2017 China Open Snooker Prize Money and Payouts

Q: How much did the runner-up get?

Mark Williams took £35,000, 41% of the winner's cheque.

Q: How does it compare with other years?

The 2016 China Open paid £526,000, and the 2018 China Open paid £1,040,000.

Every cheque

66 players paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each player at the 2017 China Open.
PLACE	PLAYER	NATION	PRIZE MONEY
Winner	Mark Selby	England	£85,000£85k
Runner-up	Mark Williams	Wales	£35,000£35k
Semi-final	Hossein Vafaei	Iran	£21,000£21k
Semi-final	Kyren Wilson	England	£21,000£21k
Quarter-final	Ding Junhui	China	£12,500£13k
Quarter-final	Judd Trump	England	£12,500£13k
Quarter-final	Shaun Murphy	England	£12,500£13k
Quarter-final	Stephen Maguire	Scotland	£12,500£13k
Last 16	Andrew Higginson	England	£8,000£8k
Last 16	Daniel Wells	Wales	£8,000£8k
Last 16	John Higgins	Scotland	£8,000£8k
Last 16	Mark Joyce	England	£8,000£8k
Last 16	Michael White	Wales	£8,000£8k
Last 16	Rory McLeod	Jamaica	£8,000£8k
Last 16	Stuart Bingham	England	£8,000£8k
Last 16	Tian Pengfei	China	£8,000£8k
Last 32	Ali Carter	England	£6,500£7k
Last 32	Ben Woollaston	England	£6,500£7k
Last 32	Eden Sharav	Israel	£6,500£7k
Last 32	Gary Wilson	England	£6,500£7k
Last 32	Li Hang	China	£6,500£7k
Last 32	Mark Davis	England	£6,500£7k
Last 32	Martin Gould	England	£6,500£7k
Last 32	Martin O'Donnell	England	£6,500£7k
Last 32	Matthew Stevens	Wales	£6,500£7k
Last 32	Michael Holt	England	£6,500£7k
Last 32	Mike Dunn	England	£6,500£7k
Last 32	Noppon Saengkham	Thailand	£6,500£7k
Last 32	Ricky Walden	England	£6,500£7k
Last 32	Ronnie O'Sullivan	England	£6,500£7k
Last 32	Sanderson Lam	England	£6,500£7k
Last 32	Zhou Yuelong	China	£6,500£7k
Last 64	Aditya Mehta	India	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Alan McManus	Scotland	£4,000£4k
Wildcard	Alex Borg	Malta	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Alfie Burden	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Allan Taylor	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Andy Hicks	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Anthony McGill	Scotland	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Ashley Hugill	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	David Gilbert	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Fan Zhengyi	China	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Fergal O'Brien	Ireland	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Fraser Patrick	Scotland	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Gareth Allen	Wales	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Graeme Dott	Scotland	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Ian Burns	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Jamie Cope	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Jimmy Robertson	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Jimmy White	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Joe Perry	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Kurt Maflin	Norway	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Liang Wenbo	China	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Mark King	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Matthew Selt	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Niu Zhuang	China	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Paul Davison	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Rhys Clark	Scotland	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Robert Milkins	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Ross Muir	Scotland	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Scott Donaldson	Scotland	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Stuart Carrington	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Xiao Guodong	China	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Yu Delu	China	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Zhang Anda	China	£4,000£4k
Withdrew	Robbie Williams	England	£4,000£4k
High break	Judd Trump	England	£32,000£32k

How the money splits

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

Prize money bands at the 2017 China Open.
PLACE	PLAYERS	EACH	BAND TOTAL
Winner	1	£85,000£85k	£85,000£85k
Runner-up	1	£35,000£35k	£35,000£35k
Semi-final	2	£21,000£21k	£42,000£42k
Quarter-final	4	£12,500£13k	£50,000£50k
Last 16	8	£8,000£8k	£64,000£64k
Last 32	16	£6,500£7k	£104,000£104k
Last 64	32	£4,000£4k	£128,000£128k
Wildcard	1	£4,000£4k	£4,000£4k
Withdrew	1	£4,000£4k	£4,000£4k
High break	1	£32,000£32k	£32,000£32k

Where the money went, band by band

Winner £85k

Runner-up £35k

Semi-final £42k

Quarter-final £50k

Last 16 £64k

Last 32 £104k

Last 64 £128k

Wildcard £4,000

Withdrew £4,000

High break £32k

The rest of 2017

Every other snooker tournament we hold from 2017

Other snooker tournaments in 2017.
TOURNAMENT	WINNER	PAID
2017 Scottish Open	Neil Robertson	£387,250£387k
2017 Betway UK Championship	Ronnie O'Sullivan	£850,000£850k
2017 Northern Ireland Open	Mark Williams	£366,000£366k
2017 Shanghai Masters	Ronnie O'Sullivan	£704,000£704k
2017 Champion Of Champions	Shaun Murphy	£370,000£370k
2017 OPPO International Championship	Mark Selby	£755,000£755k
2017 English Open	Ronnie O'Sullivan	£408,500£409k
2017 European Masters	Judd Trump	£366,500£367k
2017 World Open	Ding Junhui	£700,000£700k
2017 Indian Open	John Higgins	£323,000£323k
2017 Sangsom 6-Reds World Championship	Mark Williams	£230,000£230k
2017 Paul Hunter Classic	Michael White	£100,000£100k
2017 Evergrande China Championship	Luca Brecel	£700,000£700k
2017 Hong Kong Masters	Neil Robertson	£315,000£315k
2017 Kaspersky Riga Masters	Ryan Day	£227,000£227k
2017 Betfred World Championship	Mark Selby	£1,751,000£1.8m
2017 Ladbrokes Players Championship	Judd Trump	£380,000£380k
2017 Gibraltar Open	Shaun Murphy	£93,750£94k
2017 Championship League	John Higgins	£181,800£182k
2017 Coral Snooker Shoot Out	Anthony McGill	£146,000£146k
2017 Coral Welsh Open	Stuart Bingham	£366,000£366k
2017 World Grand Prix	Barry Hawkins	£375,000£375k
2017 F66.com German Masters	Anthony Hamilton	£286,250£286k
2017 Dafabet Masters	Ronnie O'Sullivan	£600,000£600k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner of the 2017 China Open get?

Mark Selby took £85,000.

How much did the runner-up get?

Mark Williams took £35,000, 41% of the winner's cheque.

What was the total prize money at the 2017 China Open?

£548,000, paid to 66 players.

How does it compare with other years?

The 2016 China Open paid £526,000, and the 2018 China Open paid £1,040,000.

Where to next

Every edition is on the China Open prize money page, and the whole year on snooker prize money in 2017. The edition before was the 2016 China Open. The one after was the 2018 China Open.

2017 China Open snooker prize money