2015 International Championship
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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.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
| Winner: £125,000 Runner-up: £65,000 Semi-final: £30,000 Quarter-final: £17,500 Last 16: £12,000 Last 32: £7,000 Last 64: £4,000 | Televised highest break: £1,000 Total: £657,000 |
Wildcard round
These matches were played on 25 October 2015.
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
Main draw
Final
| 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 |
Qualifying
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.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
| 142 – Mark Allen 136, 111 – Liam Highfield 134 – Shaun Murphy 133, 106 – Marco Fu 133 – Matthew Selt 132, 121 – Luca Brecel 131 – Ben Woollaston 131 – Mark Joyce 129, 125 – Jack Lisowski 128 – Sanderson Lam 122 – Michael Holt 120 – Rod Lawler | 120 – Dechawat Poomjaeng 118 – Mark Selby 110 – Allan Taylor 105 – Adam Duffy 105 – Ryan Day 104 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 104 – Peter Ebdon 103 – Yu Delu 103 – Lee Walker 102 – Anthony McGill 102 – Cao Yupeng 100 – Ali Carter |
Televised stage centuries
| 142 – Zhao Xintong 141, 108 – Jimmy Robertson 138, 129, 113, 108, 106, 103, 101 – John Higgins 138, 115 – Zhou Yuelong 138 – Cao Yupeng 137, 106, 105, 101, 100 – Marco Fu 137 – Ben Woollaston 130, 112, 112, 105, 100 – David Gilbert 127, 127, 104 – Neil Robertson 126, 118, 100 – Mark Allen 124 – Xiao Guodong 121, 101 – Liang Wenbo 121 – Graeme Dott | 118 – Ross Muir 115, 100 – Mark Selby 112, 111, 108 – Ryan Day 112 – Barry Hawkins 110, 106 – Tian Pengfei 110 – Dominic Dale 110 – Peter Ebdon 108 – Fang Xiongman 105 – Martin O'Donnell 103 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 100 – Jack Lisowski 100 – Fergal O'Brien 100 – Sam Craigie |