Gibraltar Open 2015
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Gibraltar Open 2015 European Tour 2015/16 - Event 5 
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| Tournament type: | Minor ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar |
| Opening: | December 9, 2015 |
| Endgame: | December 13, 2015
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| Winner: |
 Marco Fu
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| Highest Break: |
147 ( Marco Fu )
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The Gibraltar Open 2015 (also European Tour 2015/16 - Event 5 ) was a snooker tournament that was held from December 9th to 13th, 2015 in the Tercentenary Sports Hall of Gibraltar . The British mainland holdings hosted a professional tournament for the first time. The minor ranking tournament was part of the Players Tour Championship , which was part of the 2015/16 snooker season .
Marco Fu won the tournament with a 4-1 win in the final against Michael White from Welsh . It was his first win at a PTC tournament and his third tournament win on the Snooker Main Tour . He also scored a maximum break in the second main round , the fourth break of 147 points in his career.
Prize money
The prize money was the same as in the other tournaments of the European Tour this season.
| 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
107 professional players and 72 amateurs had registered for the tournament. The professionals were set for the main tournament; the amateurs had to play for the remaining 21 places in two qualifying rounds. For the first time a player from Gibraltar and a player from Morocco were represented at a PTC tournament. In addition, six players from Germany drove to the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula. Daniel Schneider was the only one to make it into the main round. In his third year on the European Tour, he was among the bottom 128 of a tournament for the first time.
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 |
 Sam Craigie
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4 : 1 |
Danny Connolly
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16 |
 Maxim Maximov
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1: 4 |
Stephen Webber
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| 2 |
Adam Edge
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kl. |
 Lukas Kleckers
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17th |
Richard Beckham
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4 : 3 |
Felix Frede
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| 3 |
Sam Thistlewhite
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4 : 0 |
Joshua Cooper
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18th |
 Manon Melief
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0: 4 |
 Jamie Rhys Clarke
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| 4th |
Kevin Chan
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kl. |
Jamie O'Neill
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19th |
 Ivelin Bozhanov
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3: 4 |
Edward Topham
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| 5 |
 Zhao Xintong
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4 : 1 |
Joe Steele
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20th |
 Tomasz Skalski
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4 : 3 |
Callum Lloyd
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| 6th |
Jake Nicholson
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4 : 2 |
Robin Otto
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21st |
Robbie Purdham
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0: 4 |
Kishan Hirani
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| 7th |
Michael Williams
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4 : 0 |
 Mateusz Baranowski
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22nd |
Marcin Nitschke
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1: 4 |
Phil O'Kane
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| 8th |
Reanne Evans
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2: 4 |
Oliver Brown
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23 |
Christopher Keogan
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2: 4 |
George Pragnall
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| 9 |
Ashley Hugill
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4 : 1 |
Joshua Baddeley
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24 |
Richard Ammons
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2: 4 |
James Dabell
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| 10 |
 Mourad Naitali
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4 : 0 |
 Francisco Domingues
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25th |
Adam Duffy
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4 : 2 |
 Ross Higgins
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| 11 |
Mark Owens
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3: 4 |
Nico Elton
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26th |
Manasawin Phetmalaikul
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2: 4 |
Alex Taubman
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| 12 |
Simon Lichtenberg
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3: 4 |
Kacper Filipiak
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27 |
Elliot Slessor
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4 : 2 |
Ben jones
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| 13 |
Joe O'Connor
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2: 4 |
Brandon Sargeant
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28 |
Adam King
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4 : 3 |
Lee Prickman
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| 14th |
Dyan Craig
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4 : 1 |
Conor McCormack
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29 |
Jurian Heusdens
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0: 4 |
Ashley Carty
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| 15th |
Simon Dent
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0: 4 |
Hammad Miah
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30th |
Adam Longley
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2: 4 |
Thomas Rees
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round 2
| game | Result | game | Result | |||||
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| 31 |
Sam Craigie
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4 : 0 |
Lukas Kleckers
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42 |
Mohammed Rangzib
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1: 4 |
Richard Beckham
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| 32 |
Saqib Nasir
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0: 4 |
Sam Thistlewhite
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43 |
Ryan Causton
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1: 4 |
Jamie Rhys Clarke
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| 33 |
Kevin Chan
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0: 4 |
Zhao Xintong
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44 |
Edward Topham
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1: 4 |
Tomasz Skalski
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| 34 |
Jake Nicholson
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4 : 3 |
Michael Williams
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45 |
James Facey
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1: 4 |
Kishan Hirani
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| 35 |
Sean Galligan
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0: 4 |
Oliver Brown
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46 |
Daniel Schneider
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4 : 2 |
Phil O'Kane
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| 36 |
Dieter Meier
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0: 4 |
Ashley Hugill
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47 |
George Pragnall
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4 : 1 |
James Dabell
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| 37 |
Mourad Naitali
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0: 4 |
Nico Elton
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48 |
Louis Heathcote
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4 : 3 |
Adam Duffy
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| 38 |
 Brian Cini
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1: 4 |
Kacper Filipiak
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49 |
Alex Taubman
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0: 4 |
Elliot Slessor
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| 39 |
 Francis Becerra
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0: 4 |
Brandon Sargeant
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50 |
Adam King
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0: 4 |
Ashley Carty
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| 40 |
Michael Collumb
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2: 4 |
Dylan Craig
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51 |
 Tom Stormbom
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0: 4 |
Thomas Rees
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| 41 |
Hammad Miah
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4 : 0 |
Stephen Webber
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Main round
128 players played the main tournament from December 11th, the first half of which played the first three rounds on Friday and the second half on Saturday. On the final Sunday the games from round of 16 to final took place.
Round 1 to the round of 16
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
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3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Zak Surety
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4th | Zak Surety
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4th | |||||||||||||||
 Aditya Mehta
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4th | Aditya Mehta
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Sam Craigie
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0 | Zak Surety
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0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joel Walker
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kl. | Liang Wenbo
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4th | |||||||||||||||
 Neil Robertson
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- | Joel Walker
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Liang Wenbo
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4th | Liang Wenbo
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew Stevens
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2 | Liang Wenbo
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Joe Perry
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2 | Mark Selby
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Sam Thistlewhite
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4th | Sam Thistlewhite |
1 | |||||||||||||||
| Jamie Cope
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0 | Zhao Xintong
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Zhao Xintong
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4th | Zhao Xintong
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Eden Sharav
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0 | Mark Selby
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Yu Delu
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4th | Yu Delu
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Mark Selby
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4th | Mark Selby
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Sydney Wilson
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1 | |||||||||||||||||
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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| Alan McManus
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4th | |||||||||||||||||
| Jake Nicholson |
1 | Alan McManus
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0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jamie Jones
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4th | Jamie Jones
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Gareth Allen
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0 | Jamie Jones
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Zhou Yuelong
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4th | Peter Ebdon
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4th | |||||||||||||||
 Darryl Hill
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1 | Zhou Yuelong
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Peter Ebdon
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4th | Peter Ebdon
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Michael Wasley
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3 | Peter Ebdon
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Robertson
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3 | David Grace
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| David Grace
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4th | David Grace
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Stephen Maguire
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4th | Stephen Maguire
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Sanderson Lam
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1 | David Grace
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4th | |||||||||||||||
 Fergal O'Brien
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4th | Fergal O'Brien
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Rhys Clark
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0 | Fergal O'Brien
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Mike Dunn
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4th | Mike Dunn
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Oliver Brown |
3 | |||||||||||||||||
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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| Tian Pengfei
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4th | |||||||||||||||||
| Vinnie Calabrese
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1 | Tian Pengfei
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Mitchell Mann
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1 | Ashley Hugill
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Ashley Hugill
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4th | Tian Pengfei
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Michael Leslie
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kl. | Dominic Dale
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Fraser Patrick
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- | Michael Leslie
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0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dominic Dale
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4th | Dominic Dale
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4th | |||||||||||||||
 Noppon Saengkham
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0 | Dominic Dale
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Kyren Wilson
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4th | Kyren Wilson
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Nico Elton |
2 | Kyren Wilson
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4th | |||||||||||||||
 Kurt Maflin
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4th | Kurt Maflin
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Kacper Filipiak
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0 | Kyren Wilson
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Zhang Anda
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4th | Zhang Anda
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Cao Yupeng
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3 | Zhang Anda
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Graeme Dott
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4th | Graeme Dott
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Ross Muir
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0 | |||||||||||||||||
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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| David Gilbert
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2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brandon Sargeant
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4th | Brandon Sargeant |
1 | |||||||||||||||
| Mark Joyce
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3 | Dylan Craig
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Dylan Craig
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4th | Dylan Craig |
2 | |||||||||||||||
| Marco Fu
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kl. | Marco Fu
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Tony Drago
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- | Marco Fu
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Sam Baird
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4th | Sam Baird
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Davison
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1 | Marco Fu
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Luca Brecel
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4th | Luca Brecel
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Barry Pinches
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0 | Luca Brecel
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Gary Wilson
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4th | Gary Wilson
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1 | |||||||||||||||
 Hamza Akbar
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1 | Luca Brecel
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Lee Walker
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4th | Lee Walker
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Hammad Miah
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0 | Lee Walker
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Mark Williams
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3 | Richard Beckham |
1 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Beckham
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4th | |||||||||||||||||
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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| Ryan Day
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4th | |||||||||||||||||
| Jamie Rhys Clarke
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1 | Ryan Day
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4th | |||||||||||||||
 Gerard Greene
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- |  Hossein Vafaei
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Hossein Vafaei
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kl. | Ryan Day
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Chris Wakelin
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4th | Oliver Lines
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Michael Georgiou
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1 | Chris Wakelin
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0 | |||||||||||||||
| Oliver Lines
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4th | Oliver Lines
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Xiao Guodong
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2 | Oliver Lines
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Matthew Selt
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4th | Alfie Burden
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| David Morris
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3 | Matthew Selt
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Alfie Burden
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4th | Alfie Burden
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Tomasz Skalski |
0 | Alfie Burden
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Robbie Williams
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4th | Robbie Williams
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| James Cahill
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1 | Robbie Williams
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Stuart Carrington
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3 | Ian Glover
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Ian Glover
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4th | |||||||||||||||||
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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| Michael Holt
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4th | |||||||||||||||||
| Duane Jones
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1 | Michael Holt
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Scott Donaldson
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1 | Anthony Hamilton
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Anthony Hamilton
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4th | Anthony Hamilton
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Anthony McGill
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4th | Andrew Higginson
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Kishan Hirani
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3 | Anthony McGill
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Andrew Higginson
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4th | Andrew Higginson
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Daniel Schneider |
0 | Andrew Higginson
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Michael White
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4th | Michael White
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Peter Lines
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1 | Michael White
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty
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2 | Liam Highfield
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Liam Highfield
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4th | Michael White
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Rod Lawler
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4th | Rod Lawler
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Lu Ning
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1 | Rod Lawler
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Judd Trump
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4th | Judd Trump
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Zhang Yong
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0 | |||||||||||||||||
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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| Tom Ford
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4th | |||||||||||||||||
| James Wattana
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0 | Tom Ford
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Milkins
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2 | George Pragnall |
2 | |||||||||||||||
| George Pragnall
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4th | Tom Ford
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Ricky Walden
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4th | Ricky Walden
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Louis Heathcote
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0 | Ricky Walden
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Ian Burns
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4th | Ian Burns
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0 | |||||||||||||||
| Steven Hallworth
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0 | Ricky Walden
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Mark Davis
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4th | Mark King
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Elliot Slessor
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1 | Mark Davis
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Li Hang
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4th | Li Hang
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0 | |||||||||||||||
| Allan Taylor
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3 | Mark Davis
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| John Higgins
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4th | Mark King
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Dechawat Poomjaeng
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0 | John Higgins
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3 | |||||||||||||||
| Mark King
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4th | Mark King
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Ashley Carty
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1 | |||||||||||||||||
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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| Ben Woollaston
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4th | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Swail
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1 | Ben Woollaston
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Lisowski
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3 | Nigel Bond
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond
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4th | Nigel Bond
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Martin O'Donnell
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1 | Daniel Wells
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Chris Melling
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4th | Chris Melling
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Daniel Wells
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4th | Daniel Wells
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Rees |
1 | Nigel Bond
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0 | |||||||||||||||
 Thor Chuan Leong
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4th | Stuart Bingham
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
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3 | Thor Chuan Leong
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Jason Weston
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4th | Jason Weston
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1 | |||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
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2 | Thor Chuan Leong
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0 | |||||||||||||||
| Stuart Bingham
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4th | Stuart Bingham
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Craig Steadman
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1 | Stuart Bingham
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4th | |||||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy
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- | Ding Junhui
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2 | |||||||||||||||
| Ding Junhui
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kl. | |||||||||||||||||
Quarter-finals to finals
| Quarterfinals Best of 7 Frames |
Semi-final best of 7 frames |
Final best of 7 frames |
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| Liang Wenbo
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4th | ||||||||||||
| David Grace
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1 | ||||||||||||
| Liang Wenbo
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0 | ||||||||||||
| Marco Fu
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4th | ||||||||||||
| Dominic Dale
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1 | ||||||||||||
| Marco Fu
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4th | ||||||||||||
| Marco Fu
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4th | ||||||||||||
| Michael White
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1 | ||||||||||||
| Alfie Burden
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2 | ||||||||||||
| Michael White
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4th | ||||||||||||
| Michael White
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4th | ||||||||||||
| Stuart Bingham
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0 | ||||||||||||
| Mark King
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1 | ||||||||||||
| Stuart Bingham
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4th | ||||||||||||
final
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Final: Best of 7 Frames Referee: Dave Ford Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar , United Kingdom , 13 December 2015 |
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Marco Fu
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4 : 1 |
Michael White
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| 78 : 41, 7: 76 , 75 : 23, 140 : 0 (140), 71 : 16 | ||
| 140 | Highest break | - |
| 1 | Century breaks | - |
| 1 | 50+ breaks | - |
Century breaks
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1 scored in qualification
swell
- ↑ 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 Gibraltar Open (ET5) Draw. (PDF; 379 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , November 9, 2015, accessed December 5, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Gibraltar Open 2015 (ET5). (PDF; 167 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , November 10, 2015, accessed on December 5, 2015 .
- ↑ a b European Tour Event Five (2015). Snooker.org, accessed December 5, 2015 .
- ↑ a b 2015 European Tour - Event 5. cuetracker.net, accessed on December 12, 2015 .