2015 Snooker Shoot-Out
The 2015 Shoot Out (officially 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. It was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker.
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4–6 March 2015 |
| Venue | Circus Arena |
| City | Blackpool |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | 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,[1] but he lost 20–65 against Luca Brecel in round one.[2]
Michael White won his first professional title by defeating Xiao Guodong 1-0 (54–48) in the final.[3][4]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5][6]
- 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.[7] 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.[8]
Top half
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Bottom half
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Final
| Final: 1 frame. Circus Arena, Blackpool, England, 6 March 2015. | ||
| Xiao Guodong China |
0–1 48–54 |
Michael White Wales |
References
- "Dale shoots down title rivals". sportinglife.com. Sky. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- "Shoot-Out Blackpool: Brecel in sneltempo voorbij Dale". Sportwereld (in Dutch). Corelio. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- "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.
- "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.
- "Betway Snooker Shoot-Out (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- Shaw, Jamie (4 March 2015). "Snooker Shoot-Out 2015 live scores and tournament schedule of play". snooker-news.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- World Snooker [@WorldSnooker1] (12 February 2015). "Balls: Draw for the Shoot-Out coming up soon on @talksport" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 March 2015 – via Twitter.
- "Shoot Out: century breaks". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.