64 Sam Craigie England £4,750£5k
Last 64 Scott Donaldson Scotland £4,750£5k
Last 64 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thailand £4,750£5k
Last 64 Tian Pengfei China £4,750£5k
Last 64 Tom Ford England £4,750£5k
Last 64 Yuan Sijun China £4,750£5k
High break Mark Allen Northern Ireland £6,000£6k

How the money splits

Each finishing band, what it paid each player, and what it paid in all

Prize money bands at the 2019 China Championship.
PLACE PLAYERS EACH BAND TOTAL
Winner 1 £150,000£150k £150,000£150k
Runner-up 1 £75,000£75k £75,000£75k
Semi-final 2 £32,000£32k £64,000£64k
Quarter-final 4 £20,000£20k £80,000£80k
Last 16 8 £13,000£13k £104,000£104k
Last 32 16 £7,500£8k £120,000£120k
Last 64 32 £4,750£5k £152,000£152k
High break 1 £6,000£6k £6,000£6k

Where the money went, band by band

Winner £150k
Runner-up £75k
Semi-final £64k
Quarter-final £80k
Last 16 £104k
Last 32 £120k
Last 64 £152k
High break £6,000

The rest of 2019

Every other snooker tournament we hold from 2019

Other snooker tournaments in 2019.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PAID
2019 Scottish Open Mark Selby £405,000£405k
2019 Betway UK Championship Ding Junhui £1,009,000£1.0m
2019 Northern Ireland Open Judd Trump £405,000£405k
2019 Champion Of Champions Neil Robertson £440,000£440k
2019 World Open Judd Trump £772,000£772k
2019 English Open Mark Selby £405,000£405k
2019 Shanghai Masters Ronnie O'Sullivan £751,000£751k
2019 Sangsom 6-Reds World Championship Stephen Maguire £278,326£278k
2019 Paul Hunter Classic Barry Hawkins £10,000£10k
2019 International Championship Judd Trump £802,000£802k
2019 Riga Masters Yan Bingtao £278,000£278k
2019 Betfred World Championship Judd Trump £2,231,000£2.2m
2019 China Open Neil Robertson £1,020,000£1.0m
2019 Coral Tour Championship Ronnie O'Sullivan £375,000£375k
2019 Gibraltar Open Stuart Bingham £177,000£177k
2019 Championship League Martin Gould £177,800£178k
2019 Coral Players Championship Ronnie O'Sullivan £380,000£380k
2019 Indian Open Matthew Selt £333,000£333k
2019 Snooker Shoot Out Thepchaiya Un-Nooh £145,750£146k
2019 Welsh Open Neil Robertson £381,000£381k
2019 Coral World Grand Prix Judd Trump £375,000£375k
2019 German Masters Kyren Wilson £396,500£397k
2019 Masters Judd Trump £600,000£600k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner of the 2019 China Championship get?

Shaun Murphy took £150,000.

How much did the runner-up get?

Mark Williams took £75,000, 50% of the winner's cheque.

What was the total prize money at the 2019 China Championship?

£751,000, paid to 64 players.

How does it compare with other years?

The 2018 China Championship paid £725,000.

Where to next

Every edition is on the China Championship prize money page, and the whole year on snooker prize money in 2019. The edition before was the 2018 China Championship.