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.

Prize fund
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.

Qualifying
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.

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