China Open is quite a new snooker tournament in the World Snooker main tour, being founded in 1997. The first edition of the China International, the name at that time, was a non-ranking tournament. Starting from the 2^nd edition of the tournament, when the name was changed into China Open and the tournament became a ranking one. Starting from 1997, the China Open is part of the snooker main tour circuit, excepting the year of 2001, when the tournament was abandoned.…