European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 3

European Tour 2015/2016
Event 3
Tournament information
Dates	7–11 October 2015
Venue	RWE-Sporthalle
City	Mülheim
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Minor-ranking event
Total prize fund	€125,000
Winner's share	€25,000
Highest break	Stuart Carrington (141)
Final
Champion	Rory McLeod
Runner-up	Tian Pengfei
Score	4–2
	← ET2 AT1 →

The European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 3 (also known as the 2015 Ruhr Open) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 7–11 October 2015 in Mülheim, Germany.^[1]

Shaun Murphy was the defending champion,^[2] but he lost 1–4 to Tian Pengfei in the last 16.

Barry Pinches and Alan McManus played what was, at the time, snooker's longest ever official frame. In the sixth frame of their first round meeting they battled for 100 minutes and 24 seconds.^[3]

Prize fund[]

The breakdown of prize money of the event is shown below:^[4]

	Prize fund
Winner	€25,000
Runner-up	€12,000
Semi-finalist	€6,000
Quarter-finalist	€4,000
Last 16	€2,300
Last 32	€1,200
Last 64	€700
Total	€125,000

Main draw[]

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Preliminary rounds[]

Round 1[]

Best of 7 frames


Daniel Schneider	1–4	Ben Jones
Chris Jones	4–1	Arsen Balishyan
Alain Van Der Steen	4–3	Daan Leysen
Sascha Lippe	4–2	Hans Blanckaert
Fozan Masood	4–1	Jean Luca Nüßgen
Daniel O’Regan	0–4	Kacper Filipiak
Michael Collumb	4–0	Joerg Petersen
Aleksandr Kurgankov	0–4	Andreas Ploner
Özyurt Aksoy	1–4	Thomas Hein
James Silverwood	4–0	Maxim Maximov
Damian Wilks	4–2	Adam King
Fabian Tost	0–4	Ryan Causton
Thomas Barton	3–4	Jurian Heusdens
Johny Moermans	4–0	Sebastian Zittermann
Umar Ali Shaikh	1–4	Miro Popovic
Lukas Kleckers	1–4	Brandon Sargeant
Nico Elton	4–0	Conor McCormack
Alex Borg	4–0	Adam Longley
Albert Pronk	0–4	Mateusz Baranowski
Patrick Whelan	4–0	Pedro Chacon
Joshua Baddeley	4–1	Julian Maschmeier
Steve Lambrechts	0–4	Hammad Miah
Nick Jennings	4–2	Lewis Gillen
Joe Steele	1–4	Dean Sheridan
Charlie Walters	w/o–w/d	Krzysztof Drazkiewicz
Luke Garland	w/d–w/o	Elliot Slessor
Maris Volajs	4–0	Dirk Oppenhoff


Tomasz Skalski	1–4	Ashley Hugill
Dirk Lycops	0–4	Frans Veling
Dessie Sheehan	0–4	Gary Thomson
Alexander van den Doel	0–4	Sam Craigie
Deitmar Juschka	0–4	Adam Edge
Sam Thistlewhite	4–0	Markus Fischer
Kevin Chan	1–4	Joe O'Connor
Mark Vincent	3–4	Mohammed Rangzib
Daniel Salis	1–4	Habib Shalchian
Richard Beckham	4–2	Ismail Türker
Julian Mills	4–0	Julia Litschke
Manon Melief	0–4	Brendan O'Donoghue
Christopher Keogan	4–1	Matthew Glasby
Robin Otto	4–2	Joe Roberts
Zack Richardson	3–4	Adam Duffy
Felix Frede	4–0	Rolf Mahr
Andrej Burdel	0–4	Michael Schnabel
Ashley Carty	4–0	Kemal Ueruen
Jamie Clarke	w/o–w/d	Zhao Xintong
Paul Schopf	3–4	Gary Lees
Michael Heeger	4–0	Pascal Fischer
Christopher Harrison	4–3	Lee Brookes
Mark Owens	4–1	Jan Eisenstein
Ross Higgins	4–0	Oktay Yildiz
Krzysztof Kubicki	1–4	Josh Boileau
Lieven Vanthournout	2–4	Phuntsok Jaegers
Robert Czupryniak	w/o–w/d	Bartosz Olchowka

Round 2[]

Best of 7 frames


Ben Jones	4–2	Chris Jones
Michael Williams	3–4	Alain Vandersteen
Thomas Rees	0–4	Sascha Lippe
Luc Blancke	1–4	Fozan Masood
Joshua Cooper	0–4	Kacper Filipiak
Michael Collumb	4–0	Andreas Ploner
Callum Lloyd	4–0	Thomas Hein
James Silverwood	0–4	Damian Wilks
Kishan Hirani	4–0	Ryan Causton
Jurian Heusdens	4–1	Johny Moermans
Dennis Deroose	4–1	Miro Popovic
Alexander Ursenbacher	4–2	Brandon Sargeant
Jake Nicholson	1–4	Nico Elton
Marvin Losi	1–4	Alex Borg
Mateusz Baranowski	4–0	Patrick Whelan
Simon Lichtenberg	3–4	Joshua Baddeley
Hammad Miah	4–2	Nick Jennings
Wan Chooi Tan	1–4	Dean Sheridan
Charlie Walters	2–4	Elliot Slessor


Rafal Szymanek	0–4	Maris Volajs
Jeff Jacobs	0–4	Ashley Hugill
Charlie Sweeney	4–2	Frans Veling
Oliver Brown	4–1	Gary Thomson
Sam Craigie	4–0	Adam Edge
Alex Taubman	1–4	Sam Thistlewhite
Inge Vermeulen	0–4	Joe O'Connor
Mohammed Rangzib	4–0	Habib Shalchian
Richard Beckham	2–4	Julian Mills
Stephane Ochoiski	0–4	Brendan O'Donoghue
Brian Cini	4–1	Christopher Keogan
Robin Otto	2–4	Adam Duffy
Felix Frede	4–3	Michael Schnabel
Ashley Carty	4–0	Jamie Clarke
Gary Lees	4–1	Michael Heeger
Phil O'Kane	4–2	Christopher Harrison
Mark Owens	2–4	Ross Higgins
Josh Boileau	4–1	Phuntsok Jaegers
Volker Grigo	w/d–w/o	Robert Czupryniak

Round 3[]

Best of 7 frames


Ben Jones	2–4	Alain Vandersteen
Sascha Lippe	4–1	Fozan Masood
Kacper Filipiak	3–4	Michael Collumb
Callum Lloyd	2–4	Damian Wilks
Kishan Hirani	4–3	Jurian Heusdens
Dennis Deroose	0–4	Alexander Ursenbacher
Nico Elton	1–4	Alex Borg
Mateusz Baranowski	4–3	Joshua Baddeley
Hammad Miah	4–0	Dean Sheridan
Elliot Slessor	4–0	Maris Volajs


Ashley Hugill	4–2	Charlie Sweeney
Oliver Brown	1–4	Sam Craigie
Sam Thistlewhite	4–3	Joe O'Connor
Mohammed Rangzib	4–2	Julian Mills
Brendan O'Donoghue	4–2	Brian Cini
Adam Duffy	4–1	Felix Frede
Ashley Carty	4–0	Gary Lees
Phil O'Kane	3–4	Ross Higgins
Josh Boileau	4–1	Robert Czupryniak

Main rounds[]

Top half[]

Section 1[]

Last 128
Best of 7 frames

Last 64
Best of 7 frames

Last 32
Best of 7 frames

Last 16
Best of 7 frames

Ali Carter

w/o

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

w/d

Ali Carter

4

Marco Fu

w/o

Marco Fu

3

Lu Ning

w/d

Ali Carter

2

Stuart Bingham

3

Mark Davis

4

Fergal O'Brien

4

Fergal O'Brien

3

Mark Davis

4

Mark Davis

4

Alain Vandersteen

0

Mark Davis

4

Luca Brecel

4

Luca Brecel

2

Ian Glover

1

Luca Brecel

4

Joel Walker

w/d

Jason Weston

0

Jason Weston

w/o

Luca Brecel

4

Zak Surety

2

Zhang Anda

1

Zhang Anda

4

Zhang Anda

4

Liang Wenbo

w/d

Sascha Lippe

1

Sascha Lippe

w/o

Section 2[]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Ben Woollaston	4
Michael Collumb	1	Ben Woollaston	4
Chris Wakelin	4	Chris Wakelin	3
Tony Drago	0			Ben Woollaston	4
Lee Walker	4			Lee Walker	2
Joe Swail	1	Lee Walker	4
Thor Chuan Leong	4	Thor Chuan Leong	2
Damian Wilks	1					Ben Woollaston	1
Rory McLeod	4					Rory McLeod	4
Craig Steadman	2	Rory McLeod	4
Jamie Jones	4	Jamie Jones	3
Michael Georgiou	0			Rory McLeod	4
Alfie Burden	4			Mark King	3
Paul Davison	0	Alfie Burden	3
Mark King	w/o	Mark King	4
Chris Melling	w/d

Section 3[]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Mark Williams	4
Kishan Hirani	0	Mark Williams	4
Rod Lawler	4	Rod Lawler	3
Alexander Ursenbacher	3			Mark Williams	4
Aditya Mehta	4			Aditya Mehta	1
Alex Borg	1	Aditya Mehta	4
Kyren Wilson	4	Kyren Wilson	2
Xiao Guodong	2					Mark Williams	4
Robbie Williams	4					Mark Selby	3
Liam Highfield	3	Robbie Williams	3
Mark Selby	4	Mark Selby	4
Michael Wasley	1			Mark Selby	4
Anthony McGill	4			Anthony McGill	3
Mateusz Baranowski	3	Anthony McGill	4
Matthew Selt	4	Matthew Selt	2
Eden Sharav	2

Section 4[]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Judd Trump	3
Hammad Miah	4	Hammad Miah	4
Daniel Wells	4	Daniel Wells	1
Elliot Slessor	3			Hammad Miah	1
Mike Dunn	4			Mike Dunn	4
Nigel Bond	2	Mike Dunn	4
Sean O'Sullivan	4	Sean O'Sullivan	0
Vinnie Calabrese	2					Mike Dunn	4
Jimmy Robertson	4					Andrew Higginson	1
Mark Joyce	1	Jimmy Robertson	3
Andrew Higginson	4	Andrew Higginson	4
Darryl Hill	0			Andrew Higginson	4
Robert Milkins	4			Robert Milkins	2
Ashley Hugill	0	Robert Milkins	4
Tom Ford	w/o	Tom Ford	1
James Wattana	w/d

Bottom half[]

Section 5[]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Shaun Murphy	4
David Grace	2	Shaun Murphy	4
Peter Lines	0	Sam Craigie	2
Sam Craigie	4			Shaun Murphy	4
Ricky Walden	3			Gerard Greene	1
Gerard Greene	4	Gerard Greene	4
Ken Doherty	3	Yu Delu	0
Yu Delu	4					Shaun Murphy	1
Jamie Cope	0					Tian Pengfei	4
Rhys Clark	4	Rhys Clark	1
Li Hang	4	Li Hang	4
Sam Thistlewhite	0			Li Hang	2
Tian Pengfei	4			Tian Pengfei	4
Sydney Wilson	0	Tian Pengfei	4
Ian Burns	2	Gary Wilson	1
Gary Wilson	4

Section 6[]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Alan McManus	4
Barry Pinches	3	Alan McManus	4
Matthew Stevens	2	Sam Baird	1
Sam Baird	4			Alan McManus	4
Stephen Maguire	4			Stephen Maguire	3
Cao Yupeng	0	Stephen Maguire	4
Michael White	4	Michael White	3
Gareth Allen	0					Alan McManus	4
Martin O'Donnell	2					Dominic Dale	0
Zhang Yong	4	Zhang Yong	4
Duane Jones	w/d	Mohammed Rangzib	1
Mohammed Rangzib	w/o			Zhang Yong	2
Dominic Dale	4			Dominic Dale	4
Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon	0	Dominic Dale	4
Graeme Dott	4	Graeme Dott	2
Brendan O'Donoghue	1

Section 7[]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Michael Holt	4
Allan Taylor	3	Michael Holt	3
Mitchell Mann	w/o	Mitchell Mann	4
Hossein Vafaei	w/d			Mitchell Mann	1
James Cahill	4			David Gilbert	4
Neil Robertson	3	James Cahill	0
David Gilbert	4	David Gilbert	4
Noppon Saengkham	3					David Gilbert	4
Oliver Lines	4					Peter Ebdon	2
Steven Hallworth	0	Oliver Lines	2
Peter Ebdon	4	Peter Ebdon	4
Anthony Hamilton	3			Peter Ebdon	4
Kurt Maflin	4			Kurt Maflin	2
Adam Duffy	1	Kurt Maflin	4
Ryan Day	4	Ryan Day	2
Ashley Carty	2

Section 8[]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Stuart Carrington	4
Ross Higgins	1	Stuart Carrington	3
Joe Perry	4	Joe Perry	4
David Morris	1			Joe Perry	3
Jack Lisowski	4			Mark Allen	4
Ross Muir	3	Jack Lisowski	2
Mark Allen	4	Mark Allen	4
Josh Boileau	2					Mark Allen	1
Scott Donaldson	3					Barry Hawkins	4
Lü Chenwei	4	Lü Chenwei	3
Dechawat Poomjaeng	3	Michael Leslie	4
Michael Leslie	4			Michael Leslie	1
Fraser Patrick	0			Barry Hawkins	4
Sanderson Lam	4	Sanderson Lam	0
Barry Hawkins	4	Barry Hawkins	4
Jimmy White	3

Finals[]

Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames		Semi-finals Best of 7 frames		Final Best of 7 frames

Mark Davis	3
Rory McLeod	4	Rory McLeod	4
Mark Williams	1	Mike Dunn	1
Mike Dunn	4			Rory McLeod	4
Tian Pengfei	4			Tian Pengfei	2
Alan McManus	3	Tian Pengfei	4
David Gilbert	4	David Gilbert	3
Barry Hawkins	2

Century breaks[]

141, 111 Stuart Carrington
140, 135 Luca Brecel
140 Ross Muir
136, 134, 112 Mike Dunn
135, 130, 104, 100 Robert Milkins
134 Kyren Wilson
133, 129, 100 David Gilbert
133, 103 Kishan Hirani
133 James Cahill
132, 130 Mark Davis
131 Stephen Maguire
130 Mitchell Mann
128, 115, 106 Tian Pengfei
126 Graeme Dott
124 Ashley Carty
123, 109 Anthony McGill
122, 121 Dominic Dale
121, 104 Mark Allen
120 Ben Woollaston

120 Ashley Hugill
116 Rod Lawler
112 Hammad Miah
112 Josh Boileau
109 Neil Robertson
108 Shaun Murphy
108 Gerard Greene
108 Kurt Maflin
107 David Grace
106 Ali Carter
106 Chris Wakelin
105 Barry Hawkins
104 Mark Selby
104 Li Hang
104 Scott Donaldson
103 Alan McManus
102 Andrew Higginson
101 Joe Perry

References[]

^ "Tournament Calendar 2015/2016". Snooker.org.
^ "Murphy makes 147 on way to Ruhr title". ESPN. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
^ The longest frame Archived February 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
^ "European Tour 2015/2016 Entry Form for Kreativ Dental Ruhr Open 2015 – Mülheim, Germany (ET3)" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
^ "ET3– Kreativ Dental Ruhr Open 2015 Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 September 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
^ "European Tour Event Three (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 7 October 2015.

[1] "Tournament Calendar 2015/2016". Snooker.org.

[2] "Murphy makes 147 on way to Ruhr title". ESPN. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2015.

[3] The longest frame Archived February 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

[4] "European Tour 2015/2016 Entry Form for Kreativ Dental Ruhr Open 2015 – Mülheim, Germany (ET3)" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.

[5] "ET3– Kreativ Dental Ruhr Open 2015 Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 September 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.

[6] "European Tour Event Three (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 7 October 2015.

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