Tournament information | |
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Dates | 7–13 September 2015 |
Venue | Fashion Island Shopping Mall |
City | Bangkok |
Country | Thailand |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Total prize fund | 8,000,000 baht |
Winner's share | 2,500,000 baht |
Highest break | Mark Davis (80) |
Final | |
Champion | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh |
Runner-up | Liang Wenbo |
Score | 8–2 |
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The 2015 Six-red World Championship (often styled the 2015 SangSom 6-red World Championship for sponsorship and marketing purposes) was a six-red snooker tournament that was held between 7 and 13 September 2015 at the Fashion Island Shopping Mall in Bangkok, Thailand. [1]
Stephen Maguire was the defending champion, [2] but lost 4–6 against Judd Trump in the last 32.
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh won in the final 8–2 against Liang Wenbo. [3]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
The top four players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames.
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(Note: A maximum break in six-red snooker is 75.) [12]
Highest break: Mark Davis: 80
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