2015 Australian Goldfields Open
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 29 June–5 July 2015 | 
| Venue | Bendigo Stadium | 
| City | Bendigo | 
| Country | Australia | 
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA | 
| Format | Ranking event | 
| Total prize fund | $539,600 | 
| Winner's share | $75,000 | 
| Highest break |  Ricky Walden (142) | 
| Final | |
| Champion |  John Higgins | 
| Runner-up |  Martin Gould | 
| Score | 9–8 | 
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The 2015 Australian Goldfields Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 29 June and 5 July 2015 at the Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia. It was the first ranking event of the 2015/2016 season.[1]
Judd Trump was the defending champion,[2] but he lost 1–5 against Stephen Maguire in the quarter-finals.
John Higgins defeated Martin Gould 9–8 in the final to win the 27th ranking title of his career.[3]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]
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Wildcard round
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 |  Matthew Selt | 5–0 |  Ben Judge | 
| WC2 |  Ben Woollaston | 3–5 |  Adrian Ridley | 
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: .svg.png) Olivier Marteel. Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo,  Australia, 5 July 2015. | ||
| Martin Gould  England | 8–9 | John Higgins (10)  Scotland | 
| Afternoon: 8–90 (90), 57–58, 101–13 (101), 101–25 (86), 67–32, 89–5 (89), 0–126 (112), 12–66 Evening: 25–74, 13–82, 138–0 (138), 40–68 (68), 70–45 (55), 100–1 (58), 33–92 (60), 68–54, 8–89 (89) | ||
| 138 | Highest Break | 112 | 
| 2 | Century Breaks | 1 | 
| 6 | 50+ Breaks | 5 | 
Qualifying stages
The qualifying stages for this event took place at K2 in Crawley, England between 1–5 June 2015.[5][6]
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
| 
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Televised stage centuries
-  142  Ricky Walden Ricky Walden
-  141  Mark Selby Mark Selby
-  138, 122, 109, 101, 100  Martin Gould Martin Gould
-  137  Joe Perry Joe Perry
-  136  Robert Milkins Robert Milkins
-  134, 133, 112  John Higgins John Higgins
-  132  Jamie Jones Jamie Jones
-  128  Fergal O'Brien Fergal O'Brien
-  114, 111, 102  Judd Trump Judd Trump
-  114  Allister Carter Allister Carter
-  106  Mark Joyce Mark Joyce
References
- ↑ "Tournament Calendar 2015/16". Snooker.org. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ↑ "Judd Trump wins 2014 Australian Goldfields Open". worldsnooker.com. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ↑ "Australian Open: John Higgins beats Martin Gould to take title". BBC Sport. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ↑ "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2014/2015 Season" (Website). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ↑ "Australian Open Qualifiers Draw" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ↑ "Australian Open Qualifiers Live Scores". worldsnooker.com. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
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