The 2015 Indian Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10 and 14 March 2015 at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai, India.[1] The tournament was originally scheduled for 13–17 October 2014, but was postponed until March due to the State Election in Maharashtra.[2]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10–14 March 2015 |
| Venue | Grand Hyatt |
| City | Mumbai |
| Country | India |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Winner's share | £50,000 |
| Highest break |  Stuart Carrington (ENG) (138) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Michael White (WAL) |
| Runner-up | Ricky Walden (ENG) |
| Score | 5–0 |
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Mumbai played host to the tournament for the first time, having previously being held at the Le Meridien Hotel in New Delhi.[3]
Ding Junhui was the defending champion,[4] but he lost 3–4 against Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the last 64.[5]
Michael White won his first ranking event by defeating Ricky Walden 5–0 in the final.[6][7]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[8]
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Mumbai on 10 March 2015.[9][10][11] The Indian wildcard players were selected through a qualifying tournament which was held at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana in Pune, India.[12][13]
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 |  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) | 4–0 |  Neeraj Kumar (IND) |
| WC2 | Sam Baird (ENG) | 4–1 | Brijesh Damani (IND) |
| WC3 |  Lyu Haotian (CHN) | 4–3 | Dharminder Lilly (IND) |
| WC4 | Adam Duffy (ENG) | 4–0 | Sumit Talwar (IND) |
| WC5 | Nigel Bond (ENG) | 4–2 | Faisal Khan (IND) |
| WC6 |  Rhys Clark (SCO) | 4–3 | Pankaj Advani (IND) |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri. Grand Hyatt, Mumbai, India, 14 March 2015.[11] | ||
| Ricky Walden England | 0–5 | Michael White Wales |
| 0–81 (81), 20–77 (77), 0–86, 1–90 (58), 6–85 (85) | ||
| 20 | Highest break | 85 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 0 | 50+ breaks | 4 |
Qualifying
These matches were held on 12 and 13 February 2015 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. The qualifiers were to take place between 18 and 21 September 2014, but were rescheduled as the ranking event was postponed.[2] All matches were best of 7 frames.[14][15][16]
| Judd Trump | 4–0 | Martin Ball |
| Peter Lines | 4–3 | Lu Chenwei |
| Gary Wilson | 4–1 | Daniel Wells |
| Jack Lisowski | 2–4 | Adam Duffy |
| Peter Ebdon | 4–3 | Paul Davison |
| Jimmy White | 2–4 | Zhou Yuelong |
| Dave Harold | 1–4 | Eden Sharav |
| Mark Williams | 4–1 | Zhang Anda |
| Graeme Dott | 4–3 | Scott Donaldson |
 Robin Hull | 4–1 | Chris Norbury |
 David Morris | 4–2 | Michael Wasley |
| David Gilbert | 4–0 | Nico Elton |
| Ken Doherty | 4–3 | Sanderson Lam |
 Joe Swail | 4–2 | Jak Jones |
| Mike Dunn | 4–3 | Jamie Clarke |
| Robert Milkins | 4–2 | Alex Davies |
 Marco Fu | 4–2 | Sydney Wilson |
| Stuart Carrington | 4–2 | Lee Walker |
| Li Hang | 4–2 | Oliver Lines |
| Michael Holt | 3–4 | Allan Taylor |
| Matthew Selt | 4–0 |  Igor Figueiredo |
| Alfie Burden | 3–4 | Joel Walker |
| Cao Yupeng | 4–2 | Michael Leslie |
| Michael White | 4–0 | Mitchell Mann |
| Ryan Day | 4–3 | Oliver Brown |
| Nigel Bond | 4–3 | Liam Highfield |
| Jimmy Robertson | 0–4 | Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon |
| Dechawat Poomjaeng | 4–1 |  Thor Chuan Leong |
 Kurt Maflin | 3–4 | Rhys Clark |
| Chris Wakelin | 4–3 | Saqib Nasir |
| Noppon Saengkham | 2–4 | Andrew Pagett |
| Barry Hawkins | w/d–w/o | Zack Richardson |