Snooker tournament
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]
- Winner: $75,000
- Runner-up: $32,000
- Semi-final: $20,000
- Quarter-final: $17,000
- Last 16: $12,000
- Last 32: $9,000
- Last 48: $2,000
- Last 64: $1000
- Last 96: $500
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- Non-televised highest break: $100
- Televised highest break: $2,500
- Total: $521,600
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Wildcard round
Main draw
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Olivier Marteel. Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, Australia, 5 July 2015.
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Martin Gould England
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8–9
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John Higgins (10) Scotland
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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)
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138
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Highest Break
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112
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2
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Century Breaks
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1
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6
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50+ Breaks
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5
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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
[8]
References
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Australian Masters | |
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Hong Kong Open | |
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Australian Open | |
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Australian Goldfields Open | |
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Winners | |
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