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| Event Info |
| The 2007 World Snooker China Open will be held from 26th March to 1st April. The top 16 players around the globe will all attend the billiards gala in Beijing. The total prize values 200,000 pounds while the champion will get 30,000 pounds. |
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| Venue |
Beijing University Students Gymnasium
11 West Road
Northern third Ring Road
Haidian District
Beijing 100088
China |
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| Official Rankings |
| Rank |
Player |
| 1 |
Stephen Hendry MBE |
| 2 |
Ken Doherty |
| 3 |
Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| 4 |
John Higgins |
| 5 |
Shaun Murphy |
| 6 |
Graeme Dott |
| 7 |
Peter Ebdon |
| 8 |
Tournaments |
| 9 |
Stephen Maguire |
| 10 |
Stephen Lee |
| 27 |
Ding Junhui |
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| Snooker is played on a rectangular table, 6 feet by 12 feet (about 1.83m by 3.66m), with six pockets, one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side. At one end of the table (the baulk end) is the so-called baulk line, which is 29 inches from the baulk cushion (the short cushion at the baulk end)... |
| The most important event in professional snooker is the World Championship, held annually since 1927 (except during the Second World War and between 1958 and 1963). The tournament has been held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield (England) since 1977, and was sponsored by Embassy from 1976 to 2005... |
| In snooker, a break is the total score achieved by a player in a single visit to the table. A player's proficiency at building big breaks, particularly century breaks (scores over 100), is widely used as a measure of the player's overall skill... |
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