2015 International Championship
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.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 | 6–5 | Lin Shuai |
WC2 | Daniel Wells | 6–2 | Fang Xiongman |
WC3 | Ken Doherty | 6–2 | Chen Zifan |
WC4 | Aditya Mehta | 4–6 | Wang Yuchen |
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
These matches took place between 30 September and 3 October 2015 in 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