Tournament information | |
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Dates | 25 October – 1 November 2015 |
Venue | Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre |
City | Daqing |
Country | China |
Organisation | World Snooker |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £657,000 |
Winner's share | £125,000 |
Highest break | Zhao Xintong (CHN) (142) |
Final | |
Champion | John Higgins (SCO) |
Runner-up | David Gilbert (ENG) |
Score | 10–5 |
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The 2015 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 October and 1 November 2015 at the Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre in Daqing, China. It was the third ranking event of the 2015/2016 season.
Ricky Walden was the defending champion, but he lost 4–6 against Tian Pengfei in the qualifying round.
John Higgins won his 28th ranking title, defeating David Gilbert 10–5 in the final.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: [1] [2]
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These matches were played on 25 October 2015.
Match | Score | ||
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WC1 | Noppon Saengkham (THA) | 6–5 | Lin Shuai (CHN) |
WC2 | Daniel Wells (WAL) | 6–2 | Fang Xiongman (CHN) |
WC3 | Ken Doherty (IRL) | 6–2 | Chen Zifan (CHN) |
WC4 | Aditya Mehta (IND) | 4–6 | Wang Yuchen (CHN) |
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas. Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre, Daqing, China, 1 November 2015. | ||
David Gilbert England | 5–10 | John Higgins Scotland |
Afternoon:64–53, 33–71 (56), 100–0 (100), 2–82 (66), 9–93 (69), 43–66, 83–9 (77), 75–0 (59), 0–108 (108) Evening: 8–135 (129), 0–88 (88), 98–4 (51), 54–88 (54, 88), 18–72 (52), 22–93 (56) | ||
100 | Highest break | 129 |
1 | Century breaks | 2 |
5 | 50+ breaks | 9 |
These matches took place between 30 September and 3 October 2015 in Barnsley, England. Matches involved Ricky Walden, Liang Wenbo, Ding Junhui and Stuart Bingham, were played on 25 October 2015 in China. All matches were best of 11 frames.
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