| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 29 June – 5 July 2015 (2015-06-29 – 2015-07-05) |
| Venue | Bendigo Stadium |
| City | Bendigo |
| Country | Australia |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | $521,600 |
| Winner's share | $75,000 |
| Highest break |  Ricky Walden (ENG) (142) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  John Higgins (SCO) |
| Runner-up | Martin Gould (ENG) |
| Score | 9–8 |
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The 2015 Australian Goldfields Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 29 June and 5 July 2015 at the Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia. It was the first ranking event of the 2015/2016 season.
Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he lost 1–5 against Stephen Maguire in the quarter-finals.
John Higgins defeated Martin Gould 9–8 in the final to win the 27th ranking title of his career.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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Wildcard round
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 | Matthew Selt (ENG) |
5–0 |  Ben Judge (AUS)
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| WC2 | Ben Woollaston (ENG) |
3–5 | Adrian Ridley (AUS)
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Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Olivier Marteel. Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, Australia, 5 July 2015. | ||
| Martin Gould England
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8–9 | John Higgins (10) Scotland
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| Afternoon: 8–90 (90), 57–58, 101–13 (101), 101–25 (86), 67–32, 89–5 (89), 0–126 (112), 12–66 Evening: 25–74, 13–82, 138–0 (138), 40–68 (68), 70–45 (55), 100–1 (58), 33–92 (60), 68–54, 8–89 (89) | ||
| 138 | Highest Break | 112 |
| 2 | Century Breaks | 1 |
| 6 | 50+ Breaks | 5 |
Qualifying stages
The qualifying stages for this event took place at K2 in Crawley, England between 1–5 June 2015.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
- 142 – Ricky Walden
- 141 – Mark Selby
- 138, 122, 109, 101, 100 – Martin Gould
- 137 – Joe Perry
- 136 – Robert Milkins
- 134, 133, 112 – John Higgins
- 132 – Jamie Jones
- 128 – Fergal O'Brien
- 114, 111, 102 – Judd Trump
- 114 – Ali Carter
- 106 – Mark Joyce
References
- "Tournament Calendar 2015/16". Snooker.org. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- "Judd Trump wins 2014 Australian Goldfields Open". worldsnooker.com. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- "Australian Open: John Higgins beats Martin Gould to take title". BBC Sport. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2014/2015 Season". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 21 May 2015. Archived from the original (Website) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- "Australian Open Qualifiers Draw" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- "Australian Open Qualifiers Live Scores". worldsnooker.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- "Centuries | World Snooker Live Scores". Archived from the original on 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
- "Centuries | World Snooker Live Scores". Archived from the original on 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
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