2015 Welsh Open (snooker)
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| Dates | 16–22 February 2015 |
| Venue | Motorpoint Arena |
| City | Cardiff |
| Country | Wales |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £300,000 |
| Winner's share | £60,000 |
| Highest break |  Luca Brecel (140) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  John Higgins |
| Runner-up |  Ben Woollaston |
| Score | 9–3 |
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The 2015 BetVictor Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament held at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff from the 16th to the 22nd of February 2015. The tournament was staged in Cardiff for the first time since 2004, having moved from Newport.[1]
Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion,[2] but he lost 3–4 against Matthew Stevens in the last 32.[3]
The best-performing Welsh player was Mark Williams, who reached the semi-finals of the tournament for the first time in 12 years.[4] He lost 5–6 to Ben Woollaston, who reached the first ranking final of his professional career.[5]
John Higgins defeated Woollaston 9–3 in the final to win the Welsh Open for a record fourth time and claim his first ranking title in two and a half years.[6]
Contents
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[7]
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Main Draw
128 players started the tournament, with the first four rounds played over the best of 7 frames. The quarter finals were played over 9 frames with the semi finals over the best of 11. The final was over 17 frames.[8][9]
Top Half
First Quarter
Second Quarter
Bottom Half
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter
Finals
| Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames |
Semi-finals Best of 11 frames |
Final Best of 17 frames |
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 Marco Fu |
1 | |||||||||||||
 Mark Williams |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Williams |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Ben Woollaston |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Ben Woollaston |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Wilson |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Ben Woollaston |
3 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins |
9 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Maguire |
1 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Luca Brecel |
4 | |||||||||||||
| Ricky Walden |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Luca Brecel |
5 | |||||||||||||
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Marcel Eckardt Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales, 22 February 2015.[10] |
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| Ben Woollaston England |
3–9 | John Higgins Scotland |
| Afternoon: 4–120 (84), 71–51 (58), 17–101 (63), 0–105 (105), 74–23 (54), 0–84 (66), 62–19, 59–72 (Woollaston 59) Evening: 5–97, 34–69, 9–88 (68), 8–130 (83) |
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| 59 | Highest break | 105 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
Century breaks
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References
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