Bulgarian Open 2015

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Victoria Bulgarian Open 2015
European Tour 2015/16 - Event 4

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Tournament type: Minor ranking tournament
Venue: Universiada Hall,
Sofia , Bulgaria
Opening: 4th November 2015
Endgame: November 8, 2015

Winner: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen
Highest Break: 138 ( Dominic Dale ) WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg
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The Bulgarian Open 2015 (also European Tour 2015/16 - Event 4 ) was a snooker tournament that was held from November 4th to 8th, 2015 in the Universiada Hall Sofia . It was the fourth tournament since 2012 in the Bulgarian capital that, as in previous years, was sponsored by Victoria Insurance. The minor ranking tournament was part of the Players Tour Championship , which was part of the 2015/16 snooker season .

Last year's winner was Shaun Murphy from England , he was eliminated in the quarterfinals against Mark Williams . The winner was the Northern Irishman Mark Allen with a 4-0 final win over Ryan Day .

Prize money

The prize money remained unchanged compared to previous years.

Prize money
winner 25,000
finalist € 12,000
Semi-finalist € 6,000
Quarter finalist € 4,000
Round of 16 € 2,300
Last 32 € 1,200
Last 64 € 700
All in all € 125,000

Preliminary round

97 professional players and 110 amateurs had registered for the tournament. The professionals were set for the main tournament, so the amateurs had to play for the remaining 31 places in two qualifying rounds.

The six starters from the German-speaking countries all reached round 2, but only the Austrian Andreas Ploner and the two Germans Felix Frede and Simon Lichtenberg made it into the main tournament. The favored Alexander Ursenbacher and Lukas Kleckers were eliminated.

All games were played in the best of 7 frames mode. The following pairings were scheduled for the two preliminary rounds on November 4th and 5th:

Round 1

game Result game Result
1 EnglandEngland Ashley Carty 2: 4 EnglandEngland Oliver Brown 25th EnglandEngland Elliot Slessor 4 : 0 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Anastasis Ioannou
2 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Alex Taubman 4 : 0 EnglandEngland Terence Davidson 26th EnglandEngland Sam Thistlewhite 4 : 1 BulgariaBulgaria Sashko Dimitrov
3 EnglandEngland Jin Foulger 2: 4 EnglandEngland Adam Edge 27 RomaniaRomania Corina Maracine 0: 4 EnglandEngland Michael Williams
4th EnglandEngland Freddie Blunden 1: 4 BelgiumBelgium Tomasz Skalski 28 RomaniaRomania Paul Croitoru 0: 4 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Rhys Clarke
5 RomaniaRomania Vladu Mihai 1: 4 GermanyGermany Felix Frede 29 BulgariaBulgaria Nikolai Hristov 1: 4 EnglandEngland Adam Duffy
6th IsraelIsrael Dana Amir 0: 4 EnglandEngland Brandon Sargeant 30th BulgariaBulgaria Bratislav Krustev 4 : 1 BulgariaBulgaria Salim Otti
7th EnglandEngland Lewis Gillen 4 : 1 BulgariaBulgaria Viktor Iliev 31 BulgariaBulgaria David Davidkov 4 : 0 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Alcinous Triantos
8th EnglandEngland Damian Wilks 1: 4 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Alexander Ursenbacher 32 IrelandIreland Daniel O'Regan 2: 4 IrelandIreland Dessie Sheehan
9 IrelandIreland Brendan O'Donoghue 4 : 1 EnglandEngland Jeremy Lee 33 EnglandEngland Adam King kl. RussiaRussia Aleksandr Kurgankov
10 BulgariaBulgaria Krasimir Kameshev 1: 4 BelgiumBelgium Jurian Heusdens 34 EnglandEngland Sam Craigie 4 : 0 MaltaMalta Alex Borg
11 AustriaAustria Andreas Ploner 4 : 0 BulgariaBulgaria Daniel Mladenov 35 PolandPoland Kacper Filipiak 3: 4 BelgiumBelgium Jeff Jacobs
12 EnglandEngland Joe Steele 4 : 1 EnglandEngland Adam Longley 36 GermanyGermany Simon Lichtenberg 4 : 1 EnglandEngland Jonathan Mabey
13 PolandPoland Mateusz Baranowski 4 : 3 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ben jones 37 PolandPoland Adam Stefanów 2: 4 EnglandEngland Joe Roberts
14th EnglandEngland Peter Devlin 4 : 0 RomaniaRomania Razvan Sdrobis 38 ScotlandScotland Michael Collumb 2: 4 GermanyGermany Lukas Kleckers
15th BangladeshBangladesh Ferdous Bhuyian 3: 4 EnglandEngland Robbie Purdham 39 EnglandEngland Richard Beckham 4 : 2 EnglandEngland Charlie Walters
16 EnglandEngland Ashley Hugill 4 : 1 EnglandEngland Jake Nicholson 40 BulgariaBulgaria Dimitar Mehandjiiski 0: 4 GermanyGermany Robin Otto
17th EnglandEngland Phil O'Kane 4 : 1 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Kyriacos Kyriacou 41 EnglandEngland Nico Elton 4 : 1 EnglandEngland Matthew Glasby
18th BulgariaBulgaria Nikolai Vlashev 0: 4 EnglandEngland Sam Betts 42 BulgariaBulgaria Spasian Spasov 4 : 0 RomaniaRomania George Mărgărit
19th EnglandEngland Joe O'Connor kl. EnglandEngland Louis Heathcote 43 BulgariaBulgaria Teodor Chomovski 4 : 0 RomaniaRomania Monica Manolache
20th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Conor McCormack kl. PolandPoland Marcin Nitschke 44 EnglandEngland Joshua Cooper 4 : 0 BulgariaBulgaria Ivan Kupov
21st EnglandEngland Nicholas Roberts 4 : 0 BulgariaBulgaria Veselin Lazarov 45 SerbiaSerbia Marko Vukovic kl. EnglandEngland Hammad Miah
22nd RomaniaRomania Andrei Orzan 1: 4 IrelandIreland Josh Boileau 46 EnglandEngland Ryan Causton 4 : 1 MaltaMalta Brian Cini
23 RomaniaRomania Nikola Kemilev 4 : 1 LatviaLatvia Rodion Judin 47 EnglandEngland Patrick Whelan 2: 4 ScotlandScotland Marc J. Davis
24 ScotlandScotland Mark Owens 4 : 3 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Kishan Hirani 48 EnglandEngland Christopher Keogan 4 : 1 BelgiumBelgium Hans Blanckaert

round 2

game Result game Result
49 EnglandEngland Oliver Brown 4 : 0 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Alex Taubman 65 EnglandEngland Sam Thistlewhite 2: 4 EnglandEngland Michael Williams
50 EnglandEngland Adam Edge 3: 4 BelgiumBelgium Tomasz Skalski 66 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Rhys Clarke 4 : 0 GibraltarGibraltar Chris Mason
51 GermanyGermany Felix Frede 4 : 0 BulgariaBulgaria Julian Petrov 67 EnglandEngland Adam Duffy 4 : 1 ScotlandScotland Ross Higgins
52 EnglandEngland Brandon Sargeant 3: 4 EnglandEngland Lewis Gillen 68 BulgariaBulgaria Bratislav Krustev 4 : 0 BulgariaBulgaria David Davidkov
53 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Alexander Ursenbacher 1: 4 IrelandIreland Brendan O'Donoghue 69 IrelandIreland Dessie Sheehan 0: 4 EnglandEngland Adam King
54 BelgiumBelgium Jurian Heusdens 4 : 0 BulgariaBulgaria Viktor Gaidov 70 EnglandEngland Sam Craigie 4 : 1 RomaniaRomania Rare sinca
55 AustriaAustria Andreas Ploner 4 : 1 GermanyGermany Daniel Schneider 71 BelgiumBelgium Jeff Jacobs 1: 4 GermanyGermany Simon Lichtenberg
56 EnglandEngland Joe Steele 0: 4 PolandPoland Mateusz Baranowski 72 EnglandEngland Joe Roberts 4 : 1 GermanyGermany Lukas Kleckers
57 EnglandEngland Peter Devlin 4 : 2 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Thomas Rees 73 EnglandEngland Richard Beckham 4 : 0 BulgariaBulgaria Hristo Sirakov
58 EnglandEngland Robbie Purdham 0: 4 EnglandEngland Ashley Hugill 74 GermanyGermany Robin Otto 0: 4 EnglandEngland Nico Elton
59 EnglandEngland Phil O'Kane 4 : 3 RomaniaRomania Radu Vilau 75 BulgariaBulgaria Spasian Spasov 0: 4 EnglandEngland George Pragnall
60 EnglandEngland Sam Betts 0: 4 EnglandEngland Joe O'Connor 76 BulgariaBulgaria Teodor Chomovski 1: 4 EnglandEngland John Parkin
61 PolandPoland Marcin Nitschke 4 : 0 EnglandEngland Nicholas Roberts 77 EnglandEngland Joshua Cooper 1: 4 EnglandEngland Hammad Miah
62 IrelandIreland Josh Boileau 4 : 1 EnglandEngland Chris Jones 78 EnglandEngland Ryan Causton 4 : 1 BulgariaBulgaria Stefan Simeonovski
63 RomaniaRomania Nikola Kemilev 0: 4 ScotlandScotland Mark Owens 79 ScotlandScotland Marc J. Davis 2: 4 EnglandEngland Christopher Keogan
64 EnglandEngland Elliot Slessor 4 : 0 BulgariaBulgaria Georgi Georgiev

Main round

128 players played the main tournament from November 6th, the first half of which played the first three rounds on Friday and the second on Saturday. On the final Sunday the games from the round of 16 to the final took place.

Round 1 to the round of 16

Round 1 was not only the end of the line for the qualifiers from Austria and Germany, Rory McLeod , who was still a finalist at the previous Ruhr Open , was eliminated right from the start. In the second round there was already a top duel between Stuart Bingham and Mark Allen , in which the world champion Bingham just got the short straw. In addition, Joe Perry was eliminated in round 3, but otherwise most of the favorites made it into the final day.

Part 1

  Round 1
best of 7 frames
Round 2
best of 7 frames
Round 3
best of 7 frames
Round of 16
best of 7 frames
 EnglandEngland Rory McLeod 0  
 EnglandEngland Sam Baird 4th      EnglandEngland Sam Baird 4th  
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Anda 4th      China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Anda 0  
 EnglandEngland Oliver Brown 2        EnglandEngland Sam Baird 4th  
 EnglandEngland Chris Wakelin 3        EnglandEngland Chris Melling 0  
 EnglandEngland Chris Melling 4th      EnglandEngland Chris Melling 4th  
 EnglandEngland Ian Burns 4th      EnglandEngland Ian Burns 0  
 EnglandEngland Paul Davison 3        EnglandEngland Sam Baird 4th
 EnglandEngland Jimmy Robertson 4th        EnglandEngland Jimmy Robertson 3
 EnglandEngland Allan Taylor 1      EnglandEngland Jimmy Robertson 4th  
 ScotlandScotland Michael Leslie 4th      ScotlandScotland Michael Leslie 3  
 BelgiumBelgium Tomasz Skalski 3        EnglandEngland Jimmy Robertson 4th  
 EnglandEngland Rod Lawler 4th        EnglandEngland Rod Lawler 0  
 EnglandEngland Liam Highfield 1      EnglandEngland Rod Lawler 4th       
 EnglandEngland Matthew Selt 4th      EnglandEngland Matthew Selt 3       
 PakistanPakistan Hamza Akbar 2  

Part 2

  Round 1
best of 7 frames
Round 2
best of 7 frames
Round 3
best of 7 frames
Round of 16
best of 7 frames
 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 4th  
 GermanyGermany Felix Frede 0      EnglandEngland Judd Trump 4th  
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene 4th      Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene 1  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gareth Allen 2        EnglandEngland Judd Trump 4th  
 ScotlandScotland Rhys Clark 4th        EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson 2  
 EnglandEngland Lewis Gillen 2      ScotlandScotland Rhys Clark 1  
 EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson 4th      EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson 4th  
 EnglandEngland Craig Steadman 2        EnglandEngland Judd Trump 4th
 EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 4th        IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 2
 IrelandIreland Brendan O'Donoghue 2      EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 2  
 IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 4th      IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 4th  
 EnglandEngland Michael Georgiou 2        IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 4th  
 ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill 4th        EnglandEngland Mark King 3  
 EnglandEngland Barry Pinches 3      ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill 3       
 EnglandEngland Mark King 4th      EnglandEngland Mark King 4th       
 BelgiumBelgium Jurian Heusdens 2  

part 3

  Round 1
best of 7 frames
Round 2
best of 7 frames
Round 3
best of 7 frames
Round of 16
best of 7 frames
 ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 4th  
 AustriaAustria Andreas Ploner 1      ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 4th  
 EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski 4th      EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski 0  
 PolandPoland Mateusz Baranowski 1        ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 0  
 EnglandEngland Mitchell Mann 4th        WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 4th  
 MaltaMalta Tony Drago 0      EnglandEngland Mitchell Mann 2  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 4th      WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 4th  
 EnglandEngland Peter Devlin 1        WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 2
 EnglandEngland Mark Selby 4th        EnglandEngland Mark Selby 4th
 EnglandEngland Sydney Wilson 0      EnglandEngland Mark Selby 4th  
 EnglandEngland Alfie Burden 4th      EnglandEngland Alfie Burden 2  
 EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 3        EnglandEngland Mark Selby 4th  
 EnglandEngland Jamie Cope 3        ScotlandScotland Eden Sharav 2  
 ScotlandScotland Eden Sharav 4th      ScotlandScotland Eden Sharav 4th       
 BelgiumBelgium Luca Brecel 4th      BelgiumBelgium Luca Brecel 1       
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Lu Ning 1  

Part 4

  Round 1
best of 7 frames
Round 2
best of 7 frames
Round 3
best of 7 frames
Round of 16
best of 7 frames
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 4th  
 EnglandEngland Ashley Hugill 0      WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 4th  
 EnglandEngland Joel Walker 4th      EnglandEngland Joel Walker 0  
 EgyptEgypt Hatem Yaseen 0        WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 4th  
 NorwayNorway Kurt Maflin 4th        EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 3  
 EnglandEngland Steven Hallworth 2      NorwayNorway Kurt Maflin 2  
 EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 4th      EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 4th  
 EnglandEngland Phil O'Kane 0        WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 4th
 ScotlandScotland Scott Donaldson 2        EnglandEngland Mark Joyce 3
 EnglandEngland Mark Joyce 4th      EnglandEngland Mark Joyce 4th  
 EnglandEngland Martin O'Donnell 4th      EnglandEngland Martin O'Donnell 1  
 EnglandEngland Joe O'Connor 3        EnglandEngland Mark Joyce 4th  
 EnglandEngland James Cahill 0        EnglandEngland Tom Ford 1  
 EnglandEngland Zak Surety 4th      EnglandEngland Zak Surety 0       
 EnglandEngland Tom Ford 4th      EnglandEngland Tom Ford 4th       
 EnglandEngland Michael Wasley 3  

Part 5

  Round 1
best of 7 frames
Round 2
best of 7 frames
Round 3
best of 7 frames
Round of 16
best of 7 frames
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Tian Pengfei -  
 PolandPoland Marcin Nitschke kl.      PolandPoland Marcin Nitschke 0  
 EnglandEngland Sanderson Lam 3      EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 4th  
 EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 4th        EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 1  
 EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 4th        Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 4th  
 IrelandIreland Josh Boileau 0      EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 3  
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 4th      Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 4th  
 ScotlandScotland Ross Muir 0        Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 4th
 EnglandEngland Sean O'Sullivan 4th        EnglandEngland Michael Holt 0
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 1      EnglandEngland Sean O'Sullivan 1  
 EnglandEngland Joe Perry 4th      EnglandEngland Joe Perry 4th  
 ScotlandScotland Mark Owens 0        EnglandEngland Joe Perry 2  
 EnglandEngland Martin Gould 4th        EnglandEngland Michael Holt 4th  
 EnglandEngland Elliot Slessor 0      EnglandEngland Martin Gould 3       
 EnglandEngland Michael Holt 4th      EnglandEngland Michael Holt 4th       
 EnglandEngland Michael Williams 2  

Part 6

  Round 1
best of 7 frames
Round 2
best of 7 frames
Round 3
best of 7 frames
Round of 16
best of 7 frames
 EnglandEngland Mike Dunn 4th  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Rhys Clarke 0      EnglandEngland Mike Dunn 4th  
 IndiaIndia Aditya Mehta 4th      IndiaIndia Aditya Mehta 1  
 EnglandEngland Adam Duffy 3        EnglandEngland Mike Dunn 4th  
 EnglandEngland Robert Milkins 4th        EnglandEngland Robert Milkins 3  
 BulgariaBulgaria Bratislav Krustev 1      EnglandEngland Robert Milkins 4th  
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo 4th      China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo 3  
 ThailandThailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 1        EnglandEngland Mike Dunn 4th
 MalaysiaMalaysia Thor Chuan Leong 4th        WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Daniel Wells 0
 EnglandEngland Adam King 1      MalaysiaMalaysia Thor Chuan Leong 0  
 EnglandEngland Gary Wilson 4th      EnglandEngland Gary Wilson 4th  
 EnglandEngland David Grace 1        EnglandEngland Gary Wilson 1  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Daniel Wells 4th        WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Daniel Wells 4th  
 EnglandEngland Ian Glover 0      WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Daniel Wells 4th       
 EnglandEngland Ben Woollaston 1      China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xiao Guodong 3       
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xiao Guodong 4th  

Part 7

  Round 1
best of 7 frames
Round 2
best of 7 frames
Round 3
best of 7 frames
Round of 16
best of 7 frames
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 4th  
 EnglandEngland Sam Craigie 0      WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 4th  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Jones 4th      WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Jones 1  
 ThailandThailand Noppon Saengkham 3        WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 4th  
 IrelandIreland Ken Doherty kl.        EnglandEngland Oliver Lines 1  
 EnglandEngland Jimmy White -      IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 0  
 EnglandEngland Oliver Lines 4th      EnglandEngland Oliver Lines 4th  
 GermanyGermany Simon Lichtenberg 1        WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 4th
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Lee Walker 3        ScotlandScotland John Higgins 0
 EnglandEngland Joe Roberts 4th      EnglandEngland Joe Roberts 0  
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Lu Chenwei 1      China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhou Yuelong 4th  
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhou Yuelong 4th        China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhou Yuelong 1  
 ScotlandScotland John Higgins 4th        ScotlandScotland John Higgins 4th  
 EnglandEngland Richard Beckham 1      ScotlandScotland John Higgins 4th       
 EnglandEngland David Gilbert kl.      EnglandEngland David Gilbert 3       
 ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett -  

Part 8

  Round 1
best of 7 frames
Round 2
best of 7 frames
Round 3
best of 7 frames
Round of 16
best of 7 frames
 EnglandEngland Stuart Carrington 4th  
 EnglandEngland Nico Elton 2      EnglandEngland Stuart Carrington 4th  
 ThailandThailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 3      EnglandEngland George Pragnall 1  
 EnglandEngland George Pragnall 4th        EnglandEngland Stuart Carrington 4th  
 EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 4th        EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 2  
 ScotlandScotland Fraser Patrick 1      EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 4th  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White 4th      WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White 3  
 EnglandEngland John Parkin 0        EnglandEngland Stuart Carrington 1
 EnglandEngland Robbie Williams -        EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 4th
 EnglandEngland Hammad Miah kl.      EnglandEngland Hammad Miah 4th  
 EnglandEngland Peter Lines 0      Isle of ManIsle of Man Darryl Hill 2  
 Isle of ManIsle of Man Darryl Hill 4th        EnglandEngland Hammad Miah 2  
 EnglandEngland Jason Weston 4th        EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 4th  
 EnglandEngland Ryan Causton 2      EnglandEngland Jason Weston 0       
 EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 4th      EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 4th       
 EnglandEngland Christopher Keogan 1  

Quarter-finals to finals

Sam Baird was the lowest placed player in the world rankings in the quarterfinals. he defeated the world number five Judd Trump and made it into the semifinals of a PTC tournament for the second time after the Gdynia Open 2014 , his best Main Tour result. Unexpected was the defeat of world number one Mark Selby against Ryan Day . The Welshman was number 20 in the world and after defeating Baird he reached a final for the fifth time in his career. Mark Allen , who, apart from his Bingham match in round 2, got through the tournament very confidently, also had problems against Mike Dunn in the quarter-finals, but got the decisive frame with an 81 break. He then met Mark Williams , who had already defeated John Higgins , who had won the International Championship a week earlier , and Shaun Murphy . However, Allen didn't give him a chance in his third 4-0 tournament and made it to the final.

  Quarterfinals
Best of 7 Frames
Semi-final
best of 7 frames
Final
best of 7 frames
                           
   EnglandEngland Sam Baird 4th        
 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 1  
 EnglandEngland Sam Baird 2
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 4th  
 EnglandEngland Mark Selby 0
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 4th  
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 0
   Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 4th
   Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 4th
 EnglandEngland Mike Dunn 3  
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 4th
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 0  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 4th
   EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 3  

final

Mark Allen went into the final as the favorite. He had already won four titles in minor ranking tournaments in five finals, while Ryan Day was only four times in the finals of professional tournaments and had never won. The Northern Irishman also got into the match much better and was able to secure the first two frames with two decisive breaks, while Day could not use his hole chances to break. In the third frame a 56 break by Allen was not enough and after two successful snookers the Welshman had the chance to win again, but the decisive pink was punched by Mark Allen. The last frame was then changeable, again the colors decided and again everyone had the better end for himself. With his fourth clear 4-0 result in the tournament, he secured the winner's trophy and his eighth tournament win as a professional.

Final: Best of 7 Frames
Referee: Desislava Bozhilova Universiada Hall,  Sofia , Bulgaria , November 8, 2015 BulgariaBulgaria
Ryan Day WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 0: 4 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen
1: 65 (65), 2: 94 (76), 52: 71 (56), 46: 68
- Highest break 76
- Century breaks -
- 50+ breaks 3

Century breaks

Dominic Dale had already scored the highest tournament break last year, at that time it was 139 points. An average result was achieved with 50 century breaks . Semi-finalist Mark Williams was the most successful player with five breaks of a hundred points or more.

WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 138, 133, 104
EnglandEngland Barry Pinches 133
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 130, 126, 110
IndiaIndia Aditya Mehta 129
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 128, 127, 118, 111, 100
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 127, 102, 100
EnglandEngland Judd Trump 126, 119, 111
EnglandEngland Sam Baird 124
EnglandEngland Joe Perry 123, 114, 109, 106
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xiao Guodong 123, 112
EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 123
EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 119, 102
EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 118, 106, 100 (2 ×)
ScotlandScotland John Higgins 116
EnglandEngland Jimmy Robertson 116
EnglandEngland Zak Surety 115
EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson 115
EnglandEngland Joel Walker 112
EnglandEngland Mitchell Mann 112
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White 111, 105
EnglandEngland Michael Holt 110
EnglandEngland Stuart Carrington 109
EnglandEngland Mark Selby 106
EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski 103
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Daniel Wells 103 (2 ×)
ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill 102
ScotlandScotland Eden Sharav 100
EnglandEngland Michael Wasley 100

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