2015 Snooker Shoot-Out

The 2015 Betway Snooker Shoot Out was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4–6 March 2015 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool, England.[1] This was the first time that Betway sponsored the event.[2] It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker.

Betway Snooker Shoot Out

Tournament information
Dates	4–6 March 2015
Venue	Circus Arena
City	Blackpool
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£130,000
Winner's share	£32,000
Highest break	Martin Gould (116)
Final
Champion	Michael White
Runner-up	Xiao Guodong
Score	1–0 (54–48)
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Dominic Dale was the defending champion,[3] but he lost 20–65 against Luca Brecel in round one.[4]

Michael White won his first professional title by defeating Xiao Guodong 1-0 (54–48) in the final.[5][6]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[7][8]

• Winner: £32,000
• Runner-up: £16,000
• Semi-final: £8,000
• Quarter-final: £4,000
• Last 16: £2,000
• Last 32: £1,000
• Last 64: £500
• Highest break: £2,000
• Total: £130,000

Draw

The draw for round one was made on 12 February 2015 and was broadcast live by Talksport.[9] All times are UTC.[7][10] There were two century breaks during the tournament. Martin Gould made a 116 break in round two, and Shaun Murphy made a 105 break in round three.[11]

Round 1

Wednesday, 4 March – 18:00 Luca Brecel 65–20 Dominic Dale Matthew Selt 23–69 Judd Trump Rory McLeod 49–21 Nigel Bond Shaun Murphy 66–6 Jamie Burnett Alan McManus 18–58 Anthony Hamilton Joe Swail 50–53 Barry Hawkins Mark Joyce 34–46 Jamie Jones Stephen Maguire 9–53 Sam Baird Tom Ford 71–37 Jack Lisowski Graeme Dott 77–13 Jimmy Robertson Rod Lawler 75–25 Gerard Greene John Higgins 0–123 Mark Williams Fraser Patrick 61–52 Mark Davis Joe Perry 51–30 Mike Dunn Marcus Campbell 1–76 Chris Wakelin Dechawat Poomjaeng 36–61 Jimmy White

Thursday, 5 March – 12:00 Mark Selby 19–52 Anthony McGill Ken Doherty 17–77 Alfie Burden Aditya Mehta 69–54 Noppon Saengkham Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 0–104 Mark Allen Kyren Wilson 36–27 Kurt Maflin David Morris 78–0 Matthew Stevens Peter Ebdon 16–10 Gary Wilson Martin Gould 62–11 David Gilbert Xiao Guodong 59–48 Peter Lines Ali Carter 21–9 Mark King Andrew Higginson 0–94 Ricky Walden Jamie Cope 23–69 Ben Woollaston Stuart Bingham 65–8 Fergal O'Brien Michael Holt 77–0 Ryan Day Robert Milkins 0–75 Michael White Dave Harold 16–81 Ronnie O'Sullivan

Round 2

Thursday, 5 March – 18:00 Jamie Jones 42–38 Stuart Bingham Joe Perry 40–9 Luca Brecel Ronnie O'Sullivan 0–55 Tom Ford Martin Gould 117–0 Rory McLeod Sam Baird 56–51 Ricky Walden Alfie Burden 52–38 Fraser Patrick Barry Hawkins 89–4 Anthony McGill Michael White 40–17 Judd Trump

Thursday, 5 March – 18:00 Jimmy White 1–71 Kyren Wilson Graeme Dott 16–60 Rod Lawler Anthony Hamilton 42–77 Shaun Murphy Xiao Guodong 68–0 Mark Allen Chris Wakelin 11–55 David Morris Ben Woollaston 55–10 Aditya Mehta Ali Carter 15–48 Michael Holt Mark Williams 75–17 Peter Ebdon

Round 3

Friday, 6 March – 14:00 Kyren Wilson 62–5 Barry Hawkins Martin Gould 4–105 Shaun Murphy Alfie Burden 88–0 Sam Baird Joe Perry 24–35 Ben Woollaston

Friday, 6 March – 14:00 Tom Ford 16–107 Michael White Jamie Jones 50–12 Mark Williams Xiao Guodong 64–8 David Morris Michael Holt 83–0 Rod Lawler

Quarter-finals

Friday, 6 March – 19:00 Michael White 84–8 Ben Woollaston Jamie Jones 22–10 Shaun Murphy

Friday, 6 March – 19:00 Kyren Wilson 71–0 Michael Holt Alfie Burden 12–23 Xiao Guodong

Semi-finals

• Friday, 6 March – 19:00
  • Jamie Jones 18–19 Xiao Guodong
  • Kyren Wilson 53–76 Michael White

Final

• Friday, 6 March – 19:00
  • Xiao Guodong 48–54 Michael White

Century breaks

[11]

• 116 Martin Gould
• 105 Shaun Murphy

References

1. "Tournament Calendar 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
2. "Betway To Sponsor Shoot-Out And Seniors". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 25 February 2015. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
3. "Dale shoots down title rivals". sportinglife.com. Sky. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
4. "Shoot-Out Blackpool: Brecel in sneltempo voorbij Dale". Sportwereld (in Dutch). Corelio. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
5. "The White Stuff". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 6 March 2015. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
6. "Michael White beat Xiao Guodong with just six seconds remaining in their Snooker Shoot-Out match". Sky Sports. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
7. "Betway Snooker Shoot-Out (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
8. Shaw, Jamie (4 March 2015). "Snooker Shoot-Out 2015 live scores and tournament schedule of play". snooker-news.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
9. World Snooker [@WorldSnooker1] (12 February 2015). "Balls: Draw for the Shoot-Out coming up soon on @talksport" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 March 2015 – via Twitter.
10. "Snooker Shoot Out 2015 playing schedule" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
11. "Shoot Out: century breaks". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.