2015 Indian Open
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10–14 March 2015 |
| Venue | Grand Hyatt |
| City | Mumbai |
| Country | India |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Winner's share | £50,000 |
| Highest break |  Stuart Carrington (ENG) (138) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Michael White (WAL) |
| Runner-up | Ricky Walden (ENG) |
| Score | 5–0 |
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The 2015 Indian Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10 and 14 March 2015 at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai, India.[1] The tournament was originally scheduled for 13–17 October 2014, but was postponed until March due to the State Election in Maharashtra.[2]
Mumbai played host to the tournament for the first time, having previously being held at the Le Meridien Hotel in New Delhi.[3]
Ding Junhui was the defending champion,[4] but he lost 3–4 against Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the last 64.[5]
Michael White won his first ranking event by defeating Ricky Walden 5–0 in the final.[6][7]
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Mumbai on 10 March 2015.[9][10][11] The Indian wildcard players were selected through a qualifying tournament which was held at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana in Pune, India.[12][13]
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 |  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) | 4–0 |  Neeraj Kumar (IND) |
| WC2 | Sam Baird (ENG) | 4–1 | Brijesh Damani (IND) |
| WC3 |  Lyu Haotian (CHN) | 4–3 | Dharminder Lilly (IND) |
| WC4 | Adam Duffy (ENG) | 4–0 | Sumit Talwar (IND) |
| WC5 | Nigel Bond (ENG) | 4–2 | Faisal Khan (IND) |
| WC6 |  Rhys Clark (SCO) | 4–3 | Pankaj Advani (IND) |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri. Grand Hyatt, Mumbai, India, 14 March 2015.[11] | ||
| Ricky Walden England |
0–5 | Michael White Wales |
| 0–81 (81), 20–77 (77), 0–86, 1–90 (58), 6–85 (85) | ||
| 20 | Highest break | 85 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 0 | 50+ breaks | 4 |
