Dates 10–14 March 2015 City Mumbai Organisation(s) WPBSA | Venue Grand Hyatt Country India Format Ranking event | |
The 2015 Indian Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10–14 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.
Contents
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:
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.
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 18–21 September 2014, but were rescheduled as the ranking event was postponed. All matches were best of 7 frames.