European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 5 Explained

Tournament Name:European Tour 2014/2015
Event 5
Venue:Casal Vistoso Sports Centre
Location:Lisbon
Country:Portugal
Organisation:World Snooker
Format:Minor-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:125,631
Winners Share:€25,000
Highest Break: (147)
Score:4–2
Next:AT3

The Kreativ Dental European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 5 (also known as the 2014 Kreativ Dental Lisbon Open) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 14 December 2014 at the Casal Vistoso Sports Centre in Lisbon, Portugal.[1]

The tournament was the first ever professional snooker event in Portugal,[2] the final of which attracted more than a thousand spectators.[3] Over a dozen Portuguese amateur players took part, including national champion Rui Santos.[4]

Ben Woollaston made the 110th official maximum break during his last 128 match against Joe Steele. This was Woollaston's first official 147 break and also the fifth maximum break in the 2014/2015 season.[5]

Stephen Maguire won his third minor-ranking event by defeating Matthew Selt 4–2 in the final. The Lisbon Open was Selt's first professional final.[6] [7]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money of the event is shown below:[8]

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Winner 25,000
Runner-up €12,000
Semi-finalist €6,000
Quarter-finalist €4,000
Last 16 €2,300
Last 32 €1,200
Last 64 €700
Maximum break €631
Total €125,631

Main draw

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Preliminary rounds

Round 1

Best of 7 frames

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Conor McCormack 0–4 Mitchell Travis
1–4 Dylan Craig
Jeff Jacobs 4–1 Andreas Ploner
Jake Nicholson w/o–w/d Jack Bradford
Ryan Causton w/o–w/d Mark Davies
Ashley Carty 4–1 Ashley Hugill
Alex Taubman 2–4 Matthew Glasby
Mark Dooley 0–4 Adam Duffy
Matthew Day 4–2 Jeff Cundy
Martin O'Donnell 4–2 Marc Davis
Ben Jones 0–4 Sean O'Sullivan
Christopher Keogan 4–0 Daan Leysen
Jurian Heusdens 4–1 Manon Melief
Dessie Sheehan 4–1 Paul Ludden
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Oliver Brown 4–0 Telmo Falcão
Brian Cini 4–0 Daniel Schneider
Rui Santos 0–4 Jamie Clarke
3–4 João Grilo
Henrique Correia 1–4 Billy Brown
António Ferreira n/s–w/o Nico Elton
Kevin Chan 0–4 Michael Tomlinson
Sydney Wilson 4–0 António Costa
Joe O'Connor 4–2 Nuno Santos
João Silva 0–4 Luke Garland
Kishan Hirani 4–0 Tiago Silva
Paul Davison 4–0 Chris Jones
Luís Alves 0–4 Josh Boileau
2–4 Felix Frede

Round 2

Best of 7 frames

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Alexandre Almeida 0–4 Mitchell Travis
Dylan Craig 4–1 Jeff Jacobs
Richard Beckham 4–3 Jake Nicholson
Gareth Allen 4–3 Ryan Causton
Michael Williams 0–4 Ashley Carty
Sanderson Lam 4–2 Matthew Glasby
Lukas Kleckers 4–2 Adam Duffy
Matthew Day 0–4 Martin O'Donnell
3–4 Sean O'Sullivan
Christopher Keogan 4–1 Jurian Heusdens
Francisco Domingues 0–4 Dessie Sheehan
0–4 Oliver Brown
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Zack Richardson 4–2 Brian Cini
Hélder Júlio 0–4 Jamie Clarke
António Couto 0–4 João Grilo
Joe Steele 4–1 Billy Brown
Thomas Rees 0–4 Nico Elton
Hans Blanckaert 1–4 Michael Tomlinson
Michael Collumb 2–4 Sydney Wilson
2–4 Joe O'Connor
3–4 Luke Garland
Tomasz Skalski 4–1
2–4 Josh Boileau
Jayson Wholly 0–4 Felix Frede

Main rounds

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Finals

Century breaks

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tournament Calendar 2014/2015. Snooker.org. 30 November 2014.
  2. Web site: Lisbon To Host European Tour Event . worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 24 November 2014. 30 November 2014.
  3. News: Cortez. Rodrigo. Stephen Maguire sai de Lisboa com a taça. O Jogo. Controlinveste. Porto. 14 December 2014. 15 December 2014. pt.
  4. Web site: Portugueses sonham com quadro final. lisbon-open.com. Federação Portuguesa de Bilhar. 15 December 2014. pt. https://web.archive.org/web/20141213224345/http://www.lisbon-open.pt/Noticias.aspx. 13 December 2014. dead.
  5. Web site: Woollaston Joins 147 Club . worldsnooker.com . . 12 December 2014 . 12 December 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141217025058/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~4361682%2C00.html . 17 December 2014 . dmy .
  6. Web site: Hendon. Dave. Maguire takes Lisbon title. Inside Snooker. 14 December 2014. 15 December 2014.
  7. Web site: Maguire Is Lisbon Lion. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 December 2014. 15 December 2014.
  8. Web site: Lisbon Open: dreaming high . lisbon-open.com . Federação Portuguesa de Bilhar . 30 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141128024719/http://www.lisbon-open.com/LisbonOpen_en.aspx . 28 November 2014 . dead . dmy .
  9. Web site: Lisbon Open 2014 (ET5) draw & results. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 December 2014. 16 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141216150250/http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/81286869-1e12-47d9-ab1e-b9a7c61bfb02.pdf. 16 December 2014.
  10. Web site: European Tour 5 – Lisbon Open 2014 Format. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 30 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141205172304/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/68/c4/0%2C%2C13165~181352%2C00.pdf. 5 December 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  11. Web site: Kreativ Dental European Tour Event Five (2014). Snooker.org. 30 November 2014.
  12. Web site: Lisbon Open (ET5): century breaks. worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 30 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141216145142/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13792. 16 December 2014.