Snooker tournament
The European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 42015 Victoria Bulgarian Open ) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament held between 4–8 November 2015 in Sofia , Bulgaria .[ 1] [ 2]
The first two days consisted of preliminary rounds. 31 players qualified through these rounds to reach the last-128 stage of the tournament. Days 3 and 4 consist edof 3 rounds; the top half of the draw playing on day 3 and bottom half on day 4. The remaining 16 players played to a conclusion on day 5. All matches were the best of 7 frames.[ 3]
Mark Allen beat Ryan Day 4–0 in the final. It was his fifth European Tour victory but his first win since August 2014 when he won the 2014 Paul Hunter Classic . The victory gave him entry to the 2015 Champion of Champions which was played the following week.[ 4]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money of the event is shown below:
Prize fund
Winner
€ 25,000
Runner-up
€12,000
Semi-finalist
€6,000
Quarter-finalist
€4,000
Last 16
€2,300
Last 32
€1,200
Last 64
€700
Total
€125,000
Main draw
Preliminary rounds
Round 1
Best of 7 frames
Round 2
Best of 7 frames
Main rounds
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Finals
Century breaks
[ 5]
138, 133, 104 – Dominic Dale
133 – Barry Pinches
130, 124 – Sam Baird
129 – Aditya Mehta
128, 127, 118, 111, 100 – Mark Williams
127, 102, 100 – Mark Allen
126, 119, 111 – Judd Trump
126, 110 – Ryan Day
123, 114, 109, 106 – Joe Perry
123, 112 – Xiao Guodong
123 – Ricky Walden
119, 102 – Peter Ebdon
118, 106, 100, 100 – Shaun Murphy
116 – John Higgins
116 – Jimmy Robertson
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