China Open 2015 (Snooker)

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China Open 2015

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Tournament type: World ranking tournament
Venue: Beijing University Students'
High School, Beijing , China
Opening: March 30, 2015
Endgame: April 5, 2015

Winner: EnglandEngland Mark Selby
Highest Break: 145 ( Mark Selby ) EnglandEngland
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The China Open 2015 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour , which was held from March 30th to April 5th at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in the Haidian District of the Chinese capital Beijing . For the tenth time in a row, the tournament took place at this location.

England's Mark Selby won the tournament by beating his compatriot Gary Wilson 10-2 in the final . Wilson had previously defeated defending champion Ding Junhui in the semifinals . Selby also played the highest break of the tournament with 145 points in the seventh frame of the final. Of the top players, only 12th in the world ranking Mark Allen missed qualifying for the tournament. World number two, Ronnie O'Sullivan , who was in the final at the World Grand Prix , did not come to the tournament for health reasons.

Prize money

The prize money remained unchanged compared to the previous year.

Prize money
winner £ 85,000
finalist £ 35,000
Semi-finalist £ 21,000
Quarter finalist £ 12,500
Round of 16 £ 8,000
Last 32 £ 6,500
Last 64 3000 pounds
All in all £ 478,000

Wildcard round

The wildcard round games took place on March 30th. The game mode was best-of-9 .

game Qualifier (place to sit) Result Wildcard player
WC1 EnglandEngland Alex Davies (76) 0: 5 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhao Xintong
WC2 FinlandFinland Robin hull (69) 5 : 1 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Bingtao
WC3 EnglandEngland Peter Lines (61) 5 : 3 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yuan Sijun
WC4 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhou Yuelong (83) 5 : 2 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Yong

Final round

  First round
best of 9 frames
Second round
best of 9 frames
Round of 16
best of 9 frames
Quarterfinals
Best of 9 Frames
Semi-final
best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 19 frames
                                                         
1  China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 5                    
54  ScotlandScotland Marcus Campbell 1  
1  China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 5
  19th  EnglandEngland Mark Davis 1  
58  EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 3
19th  EnglandEngland Mark Davis 5  
1  China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 5
  17th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 2  
17th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 5    
WC  China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhao Xintong 2  
17th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 5
  108  ScotlandScotland Michael Leslie 0  
A.  EnglandEngland Joe O'Connor 1
108  ScotlandScotland Michael Leslie 5  
1  China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 5
  15th  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 4th  
15th  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5
49  China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yu Delu 3  
15th  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5
  18th  ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 2  
A.  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Daniel Wells 3
18th  ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 5  
15th  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5
  6th  EnglandEngland Judd Trump 4th  
29  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 5    
97  China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Anda 4th  
29  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 1
  6th  EnglandEngland Judd Trump 5  
40  EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson 3
6th  EnglandEngland Judd Trump 5  
1  China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 5
  60  EnglandEngland Gary Wilson 6th  
5  EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 5
43  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene 2  
5  EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 5
  27  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 2  
44  EnglandEngland Jimmy Robertson 3
27  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 5  
5  EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 5
  12  ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 3  
22nd  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 5    
80  EnglandEngland Liam Highfield 1  
22nd  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 4th
  12  ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 5  
52  IrelandIreland David Morris 1
12  ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 5  
5  EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 3
  60  EnglandEngland Gary Wilson 5  
9  EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 5
62  China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Cao Yupeng 0  
9  EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 2
  60  EnglandEngland Gary Wilson 5  
60  EnglandEngland Gary Wilson 5
21st  China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo 3  
60  EnglandEngland Gary Wilson 5
  39  ThailandThailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 1  
23  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 4th    
38  EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski 5  
38  EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski 0
  39  ThailandThailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 5  
39  ThailandThailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 5
4th  AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 4th  
60  EnglandEngland Gary Wilson 2
2  EnglandEngland Mark Selby 10
3  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan -
69  FinlandFinland Robin Hull kl.  
69  FinlandFinland Robin Hull 5
  31  EnglandEngland Mark King 4th  
46  ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett 3
31  EnglandEngland Mark King 5  
69  FinlandFinland Robin Hull 1
  34  NorwayNorway Kurt Maflin 5  
26th  IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 3    
47  EnglandEngland Mike Dunn 5  
47  EnglandEngland Mike Dunn 3
  34  NorwayNorway Kurt Maflin 5  
34  NorwayNorway Kurt Maflin 5
13  EnglandEngland Allister Carter 4th  
34  NorwayNorway Kurt Maflin 5
  7th  EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 4th  
11  Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 5
A.  EnglandEngland Ashley Carty 0  
11  Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 4th
  45  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Jones 5  
45  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Jones 5
30th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 3  
45  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Jones 3
  7th  EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 5  
28  ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill 5    
53  EnglandEngland Alfie Burden 1  
28  ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill 4th
  7th  EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 5  
56  EnglandEngland Jamie Cope 1
7th  EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 5  
34  NorwayNorway Kurt Maflin 3
2  EnglandEngland Mark Selby 6th  
8th  EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 5
61  EnglandEngland Peter Lines 1  
8th  EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 4th
  24  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White 5  
37  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 4th
24  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White 5  
24  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White 1
  16  EnglandEngland Robert Milkins 5  
66  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 4th    
102  EnglandEngland Zak Surety 5  
102  EnglandEngland Zak Surety 4th
  16  EnglandEngland Robert Milkins 5  
59  EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 3
16  EnglandEngland Robert Milkins 5  
16  EnglandEngland Robert Milkins 4th
  2  EnglandEngland Mark Selby 5  
14th  EnglandEngland Joe Perry 3
33  EnglandEngland David Gilbert 5  
33  EnglandEngland David Gilbert 5
  83  China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhou Yuelong 2  
50  EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 1
83  China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhou Yuelong 5  
33  EnglandEngland David Gilbert 2
  2  EnglandEngland Mark Selby 5  
93  EnglandEngland Elliot Slessor 5    
36  EnglandEngland Matthew Selt 3  
93  EnglandEngland Elliot Slessor 0
  2  EnglandEngland Mark Selby 5  
41  EnglandEngland Mark Joyce 3
2  EnglandEngland Mark Selby 5  

final

Final: Best of 19 Frames
Referee: Brendan Moore Beijing University Students'Gymnasium,  Beijing , China , April 5, 2015 EnglandEngland
Gary Wilson EnglandEngland 2: 10 EnglandEngland Mark Selby
Afternoon games: 39: 74 , 43: 87 (51), 41: 56 , 91 : 1 (91), 36: 70 , 40: 78 (54), 0: 145 (145), 3: 72 (48), 0 : 86
evening games: 0: 136 (136), 101 : 0 (101), 32: 83
101 Highest break 145
1 Century breaks 2
2 50+ breaks 4th

qualification

The qualifying round took place on February 14th and 15th, 2015 in the Metrodome in the English city ​​of Barnsley . All games were played in best-of-9 mode .

game Player 1 (seat position) Result Player 2 (seat position) game Player 1 (seat position) Result Player 2 (seat position)
1 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui (1) 5 : 1 ScotlandScotland Ross Muir (91) 33 EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) 5 : 1 BelgiumBelgium Luca Brecel (65)
2 ScotlandScotland Marcus Campbell (54) 5 : 2 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Lu Chenwei (101) 34 EnglandEngland Rory McLeod (51) 3: 5 FinlandFinland Robin hull (69)
3 EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson (58) 5 : 3 EnglandEngland Matthew Day (A) 35 ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett (46) 5 : 3 EnglandEngland Ian Burns (79)
4th EnglandEngland Mark Davis (19) 5 : 3 EnglandEngland Mitchell Man (94) 36 EnglandEngland Mark King (31) 5 : 2 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Lu Ning (103)
5 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams (17) 5 : 1 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Lee Walker (109) 37 IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien (26) 5 : 2 EnglandEngland George Pragnall (A)
6th EnglandEngland Tom Ford (42) 3: 5 EnglandEngland Alex Davies (76) 38 EnglandEngland Mike Dunn (47) 5 : 3 ThailandThailand Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (113)
7th EnglandEngland Ben Woollaston (35) 2: 5 EnglandEngland Joe O'Connor (A) 39 NorwayNorway Kurt Maflin (34) 5 : 3 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Cao Xinlong (99)
8th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen (10) 1: 5 ScotlandScotland Michael Leslie (108) 40 EnglandEngland Allister Carter (13) 5 : 1 IrelandIreland Martin McCrudden (A)
9 ScotlandScotland John Higgins (15) 5 : 2 EnglandEngland Oliver Lines (81) 41 Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu (11) 5 : 2 EnglandEngland Michael Georgiou (87)
10 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yu Delu (49) 5 : 3 EnglandEngland Chris Norbury (96) 42 EnglandEngland Jimmy White (63) 4: 5 EnglandEngland Ashley Carty (A)
11 EnglandEngland Robbie Williams (55) 3: 5 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Daniel Wells (A) 43 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Jones (45) 5 : 2 EnglandEngland Michael Tomlinson (A)
12 ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott (18) 5 : 1 EnglandEngland Sean O'Sullivan (A) 44 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens (30) 5 : 0 ScotlandScotland Mark Owens (A)
13 EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon (29) 5 : 3 EnglandEngland Sam Baird (71) 45 ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill (28) 5 : 3 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Alexander Ursenbacher (107)
14th IndiaIndia Aditya Mehta (48) 2: 5 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Anda (97) 46 EnglandEngland Alfie Burden (53) 5 : 4 EnglandEngland Allan Taylor (100)
15th EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson (40) 5 : 0 EnglandEngland Hammad Miah (89) 47 EnglandEngland Jamie Cope (56) 5 : 3 MalaysiaMalaysia Thor Chuan Leong (112)
16 EnglandEngland Judd Trump (6) 5 : 0 ScotlandScotland Eden Sharav (A) 48 EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy (7) 5 : 1 BrazilBrazil Igor Figueiredo (90)
17th EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins (5) 5 : 1 ThailandThailand Noppon Saengkham (67) 49 EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham (8) 5 : 0 ScotlandScotland Scott Donaldson (84)
18th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene (43) 5 : 2 EnglandEngland Chris Wakelin (72) 50 EnglandEngland Peter Lines (61) 5 : 4 EnglandEngland Chris Melling (92)
19th EnglandEngland Jimmy Robertson (44) 5 : 3 EnglandEngland Steven hallworth (106) 51 IrelandIreland Ken Doherty (37) 5 : 4 EnglandEngland Dave Harold (70)
20th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale (27) 5 : 2 EnglandEngland Ian Glover (104) 52 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White (24) 5 : 2 ThailandThailand James Wattana (110)
21st WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day (22) 5 : 0 EnglandEngland Sydney Wilson (A) 53 EnglandEngland Rod Lawler (32) 2: 5 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail (66)
22nd ThailandThailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (57) 1: 5 EnglandEngland Liam Highfield (80) 54 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Hang (64) 4: 5 EnglandEngland Zak Surety (102)
23 IrelandIreland David Morris (52) 5 : 1 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Rhys Clarke (A) 55 EnglandEngland Nigel Bond (59) 5 : 2 EnglandEngland Craig Steadman (77)
24 ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire (12) 5 : 2 EnglandEngland Lee Page (95) 56 EnglandEngland Robert Milkins (16) 5 : 0 EnglandEngland Stuart Carrington (68)
25th EnglandEngland Ricky Walden (9) 5 : 2 EnglandEngland David Grace (88) 57 EnglandEngland Joe Perry (14) 5 : 2 EnglandEngland Oliver Brown (A)
26th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Cao Yupeng (62) 5 : 2 EnglandEngland Adam Bobat (A) 58 EnglandEngland David Gilbert (33) 5 : 2 EnglandEngland Adam Duffy (A)
27 EnglandEngland Gary Wilson (60) 5 : 3 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jak Jones (105) 59 EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton (50) 5 : 0 EnglandEngland Michael Wasley (86)
28 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo (21) 5 : 2 EnglandEngland Joel Walker (82) 60 EnglandEngland Michael Holt (25) 1: 5 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhou Yuelong (83)
29 ScotlandScotland Alan McManus (23) 5 : 3 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Tian Pengfei (88) 61 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xiao Guodong (20) 4: 5 EnglandEngland Elliot Slessor (93)
30th EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski (38) 5 : 0 QatarQatar Ahmed Saif (111) 62 EnglandEngland Matthew Selt (36) 5 : 0 EnglandEngland John Astley (78)
31 ThailandThailand Dechawat Poomjaeng (39) 5 : 1 EnglandEngland James Cahill (75) 63 EnglandEngland Mark Joyce (41) 5 : 2 ScotlandScotland Fraser Patrick (74)
32 AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson (4) 5 : 3 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Lü Haotian (73) 64 EnglandEngland Mark Selby (2) 5 : 1 EnglandEngland Barry Pinches (85)

A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2013/14 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)

Century breaks

qualification

EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 133, 120
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Tian Pengfei 130
ThailandThailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 128
ScotlandScotland John Higgins 125
IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 124, 103
EnglandEngland Sam Baird 124
ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 122
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene 109
EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 106
EnglandEngland Chris Norbury 104
EnglandEngland Mark King 103
EnglandEngland David Gilbert 102
EnglandEngland Gary Wilson 101
EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 101
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 101
FinlandFinland Robin Hull 100

Main round

EnglandEngland Mark Selby 145, 136, 131, 126, 106
EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 143, 113
EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 138, 124
Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 133
FinlandFinland Robin Hull 132, 112
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Daniel Wells 132
NorwayNorway Kurt Maflin 129, 128, 113, 106, 103, 101
EnglandEngland Robert Milkins 128
EnglandEngland Judd Trump 127, 101, 100
EnglandEngland Matthew Selt 123
EnglandEngland Mark Davis 120
IrelandIreland David Morris 116
EnglandEngland Gary Wilson 114, 101
ScotlandScotland John Higgins 114
ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 112
EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson 106
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 105, 103
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White 105
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 103
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Jones 102, 100

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