2015 China Open (snooker)

BAIC Motor China Open
Tournament information
Dates 30 March–5 April 2015
Venue Beijing University Students' Gymnasium
City Beijing
Country China
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £478,000
Winner's share £85,000
Highest break England Mark Selby (145)
Final
Champion England Mark Selby
Runner-up England Gary Wilson
Score 10–2
2014
2016

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 2014/2015 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, second of the season and first China Open after two final losses. The tournament was Wilson's first ranking event final.[4][5]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6][7]

  • 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.[8][9][10]

Match Score
WC1 England Alex Davies 0–5 China Zhao Xintong
WC2 Finland Robin Hull 5–1 China Yan Bingtao
WC3 England Peter Lines 5–3 China Yuan Sijun
WC4 China Zhou Yuelong 5–2 China Zhang Yong

Main draw

[8][9][10]

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
                  
China Ding Junhui 5
Scotland Marcus Campbell 1
China Ding Junhui 5
England Mark Davis 1
England Kyren Wilson 3
England Mark Davis 5
China Ding Junhui 5
Wales Mark Williams 2
Wales Mark Williams 5
China Zhao Xintong 2
Wales Mark Williams 5
Scotland Michael Leslie 0
England Joe O'Connor 1
Scotland Michael Leslie 5
China Ding Junhui 5
Scotland John Higgins 4
Scotland John Higgins 5
China Yu Delu 3
Scotland John Higgins 5
Scotland Graeme Dott 2
Wales Daniel Wells 3
Scotland Graeme Dott 5
Scotland John Higgins 5
England Judd Trump 4
England Peter Ebdon 5
China Zhang Anda 4
England Peter Ebdon 1
England Judd Trump 5
England Andrew Higginson 3
England Judd Trump 5
China Ding Junhui 5
England Gary Wilson 6
England Barry Hawkins 5
Northern Ireland Gerard Greene 2
England Barry Hawkins 5
Wales Dominic Dale 2
England Jimmy Robertson 3
Wales Dominic Dale 5
England Barry Hawkins 5
Scotland Stephen Maguire 3
Wales Ryan Day 5
England Liam Highfield 1
Wales Ryan Day 4
Scotland Stephen Maguire 5
Republic of Ireland David Morris 1
Scotland Stephen Maguire 5
England Barry Hawkins 3
England Gary Wilson 5
England Ricky Walden 5
China Cao Yupeng 0
England Ricky Walden 2
England Gary Wilson 5
England Gary Wilson 5
China Liang Wenbo 3
England Gary Wilson 5
Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 1
Scotland Alan McManus 4
England Jack Lisowski 5
England Jack Lisowski 0
Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 5
Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 5
Australia Neil Robertson 4
England Gary Wilson 2
England Mark Selby 10
England Ronnie O'Sullivan w/d
Finland Robin Hull w/o
Finland Robin Hull 5
England Mark King 4
Scotland Jamie Burnett 3
England Mark King 5
Finland Robin Hull 1
Norway Kurt Maflin 5
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 3
England Mike Dunn 5
England Mike Dunn 3
Norway Kurt Maflin 5
Norway Kurt Maflin 5
England Ali Carter 4
Norway Kurt Maflin 5
England Shaun Murphy 4
Hong Kong Marco Fu 5
England Ashley Carty 0
Hong Kong Marco Fu 4
Wales Jamie Jones 5
Wales Jamie Jones 5
Wales Matthew Stevens 3
Wales Jamie Jones 3
England Shaun Murphy 5
Scotland Anthony McGill 5
England Alfie Burden 1
Scotland Anthony McGill 4
England Shaun Murphy 5
England Jamie Cope 1
England Shaun Murphy 5
Norway Kurt Maflin 3
England Mark Selby 6
England Stuart Bingham 5
England Peter Lines 1
England Stuart Bingham 4
Wales Michael White 5
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 4
Wales Michael White 5
Wales Michael White 1
England Robert Milkins 5
Northern Ireland Joe Swail 4
England Zak Surety 5
England Zak Surety 4
England Robert Milkins 5
England Nigel Bond 3
England Robert Milkins 5
England Robert Milkins 4
England Mark Selby 5
England Joe Perry 3
England David Gilbert 5
England David Gilbert 5
China Zhou Yuelong 2
England Anthony Hamilton 1
China Zhou Yuelong 5
England David Gilbert 2
England Mark Selby 5
England Elliot Slessor 5
England Matthew Selt 3
England Elliot Slessor 0
England Mark Selby 5
England Mark Joyce 3
England Mark Selby 5

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore.
Beijing University Students' Gymnasium, Beijing, China, 5 April 2015.[10]
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.[11][12][13]

China Ding Junhui 5–1 Scotland Ross Muir
Scotland Marcus Campbell 5–2 China Lu Chenwei
England Kyren Wilson 5–3 England Matthew Day
England Mark Davis 5–3 England Mitchell Mann
Wales Mark Williams 5–1 Wales Lee Walker
England Tom Ford 3–5 England Alex Davies
England Ben Woollaston 2–5 England Joe O'Connor
Northern Ireland Mark Allen 1–5 Scotland Michael Leslie
Scotland John Higgins 5–2 England Oliver Lines
China Yu Delu 5–3 England Chris Norbury
England Robbie Williams 3–5 Wales Daniel Wells
Scotland Graeme Dott 5–1 England Sean O'Sullivan
England Peter Ebdon 5–3 England Sam Baird
India Aditya Mehta 2–5 China Zhang Anda
England Andrew Higginson 5–0 England Hammad Miah
England Judd Trump 5–0 Scotland Eden Sharav
England Barry Hawkins 5–1 Thailand Noppon Saengkham
Northern Ireland Gerard Greene 5–1 England Chris Wakelin
England Jimmy Robertson 5–3 England Steven Hallworth
Wales Dominic Dale 5–2 England Ian Glover
Wales Ryan Day 5–0 England Sydney Wilson
Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 1–5 England Liam Highfield
Republic of Ireland David Morris 5–1 Wales Jamie Rhys Clarke
Scotland Stephen Maguire 5–2 England Lee Page
England Ricky Walden 5–2 England David Grace
China Cao Yupeng 5–2 England Adam Bobat
England Gary Wilson 5–3 Wales Jak Jones
China Liang Wenbo 5–2 England Joel Walker
Scotland Alan McManus 5–3 China Tian Pengfei
England Jack Lisowski 5–0 Qatar Ahmed Saif
Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 5–1 England James Cahill
Australia Neil Robertson 5–3 China Lyu Haotian

England Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 Belgium Luca Brecel
England Rory McLeod 3–5 Finland Robin Hull
Scotland Jamie Burnett 5–3 England Ian Burns
England Mark King 5–2 China Lu Ning
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 5–2 England George Pragnall
England Mike Dunn 5–3 Thailand Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon
Norway Kurt Maflin 5–3 China Cao Xinlong
England Ali Carter 5–1 Republic of Ireland Martin McCrudden
Hong Kong Marco Fu 5–2 England Michael Georgiou
England Jimmy White 4–5 England Ashley Carty
Wales Jamie Jones 5–2 England Michael Tomlinson
Wales Matthew Stevens 5–0 Scotland Mark Owens
Scotland Anthony McGill 5–3 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher
England Alfie Burden 5–4 England Allan Taylor
England Jamie Cope 5–3 Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong
England Shaun Murphy 5–1 Brazil Igor Figueiredo
England Stuart Bingham 5–0 Scotland Scott Donaldson
England Peter Lines 5–4 England Chris Melling
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5–4 England Dave Harold
Wales Michael White 5–2 Thailand James Wattana
England Rod Lawler 2–5 Northern Ireland Joe Swail
China Li Hang 4–5 England Zak Surety
England Nigel Bond 5–2 England Craig Steadman
England Robert Milkins 5–0 England Stuart Carrington
England Joe Perry 5–2 England Oliver Brown
England David Gilbert 5–2 England Adam Duffy
England Anthony Hamilton 5–0 England Michael Wasley
England Michael Holt 1–5 China Zhou Yuelong
China Xiao Guodong 4–5 England Elliot Slessor
England Matthew Selt 5–0 England John Astley
England Mark Joyce 5–2 Scotland Fraser Patrick
England Mark Selby 5–1 England Barry Pinches

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

[14]

Televised stage centuries

[15]

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