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2015 International Championship 2015 10 25 2015 11 1 y Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre Daqing China World Snooker Ranking event £657,000 £125,000 Zhao Xintong CHN (142) John Higgins SCO David Gilbert ENG 10–5 2014 2016
The 2015 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 October and 1 November 2015 at the Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre in Daqing, China. It was the third ranking event of the 2015/2016 season.
Ricky Walden was the defending champion, but he lost 4–6 against Tian Pengfei in the qualifying round.
John Higgins won his 28th ranking title, defeating David Gilbert 10–5 in the final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2014/2015 Season http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/a5/c1/0,,13165~180645,00.pdf worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association PDF 12 May 2014 15 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140517140043/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/a5/c1/0,,13165~180645,00.pdf 17 May 2014 dead https://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/international-championship-turnierinfos-international-championship-2014-112522861--spt.html International Championship - Alle Infos zum Turnier Yahoo Eurosport 24 October 2014 26 October 2014 German dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141026105057/https://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/international-championship-turnierinfos-international-championship-2014-112522861--spt.html 26 October 2014
70%
50%
Winner: £125,000
Runner-up: £65,000
Semi-final: £30,000
Quarter-final: £17,500
Last 16: £12,000
Last 32: £7,000
Last 64: £4,000
50%
Televised highest break: £1,000
Total: £657,000
Wildcard round
These matches were played on 25 October 2015.
Match Score WC1 Noppon Saengkham THA 6–5 Lin Shuai CHN WC2 Daniel Wells WAL 6–2 Fang Xiongman CHN WC3 Ken Doherty IRL 6–2 Chen Zifan CHN WC4 Aditya Mehta IND 4–6 Wang Yuchen CHN
Main draw
Last 64Best of 11 frames Last 32Best of 11 frames Last 16Best of 11 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 11 frames Semi-finalsBest of 17 frames FinalBest of 19 frames CHN Tian Pengfei 6 CHN Cao Yupeng 2 ENG Andrew Higginson 4 CHN Liang Wenbo 6 ENG Kyren Wilson 6 ENG Jamie Cope 4 NIR Joe Swail 4 NIR Mark Allen 6 WAL Mark Williams 6 ENG Ian Burns 3 THA Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6 SCO Ross Muir 5 ENG Martin Gould 2 CHN Zhou Yuelong 6 ENG Sanderson Lam 6 ENG Michael Wild 0 ENG Barry Hawkins 6 ENG Chris Wakelin 4 ENG Jimmy Robertson 6 IOM Darryl Hill 2 ENG Ali Carter 5 ENG Jack Lisowski 6 WAL Matthew Stevens 2 HKG Marco Fu 6 THA Noppon Saengkham 4 ENG Oliver Lines 6 ENG David Gilbert 6 CHN Xiao Guodong 5 WAL Ryan Day 6 ENG Mark Joyce 3 ENG Craig Steadman 2 CHN Ding Junhui 6 ENG Mark Selby 6 ENG Mike Dunn 3 ENG Sean O'Sullivan 0 SCO Anthony McGill 6 WAL Lee Walker 6 WAL Daniel Wells 4 THA Dechawat Poomjaeng 5 WAL Michael White 6 SCO Graeme Dott 6 SCO Jamie Burnett 2 IRL Ken Doherty 0 ENG Peter Ebdon 6 IRL Fergal O'Brien 6 ENG Tom Ford 3 ENG Martin O'Donnell 2 AUS Neil Robertson 6 ENG Shaun Murphy 6 BEL Luca Brecel 2 NOR Kurt Maflin 2 WAL Jamie Jones 6 ENG Michael Holt 6 ENG Rod Lawler 4 CHN Zhao Xintong 2 SCO John Higgins 6 ENG Joe Perry 6 CHN Wang Yuchen 1 WAL Dominic Dale 6 ENG Matthew Selt 1 ENG Ben Woollaston 6 ENG Robbie Williams 5 CHN Yu Delu 6 ENG Stuart Bingham 2 CHN Tian Pengfei 6 CHN Liang Wenbo 3 ENG Kyren Wilson 3 NIR Mark Allen 6 WAL Mark Williams 5 THA Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6 CHN Zhou Yuelong 6 ENG Sanderson Lam 0 ENG Barry Hawkins 4 ENG Jimmy Robertson 6 ENG Jack Lisowski 3 HKG Marco Fu 6 ENG Oliver Lines 4 ENG David Gilbert 6 WAL Ryan Day 6 CHN Ding Junhui 5 ENG Mark Selby 6 SCO Anthony McGill 1 WAL Lee Walker 3 WAL Michael White 6 SCO Graeme Dott 6 ENG Peter Ebdon 3 IRL Fergal O'Brien 3 AUS Neil Robertson 6 ENG Shaun Murphy 6 WAL Jamie Jones 2 ENG Michael Holt 3 SCO John Higgins 6 ENG Joe Perry 6 WAL Dominic Dale 3 ENG Ben Woollaston 6 CHN Yu Delu 5 CHN Tian Pengfei 1 NIR Mark Allen 6 THA Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6 CHN Zhou Yuelong 5 ENG Jimmy Robertson 3 HKG Marco Fu 6 ENG David Gilbert 6 WAL Ryan Day 4 ENG Mark Selby 6 WAL Michael White 3 SCO Graeme Dott 1 AUS Neil Robertson 6 ENG Shaun Murphy 0 SCO John Higgins 6 ENG Joe Perry 6 ENG Ben Woollaston 5 NIR Mark Allen 5 THA Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6 HKG Marco Fu 5 ENG David Gilbert 6 ENG Mark Selby 6 AUS Neil Robertson 4 SCO John Higgins 6 ENG Joe Perry 3 THA Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5 ENG David Gilbert 9 ENG Mark Selby 4 SCO John Higgins 9 ENG David Gilbert 5 SCO John Higgins 10
Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas.Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre, Daqing, China, 1 November 2015. David Gilbert 5–10 John Higgins Afternoon: 64–53, 33–71 (56), 100–0 (100), 2–82 (66), 9–93 (69), 43–66, 83–9 (77), 75–0 (59), 0–108 (108)Evening: 8–135 (129), 0–88 (88), 98–4 (51), 54–88 (54, 88), 18–72 (52), 22–93 (56) 100 Highest break 129 1 Century breaks 2 5 50+ breaks 9
Qualifying
These matches took place between 30 September and 3 October 2015 in Barnsley, England. Matches involved Ricky Walden, Liang Wenbo, Ding Junhui and Stuart Bingham, were played on 25 October 2015 in China. All matches were best of 11 frames.
ENG Ricky Walden 4–6 CHN Tian Pengfei CHN Cao Yupeng 6–2 ENG Liam Highfield ENG Andrew Higginson 6–3 CHN Zhang Yong CHN Liang Wenbo 6–3 WAL Alex Taubman ENG Kyren Wilson 6–1 MYS Thor Chuan Leong ENG Anthony Hamilton 2–6 ENG Jamie Cope NIR Joe Swail 6–5 ENG Allan Taylor NIR Mark Allen 6–5 SCO Scott Donaldson WAL Mark Williams 6–3 ENG Nigel Bond ENG Mark King 2–6 ENG Ian Burns THA Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6–5 ENG Hammad Miah SCO Alan McManus 5–6 SCO Ross Muir ENG Martin Gould 6–4 WAL Gareth Allen ENG Sam Baird 4–6 CHN Zhou Yuelong IRL David Morris 3–6 ENG Sanderson Lam ENG Judd Trump 0–6 ENG Michael Wild ENG Barry Hawkins 6–0 SCO Rhys Clark ENG Peter Lines 4–6 ENG Chris Wakelin ENG Jimmy Robertson 6–1 CHN Lu Ning ENG Robert Milkins 4–6 IOM Darryl Hill ENG Ali Carter 6–0 ENG Luke Simmonds ENG Jack Lisowski 6–3 IRI Hossein Vafaei Ayouri WAL Matthew Stevens 6–0 SCO Fraser Patrick HKG Marco Fu 6–2 ENG Paul Davison SCO Stephen Maguire 2–6 THA Noppon Saengkham ENG Gary Wilson 3–6 ENG Oliver Lines ENG David Gilbert 6–2 ENG Barry Pinches CHN Xiao Guodong 6–0 ENG Jason Weston WAL Ryan Day 6–1 CHN Zhang Anda ENG Mark Joyce 6–2 PAK Hamza Akbar CHN Li Hang 2–6 ENG Craig Steadman CHN Ding Junhui 6–4 ENG Sam Craigie
ENG Mark Selby 6–1 SCO Eden Sharav ENG Mike Dunn 6–3 ENG Mitchell Mann FIN Robin Hull 3–6 ENG Sean O'Sullivan SCO Anthony McGill 6–3 THA James Wattana ENG Mark Davis 5–6 WAL Lee Walker ENG Rory McLeod 1–6 WAL Daniel Wells THA Dechawat Poomjaeng 6–4 ENG Michael Georgiou WAL Michael White 6–5 ENG Alfie Burden SCO Graeme Dott 6–3 ENG Andy Hicks SCO Jamie Burnett 6–2 ENG James Cahill IRL Ken Doherty 6–3 AUS Vinnie Calabrese ENG Peter Ebdon 6–1 ENG Zak Surety IRL Fergal O'Brien 6–2 EGY Hatem Yassen ENG Tom Ford 6–1 SCO Michael Leslie NIR Gerard Greene 4–6 ENG Martin O'Donnell AUS Neil Robertson 6–3 ENG Kuldesh Johal ENG Shaun Murphy 6–2 CHN Lü Chenwei BEL Luca Brecel 6–1 ENG David Grace NOR Kurt Maflin 6–2 ENG Joe O'Connor WAL Jamie Jones 6–4 THA Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon ENG Michael Holt 6–1 ENG Jake Nicholson ENG Rod Lawler 6–3 ENG Jimmy White ENG Stuart Carrington 0–6 CHN Zhao Xintong SCO John Higgins 6–1 ENG Ashley Hugill ENG Joe Perry 6–1 ENG Michael Wasley IND Aditya Mehta 6–1 ENG Ian Glover WAL Dominic Dale 6–2 ENG Sydney Wilson ENG Matthew Selt 6–2 ENG Adam Duffy ENG Ben Woollaston 6–3 IRL Leo Fernandez ENG Robbie Williams 6–2 ENG Joel Walker CHN Yu Delu 6–1 ENG Chris Melling ENG Stuart Bingham 6–1 ENG Steven Hallworth
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
142 Mark Allen
136, 111 Liam Highfield
134 Shaun Murphy
133, 106 Marco Fu
133 Matthew Selt
132, 121 Luca Brecel
131 Ben Woollaston
131 Mark Joyce
129, 125 Jack Lisowski
128 Sanderson Lam
122 Michael Holt
120 Rod Lawler
120 Dechawat Poomjaeng
118 Mark Selby
110 Allan Taylor
105 Adam Duffy
105 Ryan Day
104 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
104 Peter Ebdon
103 Yu Delu
103 Lee Walker
102 Anthony McGill
102 Cao Yupeng
100 Ali Carter
Televised stage centuries
142 Zhao Xintong
141, 108 Jimmy Robertson
138, 129, 113, 108, 106, 103, 101 John Higgins
138, 115 Zhou Yuelong
138 Cao Yupeng
137, 106, 105, 101, 100 Marco Fu
137 Ben Woollaston
130, 112, 112, 105, 100 David Gilbert
127, 127, 104 Neil Robertson
126, 118, 100 Mark Allen
124 Xiao Guodong
121, 101 Liang Wenbo
121 Graeme Dott
118 Ross Muir
115, 100 Mark Selby
112, 111, 108 Ryan Day
112 Barry Hawkins
110, 106 Tian Pengfei
110 Dominic Dale
110 Peter Ebdon
108 Fang Xiongman
105 Martin O'Donnell
103 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
100 Jack Lisowski
100 Fergal O'Brien
100 Sam Craigie
References
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