European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 5

European Tour 2015/2016
Event 5

Tournament information
Dates	9–13 December 2015 (2015-12-09 – 2015-12-13)
Venue	Tercentenary Sports Hall
City	Gibraltar
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Minor-ranking event
Total prize fund	€125,000
Winner's share	€25,000
Highest break	Marco Fu (HKG) (147)
Final
Champion	Marco Fu (HKG)
Runner-up	Michael White (WAL)
Score	4–1
← ET4 ET6 ⊟

The European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 5 (also known as the 2015 Gibraltar Open) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament held between 9–13 December 2015 in Gibraltar.

Marco Fu made the 116th official maximum break in the fifth frame of his last 64 match against Sam Baird. This was Fu's fourth official 147 break and also the second maximum break in the 2015/2016 season.

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

Sam Craigie	4–1	Danny Connolly
Adam Edge	w/d–w/o	Lukas Kleckers
Sam Thistlewhite	4–0	Joshua Cooper
Kevin Chan	w/o–w/d	Jamie O'Neill
Zhao Xintong	4–1	Joe Steele
Jake Nicholson	4–2	Robin Otto
Michael Williams	4–0	Mateusz Baranowski
Reanne Evans	2–4	Oliver Brown
Ashley Hugill	4–1	Joshua Baddeley
Mourad Naitali	4–0	Francisco Domingues
Mark Owens	3–4	Nico Elton
Simon Lichtenberg	3–4	Kacper Filipiak
Joe O'Connor	2–4	Brandon Sargeant
Dylan Craig	4–1	Conor McCormack
Simon Dent	0–4	Hammad Miah

Maxim Maximov	1–4	Stephen Webber
Richard Beckham	4–3	Felix Frede
Manon Melief	0–4	Jamie Clarke
Ivelin Bozhanov	3–4	Edward Topharn
Tomasz Skalski	4–3	Callum Lloyd
Robbie Purdham	0–4	Kishan Hirani
Marcin Nitschke	1–4	Phil O'Kane
Christopher Keogan	2–4	George Pragnall
Richard Ammons	2–4	James Dabell
Adam Duffy	4–2	Ross Higgins
Manasawin Phetmalaikul	2–4	Alex Taubman
Elliot Slessor	4–2	Ben Jones
Adam King	4–3	Lee Prickman
Jurian Heusdens	0–4	Ashley Carty
Adam Longley	2–4	Thomas Rees

Round 2

Best of 7 frames

Sam Craigie	4–0	Lukas Kleckers
Saqib Nasir	0–4	Sam Thistlewhite
Kevin Chan	0–4	Zhao Xintong
Jake Nicholson	4–3	Michael Williams
Sean Galligan	0–4	Oliver Brown
Dieter Meier	0–4	Ashley Hugill
Mourad Naitali	0–4	Nico Elton
Brian Cini	1–4	Kacper Filipiak
Francis Becerra	0–4	Brandon Sargeant
Michael Collumb	2–4	Dylan Craig
Hammad Miah	4–0	Stephen Webber

Mohammed Rangzib	1–4	Richard Beckham
Ryan Causton	1–4	Jamie Clarke
Edward Topharn	1–4	Tomasz Skalski
James Facey	1–4	Kishan Hirani
Daniel Schneider	4–2	Phil O'Kane
George Pragnall	4–1	James Dabell
Louis Heathcote	4–3	Adam Duffy
Alex Taubman	0–4	Elliot Slessor
Adam King	0–4	Ashley Carty
Tom Stormbom	0–4	Thomas Rees

Main rounds

Top half

Section 1

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Rory McLeod		3
	Zak Surety		4			Zak Surety		4
	Aditya Mehta		4			Aditya Mehta		1
	Sam Craigie		0								Zak Surety		0
	Joel Walker		w/o								Liang Wenbo		4
	Neil Robertson		w/d			Joel Walker		1
	Liang Wenbo		4			Liang Wenbo		4
	Matthew Stevens		2													Liang Wenbo		4
	Joe Perry		2													Mark Selby		3
	Sam Thistlewhite		4			Sam Thistlewhite		1
	Jamie Cope		0			Zhao Xintong		4
	Zhao Xintong		4								Zhao Xintong		1
	Eden Sharav		0								Mark Selby		4
	Yu Delu		4			Yu Delu		2
	Mark Selby		4			Mark Selby		4
	Sydney Wilson		1

Section 2

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Alan McManus		4
	Jake Nicholson		1			Alan McManus		0
	Jamie Jones		4			Jamie Jones		4
	Gareth Allen		0								Jamie Jones		1
	Zhou Yuelong		4								Peter Ebdon		4
	Darryl Hill		1			Zhou Yuelong		2
	Peter Ebdon		4			Peter Ebdon		4
	Michael Wasley		3													Peter Ebdon		2
	Jimmy Robertson		3													David Grace		4
	David Grace		4			David Grace		4
	Stephen Maguire		4			Stephen Maguire		3
	Sanderson Lam		1								David Grace		4
	Fergal O'Brien		4								Fergal O'Brien		3
	Rhys Clark		0			Fergal O'Brien		4
	Mike Dunn		4			Mike Dunn		3
	Oliver Brown		3

Section 3

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Tian Pengfei		4
	Vinnie Calabrese		1			Tian Pengfei		4
	Mitchell Mann		1			Ashley Hugill		3
	Ashley Hugill		4								Tian Pengfei		3
	Michael Leslie		w/o								Dominic Dale		4
	Fraser Patrick		w/d			Michael Leslie		0
	Dominic Dale		4			Dominic Dale		4
	Noppon Saengkham		0													Dominic Dale		4
	Kyren Wilson		4													Kyren Wilson		3
	Nico Elton		2			Kyren Wilson		4
	Kurt Maflin		4			Kurt Maflin		1
	Kacper Filipiak		0								Kyren Wilson		4
	Zhang Anda		4								Zhang Anda		2
	Cao Yupeng		3			Zhang Anda		4
	Graeme Dott		4			Graeme Dott		1
	Ross Muir		0

Section 4

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	David Gilbert		2
	Brandon Sargeant		4			Brandon Sargeant		1
	Mark Joyce		3			Dylan Craig		4
	Dylan Craig		4								Dylan Craig		2
	Marco Fu		w/o								Marco Fu		4
	Tony Drago		w/d			Marco Fu		4
	Sam Baird		4			Sam Baird		2
	Paul Davison		1													Marco Fu		4
	Luca Brecel		4													Luca Brecel		2
	Barry Pinches		0			Luca Brecel		4
	Gary Wilson		4			Gary Wilson		1
	Hamza Akbar		1								Luca Brecel		4
	Lee Walker		4								Lee Walker		3
	Hammad Miah		0			Lee Walker		4
	Mark Williams		3			Richard Beckham		1
	Richard Beckham		4

Bottom half

Section 5

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Ryan Day		4
	Jamie Clarke		1			Ryan Day		4
	Gerard Greene		w/d			Hossein Vafaei		3
	Hossein Vafaei		w/o								Ryan Day		3
	Chris Wakelin		4								Oliver Lines		4
	Michael Georgiou		1			Chris Wakelin		0
	Oliver Lines		4			Oliver Lines		4
	Xiao Guodong		2													Oliver Lines		2
	Matthew Selt		4													Alfie Burden		4
	David Morris		3			Matthew Selt		1
	Alfie Burden		4			Alfie Burden		4
	Tomasz Skalski		0								Alfie Burden		4
	Robbie Williams		4								Robbie Williams		1
	James Cahill		1			Robbie Williams		4
	Stuart Carrington		3			Ian Glover		2
	Ian Glover		4

Section 6

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Michael Holt		4
	Duane Jones		1			Michael Holt		2
	Scott Donaldson		1			Anthony Hamilton		4
	Anthony Hamilton		4								Anthony Hamilton		1
	Anthony McGill		4								Andrew Higginson		4
	Kishan Hirani		3			Anthony McGill		3
	Andrew Higginson		4			Andrew Higginson		4
	Daniel Schneider		0													Andrew Higginson		3
	Michael White		4													Michael White		4
	Peter Lines		1			Michael White		4
	Ken Doherty		2			Liam Highfield		1
	Liam Highfield		4								Michael White		4
	Rod Lawler		4								Rod Lawler		1
	Lu Ning		1			Rod Lawler		4
	Judd Trump		4			Judd Trump		3
	Zhang Yong		0

Section 7

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Tom Ford		4
	James Wattana		0			Tom Ford		4
	Robert Milkins		2			George Pragnall		2
	George Pragnall		4								Tom Ford		2
	Ricky Walden		4								Ricky Walden		4
	Louis Heathcote		0			Ricky Walden		4
	Ian Burns		4			Ian Burns		0
	Steven Hallworth		0													Ricky Walden		2
	Mark Davis		4													Mark King		4
	Elliot Slessor		1			Mark Davis		4
	Li Hang		4			Li Hang		0
	Allan Taylor		3								Mark Davis		2
	John Higgins		4								Mark King		4
	Dechawat Poomjaeng		0			John Higgins		3
	Mark King		4			Mark King		4
	Ashley Carty		1

Section 8

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Ben Woollaston		4
	Joe Swail		1			Ben Woollaston		2
	Jack Lisowski		3			Nigel Bond		4
	Nigel Bond		4								Nigel Bond		4
	Martin O'Donnell		1								Daniel Wells		2
	Chris Melling		4			Chris Melling		1
	Daniel Wells		4			Daniel Wells		4
	Thomas Rees		1													Nigel Bond		0
	Thor Chuan Leong		4													Stuart Bingham		4
	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh		3			Thor Chuan Leong		4
	Jason Weston		4			Jason Weston		1
	Jimmy White		2								Thor Chuan Leong		0
	Stuart Bingham		4								Stuart Bingham		4
	Craig Steadman		1			Stuart Bingham		4
	Shaun Murphy		w/d			Ding Junhui		2
	Ding Junhui		w/o

Finals

	Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames					Semi-finals Best of 7 frames					Final Best of 7 frames
	1	Liang Wenbo	4
	8	David Grace	1
						Liang Wenbo		0
						Marco Fu		4
	4	Dominic Dale	1
	5	Marco Fu	4
											Marco Fu		4
											Michael White		1
	2	Alfie Burden	2
	7	Michael White	4
						Michael White		4
						Stuart Bingham		0
	3	Mark King	1
	6	Stuart Bingham	4

Century breaks

• 147, 140, 133 – Marco Fu
• 144 – Liang Wenbo
• 142, 104 – Zhao Xintong
• 135 – Liam Highfield
• 133, 127 – Sam Baird
• 132, 114, 110 – Michael White
• 130 – David Grace
• 129, 127 – Dominic Dale
• 129, 105 – Mark Selby
• 125 – Michael Holt
• 124 – Andrew Higginson
• 120, 103 – Alfie Burden
• 116, 101 – Mike Dunn
• 111, 105 – Stuart Bingham
• 110 – Graeme Dott
• 108 – Richard Beckham

• 107 – Nigel Bond
• 107 – Adam Duffy
• 106, 103, 101 – Luca Brecel
• 106 – Xiao Guodong
• 104 – Tom Ford
• 104 – George Pragnall
• 103 – Mark Davis
• 102 – Chris Melling
• 102 – Ricky Walden
• 102 – Kyren Wilson
• 102 – Daniel Wells
• 101 – Michael Georgiou
• 101 – Tian Pengfei
• 101 – Hossein Vafaei
• 100 – Mark King