China's Ding Junhui took on wildcard Jin Long in the first round. Jin is from Jinzhou, Liaoning Province, and he took full advantage of Ding's below-par effort.
The 30-year-old grew in confidence as the match went on. He scored a break of 66, but failed on this red. Ding Junhui took the chance and made a snooker and he narrowed the gap to 29-67.
Ding pressed-on and arranged another snooker, but made a mistake on a black ball and conceded the first frame to Jin. The favored Ding had an uphill climb in round one.
The second frame saw Jin take the lead with a break of 63 points. The story became nearly the same as the first frame. Ding started to come back, but was not able to save it. Jin took the second frame 76-65. And he cruised from there. Jin seized a surprise 5-1 victory. Ding is out of the running in Haikou .

2012斯诺克海口公开赛进入到正赛，首轮就爆出大冷门，被寄予厚望的丁俊晖在中国德比中1：5败给金龙，爆出本届赛事头号冷门。金龙也打破7年魔咒，首次在正式大赛上战胜丁俊晖，而且还是在国际排名赛正赛。