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. The tournament was originally scheduled for 13–17 October 2014, but was postponed until March due to the State Election in Maharashtra.

Mumbai played host to the tournament for the first time, having previously being held at the Le Meridien Hotel in New Delhi.

Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost 3–4 against Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the last 64.

Michael White won his first ranking event by defeating Ricky Walden 5–0 in the final.

Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

Winner: £50,000 Runner-up: £25,000 Semi-final: £13,500 Quarter-final: £9,000 Last 16: £6,000 Last 32: £3,000 Last 64: £2,000

Wildcard round These matches were played in Mumbai on 10 March 2015. The Indian wildcard players were selected through a qualifying tournament which was held at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana in Pune, India.

Match Score WC1 4–0 WC2 4–1 WC3 4–3 WC4 4–0 WC5 4–2 WC6 4–3

Main draw

Final Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri.Grand Hyatt, Mumbai, India, 14 March 2015. Ricky Walden 0–5 Michael White 0–81 (81), 20–77 (77), 0–86, , 20 Highest break 85 0 Century breaks 0 0 50+ breaks 4

Qualifying These matches were held on 12 and 13 February 2015 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. The qualifiers were to take place between 18 and 21 September 2014, but were rescheduled as the ranking event was postponed. All matches were best of 7 frames.

Ding Junhui 4–1 Barry Pinches Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4–0 Joe Roberts Luca Brecel 4–3 Lu Ning Fergal O'Brien 4–0 William Lemons Matthew Stevens 4–1 Ian Glover Gerard Greene 4–0 Ahmed Saif Jamie Jones 4–2 Sean O'Sullivan Liang Wenbo 4–1 James Cahill Mark Davis 4–0 Elliot Slessor Anthony Hamilton 4–1 Michael Georgiou Tom Ford 4–1 Chris Melling Anthony McGill 4–0 Ian Burns Andrew Higginson 3–4 Fraser Patrick Jamie Cope 4–3 Ross Muir Jamie Burnett 4–3 Steven Hallworth John Higgins 4–0 Adam Bobat Joe Perry 4–2 Ashley Carty Marcus Campbell 4–2 Zak Surety Sam Baird 4–0 Darryl Hill Rod Lawler 4–0 Craig Steadman Ben Woollaston 4–1 Alexander Ursenbacher Yu Delu 4–3 Martin McCrudden Kyren Wilson 4–1 Joe O'Connor Alan McManus 4–1 Cao Xinlong Ali Carter 4–1 Lee Page Mark Joyce 4–1 John Astley Robbie Williams 0–4 Tian Pengfei Dominic Dale 2–4 Lyu Haotian Mark King 4–1 David Grace Aditya Mehta 4–0 Hammad Miah Rory McLeod 4–1 Callum Lloyd Ricky Walden 4–0 Matthew Day

Judd Trump 4–0 Martin Ball Peter Lines 4–3 Lu Chenwei Gary Wilson 4–1 Daniel Wells Jack Lisowski 2–4 Adam Duffy Peter Ebdon 4–3 Paul Davison Jimmy White 2–4 Zhou Yuelong Dave Harold 1–4 Eden Sharav Mark Williams 4–1 Zhang Anda Graeme Dott 4–3 Scott Donaldson Robin Hull 4–1 Chris Norbury David Morris 4–2 Michael Wasley David Gilbert 4–0 Nico Elton Ken Doherty 4–3 Sanderson Lam Joe Swail 4–2 Jak Jones Mike Dunn 4–3 Jamie Clarke Robert Milkins 4–2 Alex Davies Marco Fu 4–2 Sydney Wilson Stuart Carrington 4–2 Lee Walker Li Hang 4–2 Oliver Lines Michael Holt 3–4 Allan Taylor Matthew Selt 4–0 Igor Figueiredo Alfie Burden 3–4 Joel Walker Cao Yupeng 4–2 Michael Leslie Michael White 4–0 Mitchell Mann Ryan Day 4–3 Oliver Brown Nigel Bond 4–3 Liam Highfield Jimmy Robertson 0–4 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Dechawat Poomjaeng 4–1 Thor Chuan Leong Kurt Maflin 3–4 Rhys Clark Chris Wakelin 4–3 Saqib Nasir Noppon Saengkham 2–4 Andrew Pagett Barry Hawkins w/d–w/o Zack Richardson

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

133, 120 Kyren Wilson 130 Tian Pengfei 128 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 125 John Higgins 124, 103 Ken Doherty 124 Sam Baird 122 Alan McManus 109 Gerard Greene

106 Anthony Hamilton 104 Chris Norbury 103 Mark King 102 David Gilbert 101 Gary Wilson 101 Joe Swail 101 Peter Ebdon 100 Robin Hull

Televised stage centuries

138 Stuart Carrington 137, 123, 101 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 136 John Higgins 127, 108, 106 Mark Williams 126, 109, 100 Michael White 119, 105 Kyren Wilson 119, 102 Ding Junhui 119 Ricky Walden

112, 101 Luca Brecel 109 Nigel Bond 106 Tian Pengfei 104 Judd Trump 103 Matthew Selt 101 Jamie Cope 100 Ben Woollaston

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