2014 Australian Goldfields Open
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 30 June – 6 July 2014 |
| Venue | Bendigo Stadium |
| City | Bendigo |
| Country | Australia |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | $500,000 |
| Winner's share | $75,000 |
| Highest break |  Neil Robertson (AUS) (140) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Judd Trump (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Neil Robertson (AUS) |
| Score | 9–5 |
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The 2014 Australian Goldfields Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 30 June–6 July 2014 at the Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia. It was the second ranking event of the 2014/2015 season.[1]
Marco Fu was the defending champion,[2] but he decided not to compete this year.
Judd Trump won his fourth ranking title by defeating Neil Robertson 9–5 in the final.[3]
Prize fund
[edit]The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4][5]
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Wildcard round
[edit]These matches were played in Bendigo on 30 June 2014.[6][7][8]
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Andrew Higginson (ENG) |
5–0 | Matthew Bolton (AUS)
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| WC2 |  Dominic Dale (WAL) |
5–0 | Johl Younger (AUS)
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Main draw
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Final
[edit]| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore. Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, Australia, 6 July 2014.[8][9] | ||
| Neil Robertson (1) Australia
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5–9 | Judd Trump (3) England
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| Afternoon: 87–48, 23–77, 73–4, 0–69 (50), 45–90 (71), 74–55 (Robertson 52), 25–63 (55), 0–118 (114) Evening: 43–65, 8–96, 28–101 (101), 64–6, 109–8 (109), 40–65 (51) | ||
| 109 | Highest break | 114 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 2 |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
Qualifying
[edit]These matches were held between 30 May and 3 June 2014 at The Capital Venue in Gloucester, England.[10][11][12] Lua error in Module:Build_bracket at line 1179: attempt to index global 'p' (a nil value).
Century breaks
[edit]Qualifying stage centuries
[edit]- 140, 110 – Joe Swail
- 139 – Cao Yupeng
- 138, 119 – Liam Highfield
- 136 – Zhou Yuelong
- 136 – Elliot Slessor
- 130 – Nigel Bond
- 129 – Luca Brecel
- 126 – Jamie Jones
- 126 – Mark King
- 121, 103 – Jack Lisowski
- 121 – Scott Donaldson
- 118 – Anthony McGill
- 114 – Steven Hallworth
- 113 – Alan McManus
- 108 – Cao Xinlong
- 108 – Aditya Mehta
- 107 – Andrew Higginson
- 106 – Liang Wenbo
- 106 – Ian Burns
- 105, 100 – Barry Pinches
- 105 – Mark Joyce
- 104, 100 – Lee Walker
- 102 – Paul Davison
- 102 – Oliver Brown
- 100 – Daniel Wells
Televised stage centuries
[edit]- 140, 109, 103, 100 – Neil Robertson
- 139 – Mark Davis
- 127 – John Higgins
- 122 – Mark Joyce
- 114, 114, 110, 107, 106, 101, 101, 100 – Judd Trump
- 109 – Dominic Dale
- 108 – Peter Ebdon
- 107 – Robert Milkins
- 107 – Martin Gould
- 105 – Matthew Stevens
- 104 – Ricky Walden
- 103 – Fergal O'Brien
- 103 – Shaun Murphy
- 102 – Stuart Bingham
References
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- ^ "Robertson loses Aussie Open snooker final". Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ^ "Bristol's Judd Trump clinches Australian Open title". Bristol Post. 6 July 2014. Archived from the original on 8 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2014/2015 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 12 May 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ^ Kalb, Rolf (29 June 2014). "Turnier-Infos: Australian Open" (in German). Eurosport Deutschland. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ a b "2014 Australian Open Draw & Results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 6 July 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ a b "2014 World Snooker Australian Open Provisional Format of Play" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ a b c "Australian Goldfields Open (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "Final – Match 33 – Neil Robertson v Judd Trump". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ "Australian Open 2014 Qualifiers Draw & Results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 4 June 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ^ "Australian Goldfields Open 2014 Qualifiers Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "Australian Goldfields Open Qualifiers (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "Australian Open qualifiers: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 3 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ "Australian Open: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 8 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.