2015 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:	$521,600
Winners Share:	$75,000
Highest Break:	(142)
Score:	9–8
Previous:	2014
Next:	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.^[1]

Judd Trump was the defending champion,^[2] 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.^[3]

Prize fund

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

• 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

• Non-televised highest break: $100
• Televised highest break: $2,500
• Total: $521,600

Wildcard round

Match		Score
WC1		5–0
WC2		3–5

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,,,,,, Evening: 25–74, 13–82,,,,,,,
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.^{[5] [6]}

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

^[7]

• 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

^[8]

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tournament Calendar 2015/16. Snooker.org. 25 May 2015.
2. Web site: Judd Trump wins 2014 Australian Goldfields Open. worldsnooker.com. 25 May 2015.
3. Web site: Australian Open: John Higgins beats Martin Gould to take title. BBC Sport. 5 July 2015. 11 July 2015.
4. Web site: Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2014/2015 Season. 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 .
5. Web site: Australian Open Qualifiers Draw. worldsnooker.com. 1 June 2015.
6. Web site: 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.
7. Web site: 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 .
8. Web site: 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 .