2015 China Open (snooker)

BAIC Motor China OpenTournament information

Dates| 30 March – 5 April 2015 (2015-03-30 – 2015-04-05)
Venue| Beijing University Students' Gymnasium
City| Beijing
Country| China
Organisation| World Snooker
Format| Ranking event
Total prize fund| £478,000
Winner's share| £85,000
Highest break|  Mark Selby (ENG) (145)
Final
Champion|  Mark Selby (ENG)
Runner-up|  Gary Wilson (ENG)
Score| 10–2

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The 2015 BAIC Motor China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 30 March and 5 April 2015 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the tenth ranking event of the 2014–15 season.[1]

Ding Junhui was the defending champion,[2] but he lost 5–6 against Gary Wilson in the semi-finals.[3]

Mark Selby defeated Wilson 10–2 to win his sixth career ranking title, his second of the season, and his first China Open title after being twice runner-up (in 2011 and 2013). The tournament was Wilson's first ranking event final.[4]

## Prize fund

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The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5][6]

* Winner: £85,000
* Runner-up: £35,000
* Semi-final: £21,000
* Quarter-final: £12,500
* Last 16: £8,000
* Last 32: £6,500
* Last 64: £3,000

* Televised highest break: £2,000
* Total: £478,000

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## Wildcard round

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These matches were played in Beijing on 30 March 2015.[7][8][9]

Match |  | Score |

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WC1 |  Alex Davies (ENG) | 0–5 |  Zhao Xintong (CHN)
WC2 |  Robin Hull (FIN) | 5–1 |  Yan Bingtao (CHN)
WC3 |  Peter Lines (ENG) | 5–3 |  Yuan Sijun (CHN)
WC4 |  Zhou Yuelong (CHN) | 5–2 |  Zhang Yong (CHN)

## Main draw

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| Last 64
Best of 9 frames | | | Last 32
Best of 9 frames | | | Last 16
Best of 9 frames | | | Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames | | | Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames | | | Final
Best of 19 frames |

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|  Ding Junhui | 5 | | | | | |
|  Marcus Campbell | 1 |
| |  Ding Junhui | 5 |
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| | |  Mark Davis | 1 |
|  Kyren Wilson | 3 |

|  Mark Davis | 5 |
| |  Ding Junhui | 5 |
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| | |  Mark Williams | 2 |
|  Mark Williams | 5 | |

|  Zhao Xintong | 2 |
| |  Mark Williams | 5 |
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| | |  Michael Leslie | 0 |
|  Joe O'Connor | 1 |

|  Michael Leslie | 5 |
| |  Ding Junhui | 5 |
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| | |  John Higgins | 4 |
|  John Higgins | 5 | | |

|  Yu Delu | 3 |
| |  John Higgins | 5 |
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| | |  Graeme Dott | 2 |
|  Daniel Wells | 3 |

|  Graeme Dott | 5 |
| |  John Higgins | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Judd Trump | 4 |
|  Peter Ebdon | 5 | |

|  Zhang Anda | 4 |
| |  Peter Ebdon | 1 |
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| | |  Judd Trump | 5 |
|  Andrew Higginson | 3 |

|  Judd Trump | 5 |
| |  Ding Junhui | 5 |
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| | |  Gary Wilson | 6 |
|  Barry Hawkins | 5 | | | |

|  Gerard Greene | 2 |
| |  Barry Hawkins | 5 |
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| | |  Dominic Dale | 2 |
|  Jimmy Robertson | 3 |

|  Dominic Dale | 5 |
| |  Barry Hawkins | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Stephen Maguire | 3 |
|  Ryan Day | 5 | |

|  Liam Highfield | 1 |
| |  Ryan Day | 4 |
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| | |  Stephen Maguire | 5 |
|  David Morris | 1 |

|  Stephen Maguire | 5 |
| |  Barry Hawkins | 3 |
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| | |  Gary Wilson | 5 |
|  Ricky Walden | 5 | | |

|  Cao Yupeng | 0 |
| |  Ricky Walden | 2 |
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| | |  Gary Wilson | 5 |
|  Gary Wilson | 5 |

|  Liang Wenbo | 3 |
| |  Gary Wilson | 5 |
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| | |  Dechawat Poomjaeng | 1 |
|  Alan McManus | 4 | |

|  Jack Lisowski | 5 |
| |  Jack Lisowski | 0 |
|  |
| | |  Dechawat Poomjaeng | 5 |
|  Dechawat Poomjaeng | 5 |

|  Neil Robertson | 4 |
| |  Gary Wilson | 2 |
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| | |  Mark Selby | 10 |
|  Ronnie O'Sullivan | w/d | | | | |

|  Robin Hull | w/o |
| |  Robin Hull | 5 |
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| | |  Mark King | 4 |
|  Jamie Burnett | 3 |

|  Mark King | 5 |
| |  Robin Hull | 1 |
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| | |  Kurt Maflin | 5 |
|  Fergal O'Brien | 3 | |

|  Mike Dunn | 5 |
| |  Mike Dunn | 3 |
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| | |  Kurt Maflin | 5 |
|  Kurt Maflin | 5 |

|  Ali Carter | 4 |
| |  Kurt Maflin | 5 |
|  |
| | |  Shaun Murphy | 4 |
|  Marco Fu | 5 | | |

|  Ashley Carty | 0 |
| |  Marco Fu | 4 |
|  |
| | |  Jamie Jones | 5 |
|  Jamie Jones | 5 |

|  Matthew Stevens | 3 |
| |  Jamie Jones | 3 |
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| | |  Shaun Murphy | 5 |
|  Anthony McGill | 5 | |

|  Alfie Burden | 1 |
| |  Anthony McGill | 4 |
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| | |  Shaun Murphy | 5 |
|  Jamie Cope | 1 |

|  Shaun Murphy | 5 |
| |  Kurt Maflin | 3 |
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| | |  Mark Selby | 6 |
|  Stuart Bingham | 5 | | | |

|  Peter Lines | 1 |
| |  Stuart Bingham | 4 |
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| | |  Michael White | 5 |
|  Ken Doherty | 4 |

|  Michael White | 5 |
| |  Michael White | 1 |
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| | |  Robert Milkins | 5 |
|  Joe Swail | 4 | |

|  Zak Surety | 5 |
| |  Zak Surety | 4 |
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| | |  Robert Milkins | 5 |
|  Nigel Bond | 3 |

|  Robert Milkins | 5 |
| |  Robert Milkins | 4 |
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| | |  Mark Selby | 5 |
|  Joe Perry | 3 | | |

|  David Gilbert | 5 |
| |  David Gilbert | 5 |
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| | |  Zhou Yuelong | 2 |
|  Anthony Hamilton | 1 |

|  Zhou Yuelong | 5 |
| |  David Gilbert | 2 |
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| | |  Mark Selby | 5 |
|  Elliot Slessor | 5 | |

|  Matthew Selt | 3 |
| |  Elliot Slessor | 0 |
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| | |  Mark Selby | 5 |
|  Mark Joyce | 3 |

|  Mark Selby | 5 |

## Final

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Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore.
Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 5 April 2015.[9]

Gary Wilson
England | 2–10 | Mark Selby
England
Afternoon: 39–74, 43–87 (51), 41–56, 91–1 (91), 36–70, 40–78 (54), 0–145 (145), 3–72, 0–86
Evening: 0–136 (136), 101–0 (101), 32–83
101  | Highest break  | 145
1  | Century breaks  | 2
2  | 50+ breaks  | 4

## Qualifying

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These matches were held on 14 and 15 February 2015 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.[10][11][12]

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Ding Junhui | 5–1 |  Ross Muir
Marcus Campbell | 5–2 |  Lu Chenwei
Kyren Wilson | 5–3 |  Matthew Day
Mark Davis | 5–3 |  Mitchell Mann
Mark Williams | 5–1 |  Lee Walker
Tom Ford | 3–5 |  Alex Davies
Ben Woollaston | 2–5 |  Joe O'Connor
Mark Allen | 1–5 |  Michael Leslie
John Higgins | 5–2 |  Oliver Lines
Yu Delu | 5–3 |  Chris Norbury
Robbie Williams | 3–5 |  Daniel Wells
Graeme Dott | 5–1 |  Sean O'Sullivan
Peter Ebdon | 5–3 |  Sam Baird
Aditya Mehta | 2–5 |  Zhang Anda
Andrew Higginson | 5–0 |  Hammad Miah
Judd Trump | 5–0 |  Eden Sharav
Barry Hawkins | 5–1 |  Noppon Saengkham
Gerard Greene | 5–1 |  Chris Wakelin
Jimmy Robertson | 5–3 |  Steven Hallworth
Dominic Dale | 5–2 |  Ian Glover
Ryan Day | 5–0 |  Sydney Wilson
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 1–5 |  Liam Highfield
David Morris | 5–1 |  Jamie Clarke
Stephen Maguire | 5–2 |  Lee Page
Ricky Walden | 5–2 |  David Grace
Cao Yupeng | 5–2 |  Adam Bobat
Gary Wilson | 5–3 |  Jak Jones
Liang Wenbo | 5–2 |  Joel Walker
Alan McManus | 5–3 |  Tian Pengfei
Jack Lisowski | 5–0 |  Ahmed Saif
Dechawat Poomjaeng | 5–1 |  James Cahill
Neil Robertson | 5–3 |  Lyu Haotian
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Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5–1 |  Luca Brecel
Rory McLeod | 3–5 |  Robin Hull
Jamie Burnett | 5–3 |  Ian Burns
Mark King | 5–2 |  Lu Ning
Fergal O'Brien | 5–2 |  George Pragnall
Mike Dunn | 5–3 |  Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon
Kurt Maflin | 5–3 |  Cao Xinlong
Ali Carter | 5–1 |  Martin McCrudden
Marco Fu | 5–2 |  Michael Georgiou
Jimmy White | 4–5 |  Ashley Carty
Jamie Jones | 5–2 |  Michael Tomlinson
Matthew Stevens | 5–0 |  Mark Owens
Anthony McGill | 5–3 |  Alexander Ursenbacher
Alfie Burden | 5–4 |  Allan Taylor
Jamie Cope | 5–3 |  Thor Chuan Leong
Shaun Murphy | 5–1 |  Igor Figueiredo
Stuart Bingham | 5–0 |  Scott Donaldson
Peter Lines | 5–4 |  Chris Melling
Ken Doherty | 5–4 |  Dave Harold
Michael White | 5–2 |  James Wattana
Rod Lawler | 2–5 |  Joe Swail
Li Hang | 4–5 |  Zak Surety
Nigel Bond | 5–2 |  Craig Steadman
Robert Milkins | 5–0 |  Stuart Carrington
Joe Perry | 5–2 |  Oliver Brown
David Gilbert | 5–2 |  Adam Duffy
Anthony Hamilton | 5–0 |  Michael Wasley
Michael Holt | 1–5 |  Zhou Yuelong
Xiao Guodong | 4–5 |  Elliot Slessor
Matthew Selt | 5–0 |  John Astley
Mark Joyce | 5–2 |  Fraser Patrick
Mark Selby | 5–1 |  Barry Pinches

## Century breaks

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### Qualifying stage centuries

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* 134 – Robert Milkins
* 132, 111 – Dechawat Poomjaeng
* 128 – Zhou Yuelong
* 128 – Dave Harold
* 125 – Mark Williams
* 124 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
* 123 – Stuart Bingham
* 122 – Barry Pinches
* 120, 108 – Liang Wenbo
* 120 – Jimmy Robertson
* 117 – Luca Brecel

* 115 – David Grace
* 112 – John Higgins
* 111 – Alfie Burden
* 111 – Judd Trump
* 110 – Chris Wakelin
* 109 – Fergal O'Brien
* 104 – Stephen Maguire
* 101 – Liam Highfield
* 100 – Joe Swail
* 100 – Ryan Day

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### Televised stage centuries

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* 145, 136, 131, 126, 106 – Mark Selby
* 143, 113 – Shaun Murphy
* 138, 124 – Barry Hawkins
* 133 – Marco Fu
* 132, 112 – Robin Hull
* 132 – Daniel Wells
* 129, 128, 113, 106, 103, 101 – Kurt Maflin
* 128 – Robert Milkins
* 127, 101, 100 – Judd Trump
* 123 – Matthew Selt

* 120 – Mark Davis
* 116 – David Morris
* 114, 101 – Gary Wilson
* 114 – John Higgins
* 112 – Graeme Dott
* 106 – Andrew Higginson
* 105, 103 – Ding Junhui
* 105 – Michael White
* 103 – Dominic Dale
* 102, 100 – Jamie Jones

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## References

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3. ^ "China Open: Gary Wilson to play Mark Selby in final". BBC Sport. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
4. ^ "Mark Selby beats Gary Wilson in final". BBC Sport. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
5. ^ "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2014/2015 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 12 May 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
6. ^ "Snooker – Tournament Info: China Open 2015" (in German). Eurosport Deutschland. 28 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
7. ^ a b "China Open 2015 draw" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
8. ^ a b "China Open 2015 Provisional Format of Play" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
9. ^ a b c "Baic Motor China Open (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
10. ^ "China Open 2015 Qualifiers draw & results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 16 February 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
11. ^ "China Open 2015 Qualifying Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
12. ^ "China Open Qualifiers (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
13. ^ "China Open qualifiers: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
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