European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 3

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.

Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, 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.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money of the event is shown below:

Round 1
Best of 7 frames

Round 2
Best of 7 frames

Round 3
Best of 7 frames

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