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2015 Australian Goldfields Open

Australian Goldfields Open
Tournament information
Dates 29 June–5 July 2015
Venue Bendigo Stadium
City Bendigo
Country Australia
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund $539,600
Winner's share $75,000
Highest break England Ricky Walden (142)
Final
Champion Scotland John Higgins
Runner-up England Martin Gould
Score 9–8
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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.

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

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


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