Bulgarian Open 2015
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
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Winner: | Mark Allen |
Highest Break: | 138 ( Dominic Dale ) |
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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 | |
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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 | |||||
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1 | Ashley Carty | 2: 4 | Oliver Brown | 25th | Elliot Slessor | 4 : 0 | Anastasis Ioannou | |
2 | Alex Taubman | 4 : 0 | Terence Davidson | 26th | Sam Thistlewhite | 4 : 1 | Sashko Dimitrov | |
3 | Jin Foulger | 2: 4 | Adam Edge | 27 | Corina Maracine | 0: 4 | Michael Williams | |
4th | Freddie Blunden | 1: 4 | Tomasz Skalski | 28 | Paul Croitoru | 0: 4 | Jamie Rhys Clarke | |
5 | Vladu Mihai | 1: 4 | Felix Frede | 29 | Nikolai Hristov | 1: 4 | Adam Duffy | |
6th | Dana Amir | 0: 4 | Brandon Sargeant | 30th | Bratislav Krustev | 4 : 1 | Salim Otti | |
7th | Lewis Gillen | 4 : 1 | Viktor Iliev | 31 | David Davidkov | 4 : 0 | Alcinous Triantos | |
8th | Damian Wilks | 1: 4 | Alexander Ursenbacher | 32 | Daniel O'Regan | 2: 4 | Dessie Sheehan | |
9 | Brendan O'Donoghue | 4 : 1 | Jeremy Lee | 33 | Adam King | kl. | Aleksandr Kurgankov | |
10 | Krasimir Kameshev | 1: 4 | Jurian Heusdens | 34 | Sam Craigie | 4 : 0 | Alex Borg | |
11 | Andreas Ploner | 4 : 0 | Daniel Mladenov | 35 | Kacper Filipiak | 3: 4 | Jeff Jacobs | |
12 | Joe Steele | 4 : 1 | Adam Longley | 36 | Simon Lichtenberg | 4 : 1 | Jonathan Mabey | |
13 | Mateusz Baranowski | 4 : 3 | Ben jones | 37 | Adam Stefanów | 2: 4 | Joe Roberts | |
14th | Peter Devlin | 4 : 0 | Razvan Sdrobis | 38 | Michael Collumb | 2: 4 | Lukas Kleckers | |
15th | Ferdous Bhuyian | 3: 4 | Robbie Purdham | 39 | Richard Beckham | 4 : 2 | Charlie Walters | |
16 | Ashley Hugill | 4 : 1 | Jake Nicholson | 40 | Dimitar Mehandjiiski | 0: 4 | Robin Otto | |
17th | Phil O'Kane | 4 : 1 | Kyriacos Kyriacou | 41 | Nico Elton | 4 : 1 | Matthew Glasby | |
18th | Nikolai Vlashev | 0: 4 | Sam Betts | 42 | Spasian Spasov | 4 : 0 | George Mărgărit | |
19th | Joe O'Connor | kl. | Louis Heathcote | 43 | Teodor Chomovski | 4 : 0 | Monica Manolache | |
20th | Conor McCormack | kl. | Marcin Nitschke | 44 | Joshua Cooper | 4 : 0 | Ivan Kupov | |
21st | Nicholas Roberts | 4 : 0 | Veselin Lazarov | 45 | Marko Vukovic | kl. | Hammad Miah | |
22nd | Andrei Orzan | 1: 4 | Josh Boileau | 46 | Ryan Causton | 4 : 1 | Brian Cini | |
23 | Nikola Kemilev | 4 : 1 | Rodion Judin | 47 | Patrick Whelan | 2: 4 | Marc J. Davis | |
24 | Mark Owens | 4 : 3 | Kishan Hirani | 48 | Christopher Keogan | 4 : 1 | Hans Blanckaert |
round 2
game | Result | game | Result | |||||
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49 | Oliver Brown | 4 : 0 | Alex Taubman | 65 | Sam Thistlewhite | 2: 4 | Michael Williams | |
50 | Adam Edge | 3: 4 | Tomasz Skalski | 66 | Jamie Rhys Clarke | 4 : 0 | Chris Mason | |
51 | Felix Frede | 4 : 0 | Julian Petrov | 67 | Adam Duffy | 4 : 1 | Ross Higgins | |
52 | Brandon Sargeant | 3: 4 | Lewis Gillen | 68 | Bratislav Krustev | 4 : 0 | David Davidkov | |
53 | Alexander Ursenbacher | 1: 4 | Brendan O'Donoghue | 69 | Dessie Sheehan | 0: 4 | Adam King | |
54 | Jurian Heusdens | 4 : 0 | Viktor Gaidov | 70 | Sam Craigie | 4 : 1 | Rare sinca | |
55 | Andreas Ploner | 4 : 1 | Daniel Schneider | 71 | Jeff Jacobs | 1: 4 | Simon Lichtenberg | |
56 | Joe Steele | 0: 4 | Mateusz Baranowski | 72 | Joe Roberts | 4 : 1 | Lukas Kleckers | |
57 | Peter Devlin | 4 : 2 | Thomas Rees | 73 | Richard Beckham | 4 : 0 | Hristo Sirakov | |
58 | Robbie Purdham | 0: 4 | Ashley Hugill | 74 | Robin Otto | 0: 4 | Nico Elton | |
59 | Phil O'Kane | 4 : 3 | Radu Vilau | 75 | Spasian Spasov | 0: 4 | George Pragnall | |
60 | Sam Betts | 0: 4 | Joe O'Connor | 76 | Teodor Chomovski | 1: 4 | John Parkin | |
61 | Marcin Nitschke | 4 : 0 | Nicholas Roberts | 77 | Joshua Cooper | 1: 4 | Hammad Miah | |
62 | Josh Boileau | 4 : 1 | Chris Jones | 78 | Ryan Causton | 4 : 1 | Stefan Simeonovski | |
63 | Nikola Kemilev | 0: 4 | Mark Owens | 79 | Marc J. Davis | 2: 4 | Christopher Keogan | |
64 | Elliot Slessor | 4 : 0 | 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 |
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Rory McLeod | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Sam Baird | 4th | Sam Baird | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Zhang Anda | 4th | Zhang Anda | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Oliver Brown | 2 | Sam Baird | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Chris Wakelin | 3 | Chris Melling | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Chris Melling | 4th | Chris Melling | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Ian Burns | 4th | Ian Burns | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Paul Davison | 3 | Sam Baird | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Jimmy Robertson | 4th | Jimmy Robertson | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Allan Taylor | 1 | Jimmy Robertson | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Michael Leslie | 4th | Michael Leslie | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Tomasz Skalski | 3 | Jimmy Robertson | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Rod Lawler | 4th | Rod Lawler | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Liam Highfield | 1 | Rod Lawler | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Matthew Selt | 4th | Matthew Selt | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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 |
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Judd Trump | 4th | |||||||||||||||||
Felix Frede | 0 | Judd Trump | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Gerard Greene | 4th | Gerard Greene | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Gareth Allen | 2 | Judd Trump | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Rhys Clark | 4th | Andrew Higginson | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Lewis Gillen | 2 | Rhys Clark | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Andrew Higginson | 4th | Andrew Higginson | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Craig Steadman | 2 | Judd Trump | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Peter Ebdon | 4th | Fergal O'Brien | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Brendan O'Donoghue | 2 | Peter Ebdon | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Fergal O'Brien | 4th | Fergal O'Brien | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Michael Georgiou | 2 | Fergal O'Brien | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Anthony McGill | 4th | Mark King | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Barry Pinches | 3 | Anthony McGill | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Mark King | 4th | Mark King | 4th | |||||||||||||||
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 |
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Alan McManus | 4th | |||||||||||||||||
Andreas Ploner | 1 | Alan McManus | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Jack Lisowski | 4th | Jack Lisowski | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Mateusz Baranowski | 1 | Alan McManus | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Mitchell Mann | 4th | Dominic Dale | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Tony Drago | 0 | Mitchell Mann | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Dominic Dale | 4th | Dominic Dale | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Peter Devlin | 1 | Dominic Dale | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Mark Selby | 4th | Mark Selby | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Sydney Wilson | 0 | Mark Selby | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Alfie Burden | 4th | Alfie Burden | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Anthony Hamilton | 3 | Mark Selby | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Jamie Cope | 3 | Eden Sharav | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Eden Sharav | 4th | Eden Sharav | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Luca Brecel | 4th | Luca Brecel | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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 |
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Ryan Day | 4th | |||||||||||||||||
Ashley Hugill | 0 | Ryan Day | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Joel Walker | 4th | Joel Walker | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Hatem Yaseen | 0 | Ryan Day | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Kurt Maflin | 4th | Kyren Wilson | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Steven Hallworth | 2 | Kurt Maflin | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Kyren Wilson | 4th | Kyren Wilson | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Phil O'Kane | 0 | Ryan Day | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Scott Donaldson | 2 | Mark Joyce | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Mark Joyce | 4th | Mark Joyce | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Martin O'Donnell | 4th | Martin O'Donnell | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Joe O'Connor | 3 | Mark Joyce | 4th | |||||||||||||||
James Cahill | 0 | Tom Ford | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Zak Surety | 4th | Zak Surety | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Tom Ford | 4th | Tom Ford | 4th | |||||||||||||||
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 |
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Tian Pengfei | - | |||||||||||||||||
Marcin Nitschke | kl. | Marcin Nitschke | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Sanderson Lam | 3 | Nigel Bond | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Nigel Bond | 4th | Nigel Bond | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Stuart Bingham | 4th | Mark Allen | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Josh Boileau | 0 | Stuart Bingham | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Mark Allen | 4th | Mark Allen | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Ross Muir | 0 | Mark Allen | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Sean O'Sullivan | 4th | Michael Holt | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Joe Swail | 1 | Sean O'Sullivan | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Joe Perry | 4th | Joe Perry | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Mark Owens | 0 | Joe Perry | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Martin Gould | 4th | Michael Holt | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Elliot Slessor | 0 | Martin Gould | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Michael Holt | 4th | Michael Holt | 4th | |||||||||||||||
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 |
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Mike Dunn | 4th | |||||||||||||||||
Jamie Rhys Clarke | 0 | Mike Dunn | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Aditya Mehta | 4th | Aditya Mehta | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Adam Duffy | 3 | Mike Dunn | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Robert Milkins | 4th | Robert Milkins | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Bratislav Krustev | 1 | Robert Milkins | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Liang Wenbo | 4th | Liang Wenbo | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 1 | Mike Dunn | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Thor Chuan Leong | 4th | Daniel Wells | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Adam King | 1 | Thor Chuan Leong | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Gary Wilson | 4th | Gary Wilson | 4th | |||||||||||||||
David Grace | 1 | Gary Wilson | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Daniel Wells | 4th | Daniel Wells | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Ian Glover | 0 | Daniel Wells | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Ben Woollaston | 1 | Xiao Guodong | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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 |
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Mark Williams | 4th | |||||||||||||||||
Sam Craigie | 0 | Mark Williams | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Jamie Jones | 4th | Jamie Jones | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Noppon Saengkham | 3 | Mark Williams | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Ken Doherty | kl. | Oliver Lines | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Jimmy White | - | Ken Doherty | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Oliver Lines | 4th | Oliver Lines | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Simon Lichtenberg | 1 | Mark Williams | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Lee Walker | 3 | John Higgins | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Joe Roberts | 4th | Joe Roberts | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Lu Chenwei | 1 | Zhou Yuelong | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Zhou Yuelong | 4th | Zhou Yuelong | 1 | |||||||||||||||
John Higgins | 4th | John Higgins | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Richard Beckham | 1 | John Higgins | 4th | |||||||||||||||
David Gilbert | kl. | David Gilbert | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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 |
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Stuart Carrington | 4th | |||||||||||||||||
Nico Elton | 2 | Stuart Carrington | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Dechawat Poomjaeng | 3 | George Pragnall | 1 | |||||||||||||||
George Pragnall | 4th | Stuart Carrington | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Ricky Walden | 4th | Ricky Walden | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Fraser Patrick | 1 | Ricky Walden | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Michael White | 4th | Michael White | 3 | |||||||||||||||
John Parkin | 0 | Stuart Carrington | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Robbie Williams | - | Shaun Murphy | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Hammad Miah | kl. | Hammad Miah | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Peter Lines | 0 | Darryl Hill | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Darryl Hill | 4th | Hammad Miah | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Jason Weston | 4th | Shaun Murphy | 4th | |||||||||||||||
Ryan Causton | 2 | Jason Weston | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Shaun Murphy | 4th | Shaun Murphy | 4th | |||||||||||||||
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 |
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Sam Baird | 4th | ||||||||||||
Judd Trump | 1 | ||||||||||||
Sam Baird | 2 | ||||||||||||
Ryan Day | 4th | ||||||||||||
Mark Selby | 0 | ||||||||||||
Ryan Day | 4th | ||||||||||||
Ryan Day | 0 | ||||||||||||
Mark Allen | 4th | ||||||||||||
Mark Allen | 4th | ||||||||||||
Mike Dunn | 3 | ||||||||||||
Mark Allen | 4th | ||||||||||||
Mark Williams | 0 | ||||||||||||
Mark Williams | 4th | ||||||||||||
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 |
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Ryan Day | 0: 4 | 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.
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- ↑ Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2015/16 Season. (PDF; 28 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , June 12, 2015, accessed on October 15, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Ruhr Open (ET3). (PDF; 739 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , accessed on September 3, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Victoria Bulgaria Open 2015. (PDF; 215 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , October 14, 2015, accessed on October 15, 2015 .
- ↑ a b European Tour Event Three (2015). Snooker.org, accessed October 15, 2015 .
- ↑ a b 2015 European Tour - Event 4th CueTracker, accessed on November 4, 2015 .
- ^ Allen Captures Bulgaria Crown. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , November 8, 2015, accessed November 10, 2015 .