European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 3

European Tour 2014/2015
Event 3

Tournament information
Dates	1–5 October 2014
Venue	Universiada Hall
City	Sofia
Country	Bulgaria
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Minor-ranking event
Total prize fund	€125,000
Winner's share	€25,000
Highest break	Dominic Dale (139)
Final
Champion	Shaun Murphy
Runner-up	Martin Gould
Score	4–2
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The European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 3 (also known as the 2014 Victoria Bulgarian Open) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 1–5 October 2014 in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[1]

The tournament was meant to be Ali Carter's first since his lung cancer diagnosis and subsequent chemotherapy treatment,^[2] but he was forced to withdraw due to acute pain in his left arm following his radiofrequency ablation surgery.^[3]

John Higgins was the defending champion,^[4] but he lost 1–4 against Judd Trump in the last 64.^[5]

Shaun Murphy won his fifteenth professional title by defeating Martin Gould 4–2 in the final.^[6][7]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money of the event is shown below:^[8]

	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

^[9][10][11]

Preliminary rounds

Round 1

Best of 7 frames

Vasil Todorov 0–4 Martin O'Donnell Iveilo Pekov n/s–w/o Alex Taubman Sashko Dimitrov 0–4 Richard Beckham Teodor Chomovski 4–0 Veselin Lazarov

Bratislav Krustev 4–3 Sergiy Isayenko Chris Jones 4–1 Chris Bryant Nikolai Hristov 0–4 Paul Davison

Round 2

Best of 7 frames

Jeff Jacobs 4–2 Mark Owens Kjetil Hårtveit 2–4 Stanislav Hadjipopov Ivan Kyupov 1–4 Martin O'Donnell Marko Vukovic 0–4 Alex Taubman Sam Harvey 4–0 Julian Petrov Adam Bobat 3–4 Joe O'Connor Christopher Keogan 4–0 David Frew Georgi Velichkov 1–4 Richard Beckham Hans Blanckaert 1–4 Josh Boileau Kristof Vermeiren 4–3 Jack Bradford Sydney Wilson 4–0 Karen Osipov Damail Tugov 1–4 Spasian Spasov Simon Dent 4–0 Corina Maracine Matthew Day 4–1 Rhys Clark Farhan Mirza 0–4 Thomas Dowling Reanne Evans 4–3 Nikola Kemilev Billy Brown 3–4 Ryan Causton Tomasz Skalski 4–1 Daniel Wells Joe Steele 2–4 Mitchell Travis Peter Devlin 4–0 Matthew Hulatt Brian Cini 4–1 Matthew Glasby Ashley Hugill 4–0 Krasimir Kameshev Marc Davis 4–1 Jonathan Mabey Adam Duffy 4–0 Stefan Simeonovski

Gareth Allen 4–0 Mark Vincent Ivaylo Hristov 0–4 Michael Collumb Jeff Cundy 4–0 Teodor Chomovski Dylan Craig 4–1 Josh Mulholland John Chapman 0–4 Oliver Brown Jake Nicholson 3–4 Nico Elton Declan Brennan 3–4 Zack Richardson Kacper Filipiak w/o–w/d Michal Zielinski Sanderson Lam 4–0 Bratislav Krustev Sean O'Sullivan 4–1 Kishan Hirani Anthony Jeffers 3–4 Ben Jones John Sutton 2–4 Luke Garland Eden Sharav 4–3 Chris Jones Arshad Qureshi w/d–w/o Daniel Schneider Hristo Sirakov 3–4 Conor McCormack Luchezar Gergov 0–4 Grzegorz Biernadski Andrew Rogers 2–4 Paul Davison Joshua Baddeley 4–0 Jayson Wholey Kobi Mates 0–4 Jurian Heusdens William Lemons 3–4 Brandon Sargeant Andreas Ploner 1–4 Lukas Kleckers Michael Williams 4–0 Viktor Iliev Jamie Rhys Clarke 3–4 Ashley Carty John Parkin 4–0 Aleksandr Kurgankov

Round 3

Best of 7 frames

Jeff Jacobs 4–0 Stanislav Hadjipopov Martin O'Donnell 3–4 Alex Taubman Sam Harvey 4–3 Joe O'Connor Christopher Keogan 4–1 Richard Beckham Josh Boileau 4–0 Kristof Vermeiren Sydney Wilson 4–0 Spasian Spasov Simon Dent 1–4 Matthew Day Thomas Dowling 4–3 Reanne Evans Ryan Causton 3–4 Tomasz Skalski Mitchell Travis 4–0 Peter Devlin Brian Cini 3–4 Ashley Hugill Marc Davis 2–4 Adam Duffy

Gareth Allen 4–0 Michael Collumb Jeff Cundy 4–3 Dylan Craig Oliver Brown 2–4 Nico Elton Zack Richardson 3–4 Kacper Filipiak Sanderson Lam 4–0 Sean O'Sullivan Ben Jones 4–2 Luke Garland Eden Sharav 4–0 Daniel Schneider Conor McCormack 1–4 Grzegorz Biernadski Paul Davison 4–3 Joshua Baddeley Jurian Heusdens 1–4 Brandon Sargeant Lukas Kleckers 3–4 Michael Williams Ashley Carty 4–2 John Parkin

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
	Mark Selby		4
	Barry Pinches		3			Mark Selby		4
	Joe Swail		4			Joe Swail		2
	Jeff Jacobs		1								Mark Selby		4
	Nigel Bond		4								Fraser Patrick		3
	Peter Lines		0			Nigel Bond		3
	Fraser Patrick		4			Fraser Patrick		4
	Alex Taubman		0													Mark Selby		4
	Matthew Selt		4													Robbie Williams		2
	Sam Harvey		2			Matthew Selt		4
	David Gilbert		3			Mitchell Mann		0
	Mitchell Mann		4								Matthew Selt		2
	Robbie Williams		4								Robbie Williams		4
	Hammad Miah		3			Robbie Williams		4
	Robert Milkins		4			Robert Milkins		3
	Christopher Keogan		2

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

Stephen Maguire

w/o

Dave Harold

w/d

Stephen Maguire

4

Kyren Wilson

4

Kyren Wilson

0

Josh Boileau

1

Stephen Maguire

2

Tony Drago

w/d

Shaun Murphy

4

Stuart Carrington

w/o

Stuart Carrington

0

Shaun Murphy

4

Shaun Murphy

4

Joel Walker

1

Shaun Murphy

4

James Cahill

w/o

Jimmy White

0

Robin Hull

w/d

James Cahill

4

Michael Leslie

1

Zak Surety

1

Zak Surety

4

James Cahill

2

Jimmy White

4

Jimmy White

4

Sydney Wilson

1

Jimmy White

4

Dechawat Poomjaeng

4

Dechawat Poomjaeng

2

Matthew Day

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
	Rod Lawler		w/o
	Ali Carter		w/d			Rod Lawler		1
	Ben Woollaston		3			Andrew Pagett		4
	Andrew Pagett		4								Andrew Pagett		2
	Anthony Hamilton		4								Michael White		4
	Rory McLeod		3			Anthony Hamilton		2
	Michael White		4			Michael White		4
	Ian Burns		1													Michael White		4
	Jamie Cope		4													Jimmy Robertson		3
	Thomas Dowling		0			Jamie Cope		2
	Michael Holt		4			Michael Holt		4
	Tomasz Skalski		2								Michael Holt		0
	Jimmy Robertson		4								Jimmy Robertson		4
	Alex Davies		2			Jimmy Robertson		4
	Aditya Mehta		3			Mitchell Travis		2
	Mitchell Travis		4

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
	Fergal O'Brien		4
	Ahmed Saif		2			Fergal O'Brien		2
	Mark Joyce		4			Mark Joyce		4
	Ryan Clark		0								Mark Joyce		1
	Sam Baird		4								Luca Brecel		4
	Ashley Hugill		1			Sam Baird		2
	Luca Brecel		4			Luca Brecel		4
	Craig Steadman		2													Luca Brecel		4
	Liam Highfield		4													Mark King		1
	Adam Duffy		1			Liam Highfield		1
	Mark King		4			Mark King		4
	Alex Borg		2								Mark King		4
	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh		3								Anthony McGill		2
	Kurt Maflin		4			Kurt Maflin		1
	Anthony McGill		4			Anthony McGill		4
	Lee Walker		2

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
	Ricky Walden		4
	Gareth Allen		2			Ricky Walden		4
	Ryan Day		w/o			Ryan Day		3
	Jamie Burnett		w/d								Ricky Walden		4
	Jack Lisowski		4								Oliver Lines		3
	Jeff Cundy		2			Jack Lisowski		1
	Mark Williams		1			Oliver Lines		4
	Oliver Lines		4													Ricky Walden		1
	Stuart Bingham		3													Martin Gould		4
	David Grace		4			David Grace		1
	Martin Gould		4			Martin Gould		4
	Ross Muir		1								Martin Gould		4
	Jamie Jones		4								Jamie Jones		1
	Alexander Ursenbacher		2			Jamie Jones		4
	Tian Pengfei		3			Andrew Higginson		3
	Andrew Higginson		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
	Chris Wakelin		4
	Nico Elton		2			Chris Wakelin		3
	Noppon Saengkham		1			Elliot Slessor		4
	Elliot Slessor		4								Elliot Slessor		1
	Dominic Dale		4								Mark Davis		4
	Vinnie Calabrese		3			Dominic Dale		3
	Mark Davis		4			Mark Davis		4
	Michael Georgiou		3													Mark Davis		4
	Mike Dunn		4													Alan McManus		1
	Tom Ford		3			Mike Dunn		4
	Gary Wilson		4			Gary Wilson		3
	Ken Doherty		2								Mike Dunn		2
	Jak Jones		3								Alan McManus		4
	Alfie Burden		4			Alfie Burden		3
	Alan McManus		4			Alan McManus		4
	Kacper Filipiak		3

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
	Barry Hawkins		4
	Sanderson Lam		0			Barry Hawkins		4
	Matthew Stevens		4			Matthew Stevens		0
	Ben Jones		1								Barry Hawkins		3
	Scott Donaldson		w/o								Joe Perry		4
	Steve Mifsud		w/d			Scott Donaldson		3
	Xiao Guodong		3			Joe Perry		4
	Joe Perry		4													Joe Perry		2
	Neil Robertson		4													Peter Ebdon		4
	Steven Hallworth		1			Neil Robertson		1
	Gerard Greene		4			Gerard Greene		4
	Eden Sharav		3								Gerard Greene		1
	Chris Melling		4								Peter Ebdon		4
	Grzegorz Biernadski		2			Chris Melling		1
	Peter Ebdon		4			Peter Ebdon		4
	Paul Davison		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
	Marco Fu		3
	Chris Norbury		4			Chris Norbury		3
	Michael Wasley		4			Michael Wasley		4
	John Astley		0								Michael Wasley		4
	Allan Taylor		4								Liang Wenbo		2
	Lee Page		3			Allan Taylor		2
	Liang Wenbo		4			Liang Wenbo		4
	Lyu Haotian		2													Michael Wasley		4
	Graeme Dott		4													Judd Trump		3
	Brandon Sargeant		2			Graeme Dott		4
	Ian Glover		4			Ian Glover		1
	Ratchayothin Yotharuck		2								Graeme Dott		3
	John Higgins		4								Judd Trump		4
	Michael Williams		0			John Higgins		1
	Judd Trump		4			Judd Trump		4
	Ashley Carty		0

Finals

	Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames					Semi-finals Best of 7 frames					Final Best of 7 frames
	Mark Selby		2
	Shaun Murphy		4			Shaun Murphy		4
	Michael White		4			Michael White		0
	Luca Brecel		2								Shaun Murphy		4
	Martin Gould		4								Martin Gould		2
	Mark Davis		2			Martin Gould		4
	Peter Ebdon		4			Peter Ebdon		2
	Michael Wasley		1

Century breaks

^[12]

139 Dominic Dale 138, 108 Fraser Patrick 135 Ryan Day 135 Michael White 133, 106 Neil Robertson 133 Liang Wenbo 133, 108 Michael Wasley 132, 131, 111, 110, 108 Mark Selby 128, 118 Ricky Walden 127, 117, 105 Judd Trump 125 Oliver Lines 123 Matthew Selt 123 Xiao Guodong 122 Gerard Greene 121, 109 Peter Ebdon 119 Jamie Cope 115, 111, 102 Shaun Murphy 114 Gareth Allen

110 Mark Davis 110 John Higgins 109 Kurt Maflin 107, 101 Martin Gould 107 Robbie Williams 106 Anthony McGill 106 Andrew Higginson 105 Barry Pinches 104 Mark Joyce 104 Liam Highfield 104 Robert Milkins 104 Ben Woollaston 103 Tom Ford 103 Fergal O'Brien 101 Joe Perry 100 Gary Wilson 100 Jimmy White 100 Jeff Cundy

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