2015 Australian Goldfields Open

Australian Goldfields Open 2015 06 29 2015 07 5 y Bendigo Stadium Bendigo Australia World Snooker Ranking event $521,600 $75,000 Ricky Walden ENG (142) John Higgins SCO Martin Gould ENG 9–8 2014 last The 2015 Australian Goldfields Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 29 June and 5 July 2015 at the Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia. It was the first ranking event of the 2015/2016 season.http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=2&season=2015 Tournament Calendar 2015/16 Snooker.org 25 May 2015 Judd Trump was the defending champion,http://www.worldsnooker.com/trump-wins-australian-goldfields-open/ Judd Trump wins 2014 Australian Goldfields Open worldsnooker.com 25 May 2015 but he lost 1–5 against Stephen Maguire in the quarter-finals. John Higgins defeated Martin Gould 9–8 in the final to win the 27th ranking title of his career.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/snooker/33400404 Australian Open: John Higgins beats Martin Gould to take title BBC Sport 5 July 2015 11 July 2015 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/australian-goldfields-open-draw/ worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association Website 21 May 2015 17 May 2024 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071251/http://www.worldsnooker.com/australian-goldfields-open-draw/ dead 70% 50% Winner: $75,000 Runner-up: $32,000 Semi-final: $20,000 Quarter-final: $17,000 Last 16: $12,000 Last 32: $9,000 Last 48: $2,000 Last 64: $1000 Last 96: $500 50% Non-televised highest break: $100 Televised highest break: $2,500 Total: $521,600 Wildcard round Match Score WC1 Matthew Selt ENG 5–0 Ben Judge AUS WC2 Ben Woollaston ENG 3–5 Adrian Ridley AUS Main draw Last 32Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 17 frames 1 ENG Judd Trump 5 ENG Jack Lisowski 0 15 CHN Xiao Guodong 3 ENG Ian Burns 5 11 SCO Stephen Maguire 5 ENG Joel Walker 0 7 ENG Ricky Walden 5 ENG Andrew Higginson 3 8 HKG Marco Fu 4 ENG Martin Gould 5 16 ENG Michael Holt 5 NIR Gerard Greene 0 9 NIR Mark Allen 2 ENG Mark Joyce 5 4 AUS Neil Robertson 4 ENG Matthew Selt 5 3 ENG Mark Selby 5 ENG Mark King 1 14 ENG Mark Davis 4 WAL Jamie Jones 5 13 WAL Michael White 5 IRN Hossein Vafaei 3 5 ENG Shaun Murphy 4 ENG Ali Carter 5 6 ENG Joe Perry 5 SCO Jamie Burnett 3 12 ENG Robert Milkins 5 AUS Adrian Ridley 1 10 SCO John Higgins 5 ENG Michael Georgiou 2 2 ENG Stuart Bingham 4 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 1 ENG Judd Trump 5 ENG Ian Burns 2 11 SCO Stephen Maguire 5 7 ENG Ricky Walden 4 ENG Martin Gould 5 16 ENG Michael Holt 3 ENG Mark Joyce 4 ENG Matthew Selt 5 3 ENG Mark Selby 1 WAL Jamie Jones 5 13 WAL Michael White 5 ENG Ali Carter 4 6 ENG Joe Perry 5 12 ENG Robert Milkins 3 10 SCO John Higgins 5 IRL Fergal O'Brien 1 1 ENG Judd Trump 1 11 SCO Stephen Maguire 5 ENG Martin Gould 5 ENG Matthew Selt 1 WAL Jamie Jones 5 13 WAL Michael White 4 6 ENG Joe Perry 3 10 SCO John Higgins 5 11 SCO Stephen Maguire 1 ENG Martin Gould 6 WAL Jamie Jones 4 10 SCO John Higgins 6 ENG Martin Gould 8 10 SCO John Higgins 9 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Olivier Marteel.Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, Australia, 5 July 2015. Martin Gould 8–9 John Higgins (10) Afternoon: 8–90 (90), 57–58, 101–13 (101), 101–25 (86), 67–32, 89–5 (89), 0–126 (112), 12–66Evening: 25–74, 13–82, 138–0 (138), 40–68 (68), 70–45 (55), 100–1 (58), 33–92 (60), 68–54, 8–89 (89) 138 Highest Break 112 2 Century Breaks 1 6 50+ Breaks 5 Qualifying stages The qualifying stages for this event took place at K2 in Crawley, England between 1–5 June 2015.http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Click-here-for-the-Qualifiers-Draw.pdf Australian Open Qualifiers Draw worldsnooker.com 1 June 2015http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Index/13844/australian-open-qualifiers Australian Open Qualifiers Live Scores worldsnooker.com 3 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150603070236/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Index/13844/australian-open-qualifiers 3 June 2015 dead dmy-all 4 16 4 4 175 Round 1Best of 9 frames Round 2Best of 9 frames Round 3Best of 9 frames Round 4Best of 9 frames ENG Nigel Bond 5 ENG Sam Craigie 4 ENG Sydney Wilson 5 ENG Oliver Brown 2 AUS Vinnie Calabrese 5 ENG Billy Joe Castle 2 ENG Jimmy White 4 ENG Saqib Nasir 5 ENG Jamie Cope 5 SCO Scott Macfarlane 2 ENG Adam Duffy 5 ENG Ashley Carty 4 ENG Jason Weston 2 ENG Hammad Miah 5 ENG Paul Davison 5 ENG Sam Harvey 1 ENG James Cahill 5 ENG Jeff Cundy 2 WAL Duane Jones 5 ENG Samuel Thistlewhite 1 CHN Lu Ning 5 ENG Joe O'Connor 4 SCO Fraser Patrick 5 ENG Michael Williams 0 CHN Lu Chenwei 1 ENG Nick Jennings 5 SCO Eden Sharav 5 ENG Andrew Milliard 3 CHN Zhao Xintong 5 ENG Kuldesh Johal 1 WAL Daniel Wells 5 ENG Jamie Curtis-Barrett 3 SCO Rhys Clark 5 ENG Grant Miles 1 ENG Allan Taylor 5 ENG Simon Dent 2 ENG Chris Wakelin 5 WAL Alex Taubman 1 CHN Zhang Yong 1 ENG Ashley Hugill 5 CHN Yan Bingtao w/d CHN Chen Zhe w/o IRN Hossein Vafaei 5 ENG Charlie Walters 3 ENG Sanderson Lam 5 ENG Matthew Day 3 ENG Ian Glover 5 SCO Ross Higgins 0 ENG Steven Hallworth 5 ENG Jake Nicholson 0 WAL Gareth Allen 5 ENG Adam Edge 3 ENG Martin O'Donnell 5 IRL Leo Fernandez 3 ENG Alfie Burden 1 WAL David John 5 SCO Ross Muir 5 ENG Callum Downing 4 ENG Sean O'Sullivan 5 ENG Brandon Sargeant 2 IOM Darryl Hill 3 SCO Dylan Craig 5 ENG David Grace 5 ENG Christopher Keogan 4 ENG Rory McLeod 5 ENG Nigel Bond 2 ENG Jack Lisowski 5 ENG Sydney Wilson 2 ENG Michael Wasley 5 AUS Vinnie Calabrese 1 ENG Ian Burns 5 ENG Saqib Nasir 1 ENG Joel Walker 5 ENG Jamie Cope 2 SCO Scott Donaldson 1 ENG Adam Duffy 5 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 ENG Hammad Miah 1 ENG Andrew Higginson 5 ENG Paul Davison 2 SCO Michael Leslie 5 ENG James Cahill 3 ENG Sam Baird 5 WAL Duane Jones 1 IRL David Morris 5 CHN Lu Ning 2 ENG Tom Ford 1 SCO Fraser Patrick 5 ENG Robbie Williams 5 ENG Nick Jennings 2 ENG Mark Joyce 5 SCO Eden Sharav 1 ENG Barry Pinches 2 CHN Zhao Xintong 5 CHN Zhang Anda 5 WAL Daniel Wells 2 CHN Li Hang 5 SCO Rhys Clark 1 ENG Stuart Carrington 4 ENG Allan Taylor 5 ENG Craig Steadman 0 ENG Chris Wakelin 5 ENG Liam Highfield 5 ENG Ashley Hugill 0 WAL Lee Walker 5 CHN Chen Zhe 2 ENG Zak Surety 3 IRN Hossein Vafaei 5 IRL Ken Doherty 5 ENG Sanderson Lam 1 ENG Kyren Wilson 5 ENG Ian Glover 3 ENG Oliver Lines 5 ENG Steven Hallworth 3 SCO Jamie Burnett 5 WAL Gareth Allen 1 CHN Zhou Yuelong 5 ENG Martin O'Donnell 3 ENG Peter Lines 5 WAL David John 1 ENG Michael Georgiou 5 SCO Ross Muir 0 IND Aditya Mehta 5 ENG Sean O'Sullivan 4 NIR Joe Swail 5 SCO Dylan Craig 0 ENG Mitchell Mann 5 ENG David Grace 4 ENG Rory McLeod 4 ENG Jack Lisowski 5 ENG Michael Wasley 2 ENG Ian Burns 5 ENG Joel Walker 5 ENG Adam Duffy 3 ENG Anthony Hamilton 3 ENG Andrew Higginson 5 SCO Michael Leslie 5 ENG Sam Baird 0 IRL David Morris 5 SCO Fraser Patrick 3 ENG Robbie Williams 1 ENG Mark Joyce 5 CHN Zhao Xintong 3 CHN Zhang Anda 5 CHN Li Hang 4 ENG Allan Taylor 5 ENG Chris Wakelin 5 ENG Liam Highfield 2 WAL Lee Walker 4 IRN Hossein Vafaei 5 IRL Ken Doherty 4 ENG Kyren Wilson 5 ENG Oliver Lines 2 SCO Jamie Burnett 5 CHN Zhou Yuelong 5 ENG Peter Lines 3 ENG Michael Georgiou 5 IND Aditya Mehta 4 NIR Joe Swail 5 ENG Mitchell Mann 3 ENG Jimmy Robertson 1 ENG Jack Lisowski 5 ENG Rod Lawler 4 ENG Ian Burns 5 ENG Gary Wilson 3 ENG Joel Walker 5 ENG Mike Dunn 3 ENG Andrew Higginson 5 ENG Martin Gould 5 SCO Michael Leslie 1 NIR Gerard Greene 5 IRL David Morris 0 BEL Luca Brecel 4 ENG Mark Joyce 5 ENG Matthew Selt 5 CHN Zhang Anda 1 ENG Mark King 5 ENG Allan Taylor 4 WAL Jamie Jones 5 ENG Chris Wakelin 3 WAL Dominic Dale 3 IRN Hossein Vafaei 5 ENG Ali Carter 5 ENG Kyren Wilson 1 ENG Peter Ebdon 4 SCO Jamie Burnett 5 ENG Ben Woollaston 5 CHN Zhou Yuelong 2 ENG David Gilbert 4 ENG Michael Georgiou 5 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 NIR Joe Swail 2 Century breaks Qualifying stage centuries http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13844/australian-open-qualifiers Centuries World Snooker Live Scores 2015-07-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20150709152259/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13844/australian-open-qualifiers 2015-07-09 dead 133 Michael Wasley 132, 127 Zhang Anda 132 Allan Taylor 130 Andrew Higginson 130 David Morris 127 David Grace 122 Ian Glover 118, 104, 101 Chris Wakelin 115, 100 Kyren Wilson 113 Zhao Xintong 110, 100 Barry Pinches 109 James Cahill 108 Ken Doherty 107, 102 Rory McLeod 106 Chen Zhe 106 Peter Ebdon 105 Andrew Higginson 105 Peter Lines 104 Daniel Wells 104 Mike Dunn 102 David Gilbert 101 Michael Leslie 101 Ian Burns 100 Rhys Clark 100 Jamie Cope 100 Hammad Miah 100 Jamie Burnett Televised stage centuries http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13843/australian-open Centuries World Snooker Live Scores 2015-07-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20150709173753/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13843/australian-open 2015-07-09 dead 142 Ricky Walden 141 Mark Selby 138, 122, 109, 101, 100 Martin Gould 137 Joe Perry 136 Robert Milkins 134, 133, 112 John Higgins 132 Jamie Jones 128 Fergal O'Brien 114, 111, 102 Judd Trump 114 Ali Carter 106 Mark Joyce References 2015 Australian Goldfields Open Goldfields Open Category:Sport in Bendigo