World Snooker Championship 2015

World Snooker Championship 2015 Betfred.com World Snooker Championship
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening:	April 18, 2015
Endgame:	3rd / 4th May 2015
Winner:	Stuart Bingham
Finalist:	Shaun Murphy
Highest Break:	145 ( Neil Robertson , Stuart Bingham )
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The 2015 Betfred World Snooker Championship was the 78th edition of the World Snooker Championship . It took place from April 18 to May 4, 2015 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield and marked the end of the 2014/15 season .

World champion was the Englishman Stuart Bingham for the first time with an 18:15 victory over Shaun Murphy after he had defeated the co-favorites Ronnie O'Sullivan and Judd Trump in the quarter and semi-finals . Defending champion Mark Selby was eliminated in the round of 16 against Anthony McGill from Scotland .

Prize money

	Prize money
winner	£ 300,000
finalist	£ 125,000
Semi-finalist	£ 60,000
Quarter finalist	£ 30,000
Round of 16	£ 20,000
Last 32	£ 12,000
Last 48	£ 9,000
Last 80	£ 6,000
Highest Break (Qualification)	£ 1,000
Highest Break (Main Round)	£ 10,000
Maximum break (main round)	£ 20,000
All in all	£ 1,364,000

Main round

Tournament course

1 round

In the first round, only three seeded players failed with Stephen Maguire , Ricky Walden and Mark Williams . Maguire was eliminated for the third year in a row with 9:10 in the first round. Above all, Neil Robertson and Ronnie O'Sullivan (2), who were in 4th position , prevailed confidently, while Ding Junhui (3) caught up 4-0 against Mark Davis and defending champion Mark Selby (1) even against Kurt Maflin had to be in the decision frame. O'Sullivan caused a stir, who finally took off his tight shoes and played a frame in socks to the end. He was not cautioned by the referee for this dress code violation and borrowed replacement shoes after the frame. Ali Carter was ranked 13th by the World Snooker Federation , even though he was worse placed in the world rankings . He thus benefited from a regulation that had been introduced in the course of Paul Hunter's illness : players who are absent from the Main Tour for a long time due to illness have since been "frozen" their world rankings for a year to allow them to re-enter to facilitate.

2nd round

Mark Selby suffered the " Curse of the Crucible " when he lost his second round match to Anthony McGill . Otherwise, all favorites prevailed, with Barry Hawkins' win against Mark Allen being the closest. Hawkins was 8:11 behind, winning five frames in a row and the match 13:11. As in the 2013 World Cup semi-finals, O'Sullivan was cautioned by the referee for an obscene gesture.

Quarter finals

Crowd favorite McGill ended his Crucible debut with a loss to Shaun Murphy . Barry Hawkins prevailed in a competitive game only in the deciding frame against Neil Robertson and reached his third World Cup semifinals in a row. Judd Trump impressed with a strong performance and his typical aggressive style of play against the hopeless Ding Junhui and was then considered a top favorite for the title, while Stuart Bingham surprisingly returned the favor for the quarter-final defeat against O'Sullivan in 2013. O'Sullivan seemed unfocused throughout the game and made many easy mistakes. Bingham, on the other hand, used his chances consistently and moved into a World Cup semi-finals for the first time in his 20-year professional career. In this game, too, O'Sullivan caused discussions when he put his chalk on the table to measure Pink's position, which was again not sanctioned by referee Terry Camilleri . Ken Doherty , among others, described the action via Twitter as a clear foul. After evaluating the video recordings and the match report from Camilleri, the World Snooker Association issued a notification in which it was made clear that the foul had clearly been punished with seven penalty points. Subsequent punishment of the player or referee was excluded.

Semifinals

Shaun Murphy quickly took a 3-0 lead against Barry Hawkins and was about to win the fourth frame when a strange situation arose: Murphy was just behind on points and punched the last black ball, which would have won the frame. However, the ball fell. Hawkins won his first frame with the seven foul points. Even so, Murphy moved 10-2 and 14-3 before Hawkins won four frames in a row. Ultimately, Murphy clearly prevailed 17: 9 and reached his third World Cup final after 2005 and 2009. In the second semifinals, Judd Trump was the clear favorite after his performance against Ding Junhui. Both players won two of the first four frames, then Bingham worked a small lead of up to three frames, which he maintained until the third session. In the third session, Trump equalized again to 9: 9 before Bingham won four frames in a row. In the 23rd frame, both players showed their tactical skills and fought a safety and snooker duel. Bingham gave 36 foul points and Trump narrowly won the frame. In the fourth session, Trump fought his way back up and finally equalized with two Centuries in a row to 16:16. In the decision-making frame, Bingham secured his first place in the final at the World Cup through a combination that the media described as “brilliant”.

final

Shaun Murphy went into the final as an easy favorite and also won the first three frames with high breaks. Bingham managed the session evenly and made it 4: 4. The evening session showed a similar picture: Murphy took four frames to 8: 4, Bingham countered with three frame wins, where he played the 84th century break of the World Cup in the 14th frame and thus set a new record. At the end of the first day of the final, Murphy was just leading 9-8. In the third session, Murphy made several minor mistakes, which Bingham consistently used. So Murphy missed some long beginners, a quality that had distinguished him in the course of the tournament so far. Bingham pulled away and went into the fourth session with a 14:11 lead. There Murphy fought his way up again and managed to equalize 15:15. What was remarkable was Bingham's break of 102 points in the 27th frame, where the picture was extremely difficult. Rolf Kalb called this break the "break of the tournament". In the 31st frame, Murphy already looked like the sure winner, but then didn't punch the yellow ball off the spot in the endgame on the colors. As a result, an intense safety and snooker duel developed, in which Bingham slowly developed advantages. Murphy only managed a snooker escape on the eighth attempt. After 60 minutes of frame duration, Bingham asked the referee to leave the room briefly to amuse the audience. After a break of about two minutes, the frame was continued. Bingham forced Murphy, who already needed foul points, to punch the blue ball before punching Pink himself after 64 minutes to win the frame. Bingham later said that after the 15:15 equalization, he thought he would lose the match, but the 31st frame made him calm again. Murphy looked battered and Bingham won the next frame. In the 33rd frame, Murphy tried everything again by aggressively attacking a long red ball. The ball also fell, but by a fluke and Murphy had no position on a color. A short time later he missed a similar red ball again, but this time he opened the picture completely and left an easy entry for Bingham. He had no trouble and won his first world title with an 88 break. The quality of the finals was considered consistently high by commentators and experts (30 breaks of at least 50 points, including 6 century breaks), with particular emphasis on Bingham's calm and comeback skills. Murphy said after the final: “There is no player in the world who deserves this title more than Stuart.” John Parrot said: “It couldn't have gone to a nicer person [...] He played the tournament of his life . "Steve Davis said," When he ended up having to focus, he was calmer than anyone else in the room. It shows that nice guys can also be winners. "

Tournament schedule

	Round 1 Best of 19 Frames Sessions (9/10)					Round of 16 Best of 25 Frames Sessions (8/8/9)					Quarterfinals Best of 25 Frames Sessions (8/8/9)					Semi-final Best of 33 Frames Sessions (8/8/8/9)					Final Best of 35 Frames Sessions (8/9/8/10)
	1	Mark Selby	10
	38	Kurt Maflin	9
						1	Mark Selby	9
						32	Anthony McGill	13
	16	Stephen Maguire	9
	32	Anthony McGill	10
											32	Anthony McGill	8th
											8th	Shaun Murphy	13
	9	Joe Perry	10
	97	Zhang Anda	4th
						9	Joe Perry	5
						8th	Shaun Murphy	13
	8th	Shaun Murphy	10
	68	Robin Hull	3
																8th	Shaun Murphy	17th
																5	Barry Hawkins	9
	5	Barry Hawkins	10
	31	Matthew Selt	9
						5	Barry Hawkins	13
						12	Mark Allen	11
	12	Mark Allen	10
	21st	Ryan Day	3
											5	Barry Hawkins	13
											4th	Neil Robertson	12
	13	Allister Carter	10
	24	Alan McManus	5
						13	Allister Carter	5
						4th	Neil Robertson	13
	4th	Neil Robertson	10
	40	Jamie Jones	2
																					8th	Shaun Murphy	15th
																					10	Stuart Bingham	18th
	3	Ding Junhui	10
	19th	Mark Davis	7th
						3	Ding Junhui	13
						14th	John Higgins	9
	14th	John Higgins	10
	18th	Robert Milkins	5
											3	Ding Junhui	4th
											6th	Judd Trump	13
	11	Marco Fu	10
	42	Jimmy Robertson	6th
						11	Marco Fu	8th
						6th	Judd Trump	13
	6th	Judd Trump	10
	69	Stuart Carrington	6th
																6th	Judd Trump	16
																10	Stuart Bingham	17th
	7th	Ricky Walden	8th
	20th	Graeme Dott	10
						20th	Graeme Dott	5
						10	Stuart Bingham	13
	10	Stuart Bingham	10
	58	Robbie Williams	7th
											10	Stuart Bingham	13
											2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
	15th	Mark Williams	2
	35	Matthew Stevens	10
						35	Matthew Stevens	5
						2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	13
	2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
	80	Craig Steadman	3

final

Final: Best of 35 Frames Referee: Olivier Marteel Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , 3rd – 4th May 2015
Shaun Murphy	15: 18	Stuart Bingham
1st session: 103 : 44 (68), 69 : 51 (59), 74 : 5 (65), 0: 105 (105), 15: 68 (56), 90 : 0 (90), 7: 55 , 30: 73 (65) 2nd session: 74 : 57 (74, 57), 106 : 1 (106), 121 : 14 (121), 97 : 41 (51), 1: 76 (76), 7: 129 (123), 0: 113 (89), 76 : 0 (76), 22: 67 (53) 3rd session: 4: 87 (87), 40: 68 (51), 0: 112 (112), 23 : 95 (50), 80 : 4 (59), 0: 87 (87), 84 : 0 (84), 7: 86 (57) 4th session: 73 : 6, 6: 102 (102), 75 : 55 (75), 68 : 29 (64), 76 : 0, 56: 80 , 3: 68 (55), 1: 88 (88)
121	Highest break	123
3	Century breaks	3
13	50+ breaks	17th

qualification

The top 16 of the world rankings were set for the main tournament, their 16 challengers were determined through qualification. The qualifying rounds took place April 8-15 , 2015 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Center in Sheffield . All games were played in best-of-19 mode .

In contrast to previous years, certain players were not selected for the higher qualifying rounds due to their world ranking position. All 128 applicants for the main tournament competed in the first round and then determined the 16 players for the Crucible in two further elimination rounds . 103 players were set as professionals of the Main Tour for the first round. In order to fill up the starting field, associations and tournament organizers were allowed to nominate a further 25 amateur players. Among them were the women's world champion Reanne Evans , the young German player Lukas Kleckers and the German-Brazilian Itaro Santos , but also ex-professionals like Daniel Wells and Adam Duffy .

Duffy was the only amateur to make it to round 3, except for him, only Darryl Hill survived the first round as an amateur. The top seeded Welshman Michael White failed in Round 2 to Craig Steadman , who then made his first participation in a World Cup final against Jamie Burnett . His second participation in the finals was made by the Chinese Zhang Anda , who as number 97 in the world rankings is the lowest-placed player in the Crucible. With his compatriot Liang Wenbo , he defeated another top player in round 3 in a close match. In addition to him, Kurt Maflin , who started for Norway, and Robin Hull from Finland , two other players who did not come from the United Kingdom also qualified.

Round 1

game Player 1 Result Player 2 1 (17)  Michael White  8th10 : 810  Steven hallworth  (110) 2 (80)  Craig Steadman  510 : 510  Rhys Clark  (A) 3 (49)  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh  8th10 : 810  Barry Pinches  (90) 4th (48)  Jamie Burnett  4th10 : 410  Alex Borg  (98) 5 (33)  Mark King  7th10 : 710  Michael Leslie  (101) 6th (64)  Marcus Campbell  210 : 210  Ivaylo Pekov  (A) 7th (65)  Cao Yupeng  8th10 : 810  Ross Muir  (94) 8th (32)  Anthony McGill  310 : 310  Hossein Vafaei  (117) 9 (25)  Martin Gould  106: 106th  Adam Duffy  (A) 10 (72)  Sam Baird  7th10 : 710  Tony Drago  (93) 11 (57)  Rory McLeod  102: 102  Tian Pengfei  (84) 12 (40)  Jamie Jones  310 : 310  Ashley Carty  (A) 13 (41)  Gerard Greene  4th10 : 410  Elliot Slessor  (87) 14th (56)  Alfie Burden  104: 104th  Mitchell Man  (99) 15th (73)  Lü Haotian  108 108th  Andrew Pagett  (82) 16 (24)  Alan McManus  510 : 510  Michael Wasley  (88) 17th (21)  Ryan Day  7th10 : 710  Jamie Rhys Clarke  (A) 18th (76)  Alex Davies  6th10 : 610  Michael Georgiou  (86) 19th (53)  Aditya Mehta  107: 107th  Jak Jones  (109) 20th (44)  Jack Lisowski  7th10 : 710  Allan Taylor  (102) 21st (37)  Gary Wilson  510 : 510  Eden Sharav  (A) 22nd (60)  Li Hang  110 : 110  Chris Melling  (91) 23 (69)  Stuart Carrington  6th10 : 610  Joel Walker  (83) 24 (28)  Peter Ebdon  6th10 : 610  Lu Ning  (107) 25th (29)  Ben Woollaston  8th10 : 810  Sean O'Sullivan  (A) 26th (68)  Robin Hull  310 : 310  Martin McCrudden  (A) 27 (61)  Nigel Bond  103: 103  Igor Figueiredo  (95) 28 (36)  Rod Lawler  4th10 : 410  Michael Tomlinson  (A) 29 (45)  Mike Dunn  4th10 : 410  Itaro Santos  (A) 30th (52)  Yu Delu  010 : 010  Hans Blanckaert  (A) 31 (77)  Fraser Patrick  310 : 310  Brandon Sargeant  (A) 32 (20)  Graeme Dott  4th10 : 410  Mark Owens  (A)

game Player 1 Result Player 2 33 (19)  Mark Davis  4th10 : 410  Joe O'Connor  (A) 34 (78)  Oliver Lines  7th10 : 710  Ian Glover  (108) 35 (51)  David Morris  109: 109  Lee Walker  (112) 36 (46)  Ken Doherty  8th10 : 810  Reanne Evans  (A) 37 (35)  Matthew Stevens  510 : 510  Ahmed Saif  (113) 38 (62)  Peter Lines  6th10 : 610  Rodion Judin  (A) 39 (67)  Joe Swail  4th10 : 410  Alexander Ursenbacher  (114) 40 (30)  Dominic Dale  6th10 : 610  John Astley  (81) 41 (27)  Fergal O'Brien  510 : 510  Hammad Miah  (96) 42 (70)  Chris Wakelin  6th10 : 610  Nico Elton  (A) 43 (59)  Jamie Cope  109: 109  Steve Davis  (115) 44 (38)  Kurt Maflin  510 : 510  David Grace  (105) 45 (43)  Mark Joyce  6th10 : 610  Ian Burns  (85) 46 (54)  Anthony Hamilton  103: 103  Zhang Anda  (97) 47 (75)  Zhou Yuelong  8th10 : 810  Zak Surety  (92) 48 (22)  Liang Wenbo  4th10 : 410  Chris Norbury  (104) 49 (23)  Xiao Guodong  110 : 110  Ong Jia Jun  (A) 50 (74)  Liam Highfield  110 : 110  Oliver Brown  (A) 51 (55)  Kyren Wilson  103: 103  Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon  (111) 52 (42)  Jimmy Robertson  7th10 : 710  Thor Chuan Leong  (118) 53 (39)  Dechawat Poomjaeng  8th10 : 810  Daniel Wells  (A) 54 (58)  Robbie Williams  310 : 310  Lee Page  (103) 55 (71)  Noppon Saengkham  6th10 : 610  Lukas Kleckers  (A) 56 (26)  Michael Holt  310 : 310  Sydney Wilson  (A) 57 (31)  Matthew Selt  8th10 : 810  Lu Chenwei  (106) 58 (66)  Jimmy White  310 : 310  James Wattana  (116) 59 (63)  Tom Ford  210 : 210  Andrew Norman  (100) 60 (34)  David Gilbert  510 : 510  George Pragnall  (A) 61 (47)  Luca Brecel  010 : 010  Saqib Nasir  (A) 62 (50)  Andrew Higginson  8th10 : 810  Scott Donaldson  (89) 63 (79)  James Cahill  109: 109  Darryl Hill  (A) 64 (18)  Robert Milkins  6th10 : 610  William Lemons  (A)

round 2

game Player 1 Result Player 2 65 (17)  Michael White  105: 105  Craig Steadman  (80) 66 (49)  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh  108 108th  Jamie Burnett  (48) 67 (33)  Mark King  6th10 : 610  Marcus Campbell  (64) 68 (65)  Cao Yupeng  106: 106th  Anthony McGill  (32) 69 (A)  Adam Duffy  7th10 : 710  Sam Baird  (72) 70 (84)  Tian Pengfei  105: 105  Jamie Jones  (40) 71 (41)  Gerard Greene  106: 106th  Mitchell Man  (99) 72 (82)  Andrew Pagett  104: 104th  Alan McManus  (24) 73 (21)  Ryan Day  7th10 : 710  Alex Davies  (76) 74 (109)  Jak Jones  510 : 510  Jack Lisowski  (44) 75 (37)  Gary Wilson  107: 107th  Li Hang  (60) 76 (69)  Stuart Carrington  7th10 : 710  Peter Ebdon  (28) 77 (29)  Ben Woollaston  106: 106th  Robin Hull  (68) 78 (95)  Igor Figueiredo  910 : 910  Rod Lawler  (36) 79 (45)  Mike Dunn  107: 107th  Yu Delu  (52) 80 (77)  Fraser Patrick  102: 102  Graeme Dott  (20)

game Player 1 Result Player 2 81 (19)  Mark Davis  7th10 : 710  Oliver Lines  (78) 82 (112)  Lee Walker  106: 106th  Ken Doherty  (46) 83 (35)  Matthew Stevens  7th10 : 710  Peter Lines  (62) 84 (67)  Joe Swail  910 : 910  Dominic Dale  (30) 85 (27)  Fergal O'Brien  8th10 : 810  Chris Wakelin  (70) 86 (115)  Steve Davis  101: 101  Kurt Maflin  (38) 87 (43)  Mark Joyce  109: 109  Zhang Anda  (97) 88 (75)  Zhou Yuelong  105: 105  Liang Wenbo  (22) 89 (23)  Xiao Guodong  510 : 510  Liam Highfield  (74) 90 (111)  Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon  106: 106th  Jimmy Robertson  (42) 91 (39)  Dechawat Poomjaeng  108 108th  Robbie Williams  (58) 92 (71)  Noppon Saengkham  102: 102  Michael Holt  (26) 93 (31)  Matthew Selt  8th10 : 810  Jimmy White  (66) 94 (63)  Tom Ford  8th10 : 810  David Gilbert  (34) 95 (47)  Luca Brecel  103: 103  Andrew Higginson  (50) 96 (A)  Darryl Hill  106: 106th  Robert Milkins  (18)

Round 3

game Player 1 Result Player 2 97 (80)  Craig Steadman  6th10 : 610  Jamie Burnett  (48) 98 (33)  Mark King  109: 109  Anthony McGill  (32) 99 (A)  Adam Duffy  108 108th  Jamie Jones  (40) 100 (99)  Mitchell Mann  106: 106th  Alan McManus  (24) 101 (21)  Ryan Day  6th10 : 610  Jak Jones  (109) 102 (60)  Li Hang  109: 109  Stuart Carrington  (69) 103 (68)  Robin Hull  4th10 : 410  Igor Figueiredo  (95) 104 (52)  Yu Delu  107: 107th  Graeme Dott  (20)

game Player 1 Result Player 2 105 (19)  Mark Davis  310 : 310  Ken Doherty  (46) 106 (35)  Matthew Stevens  510 : 510  Joe Swail  (67) 107 (27)  Fergal O'Brien  109: 109  Kurt Maflin  (38) 108 (97)  Zhang Anda  910 : 910  Liang Wenbo  (22) 109 (23)  Xiao Guodong  109: 109  Jimmy Robertson  (42) 110 (58)  Robbie Williams  510 : 510  Michael Holt  (26) 111 (31)  Matthew Selt  8th10 : 810  Tom Ford  (63) 112 (50)  Andrew Higginson  109: 109  Robert Milkins  (18)

Century Breaks

Main round

At this world championship, a new record was set for the number of Century Breaks . With 86 breaks of 100 or more points, three more were scored than at the 2009 World Cup . Five players made at least ten Centuries. The award for the highest break of the tournament was shared by Stuart Bingham and Neil Robertson (145 each), who played four of the five highest breaks.

Neil Robertson 145, 143, 142, 141, 133, 130, 129, 119, 115 (2 ×), 109 Stuart Bingham 145, 123, 112, 106, 105, 104, 102 (3 ×), 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan 139, 118, 116, 110, 104, 103, 100 Shaun Murphy 138, 127, 125, 121 (3 ×), 111, 106 (2 ×), 105 (2 ×), 101, 100 Anthony McGill 137, 125, 122 Ding Junhui 135, 109 Ricky Walden 135, 104 Judd Trump 133, 129, 127, 113, 111 (2 ×), 109, 108 (2 ×), 102 Zhang Anda 132 Barry Hawkins 131, 109, 108 (3 ×), 104 (2 ×), 103 (2 ×), 102

Joe Perry 131 Allister Carter 127 Mark Selby 124, 120, 108, 101 Marco Fu 120 Matthew Stevens 115, 111 Mark Allen 115, 109, 101 Matthew Selt 109, 102 Jimmy Robertson 106 John Higgins 106 Mark Davis 106

Qualifying round

Of the 128 qualifiers who took part, 51 scored at least a break of 100 points or more, 81 Centurys were played. Three players scored 140 points, they had to share the prize of 1000 pounds.

Tom Ford 140, 136, 123, 104 Craig Steadman 140, 116 David Morris 140 Robin Hull 139, 138, 126, 125, 112 Graeme Dott 139, 114 Zhang Anda 137, 134, 132 Tony Drago 135 Andrew Higginson 134 (2 ×) Sam Baird 134, 109 Scott Donaldson 134 Yu Delu 133, 100 Mark Davis 132, 111 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 131, 123 Mark King 131, 106 Xiao Guodong 131 David Gilbert 130, 123 Dechawat Poomjaeng 129, 120 Ben Woollaston 129 Anthony McGill 127 Fergal O'Brien 125, 110, 106, 102 Kurt Maflin 122, 108, 100 Tian Pengfei 122 Jamie Jones 122 Adam Duffy 120, 118 Jack Lisowski 120, 110 Igor Figueiredo 117

Michael White 116 Jamie Burnett 116 Liang Wenbo 115, 113, 110, 103 Ryan Day 115 Liam Highfield 115 Rod Lawler 113, 100 Li Hang 113 Joe Swail 113 Jimmy Robertson 111, 103 Alan McManus 110 Zhou Yuelong 108 Noppon Saengkham 108 Chris Wakelin 107 Peter Lines 106 Jimmy White 106 Ashley Carty 105 Robert Milkins 105, 104 Stuart Carrington 105 Michael Leslie 101 Michael Holt 101 Matthew Selt 101 Robbie Williams 101 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 100 Luca Brecel 100 Darryl Hill 100

Web links

• Betfred World Championship 2015 ( Memento of April 21, 2015 on the Internet Archive ) Official website

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