2015 Snooker Shoot-Out

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Betway Snooker Shoot Out
Snooker Shoot-Out 2015 Logo.png
Tournament information
Dates4–6 March 2015 (2015-03-04 – 2015-03-06)
VenueCircus Arena
CityBlackpool
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£130,000
Winner's share£32,000
Highest breakEngland Martin Gould (116)
Final
ChampionWales Michael White
Runner-upChina Xiao Guodong
Score1–0 (54–48)
2014
2016

The 2015 Betway Snooker Shoot Out was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4–6 March 2015 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker.

Dominic Dale was the defending champion,[1] but he lost 20–65 against Luca Brecel in round one.[2]

Michael White won his first professional title by defeating Xiao Guodong 1-0 (54–48) in the final.[3][4]

Prize fund[]

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5][6]

  • Winner: £32,000
  • Runner-up: £16,000
  • Semi-final: £8,000
  • Quarter-final: £4,000
  • Last 16: £2,000
  • Last 32: £1,000
  • Last 64: £500
  • Highest break: £2,000
  • Total: £130,000

Draw[]

The draw for round one was made on 12 February 2015 and was broadcast live by Talksport.[7] There were two century breaks during the tournament. Martin Gould made a 116 break in round two, and Shaun Murphy made a 105 break in round three.[8]

Top half[]

 
Last 64Last 32Last 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finals
 
                  
 
 
 
 
England Mark Joyce 34
 
 
 
Wales Jamie Jones 46
 
Wales Jamie Jones 42
 
 
 
England Stuart Bingham 38
 
England Stuart Bingham 65
 
 
 
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 8
 
Wales Jamie Jones 50
 
 
 
Wales Mark Williams 12
 
Scotland John Higgins 0
 
 
 
Wales Mark Williams 123
 
Wales Mark Williams 75
 
 
 
England Peter Ebdon 17
 
England Peter Ebdon 16
 
 
 
England Gary Wilson 10
 
Wales Jamie Jones 22
 
 
 
England Shaun Murphy 10
 
England Martin Gould 62
 
 
 
England David Gilbert 11
 
England Martin Gould 117
 
 
 
England Rory McLeod 0
 
England Rory McLeod 49
 
 
 
England Nigel Bond 21
 
England Martin Gould 4
 
 
 
England Shaun Murphy 105
 
Scotland Alan McManus 18
 
 
 
England Anthony Hamilton 58
 
England Anthony Hamilton 42
 
 
 
England Shaun Murphy 77
 
England Shaun Murphy 66
 
 
 
Scotland Jamie Burnett 6
 
Wales Jamie Jones 18
 
 
 
China Xiao Guodong 19
 
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 17
 
 
 
England Alfie Burden 77
 
England Alfie Burden 52
 
 
 
Scotland Fraser Patrick 38
 
Scotland Fraser Patrick 61
 
 
 
England Mark Davis 52
 
England Alfie Burden 88
 
 
 
England Sam Baird 0
 
Scotland Stephen Maguire 9
 
 
 
England Sam Baird 53
 
England Sam Baird 56
 
 
 
England Ricky Walden 51
 
England Andrew Higginson 0
 
 
 
England Ricky Walden 94
 
England Alfie Burden 12
 
 
 
China Xiao Guodong 23
 
China Xiao Guodong 59
 
 
 
England Peter Lines 48
 
China Xiao Guodong 68
 
 
 
Northern Ireland Mark Allen 0
 
Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 0
 
 
 
Northern Ireland Mark Allen 104
 
China Xiao Guodong 64
 
 
 
Republic of Ireland David Morris 8
 
Scotland Marcus Campbell 1
 
 
 
England Chris Wakelin 76
 
England Chris Wakelin 11
 
 
 
Republic of Ireland David Morris 55
 
Republic of Ireland David Morris 78
 
 
Wales Matthew Stevens 0
 

Bottom half[]

 
Last 64Last 32Last 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finals
 
                  
 
 
 
 
Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 36
 
 
 
England Jimmy White 61
 
England Jimmy White 1
 
 
 
England Kyren Wilson 71
 
England Kyren Wilson 36
 
 
 
Norway Kurt Maflin 27
 
England Kyren Wilson 62
 
 
 
England Barry Hawkins 5
 
Northern Ireland Joe Swail 50
 
 
 
England Barry Hawkins 53
 
England Barry Hawkins 89
 
 
 
Scotland Anthony McGill 4
 
England Mark Selby 19
 
 
 
Scotland Anthony McGill 52
 
England Kyren Wilson 71
 
 
 
England Michael Holt 0
 
England Ali Carter 21
 
 
 
England Mark King 9
 
England Ali Carter 15
 
 
 
England Michael Holt 48
 
England Michael Holt 77
 
 
 
Wales Ryan Day 0
 
England Michael Holt 83
 
 
 
England Rod Lawler 0
 
Scotland Graeme Dott 77
 
 
 
England Jimmy Robertson 13
 
Scotland Graeme Dott 16
 
 
 
England Rod Lawler 60
 
England Rod Lawler 75
 
 
 
Northern Ireland Gerard Greene 25
 
England Kyren Wilson 53
 
 
 
Wales Michael White 76
 
England Dave Harold 16
 
 
 
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 81
 
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 0
 
 
 
England Tom Ford 55
 
England Tom Ford 71
 
 
 
England Jack Lisowski 37
 
England Tom Ford 16
 
 
 
Wales Michael White 107
 
England Robert Milkins 0
 
 
 
Wales Michael White 75
 
Wales Michael White 40
 
 
 
England Judd Trump 17
 
England Matthew Selt 23
 
 
 
England Judd Trump 69
 
Wales Michael White 84
 
 
 
England Ben Woollaston 8
 
England Joe Perry 51
 
 
 
England Mike Dunn 30
 
England Joe Perry 40
 
 
 
Belgium Luca Brecel 9
 
Belgium Luca Brecel 65
 
 
 
Wales Dominic Dale 20
 
England Joe Perry 24
 
 
 
England Ben Woollaston 35
 
England Jamie Cope 23
 
 
 
England Ben Woollaston 69
 
England Ben Woollaston 55
 
 
 
India Aditya Mehta 10
 
India Aditya Mehta 69
 
 
Thailand Noppon Saengkham 54
 

Final[]

Final: Best of 1 frame.
Circus Arena, Blackpool, England, 6 March 2015.
Xiao Guodong
 China
48–54 Michael White
 Wales

Century breaks[]

[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Dale shoots down title rivals". sportinglife.com. Sky. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Shoot-Out Blackpool: Brecel in sneltempo voorbij Dale". Sportwereld (in Dutch). Corelio. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  3. ^ "The White Stuff". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 6 March 2015. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Michael White beat Xiao Guodong with just six seconds remaining in their Snooker Shoot-Out match". Sky Sports. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Betway Snooker Shoot-Out (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  6. ^ Shaw, Jamie (4 March 2015). "Snooker Shoot-Out 2015 live scores and tournament schedule of play". snooker-news.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  7. ^ World Snooker [@WorldSnooker1] (12 February 2015). "Balls: Draw for the Shoot-Out coming up soon on @talksport" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 March 2015 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ a b "Shoot Out: century breaks". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
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