Snooker tournament
The European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 3 (also known as the 2014 Victoria Bulgarian Open) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 1–5 October 2014 in Sofia, Bulgaria.[1]
The tournament was meant to be Ali Carter's first since his lung cancer diagnosis and subsequent chemotherapy treatment,[2] but he was forced to withdraw due to acute pain in his left arm following his radiofrequency ablation surgery.[3]
John Higgins was the defending champion,[4] but he lost 1–4 against Judd Trump in the last 64.[5]
Shaun Murphy won his fifteenth professional title by defeating Martin Gould 4–2 in the final.[6][7]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money of the event is shown below:[8]
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Prize fund
|
| Winner |
€25,000
|
| Runner-up |
€12,000
|
| Semi-finalist |
€6,000
|
| Quarter-finalist |
€4,000
|
| Last 16 |
€2,300
|
| Last 32 |
€1,200
|
| Last 64 |
€700
|
| Total |
€125,000
|
Main draw
[9][10][11]
Preliminary rounds
Round 1
Best of 7 frames
Round 2
Best of 7 frames
Round 3
Best of 7 frames
Main rounds
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Finals
Century breaks
[12]
- 139 – Dominic Dale
- 138, 108 – Fraser Patrick
- 135 – Ryan Day
- 135 – Michael White
- 133, 108 – Michael Wasley
- 133, 106 – Neil Robertson
- 133 – Liang Wenbo
- 132, 131, 111, 110, 108 – Mark Selby
- 128, 118 – Ricky Walden
- 127, 117, 105 – Judd Trump
- 125 – Oliver Lines
- 123 – Matthew Selt
- 123 – Xiao Guodong
- 122 – Gerard Greene
- 121, 109 – Peter Ebdon
- 119 – Jamie Cope
- 115, 111, 102 – Shaun Murphy
- 114 – Gareth Allen
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References
