2014 Australian Goldfields Open Explained

Tournament Name:	Australian Goldfields Open
Venue:	Bendigo Stadium
Location:	Bendigo
Country:	Australia
Organisation:	World Snooker
Format:	Ranking event
Total Prize Fund:	$500,000
Winners Share:	$75,000
Highest Break:	(140)
Score:	9–5
Previous:	2013
Next:	2015

The 2014 Australian Goldfields Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 30 June–6 July 2014 at the Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia. It was the second ranking event of the 2014/2015 season.^[1]

Marco Fu was the defending champion,^[2] but he decided not to compete this year.

Judd Trump won his fourth ranking title by defeating Neil Robertson 9–5 in the final.^[3]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^{[4] [5]}

• 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: $1,600
• Last 64: $750
• Last 96: $150

• Non-televised highest break: $100
• Televised highest break: $2,500
• Total: $500,000

Wildcard round

These matches were played in Bendigo on 30 June 2014.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Match		Score
WC1		5–0
WC2		5–0

Main draw

^{[6] [7] [8]}

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore. Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, Australia, 6 July 2014.^[9]
Neil Robertson (1)	5–9	Judd Trump (3)
Afternoon: 87–48, 23–77,,,,,, Evening: 43–65, 8–96,,,,
109	Highest break	114
1	Century breaks	2
2	50+ breaks	6

Qualifying

These matches were held between 30 May and 3 June 2014 at The Capital Venue in Gloucester, England.^{[10] [11] [12]}

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

^[13]

• 140, 110 Joe Swail
• 139 Cao Yupeng
• 138, 119 Liam Highfield
• 136 Zhou Yuelong
• 136 Elliot Slessor
• 130 Nigel Bond
• 129 Luca Brecel
• 126 Jamie Jones
• 126 Mark King
• 121, 103 Jack Lisowski
• 121 Scott Donaldson
• 118 Anthony McGill
• 114 Steven Hallworth
• 113 Alan McManus
• 108 Cao Xinlong
• 108 Aditya Mehta
• 107 Andrew Higginson
• 106 Liang Wenbo
• 106 Ian Burns
• 105, 100 Barry Pinches
• 105 Mark Joyce
• 104, 100 Lee Walker
• 102 Paul Davison
• 102 Oliver Brown
• 100 Daniel Wells

Televised stage centuries

^[14]

• 140, 109, 103, 100 Neil Robertson
• 139 Mark Davis
• 127 John Higgins
• 122 Mark Joyce
• 114, 114, 110, 107, 106, 101, 101, 100 Judd Trump
• 109 Dominic Dale
• 108 Peter Ebdon
• 107 Robert Milkins
• 107 Martin Gould
• 105 Matthew Stevens
• 104 Ricky Walden
• 103 Fergal O'Brien
• 103 Shaun Murphy
• 102 Stuart Bingham

External links

• 2014 Australian Goldfields Open – Pictures by Tai Chengzhe at Facebook

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tournament Calendar 2014/2015. Snooker.org. 23 May 2014.
2. Web site: Robertson loses Aussie Open snooker final. Brisbane Times. 14 July 2013. 23 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140523230644/http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-sport/robertson-loses-aussie-open-snooker-final-20130714-2pyin.html. dead.
3. Web site: Bristol's Judd Trump clinches Australian Open title. Bristol Post. 6 July 2014. 6 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140708150740/http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Bristol-s-Judd-Trump-clinches-Australian-Open/story-21335406-detail/story.html. 8 July 2014. dead. dmy-all.
4. Web site: Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2014/2015 Season . worldsnooker.com . . 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 .
5. Web site: Kalb . Rolf . Turnier-Infos: Australian Open . . 30 June 2014 . German . 29 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714203243/https://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/australian-open-turnier-infos-australian-open-184738235--spt.html . 14 July 2014 . dead .
6. Web site: 2014 Australian Open Draw & Results . . 6 July 2014 . 6 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714205154/http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/94cdcc8f-be3f-4800-a915-83611e62924b.pdf . 14 July 2014 . live .
7. Web site: 2014 World Snooker Australian Open Provisional Format of Play . worldsnooker.com . . 6 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140606211834/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/27/c2/0,,13165~180775,00.pdf . 6 June 2014 . dead .
8. Web site: Australian Goldfields Open (2014). Snooker.org. 23 May 2014.
9. Web site: Final – Match 33 – Neil Robertson v Judd Trump . worldsnookerdata.com . . 6 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714153532/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Result/13743?matchId=246708 . 14 July 2014 . live .
10. Web site: Australian Open 2014 Qualifiers Draw & Results . . 4 June 2014 . 4 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140606235021/http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/91e3ae39-025d-4e77-82ed-8ea444e45dc4.pdf . 6 June 2014 . live .
11. Web site: Australian Goldfields Open 2014 Qualifiers Format . worldsnooker.com . . 23 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140524003839/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/be/c1/0,,13165~180670,00.pdf . 24 May 2014 . live .
12. Web site: Australian Goldfields Open Qualifiers (2014). Snooker.org. 23 May 2014.
13. Web site: Australian Open qualifiers: century breaks . worldsnookerdata.com . . 3 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140603185908/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13744 . 3 June 2014 . live .
14. Web site: Australian Open: century breaks . worldsnookerdata.com . . 6 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140708153008/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13743 . 8 July 2014 . live .