The 2015

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tournament, that took place between 30 March and 5 April 2015 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in

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. It was the tenth ranking event of the 2014–15 season. Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost 5–6 against Gary Wilson in the semi-finals.

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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.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: *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

on 30 March 2015.

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

These matches were held on 14 and 15 February 2015 at the Barnsley Metrodome in

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. All matches were best of 9 frames.

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

* 134

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* 132, 111 Dechawat Poomjaeng * 128 Zhou Yuelong * 128 Dave Harold * 125 Mark Williams * 124

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* 123 Stuart Bingham * 122 Barry Pinches * 120, 108 Liang Wenbo * 120 Jimmy Robertson * 117 Luca Brecel * 115 David Grace * 112 John Higgins * 111 Alfie Burden * 111

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* 110 Chris Wakelin * 109 Fergal O'Brien * 104 Stephen Maguire * 101 Liam Highfield * 100 Joe Swail * 100 Ryan Day

Televised stage centuries

* 145, 136, 131, 126, 106

* 143, 113

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* 138, 124 Barry Hawkins * 133 Marco Fu * 132, 112 Robin Hull * 132 Daniel Wells * 129, 128, 113, 106, 103, 101 Kurt Maflin * 128

* 127, 101, 100

* 123 Matthew Selt * 120 Mark Davis * 116 David Morris * 114, 101 Gary Wilson * 114 John Higgins * 112 Graeme Dott * 106

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* 105, 103 Ding Junhui * 105 Michael White * 103 Dominic Dale * 102, 100 Jamie Jones

References

{{Snooker season 2014/2015 China Open (snooker) China Open Open (snooker) Sports competitions in Beijing