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 6–5 WC2 6–2 WC3 6–2 WC4 4–6
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas.Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre, Daqing, China, 1 November 2015. David Gilbert 5–10 John Higgins Afternoon: 64–53, , , , , , , , Evening: 8–135 (129), , , , , 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.
Ricky Walden 4–6 Tian Pengfei Cao Yupeng 6–2 Liam Highfield Andrew Higginson 6–3 Zhang Yong Liang Wenbo 6–3 Alex Taubman Kyren Wilson 6–1 Thor Chuan Leong Anthony Hamilton 2–6 Jamie Cope Joe Swail 6–5 Allan Taylor Mark Allen 6–5 Scott Donaldson Mark Williams 6–3 Nigel Bond Mark King 2–6 Ian Burns Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6–5 Hammad Miah Alan McManus 5–6 Ross Muir Martin Gould 6–4 Gareth Allen Sam Baird 4–6 Zhou Yuelong David Morris 3–6 Sanderson Lam Judd Trump 0–6 Michael Wild Barry Hawkins 6–0 Rhys Clark Peter Lines 4–6 Chris Wakelin Jimmy Robertson 6–1 Lu Ning Robert Milkins 4–6 Darryl Hill Ali Carter 6–0 Luke Simmonds Jack Lisowski 6–3 Hossein Vafaei Ayouri Matthew Stevens 6–0 Fraser Patrick Marco Fu 6–2 Paul Davison Stephen Maguire 2–6 Noppon Saengkham Gary Wilson 3–6 Oliver Lines David Gilbert 6–2 Barry Pinches Xiao Guodong 6–0 Jason Weston Ryan Day 6–1 Zhang Anda Mark Joyce 6–2 Hamza Akbar Li Hang 2–6 Craig Steadman Ding Junhui 6–4 Sam Craigie
Mark Selby 6–1 Eden Sharav Mike Dunn 6–3 Mitchell Mann Robin Hull 3–6 Sean O'Sullivan Anthony McGill 6–3 James Wattana Mark Davis 5–6 Lee Walker Rory McLeod 1–6 Daniel Wells Dechawat Poomjaeng 6–4 Michael Georgiou Michael White 6–5 Alfie Burden Graeme Dott 6–3 Andy Hicks Jamie Burnett 6–2 James Cahill Ken Doherty 6–3 Vinnie Calabrese Peter Ebdon 6–1 Zak Surety Fergal O'Brien 6–2 Hatem Yassen Tom Ford 6–1 Michael Leslie Gerard Greene 4–6 Martin O'Donnell Neil Robertson 6–3 Kuldesh Johal Shaun Murphy 6–2 Lü Chenwei Luca Brecel 6–1 David Grace Kurt Maflin 6–2 Joe O'Connor Jamie Jones 6–4 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Michael Holt 6–1 Jake Nicholson Rod Lawler 6–3 Jimmy White Stuart Carrington 0–6 Zhao Xintong John Higgins 6–1 Ashley Hugill Joe Perry 6–1 Michael Wasley Aditya Mehta 6–1 Ian Glover Dominic Dale 6–2 Sydney Wilson Matthew Selt 6–2 Adam Duffy Ben Woollaston 6–3 Leo Fernandez Robbie Williams 6–2 Joel Walker Yu Delu 6–1 Chris Melling Stuart Bingham 6–1 Steven Hallworth
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
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