2015 China Open (snooker) explained

Tournament Name:BAIC Motor China Open
Venue:Beijing University Students' Gymnasium
Location:Beijing
Country:China
Organisation:World Snooker
Format:Ranking event
Total Prize Fund:£478,000
Winners Share:£85,000
Highest Break: (145)
Score:10–2
Previous:2014
Next:2016

The 2015 BAIC Motor China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 30 March and 5 April 2015 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the tenth ranking event of the 2014–15 season.[1]

Ding Junhui was the defending champion,[2] but he lost 5–6 against Gary Wilson in the semi-finals.[3]

Mark Selby defeated Wilson 10–2 to win his sixth career ranking title, his second of the season, and his first China Open title after being twice runner-up (in 2011 and 2013). The tournament was Wilson's first ranking event final.[4]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5] [6]

Wildcard round

These matches were played in Beijing on 30 March 2015.[7] [8] [9]

Match Score
WC1 0–5
WC2 5–1
WC3 5–3
WC4 5–2

Main draw

[7] [8] [9]

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore.
Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 5 April 2015.
Gary Wilson
2–10Mark Selby
Afternoon: 39–74,,,,,,,,
Evening: 0–136 (136),,
101Highest break145
1Century breaks2
250+ breaks4

Qualifying

These matches were held on 14 and 15 February 2015 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.[10] [11] [12]

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Ding Junhui 5–1 Ross Muir
Marcus Campbell 5–2 Lu Chenwei
Kyren Wilson 5–3 Matthew Day
Mark Davis 5–3 Mitchell Mann
Mark Williams 5–1 Lee Walker
3–5 Alex Davies
2–5 Joe O'Connor
1–5 Michael Leslie
John Higgins 5–2 Oliver Lines
Yu Delu 5–3 Chris Norbury
3–5 Daniel Wells
Graeme Dott 5–1 Sean O'Sullivan
Peter Ebdon 5–3 Sam Baird
2–5 Zhang Anda
Andrew Higginson 5–0 Hammad Miah
Judd Trump 5–0 Eden Sharav
Barry Hawkins 5–1 Noppon Saengkham
Gerard Greene 5–1 Chris Wakelin
Jimmy Robertson 5–3 Steven Hallworth
Dominic Dale 5–2 Ian Glover
Ryan Day 5–0 Sydney Wilson
1–5 Liam Highfield
David Morris 5–1 Jamie Clarke
Stephen Maguire 5–2 Lee Page
Ricky Walden 5–2 David Grace
Cao Yupeng 5–2 Adam Bobat
Gary Wilson 5–3 Jak Jones
Liang Wenbo 5–2 Joel Walker
Alan McManus 5–3 Tian Pengfei
Jack Lisowski 5–0 Ahmed Saif
Dechawat Poomjaeng 5–1 James Cahill
Neil Robertson 5–3 Lyu Haotian
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Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 Luca Brecel
3–5 Robin Hull
Jamie Burnett 5–3 Ian Burns
Mark King 5–2 Lu Ning
Fergal O'Brien 5–2 George Pragnall
Mike Dunn 5–3 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon
Kurt Maflin 5–3 Cao Xinlong
Ali Carter 5–1 Martin McCrudden
Marco Fu 5–2 Michael Georgiou
4–5 Ashley Carty
Jamie Jones 5–2 Michael Tomlinson
Matthew Stevens 5–0 Mark Owens
Anthony McGill 5–3 Alexander Ursenbacher
Alfie Burden 5–4 Allan Taylor
Jamie Cope 5–3 Thor Chuan Leong
Shaun Murphy 5–1 Igor Figueiredo
Stuart Bingham 5–0 Scott Donaldson
Peter Lines 5–4 Chris Melling
Ken Doherty 5–4 Dave Harold
Michael White 5–2 James Wattana
2–5 Joe Swail
4–5 Zak Surety
Nigel Bond 5–2 Craig Steadman
Robert Milkins 5–0 Stuart Carrington
Joe Perry 5–2 Oliver Brown
David Gilbert 5–2 Adam Duffy
Anthony Hamilton 5–0 Michael Wasley
1–5 Zhou Yuelong
4–5 Elliot Slessor
Matthew Selt 5–0 John Astley
Mark Joyce 5–2 Fraser Patrick
Mark Selby 5–1 Barry Pinches

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

[13]

Televised stage centuries

[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tournament Calendar 2014/2015. Snooker.org. 15 March 2015.
  2. Web site: Ding Junhui wins China Open to equal Stephen Hendry record. BBC Sport. 6 April 2014. 15 March 2015.
  3. Web site: China Open: Gary Wilson to play Mark Selby in final. BBC Sport. 4 April 2015. 4 April 2015.
  4. Web site: Mark Selby beats Gary Wilson in final. 5 April 2015. BBC Sport. 16 April 2015.
  5. Web site: Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2014/2015 Season . worldsnooker.com . . PDF . 12 May 2014 . 15 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140517140043/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/a5/c1/0,,13165~180645,00.pdf . 17 May 2014 . dead .
  6. Web site: Snooker – Tournament Info: China Open 2015 . . 28 March 2015 . 28 March 2015 . German . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402180252/https://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/snooker-turnier-info-china-open-2015-102104266--spt.html . 2 April 2015 . dead .
  7. Web site: China Open 2015 draw. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. PDF. 16 February 2015. 15 March 2015.
  8. Web site: China Open 2015 Provisional Format of Play . worldsnooker.com . . PDF . 15 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150319043710/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/d2/c7/0,,13165~182226,00.pdf . 19 March 2015 . live .
  9. Web site: Baic Motor China Open (2015). Snooker.org. 15 March 2015.
  10. Web site: China Open 2015 Qualifiers draw & results . . PDF . 15 March 2015 . 16 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402131213/http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/a5b5a8c3-d0c3-4945-a518-6d06f0d655d2.pdf . 2 April 2015 . live .
  11. Web site: China Open 2015 Qualifying Format . worldsnooker.com . . PDF . 15 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402112127/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/f8/c6/0,,13165~182008,00.pdf . 2 April 2015 . live .
  12. Web site: China Open Qualifiers (2015). Snooker.org. 15 March 2015.
  13. Web site: China Open qualifiers: century breaks . worldsnookerdata.com . . 15 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150321235542/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13807 . 21 March 2015 . live .
  14. Web site: China Open: century breaks. worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 15 March 2015. 10 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150310011112/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13806. dead.