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Du Xiaoman International Championship

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 5-12 Nov 2023; Venue: Tianjin People's Gymnasium, Tianjin, China; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Judd Trump; Twitter: #InternationalChampionship; Notes: See also results (128)
Final
(Winner: £175,000; Runner-up: £75,000)
China Zhang Anda [55] 10-6 England Tom Ford [21]   Details 

Session 1:
24-74 (63), 74-0 (57), 147-0 (147), 29-94 (93)
57-14, 17-73 (54), 50-51, 113-5 (86), 101-0 (101)

Session 2:
5-124 (91), 100-36 (71), 110-0 (65), 125-6 (108)
70-36, 1-76 (55), 70-51 (51, 70)

Referee: Lyu Xilin

This was Zhang's first ranking title, from his second final.

Zhang's 147 in the third frame is his second and the 192nd in pro snooker. Watch on YouTube.

Semifinals
(Losers receive £33,000)
England Tom Ford [21] 9-6 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [40] Head to head Details 

Session 1:
8-124 (75), 0-126 (117), 58-65 (58, 58), 71-36 (69)
68-0 (57), 58-43, 63-66 (TF 59), 100-20 (100)

Session 2:
0-134 (134), 75-44, 47-77, 133-0 (133)
122-17 (101), 128-0 (109), 92-1 (57)

China Zhang Anda [55] 9-6 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] Head to head Details 

Session 1:
133-0 (63, 70), 44-75, 82-47 (68), 52-62 (51 ZA)
122-19, 73-47 (73), 51-69 (RO 55, ZA 50), 0-105 (99)

Session 2:
11-83 (52), 9-63 (54), 103-18 (83), 62-48
122-6 (114), 82-39, 76-15

Quarterfinals
(Losers receive £22,000)
Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [40] 6-5 Scotland Stephen Maguire [32] Head to head Details 
England Tom Ford [21] 6-4 England Barry Hawkins [13] Head to head Details 
England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] 6-4 England Ali Carter [11] Head to head Details 
China Zhang Anda [55] 6-3 China Ding Junhui [15] Head to head Details 
Round 4
(Last 16; Losers receive £14,000)
1 Scotland Stephen Maguire [32] 6-4 Wales Ryan Day [16] Head to head Details 
2 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [40] 6-3 Scotland John Higgins [9] Head to head Details 
Re-rack in frame 8
3 England Tom Ford [21] 6-3 England Mark Selby [5] Head to head Details 
4 England Barry Hawkins [13] 6-5 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [36] Head to head Details 
Hawkins came back from 1-5. Un-Nooh missed the 12th red in a maximum attempt in frame 3.
5 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] 6-2 Scotland Anthony McGill [19] Head to head Details 
6 England Ali Carter [11] 6-1 Wales Daniel Wells [88] Head to head Details 
7 China Zhang Anda [55] 6-3 China Lyu Haotian [39] Head to head Details 
8 China Ding Junhui [15] 6-2 China Pang Junxu [34] Head to head Details 
Round 3
(Last 32; Losers receive £9,000)
1 Scotland Stephen Maguire [32] 6-3 England Judd Trump [1] Head to head Details 

Maguire ended Trump's streak of 22 straight wins in ranking events

2 Wales Ryan Day [16] 6-1 Scotland Ross Muir [91] Head to head Details 
3 Scotland John Higgins [9] 6-1 Wales Dylan Emery [73] Head to head Details 
4 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [40] 6-4 England Kyren Wilson [8] Head to head Details 
5 England Mark Selby [5] 6-2 China Xiao Guodong [37] Head to head Details 
6 England Tom Ford [21] 6-3 Hong Kong Marco Fu [119] Head to head Details 
7 England Barry Hawkins [13] 6-4 England Ricky Walden [20] Head to head Details 
Match was pulled off with Hawkins leading 5-4.
8 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [36] 6-3 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] Head to head Details 
9 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] 6-4 Wales Jak Jones [35] Head to head Details 
10 Scotland Anthony McGill [19] 6-2 England Jack Lisowski [14] Head to head Details 
11 England Ali Carter [11] 6-4 England Stuart Bingham [22] Head to head Details 
12 Wales Daniel Wells [88] 6-1 China Zhou Yuelong [27] Head to head Details 
13 China Lyu Haotian [39] 6-3 Wales Dominic Dale [58] Head to head Details 
96 by Lyu in the fourth frame was a maximum attempt.
14 China Zhang Anda [55] 6-3 England Liam Pullen [110]   Details 
15 China Ding Junhui [15] 6-5 England Gary Wilson [18] Head to head Details 
16 China Pang Junxu [34] 6-3 England Mark Davis [63] Head to head Details 
Round 2
(Last 64; Losers receive £5,000)
1 England Judd Trump [1] 6-0 Wales Michael White [64] Head to head Details 
2 Scotland Stephen Maguire [32] 6-4 England Joe O'Connor [33] Head to head Details 
3 Wales Ryan Day [16] 6-5 Wales Jackson Page [49] Head to head Details 
4 Scotland Ross Muir [91] 6-5 Iran Hossein Vafaei [17] Head to head Details 
Muir was 5-2 down.
5 Wales Dylan Emery [73] 6-4 China Wang Xinbo (a)   Details 
6 Scotland John Higgins [9] 6-1 England David Grace [56] Head to head Details 
7 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [40] 6-3 England David Gilbert [25] Head to head Details 
8 England Kyren Wilson [8] 6-2 England Elliot Slessor [57] Head to head Details 
9 England Mark Selby [5] 6-2 England Stuart Carrington [107] Head to head Details 
10 China Xiao Guodong [37] 6-3 England Jimmy Robertson [28] Head to head Details 
11 Hong Kong Marco Fu [119] 6-0 England Sanderson Lam [71] Head to head Details 
Fu started the match with 324 unanswered points.
12 England Tom Ford [21] 6-0 China Cao Yupeng [44] Head to head Details 
13 England Ricky Walden [20] 6-3 Wales Jamie Jones [45] Head to head Details 
14 England Barry Hawkins [13] 6-0 China Tian Pengfei [52] Head to head Details 
15 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [36] 6-5 England Matthew Selt [29] Head to head Details 
16 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] 6-3 England Oliver Lines [61] Head to head Details 
17 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] 6-3 England Mark Joyce [62] Head to head Details 
18 Wales Jak Jones [35] 6-4 China Si Jiahui [30] Head to head Details 
19 England Jack Lisowski [14] 6-4 Scotland Scott Donaldson [51] Head to head Details 
20 Scotland Anthony McGill [19] 6-3 England Sam Craigie [46] Head to head Details 
McGills 123 in frame 1 was the first professional century break made with a carbon fibre cue.
21 England Stuart Bingham [22] 6-5 Wales Matthew Stevens [43] Head to head Details 
22 England Ali Carter [11] 6-5 England John Astley [66] Head to head Details 
23 China Zhou Yuelong [27] 6-0 England Anthony Hamilton [38] Head to head Details 
Since Hamilton made a 136 total clearance against Zhou in the 2021 WST Pro Series Zhou has won 21 frames in a row in their meetings. 10 of them with a century!
24 Wales Daniel Wells [88] 6-1 Australia Neil Robertson [6] Head to head Details 
25 Wales Dominic Dale [58] 6-3 England Shaun Murphy [7] Head to head Details 
26 China Lyu Haotian [39] 6-1 England Chris Wakelin [26] Head to head Details 
27 China Zhang Anda [55] 6-3 Wales Mark J Williams [10] Head to head Details 
28 England Liam Pullen [110] 6-5 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [23]   Details 
29 England Gary Wilson [18] 6-4 England Robbie Williams [47]   Details 
30 China Ding Junhui [15] 6-4 China Long Zehuang [96] Head to head Details 
31 China Pang Junxu [34] 6-5 China Fan Zhengyi [31] Head to head Details 
re-rack in frame 10
32 England Mark Davis [63] 6-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] Head to head Details 

International Championship Qualifiers

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 18-23 Sep 2023; Venue: Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield, England; View on separate page; Twitter: #InternationalChampionship; Notes: See also results (65)
Qual Round 2
(Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1 England Judd Trump [1] 6-0 China Wang Xinzhong (a)   Details 
2 Wales Michael White [64] 6-3 India Himanshu Jain [98] Head to head Details 
3 Scotland Stephen Maguire [32] 6-2 China Peng Yisong [81]   Details 
4 England Joe O'Connor [33] 6-1 Thailand Baipat Siripaporn (f) [122]   Details 
5 Wales Ryan Day [16] 6-1 Thailand Mink Nutcharut (f) [102] Head to head Details 

Day made the fourth 147 of his career in frame 4, his second of 2023. It was the 191th in pro snooker. Watch on YouTube.

6 Wales Jackson Page [49] 6-3 Scotland Liam Graham [117] Head to head Details 
7 Iran Hossein Vafaei [17] 6-1 England Reanne Evans (f) [99]   Details 
8 Scotland Ross Muir [91] 6-3 China Wu Yize [48] Head to head Details 
9 China Wang Xinbo (a) 6-4 England Ben Woollaston [41]   Details 
10 Wales Dylan Emery [73] 6-3 England Joe Perry [24] Head to head Details 
11 England David Grace [56] 6-2 England Jenson Kendrick [111] Head to head Details 
12 Scotland John Higgins [9] 6-1 Thailand M Phetmalaikul [123]   Details 
13 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [40] 6-5 England Sean O'Sullivan [80]   Details 
14 England David Gilbert [25] 6-0 England James Cahill [69] Head to head Details 
15 England Elliot Slessor [57] 6-2 England Hammad Miah [108]   Details 
16 England Kyren Wilson [8] 6-3 England Adam Duffy [83]   Details 
17 England Mark Selby [5] 6-2 Pakistan Muhammad Asif [82]   Details 
18 England Stuart Carrington [107] 6-4 China Xu Si [60] Head to head Details 
19 England Jimmy Robertson [28] 6-2 Ukraine Anton Kazakov [97]   Details 
20 China Xiao Guodong [37] 6-4 India Ishpreet Singh Chadha [100]   Details 
Xiao miscued on the final black to lose frame 5.
21 Hong Kong Marco Fu [119] 6-4 England Robert Milkins [12] Head to head Details 
22 England Sanderson Lam [71] 6-2 England Andy Hicks [53] Head to head Details 
23 England Tom Ford [21] 6-4 England Stan Moody [118]   Details 
24 China Cao Yupeng [44] 6-0 England Ashley Hugill [65]   Details 
25 Wales Jamie Jones [45] 6-4 England Ashley Carty [78] Head to head Details 
26 England Ricky Walden [20] 6-1 China Jiang Jun [101]   Details 
27 China Tian Pengfei [52] 6-3 Scotland Stephen Hendry [124]   Details 
28 England Barry Hawkins [13] 6-0 Wales Andrew Pagett [115] Head to head Details 
Pagett lost frame 5 on the 3-miss-rule.
29 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [36] 6-1 England Andrew Higginson [93] Head to head Details 
30 England Matthew Selt [29] 6-1 England Jimmy White [114] Head to head Details 
31 England Oliver Lines [61] 6-4 Germany Lukas Kleckers [76] Head to head Details 
32 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] 6-2 China Ma Hailong [104]   Details 
33 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] 6-1 Ireland Ken Doherty [74] Head to head Details 
34 England Mark Joyce [62] 6-3 Hong Kong Andy Lee [79]   Details 
35 China Si Jiahui [30] 6-5 Belgium Julien Leclercq [67] Head to head Details 
36 Wales Jak Jones [35] 6-2 Ireland Aaron Hill [72]   Details 
37 England Jack Lisowski [14] 6-3 China He Guoqiang [120]   Details 
38 Scotland Scott Donaldson [51] 6-4 England Louis Heathcote [94] Head to head Details 
Re-spotted black in frame 1.
39 Scotland Anthony McGill [19] 6-3 England Alfie Burden [92] Head to head Details 
40 England Sam Craigie [46] 6-1 Malaysia Rory Thor [121] Head to head Details 
41 Wales Matthew Stevens [43] 6-4 China Liu Hongyu [87]   Details 
42 England Stuart Bingham [22] 6-0 China Xing Zihao [105]   Details 
43 England John Astley [66] 6-5 Wales Jamie Clarke [54]   Details 
44 England Ali Carter [11] 6-2 England Allan Taylor [77] Head to head Details 
45 England Anthony Hamilton [38] 6-0 China Bai Yulu (af)   Details 
46 China Zhou Yuelong [27] 6-0 England Martin O'Donnell [95] Head to head Details 
47 Wales Daniel Wells [88] 6-2 England Liam Highfield [59] Head to head Details 
48 Australia Neil Robertson [6] 6-4 Australia Ryan Thomerson [89] Head to head Details 
Robertson missed the 14th red in a maximum attempt in the final frame.
49 England Shaun Murphy [7] 6-1 Estonia Andres Petrov [86] Head to head Details 
50 Wales Dominic Dale [58] 6-3 England Oliver Brown [85]   Details 
51 England Chris Wakelin [26] 6-0 Scotland Dean Young [109]   Details 
52 China Lyu Haotian [39] 6-5 England David Lilley [68] Head to head Details 
53 Wales Mark J Williams [10] 6-0 England Rebecca Kenna (f) [113]   Details 
54 China Zhang Anda [55] 6-3 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [103] Head to head Details 
55 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [23] 6-3 Brazil Victor Sarkis [112]   Details 
56 England Liam Pullen [110] 6-4 Scotland Graeme Dott [42]   Details 
Dott lost the first frame on the 3-miss-rule.
57 England Robbie Williams [47] 6-3 Belgium Ben Mertens [70]   Details 
Williams won frame 5 after having needed two snookers.
58 England Gary Wilson [18] 6-0 Egypt Mohamed Ibrahim [90]   Details 
59 China Long Zehuang [96] 6-5 China Yuan Sijun [50]   Details 
60 China Ding Junhui [15] 6-1 England Ian Burns [106] Head to head Details 
61 China Pang Junxu [34] 6-3 England Zak Surety [75] Head to head Details 
62 China Fan Zhengyi [31] 6-2 Egypt Mostafa Dorgham [125]   Details 
63 England Mark Davis [63] 6-4 England Rod Lawler [84] Head to head Details 
64 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 6-2 England Daniel Womersley (a)   Details 
Womersley replaced Ahmed Aly Elsayed who couldn't get a visa
Qual Round 1
(Last 129; Losers receive £0)
1 China Wang Xinzhong (a) 6-5 China Gong Chenzhi (a)   Details 
The match was pulled off at 5-5

Wang is 12 years old!