2015 International Championship
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| Dates | 25 October – 1 November 2015 |
| Venue | Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre |
| City | Daqing |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £657,000 |
| Winner's share | £125,000 |
| Highest break | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Xintong (CHN) (142) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  John Higgins (SCO) |
| Runner-up |  David Gilbert (ENG) |
| Score | 10–5 |
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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
[edit | edit source]The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1][2]
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Wildcard round
[edit | edit source]These matches were played on 25 October 2015.
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| WC1 |  Noppon Saengkham (THA) |
6–5 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Shuai (CHN) |
| WC2 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Daniel Wells (WAL) | 6–2 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fang Xiongman (CHN) |
| WC3 | File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ken Doherty (IRL) | 6–2 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Zifan (CHN) |
| WC4 | File:Flag of India.svg Aditya Mehta (IND) | 4–6 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yuchen (CHN) |
Main draw
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Final
[edit | edit source]| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas. Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre, Daqing, China, 1 November 2015. | ||
| David Gilbert England
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5–10 | John Higgins Scotland
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| Afternoon: 64–53, 33–71 (56), 100–0 (100), 2–82 (66), 9–93 (69), 43–66, 83–9 (77), 75–0 (59), 0–108 (108) Evening: 8–135 (129), 0–88 (88), 98–4 (51), 54–88 (54, 88), 18–72 (52), 22–93 (56) | ||
| 100 | Highest break | 129 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 2 |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 9 |
Qualifying
[edit | edit source]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.
Century breaks
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Televised stage centuries
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