Asian Tour 2015/2016 – Event 1

The Asian Tour 2015/2016 – Event 1 (also known as the 2015 Haining Open) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19 and 23 October 2015 in Haining, China.^[1]

Asian Tour 2015/2016
Event 1

Tournament information
Dates	19–23 October 2015 (2015-10-19 – 2015-10-23)
Venue	Haining Sports Center
City	Haining
Country	China
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Minor-ranking event
Total prize fund	£70,000
Winner's share	£13,500
Highest break	Tian Pengfei (CHN) (135)  Liang Wenbo (CHN) (135)
Final
Champion	Ding Junhui (CHN)
Runner-up	Ricky Walden (ENG)
Score	4–3
← ET3 ← 2014 Haining Open ET4 → 2016 Haining Open →

Stuart Bingham was the defending champion, but chose not to defend his title; Ding Junhui won the title for the first time, beating Ricky Walden 4–3 in the final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money of the event is shown below:

	Prize fund
Winner	£13,500
Runner-up	£6,500
Semi-finalist	£3,500
Quarter-finalist	£1,750
Last 16	£1,300
Last 32	£800
Last 64	£400
Total	£70,000

Main draw

Round 1

Best of 7 frames

Ng On Yee 3–4   Ding Kai   Andy Lee 4–1   Gong Xiaoqing   Pan Weixing 4–0   Wang Haonan   Shen Haoran 1–4   Duan Yanfeng   Qin Jianfeng w/o–w/d   Hammad Miah   Zhang Yang 4–1   Wu Shengguang   Zhang Zhijie 4–0   Chau Hon Man   Si Jiaxin 4–2   Wang Chenkai   Lu Jiaming 4–3   Ren Zuijie   Yao Pengcheng 4–2   Long Zehuang   Li Yan 4–2   Li Yingdong

Nico Elton 3–4   Li Zhen   Chen Wen 4–2   Elliot Slessor   Lin Tang Ho 0–4   Zhang Chi   Zhang Zihao 4–2   Min Changqing   Leo Fernandez 4–2   Ren Jiaxing   Chen Feng 2–4   Zhao Hanyang   Sam Craigie w/d–w/o   Wu Sicheng   Deng Jinhong 0–4   Huang Zishun   Sun Chang 4–3   George Pragnall   Li Ningning 4–1   Chang Bingyu

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
	Ding Junhui		4
	Xu Si		1			Ding Junhui		4
	Tang Jun		4			Tang Jun		0
	Ding Kai		0								Ding Junhui		4
	Lu Ning		3								Peter Lines		3
	Wang Zepeng		4			Wang Zepeng		2
	Peter Lines		4			Peter Lines		4
	He Wenchong		0													Ding Junhui		4
	Cao Yupeng		4													Mark King		1
	Andy Lee		0			Cao Yupeng		3
	Ju Reti		0			Liu Fan		4
	Liu Fan		4								Liu Fan		0
	Thor Chuan Leong		3								Mark King		4
	He Guoqiang		4			He Guoqiang		1
	Mark King		4			Mark King		4
	Pan Weixing		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
	Kurt Maflin		4
	Song Yang		1			Kurt Maflin		4
	Ross Muir		4			Ross Muir		2
	Cheng Sihong		3								Kurt Maflin		1
	Gareth Allen		1								Zhang Anda		4
	Hu Hao		4			Hu Hao		3
	Zhang Anda		4			Zhang Anda		4
	Sun Peng		2													Zhang Anda		4
	Dechawat Poomjaeng		4													Liang Wenbo		3
	Chen Zhe		3			Dechawat Poomjaeng		0
	Cao Xinlong		w/d			Mei Xiwen		4
	Mei Xiwen		w/o								Mei Xiwen		2
	Chen Zifan		3								Liang Wenbo		4
	Duan Yanfeng		4			Duan Yanfeng		2
	Liang Wenbo		4			Liang Wenbo		4
	Chen Bo		0

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
	Xiao Guodong		4
	Qin Jianfeng		0			Xiao Guodong		4
	Steven Hallworth		2			Zhang Yang		1
	Zhang Yang		4								Xiao Guodong		4
	Yan Bingtao		2								Zhou Yuelong		1
	Oliver Brown		4			Oliver Brown		2
	Zhou Yuelong		4			Zhou Yuelong		4
	Conor McCormack		0													Xiao Guodong		1
	Barry Pinches		4													Jimmy Robertson		4
	Li Yujin		1			Barry Pinches		4
	Zhang Yong		2			Paruke Aierken		2
	Paruke Aierken		4								Barry Pinches		3
	Chris Wakelin		3								Jimmy Robertson		4
	Luo Honghao		4			Luo Honghao		1
	Jimmy Robertson		4			Jimmy Robertson		4
	Zhang Zhijie		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
	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh		4
	Qi Guoxiao		1			Thepchaiya Un-Nooh		4
	James Wattana		4			James Wattana		0
	Si Jiaxin		3								Thepchaiya Un-Nooh		4
	Cai Jianzhong		4								Cai Jianzhong		2
	Liu Jiaming		2			Cai Jianzhong		4
	Yu Delu		3			Huang Zhong		2
	Huang Zhong		4													Thepchaiya Un-Nooh		4
	Michael Wasley		1													Marco Fu		3
	Yao Pengcheng		4			Yao Pengcheng		1
	Sean O'Sullivan		4			Sean O'Sullivan		4
	Chen Junhao		0								Sean O'Sullivan		3
	James Cahill		4								Marco Fu		4
	Jin Long		2			James Cahill		1
	Marco Fu		4			Marco Fu		4
	Zhao Xintong		1

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
	John Higgins		4
	Li Yan		1			John Higgins		4
	Guan Zhen		4			Guan Zhen		2
	Pang Junxu		2								John Higgins		4
	Zhong Lin		4								Li Yuan		2
	Cao Kaisheng		3			Zhong Lin		0
	Oliver Lines		1			Li Yuan		4
	Li Yuan		4													John Higgins		3
	Tom Ford		4													Ben Woollaston		4
	Hritik Jain		0			Tom Ford		4
	Rouzi Maimaiti		4			Rouzi Maimaiti		1
	Li Zhen		0								Tom Ford		1
	Fang Xiongman		3								Ben Woollaston		4
	Fan Zhengyi		4			Fan Zhengyi		3
	Ben Woollaston		4			Ben Woollaston		4
	Chen Wen		2

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
	Dominic Dale		4
	Wang Peng		1			Dominic Dale		4
	Lin Shuai		1			Yuan Sijun		0
	Yuan Sijun		4								Dominic Dale		4
	Noppon Saengkham		w/o								Scott Donaldson		2
	Shan Xianshu		w/d			Noppon Saengkham		1
	Scott Donaldson		4			Scott Donaldson		4
	Zhang Chi		1													Dominic Dale		3
	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon		4													Robert Milkins		4
	Geng Mingqi		2			Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon		4
	Ian Glover		4			Ian Glover		0
	Xu Yuan		2								Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon		0
	Sydney Wilson		2								Robert Milkins		4
	Zhang Zihao		4			Zhang Zihao		1
	Robert Milkins		4			Robert Milkins		4
	Feng Zeyuan		2

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
	Matthew Selt		3
	Leo Fernandez		4			Leo Fernandez		4
	Lu Chenwei		3			Zhao Hanyang		0
	Zhao Hanyang		4								Leo Fernandez		4
	Paul Davison		4								Li Hang		0
	Charlie Walters		2			Paul Davison		3
	Li Hang		4			Li Hang		4
	Ma Ting Peng		2													Leo Fernandez		4
	Tian Pengfei		4													Tian Pengfei		3
	Lei Zhen		0			Tian Pengfei		4
	Chen Feilong		4			Chen Feilong		0
	Wu Sicheng		0								Tian Pengfei		4
	Martin O'Donnell		4								Martin O'Donnell		2
	Michael Williams		0			Martin O'Donnell		4
	Gary Wilson		4			Gary Wilson		2
	Huang Jiahao		2

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
	Mike Dunn		2
	Lyu Haotian		4			Lyu Haotian		4
	Sanderson Lam		4			Sanderson Lam		1
	Ma Daojun		2								Lyu Haotian		4
	Ma Bing		4								Ma Bing		2
	Huang Zishun		0			Ma Bing		4
	Craig Steadman		4			Craig Steadman		2
	Man Ming Wa		0													Lyu Haotian		1
	Michael Georgiou		4													Ricky Walden		4
	Wang Yuchen		1			Michael Georgiou		4
	Niu Zhuang		4			Niu Zhuang		3
	Sun Chang		1								Michael Georgiou		1
	Au Chi-wai		4								Ricky Walden		4
	Si Jiahui		2			Au Chi-wai		2
	Ricky Walden		4			Ricky Walden		4
	Li Ningning		0

Finals

	Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames					Semi-finals Best of 7 frames					Final Best of 7 frames
	Ding Junhui		4
	Zhang Anda		3			Ding Junhui		4
	Jimmy Robertson		4			Jimmy Robertson		2
	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh		3								Ding Junhui		4
	Ben Woollaston		2								Ricky Walden		3
	Robert Milkins		4			Robert Milkins		1
	Leo Fernandez		1			Ricky Walden		4
	Ricky Walden		4

Century breaks

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135, 127, 122 – Tian Pengfei 135 – Liang Wenbo 130, 123, 121, 102, 100 – Ding Junhui 128 – Jimmy Robertson 122 – Lyu Haotian 121 – Wang Yuchen 119, 117, 108 – Marco Fu

115, 100 – Ricky Walden 110 – James Wattana 106 – John Higgins 106 – Ding Kai 105 – Zhang Anda 101 – Hu Hao 100 – Robert Milkins

References

1. Snooker.org – Asian Tour
2. Century breaks October 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine