2015 Australian Goldfields Open

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:


 * Winner: $75,000
 * Runner-up: $32,000
 * Semi-final: $20,000
 * Quarter-final: $17,000
 * Last 16: $12,000
 * Last 32: $9,000
 * Last 48: $2,000
 * Last 64: $1000
 * Last 96: $500


 * Non-televised highest break: $100
 * Televised highest break: $2,500
 * Total: $521,600

Qualifying stages
The qualifying stages for this event took place at K2 in Crawley, England between 1–5 June 2015.

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 133 – Michael Wasley
 * 132, 127 – Zhang Anda
 * 132 – Allan Taylor
 * 130 – Andrew Higginson
 * 130 – David Morris
 * 127 – David Grace
 * 122 – Ian Glover
 * 118, 104, 101 – Chris Wakelin
 * 115, 100 – Kyren Wilson
 * 113 – Zhao Xintong
 * 110, 100 – Barry Pinches
 * 109 – James Cahill
 * 108 – Ken Doherty
 * 107, 102 – Rory McLeod


 * 106 – Chen Zhe
 * 106 – Peter Ebdon
 * 105 – Andrew Higginson
 * 105 – Peter Lines
 * 104 – Daniel Wells
 * 104 – Mike Dunn
 * 102 – David Gilbert
 * 101 – Michael Leslie
 * 101 – Ian Burns
 * 100 – Rhys Clark
 * 100 – Jamie Cope
 * 100 – Hammad Miah
 * 100 – Jamie Burnett

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