| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 10–14 March 2015 (2015-03-10 –2015-03-14) |
| Venue | Grand Hyatt |
| City | Mumbai |
| Country | India |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Winner's share | £50,000 |
| Highest break |  Stuart Carrington (ENG) (138) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Michael White (WAL) |
| Runner-up | Ricky Walden (ENG) |
| Score | 5–0 |
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The2015Indian Open was a professionalrankingsnooker tournament that took place between 10 and 14 March 2015 at theGrand Hyatt inMumbai,India.[1] The tournament was originally scheduled for 13–17 October 2014, but was postponed until March due to theState Election in Maharashtra.[2]
Mumbai played host to the tournament for the first time, having previously being held at theLe Meridien Hotel inNew Delhi.[3]
Ding Junhui was the defending champion,[4] but he lost 3–4 againstThepchaiya Un-Nooh in the last 64.[5]
Michael White won his first ranking event by defeatingRicky Walden 5–0 in the final.[6][7]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[8]
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These matches were played inMumbai on 10 March 2015.[9][10][11] The Indian wildcard players were selected through a qualifying tournament which was held at thePYC Hindu Gymkhana inPune,India.[12][13]
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 |  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) | 4–0 |  Neeraj Kumar (IND) |
| WC2 | Sam Baird (ENG) | 4–1 | Brijesh Damani (IND) |
| WC3 |  Lyu Haotian (CHN) | 4–3 | Dharminder Lilly (IND) |
| WC4 | Adam Duffy (ENG) | 4–0 | Sumit Talwar (IND) |
| WC5 | Nigel Bond (ENG) | 4–2 | Faisal Khan (IND) |
| WC6 |  Rhys Clark (SCO) | 4–3 | Pankaj Advani (IND) |
| Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee:Terry Camilleri. Grand Hyatt,Mumbai,India, 14 March 2015.[11] | ||
| Ricky Walden England | 0–5 | Michael White Wales |
| 0–81 (81), 20–77 (77), 0–86,1–90 (58),6–85 (85) | ||
| 20 | Highest break | 85 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 0 | 50+ breaks | 4 |
These matches were held on 12 and 13 February 2015 at theBarnsley Metrodome inBarnsley,England. The qualifiers were to take place between 18 and 21 September 2014, but were rescheduled as the ranking event was postponed.[2] All matches were best of 7 frames.[14][15][16]
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