Snooker tournament
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] 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
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
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Beijing on 30 March 2015.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Main draw
[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Final
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
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]
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
[ 13]
Televised stage centuries
[ 14]
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
References
