European Tour Event Three

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 7-11 Oct 2015; Venue: RWE-Sporthalle, M�lheim, Germany; Type: Players Tour Championship; Defending champion: Shaun Murphy; Twitter: #RuhrOpen; Notes: Also called the Ruhr Open; See also results (238)

Final (Winner: £18,750; Runner-up: £9,000)
		Rory McLeod [27]	4	-	2	Tian Pengfei [53]
	96-10 (57), 95-15, 9-74 (74) 89-10 (58), 0-129 (106), 71-28 (55) Referee: Theo Selbertinger This was the first minor-ranking final for both players. McLeod after a 24-year career! They both massively improved their chance of staying on the Main Tour for the next season as they move up to 47th and 58th place respectively in the provisional end-of-season seedings.
Semifinals (Losers receive £4,500)
		Rory McLeod [27]	4	-	1	Mike Dunn [33]
	66-0, 21-66, 75-31, 62-21 (61), 64-32
		Tian Pengfei [53]	4	-	3	David B Gilbert [39]
	22-81, 78-12 (72), 70-13 (62) 95-9 (58), 18-72, 12-85, 65-51
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £3,000)
		Rory McLeod [27]	4	-	2	Mark Davis [30]
		Mike Dunn [33]	4	-	1	Mark J Williams [9]
		Tian Pengfei [53]	4	-	3	Alan McManus [11]
		David B Gilbert [39]	4	-	2	Barry Hawkins [2]
Round 4 (Last 16; Losers receive £1,725)
1		Mark Davis [30]	4	-	2	Luca Brecel [24]
2		Rory McLeod [27]	4	-	1	Ben Woollaston [10]
3		Mark J Williams [9]	4	-	3	Mark Selby [35]
4		Mike Dunn [33]	4	-	1	Andrew Higginson [36]
5		Tian Pengfei [53]	4	-	1	Shaun Murphy [3]
6		Alan McManus [11]	4	-	0	Dominic Dale [45]
7		David B Gilbert [39]	4	-	2	Peter Ebdon [37]
8		Barry Hawkins [2]	4	-	1	Mark Allen [31]
Round 3 (Last 32; Losers receive £900)
1		Mark Davis [30]	4	-	2	Allister Carter [1]
2		Luca Brecel [24]	4	-	1	Zhang Anda
3		Ben Woollaston [10]	4	-	2	Lee Walker [32]
4		Rory McLeod [27]	4	-	3	Mark King [5]
5		Mark J Williams [9]	4	-	1	Aditya Mehta [47]
6		Mark Selby [35]	4	-	3	Anthony McGill [48]
7		Mike Dunn [33]	4	-	1	Hammad Miah (a) [55]
8		Andrew Higginson [36]	4	-	2	Robert Milkins [56]
9		Shaun Murphy [3]	4	-	1	Gerard Greene
10		Tian Pengfei [53]	4	-	2	Li Hang [52]
11		Alan McManus [11]	4	-	3	Stephen Maguire [34]
12		Dominic Dale [45]	4	-	2	Zhang Yong
13		David B Gilbert [39]	4	-	1	Mitchell Mann
14		Peter Ebdon [37]	4	-	2	Kurt Maflin
15		Mark Allen [31]	4	-	3	Joe Perry [46]
16		Barry Hawkins [2]	4	-	1	Michael Leslie
Round 2 (Last 64; Losers receive £525)
1		Allister Carter [1]	4	-	3	Marco Fu [50]
2		Mark Davis [30]	4	-	3	Fergal O'Brien
3		Luca Brecel [24]	4	-	0	Jason Weston [64]
4		Zhang Anda	4	-	1	Sascha Lippe (a)
5		Ben Woollaston [10]	4	-	3	Chris Wakelin [44]
6		Lee Walker [32]	4	-	2	Thor Chuan Leong [22]
7		Rory McLeod [27]	4	-	3	Jamie Jones [43]
8		Mark King [5]	4	-	3	Alfie Burden [40]
9		Mark J Williams [9]	4	-	3	Rod Lawler [49]
10		Aditya Mehta [47]	4	-	2	Kyren Wilson [18]
11		Mark Selby [35]	4	-	3	Robbie Williams [19]
12		Anthony McGill [48]	4	-	2	Matthew Selt [12]
13		Hammad Miah (a) [55]	4	-	1	Daniel Wells [54]
14		Mike Dunn [33]	4	-	0	Sean O'Sullivan [17]
15		Andrew Higginson [36]	4	-	3	Jimmy Robertson [28]
16		Robert Milkins [56]	4	-	1	Tom Ford [4]
17		Shaun Murphy [3]	4	-	2	Sam Craigie (a)
18		Gerard Greene	4	-	0	Yu Delu
19		Li Hang [52]	4	-	1	Rhys Clark
20		Tian Pengfei [53]	4	-	1	Gary Wilson
21		Alan McManus [11]	4	-	1	Sam Baird
22		Stephen Maguire [34]	4	-	3	Michael White [21]
23		Zhang Yong	4	-	1	Mohammed Rangzib (a)
24		Dominic Dale [45]	4	-	2	Graeme Dott [7]	Re-spot black in frame 2
25		Mitchell Mann	4	-	3	Michael Holt [6]
26		David B Gilbert [39]	4	-	0	James Cahill [62]
27		Peter Ebdon [37]	4	-	2	Oliver Lines [26]
28		Kurt Maflin	4	-	2	Ryan Day [14]
29		Joe Perry [46]	4	-	3	Stuart Carrington [16]
30		Mark Allen [31]	4	-	2	Jack Lisowski [42]
31		Michael Leslie	4	-	3	Lü Chenwei
32		Barry Hawkins [2]	4	-	0	Sanderson Lam [61]
Round 1 (Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1		Allister Carter [1]	w/o			Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
2		Marco Fu [50]	w/o			Lu Ning
3		Fergal O'Brien	4	-	3	Stuart Bingham [58]	O'Brien wins on the final black after Bingham leaves it on the edge of the pocket. Watch the conclusion on YouTube.
4		Mark Davis [30]	4	-	0	Alain Van Der Steen (a)
5		Luca Brecel [24]	4	-	1	Ian Glover
6		Jason Weston [64]	w/o			Joel Walker [41]
7		Zhang Anda	4	-	2	Zak Surety
8		Sascha Lippe (a)	w/o			Liang Wenbo [13]
9		Ben Woollaston [10]	4	-	1	Michael Collumb (a)
10		Chris Wakelin [44]	4	-	0	Tony Drago
11		Lee Walker [32]	4	-	1	Joe Swail
12		Thor Chuan Leong [22]	4	-	1	Damian Wilks (a)
13		Rory McLeod [27]	4	-	2	Craig Steadman [63]
14		Jamie Jones [43]	4	-	0	Michael Georgiou
15		Alfie Burden [40]	4	-	0	Paul S Davison
16		Mark King [5]	w/o			Chris Melling
17		Mark J Williams [9]	4	-	0	Kishan Hirani (a)
18		Rod Lawler [49]	4	-	3	Alexander Ursenbacher (a)
19		Aditya Mehta [47]	4	-	1	Alex Borg (a)
20		Kyren Wilson [18]	4	-	2	Xiao Guodong
21		Robbie Williams [19]	4	-	3	Liam Highfield
22		Mark Selby [35]	4	-	1	Michael Wasley
23		Anthony McGill [48]	4	-	3	Mateusz Baranowski (a)
24		Matthew Selt [12]	4	-	2	Eden Sharav
25		Hammad Miah (a) [55]	4	-	3	Judd Trump [8]
26		Daniel Wells [54]	4	-	3	Elliot Slessor (a)
27		Mike Dunn [33]	4	-	2	Nigel Bond
28		Sean O'Sullivan [17]	4	-	2	Vinnie Calabrese
29		Jimmy Robertson [28]	4	-	1	Mark Joyce
30		Andrew Higginson [36]	4	-	0	Darryl Hill
31		Robert Milkins [56]	4	-	0	Ashley Hugill (a)
32		Tom Ford [4]	w/o			James Wattana	Visa issues for Wattana
33		Shaun Murphy [3]	4	-	2	David Grace
34		Sam Craigie (a)	4	-	0	Peter Lines [59]
35		Gerard Greene	4	-	3	Ricky Walden [51]
36		Yu Delu	4	-	3	Ken Doherty [29]
37		Rhys Clark	4	-	0	Jamie Cope [23]
38		Li Hang [52]	4	-	0	Sam Thistlewhite (a)
39		Tian Pengfei [53]	4	-	0	Sydney Wilson
40		Gary Wilson	4	-	2	Ian Burns [15]
41		Alan McManus [11]	4	-	3	Barry Pinches
42		Sam Baird	4	-	2	Matthew Stevens [38]
43		Stephen Maguire [34]	4	-	0	Cao Yupeng
44		Michael White [21]	4	-	0	Gareth Allen
45		Zhang Yong	4	-	2	Martin O'Donnell [25]
46		Mohammed Rangzib (a)	w/o			Duane Jones
47		Dominic Dale [45]	4	-	0	T Tirapongpaiboon
48		Graeme Dott [7]	4	-	1	Brendan O'Donoghue (a)
49		Michael Holt [6]	4	-	3	Allan Taylor
50		Mitchell Mann	w/o			Hossein Vafaei
51		James Cahill [62]	4	-	3	Neil Robertson
52		David B Gilbert [39]	4	-	3	Noppon Saengkham
53		Oliver Lines [26]	4	-	0	Steven Hallworth
54		Peter Ebdon [37]	4	-	3	Anthony Hamilton
55		Kurt Maflin	4	-	1	Adam Duffy (a)
56		Ryan Day [14]	4	-	2	Ashley Carty (a)
57		Stuart Carrington [16]	4	-	1	Ross Higgins (a)
	141 by Carrington which was the highest break in the event
58		Joe Perry [46]	4	-	1	David Morris
59		Jack Lisowski [42]	4	-	3	Ross Muir
60		Mark Allen [31]	4	-	2	Josh Boileau (a)
61		Lü Chenwei	4	-	3	Scott Donaldson [20]
62		Michael Leslie	4	-	3	Dechawat Poomjaeng [57]
63		Sanderson Lam [61]	4	-	0	Fraser Patrick
64		Barry Hawkins [2]	4	-	3	Jimmy White
Qual Round 3 (Last 147; Losers receive £0)
1		Alain Van Der Steen (a)	4	-	2	Ben Jones (a)
2		Sascha Lippe (a)	4	-	1	Fozan Masood (a)
3		Michael Collumb (a)	4	-	3	Kacper Filipiak (a)
4		Damian Wilks (a)	4	-	2	Callum Lloyd (a)
5		Kishan Hirani (a)	4	-	3	Jurian Heusdens (a)
6		Alexander Ursenbacher (a)	4	-	0	Dennis Deroose (a)
7		Alex Borg (a)	4	-	1	Nico Elton (a)
8		Mateusz Baranowski (a)	4	-	3	Joshua Baddeley (a)
9		Hammad Miah (a) [55]	4	-	0	Dean Sheridan (a)
10		Elliot Slessor (a)	4	-	0	Maris Volajs (a)
11		Ashley Hugill (a)	4	-	2	Charlie Sweeney (a)
12		Sam Craigie (a)	4	-	1	Oliver Brown (a)
13		Sam Thistlewhite (a)	4	-	3	Joe O'Connor (a)
14		Mohammed Rangzib (a)	4	-	2	Julian Mills (a)
15		Brendan O'Donoghue (a)	4	-	2	Brian Cini (a)
16		Adam Duffy (a)	4	-	1	Felix Frede (a)
17		Ashley Carty (a)	4	-	0	Gary Lees (a)
18		Ross Higgins (a)	4	-	3	Phil O'Kane (a)
19		Josh Boileau (a)	4	-	1	Robert Czupryniak (a)
Qual Round 2 (Last 185; Losers receive £0)
1		Ben Jones (a)	4	-	2	Chris Jones (a)
2		Alain Van Der Steen (a)	4	-	3	Michael Williams (a)
3		Sascha Lippe (a)	4	-	0	Thomas Rees (a)
4		Fozan Masood (a)	4	-	1	Luc Blancke (a)
5		Kacper Filipiak (a)	4	-	0	Joshua Cooper (a)
6		Michael Collumb (a)	4	-	0	Andreas Ploner (a)
7		Callum Lloyd (a)	4	-	0	Thomas Hein (a)
8		Damian Wilks (a)	4	-	0	James Silverwood (a)
9		Kishan Hirani (a)	4	-	0	Ryan Causton (a)
10		Jurian Heusdens (a)	4	-	1	Johny Moermans (a)
11		Dennis Deroose (a)	4	-	1	Miro Popovic (a)
12		Alexander Ursenbacher (a)	4	-	2	Brandon Sargeant (a)
13		Nico Elton (a)	4	-	1	Jake Nicholson (a)
14		Alex Borg (a)	4	-	1	Marvin Losi (a)
15		Mateusz Baranowski (a)	4	-	0	Patrick Whelan (a)
16		Joshua Baddeley (a)	4	-	3	Simon Lichtenberg (a)
17		Hammad Miah (a) [55]	4	-	2	Nick Jennings (a)
18		Dean Sheridan (a)	4	-	1	Wan Chooi Tan (a)
19		Elliot Slessor (a)	4	-	2	Charlie Walters (a)
20		Maris Volajs (a)	4	-	0	Rafal Szymanek (a)
21		Ashley Hugill (a)	4	-	0	Jeff Jacobs (a)
22		Charlie Sweeney (a)	4	-	2	Frans Veling (a)
23		Oliver Brown (a)	4	-	1	Gary Thomson (a)
24		Sam Craigie (a)	4	-	0	Adam Edge (a)
25		Sam Thistlewhite (a)	4	-	1	Alex Taubman (a)
26		Joe O'Connor (a)	4	-	0	Inge Vermeulen (af)
27		Mohammed Rangzib (a)	4	-	0	Habib Shalchian (a)
28		Julian Mills (a)	4	-	2	Richard Beckham (a)
29		Brendan O'Donoghue (a)	4	-	0	Stephane Ochoiski (a)
30		Brian Cini (a)	4	-	1	Christopher Keogan (a)
31		Adam Duffy (a)	4	-	2	Robin Otto (a)
32		Felix Frede (a)	4	-	3	Michael Schnabel (a)
33		Ashley Carty (a)	4	-	0	Jamie Clarke (a)
34		Gary Lees (a)	4	-	1	Michael Heeger (a)
35		Phil O'Kane (a)	4	-	2	Christopher Harrison (a)
36		Ross Higgins (a)	4	-	2	Mark Owens (a)
37		Josh Boileau (a)	4	-	1	Phuntsok Jaegers (a)
38		Robert Czupryniak (a)	w/o			Volker Grigo (a)
Qual Round 1 (Last 239; Losers receive £0)
1		Ben Jones (a)	4	-	1	Daniel Schneider (a)
2		Chris Jones (a)	4	-	0	Arsen Balishyan (a)
3		Alain Van Der Steen (a)	4	-	3	Daan Leyssen (a)
4		Sascha Lippe (a)	4	-	2	Hans Blanckaert (a)
5		Fozan Masood (a)	4	-	1	Jean Luca Nüßgen (a)
6		Kacper Filipiak (a)	4	-	0	Daniel O'Regan (a)
7		Michael Collumb (a)	4	-	0	J�rg Petersen (a)
8		Andreas Ploner (a)	4	-	0	Aleksandr Kurgankov (a)
9		Thomas Hein (a)	4	-	1	Özyurt Aksoy (a)
10		James Silverwood (a)	4	-	0	Maxim Maximov (a)
11		Damian Wilks (a)	4	-	2	Adam King (a)
12		Ryan Causton (a)	4	-	0	Fabian Tost (a)
13		Jurian Heusdens (a)	4	-	3	Thomas Barton (a)
14		Johny Moermans (a)	4	-	0	Sebastian Zittermann (a)
15		Miro Popovic (a)	4	-	1	Umar Ali Shaikh (a)
16		Brandon Sargeant (a)	4	-	1	Lukas Kleckers (a) [60]
17		Nico Elton (a)	4	-	0	Conor McCormack (a)
18		Alex Borg (a)	4	-	0	Adam Longley (a)
19		Mateusz Baranowski (a)	4	-	0	Albert Pronk (a)
20		Patrick Whelan (a)	4	-	0	Pedro Chacon (a)
21		Joshua Baddeley (a)	4	-	1	Julian Maschmeier (a)
	Maschmeier needed four snookers in frame 2 to steal it for 1-1.
22		Hammad Miah (a) [55]	4	-	0	Steve Lambrechts (a)
23		Nick Jennings (a)	4	-	2	Lewis Gillen (a)
24		Dean Sheridan (a)	4	-	1	Joe Steele (a)
25		Charlie Walters (a)	w/o			Krzysztof Drazkiewicz (a)
26		Elliot Slessor (a)	w/o			Luke Garland (a)
27		Maris Volajs (a)	4	-	0	Dirk Oppenhoff (a)
28		Ashley Hugill (a)	4	-	1	Tomasz Skalski (a)
29		Frans Veling (a)	4	-	0	Dirk Lycops (a)
30		Gary Thomson (a)	4	-	0	Dessie Sheehan (a)
31		Sam Craigie (a)	4	-	0	Alexander van den Doel (a)
32		Adam Edge (a)	4	-	0	Deitmar Juschka (a)
33		Sam Thistlewhite (a)	4	-	0	Markus Fischer (a)
34		Joe O'Connor (a)	4	-	1	Kevin Chan (a)
35		Mohammed Rangzib (a)	4	-	3	Mark Vincent (a)
36		Habib Shalchian (a)	4	-	1	Daniel Salis (a)
37		Richard Beckham (a)	4	-	2	Ismail Türker (a)
38		Julian Mills (a)	4	-	0	Julia Litschke (af)
39		Brendan O'Donoghue (a)	4	-	0	Manon Melief (af)
40		Christopher Keogan (a)	4	-	1	Matthew Glasby (a)
41		Robin Otto (a)	4	-	2	Joe Roberts (a)
42		Adam Duffy (a)	4	-	3	Zack Richardson (a)
43		Felix Frede (a)	4	-	0	Rolf Mahr (a)
44		Michael Schnabel (a)	4	-	0	Andrej Burdel (a)
45		Ashley Carty (a)	4	-	0	Kemal Ueruen (a)
46		Jamie Clarke (a)	w/o			Zhao Xintong (a)
47		Gary Lees (a)	4	-	3	Paul Schopf (a)
48		Michael Heeger (a)	4	-	0	Pascal Fischer (a)
49		Christopher Harrison (a)	4	-	3	Lee Brookes (a)
50		Mark Owens (a)	4	-	1	Jan Eisenstein (a)
51		Ross Higgins (a)	4	-	0	Oktay Yildiz (a)
52		Josh Boileau (a)	4	-	1	Krzysztof Kubicki (a)
53		Phuntsok Jaegers (a)	4	-	2	Lieven Vanthournout (a)
54		Robert Czupryniak (a)	w/o			Bartosz Olchowka (a)