Australian Goldfields Open 2015
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Australian Goldfields Open 2015
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Bendigo , Australia |
| Opening: | June 29, 2015 |
| Endgame: | 5th July 2015
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| Winner: |
 John Higgins
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| Highest Break: | 142 ( Ricky Walden )
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The Australian Goldfields Open 2015 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2015/16 season , which was held from June 29th to July 5th, 2015 at the Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo , Australia .
Defending champion was the Englishman Judd Trump , who reached the quarter-finals this time. Last year's finalist and local hero Neil Robertson , however, was eliminated in round one. The Scot John Higgins won the tournament in a narrow final 9: 8 against Martin Gould . Higgins was the fifth winner in the fifth year at Bendigo. In 1994 he had already won a forerunner tournament to the Australian Open in Melbourne.
Prize money and world ranking points
The prize money in the qualification increased by a total of 21,600 Australian dollars compared to the previous year ; However, only the qualifying participants benefited from this; the premiums in the main tournament remained unchanged.
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| winner | A $ 75,000 |
| finalist | A $ 32,000 |
| Semi-finalist | A $ 20,000 |
| Quarter finalist | A $ 17,000 |
| Round of 16 | A $ 12,000 |
| Last 32 | A $ 9,000 |
| Last 48 | A $ 2,000 |
| Last 64 | A $ 1,000 |
| Last 80 | A $ 500 |
| Highest qualifying round break | A $ 100 |
| Highest final round break | A $ 2,500 |
| All in all | A $ 521,600 |
Wildcard round
The wildcard round was played on June 29 before the main round. The Australian amateur Adrian Ridley , who took part in a Main Tour event for the first time, managed a big surprise with his victory over number 32 in the world rankings ; then he retired in the first main round.
| game | Qualifier (place to sit) | Result best of 9 frames |
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Matthew Selt (20)
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5 : 0 |
 Ben Judge
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| WC2 |
Ben Woollaston (22)
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3: 5 |
Adrian Ridley
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Main round
The main round games were played in Bendigo from June 29th to July 5th . At the beginning of the first tournament of the season there were several big surprises. World champion Stuart Bingham had a false start, as did local favorite Neil Robertson , who last played in the final twice at his home tournament. With Marco Fu , Mark Allen and Shaun Murphy, three other top 10 players were eliminated in the opening round. For world number one Mark Selby , the end came just one lap later. His conqueror Jamie Jones then reached the semi-finals, in which he was defeated by John Higgins . With Stephen Maguire , a second Scot was in the semi-finals, he had defending champion Judd Trump defeated. However, a Scottish final prevented Martin Gould , who clearly defeated Maguire. For the Englishman it was the first time that he reached the final of a classic ranking tournament, only in the final tournament of the Players Tour he had been a finalist in a tournament for full ranking points in 2011.
final
The match between John Higgins and Martin Gould , who faced each other for the first time in a final, was even. In the afternoon, the Scot took a 2-0 lead before Gould turned the game with a Century and pulled away to 4-2. Higgins, for his part, made the connection with a Centuryden and then equalized at the 4-4 break. In the evening it was again the Scot who won the first two frames and again Gould came up with a century break. After that, however, Higgins was always able to hold a lead until the Englishman managed to equalize in a contested 16th frame. In the decisive frame, however, he could not use his first chance, Higgins, on the other hand, won the game in one shot with a break of 89 points.
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Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Olivier Marteel Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo , Australia , July 5, 2015  |
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Martin Gould
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John Higgins
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Afternoon games: 8: 90 , 57:58, 101 : 13, 101 : 25 (86) 67 : 32, 89 : 5, 0: 126 (112) 12: 66 evening games: 25: 74 , 13: 82 , 138 : 0, 40: 68 , 70 : 45 (55), 100 : 1 (58), 33: 92 (60), 68 : 54, 8: 89 |
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| 138 | Highest break | 112 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 6th | 50+ breaks | 5 |
qualification
The qualifying rounds took place from June 1st to 5th, 2015 at K2 in Crawley ( England ), where an official snooker tournament was held for the first time.
A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2015/16 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)
Century Breaks
Finals
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qualification
Of the 112 qualifiers who competed, 26 scored at least a break of 100 points or more, 33 Centurys were played. The Englishman Michael Wasley scored the highest break of the qualification with a 133 and thus secured the bonus of 100 Australian dollars.
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- ↑ a b c Australian Goldfields Open Draw. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , May 21, 2015, accessed May 22, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Australian Open Draw. (PDF; 78.7 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , June 9, 2015, accessed June 9, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Australian Open format. (PDF; 193 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , June 9, 2015, accessed June 9, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c Australian Goldfields Open (2015). Snooker.org, accessed June 6, 2015 .
- ^ Australian Open Qualifiers Draw. (PDF; 19.6 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , May 21, 2015, accessed May 22, 2015 .
- ↑ Snooker Stars free in Crawley. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , May 22, 2015, accessed May 22, 2015 .
- ^ Australian Open Qualifiers - Centuries. (No longer available online.) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , archived from the original on July 9, 2015 ; Retrieved June 6, 2015 .