European Tour Event Four

Date: 4-8 Nov 2015; Venue: Universiada Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria; Type: Players Tour Championship; Defending champion: Shaun Murphy; Twitter: @PTCBulgariaOpen / #BulgarianOpen; Notes: Also known as the Bulgarian Open; See also results (206)

Final (Winner: £18,750; Runner-up: £9,000)
		Mark Allen [18]	4	-	0	Ryan Day [14]
	65-1 (65), 94-2 (76), 71-52 (56), 68-46 Referee: Desislava Bozhilova Day needed two snookers in frame three and got them, but Allen potted the pink to secure the frame. This was Allen's fifth European Tour title from six finals.
Semifinals (Losers receive £4,500)
		Ryan Day [14]	4	-	2	Sam Baird
	60-56 (B 56), 0-78 (78), 69-33 (60) 1-130 (130), 118-1 (54, 55), 93-26
		Mark Allen [18]	4	-	0	Mark J Williams [5]
	96-33 (74), 79-13 (62), 79-0 (79), 80-0 (80) Allen had an incredible 97% pot success.
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £3,000)
		Sam Baird	4	-	1	Judd Trump [12]
		Ryan Day [14]	4	-	0	Mark Selby [20]
	This was the first time Selby suffered a whitewash since the Players Championship Grand Finals in March 2014.
		Mark Allen [18]	4	-	3	Mike Dunn [10]
		Mark J Williams [5]	4	-	3	Shaun Murphy [2]
Round 4 (Last 16; Losers receive £1,725)
1		Sam Baird	4	-	3	Jimmy Robertson [31]
2		Judd Trump [12]	4	-	2	Fergal O'Brien [50]
3		Mark Selby [20]	4	-	2	Dominic Dale [27]
4		Ryan Day [14]	4	-	3	Mark Joyce
5		Mark Allen [18]	4	-	0	Michael Holt [9]
6		Mike Dunn [10]	4	-	0	Daniel Wells [49]
7		Mark J Williams [5]	4	-	0	John Higgins [58]
8		Shaun Murphy [2]	4	-	1	Stuart Carrington [17]
Round 3 (Last 32; Losers receive £900)
1		Sam Baird	4	-	0	Chris Melling
2		Jimmy Robertson [31]	4	-	0	Rod Lawler [45]
3		Judd Trump [12]	4	-	2	Andrew Higginson [21]
4		Fergal O'Brien [50]	4	-	3	Mark King [7]
5		Dominic Dale [27]	4	-	0	Alan McManus [6]
6		Mark Selby [20]	4	-	2	Eden Sharav
7		Ryan Day [14]	4	-	3	Kyren Wilson [28]
8		Mark Joyce	4	-	1	Tom Ford [4]
9		Mark Allen [18]	4	-	1	Nigel Bond
10		Michael Holt [9]	4	-	2	Joe Perry [35]
11		Mike Dunn [10]	4	-	3	Robert Milkins [40]
12		Daniel Wells [49]	4	-	1	Gary Wilson [52]
13		Mark J Williams [5]	4	-	1	Oliver Lines [33]
14		John Higgins [58]	4	-	1	Zhou Yuelong
15		Stuart Carrington [17]	4	-	2	Ricky Walden [57]
16		Shaun Murphy [2]	4	-	2	Hammad Miah (a) [39]
Round 2 (Last 64; Losers receive £525)
1		Sam Baird	4	-	0	Zhang Anda [61]
2		Chris Melling	4	-	0	Ian Burns [23]
3		Jimmy Robertson [31]	4	-	3	Michael Leslie [59]
4		Rod Lawler [45]	4	-	3	Matthew Selt [13]
5		Judd Trump [12]	4	-	1	Gerard Greene [47]
6		Andrew Higginson [21]	4	-	1	Rhys Clark
7		Fergal O'Brien [50]	4	-	2	Peter Ebdon [22]
8		Mark King [7]	4	-	3	Anthony McGill [38]
9		Alan McManus [6]	4	-	0	Jack Lisowski [44]
10		Dominic Dale [27]	4	-	2	Mitchell Mann [48]
11		Mark Selby [20]	4	-	2	Alfie Burden [34]
12		Eden Sharav	4	-	1	Luca Brecel [16]
13		Ryan Day [14]	4	-	0	Joel Walker [51]
14		Kyren Wilson [28]	4	-	2	Kurt Maflin [46]
15		Mark Joyce	4	-	1	Martin O'Donnell [37]
16		Tom Ford [4]	4	-	0	Zak Surety
17		Nigel Bond	4	-	0	Marcin Nitschke (a)
18		Mark Allen [18]	4	-	3	Stuart Bingham [63]
19		Joe Perry [35]	4	-	1	Sean O'Sullivan [19]
20		Michael Holt [9]	4	-	3	Martin Gould [60]
21		Mike Dunn [10]	4	-	1	Aditya Mehta [36]
22		Robert Milkins [40]	4	-	3	Liang Wenbo [15]
23		Gary Wilson [52]	4	-	0	Thor Chuan Leong [24]
24		Daniel Wells [49]	4	-	3	Xiao Guodong
25		Mark J Williams [5]	4	-	1	Jamie Jones [43]
26		Oliver Lines [33]	4	-	0	Ken Doherty [41]
27		Zhou Yuelong	4	-	0	Joe Roberts (a)
28		John Higgins [58]	4	-	3	David B Gilbert [11]
29		Stuart Carrington [17]	4	-	1	George Pragnall (a)
30		Ricky Walden [57]	4	-	3	Michael White [25]
31		Hammad Miah (a) [39]	4	-	2	Darryl Hill
32		Shaun Murphy [2]	4	-	0	Jason Weston [54]
Round 1 (Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1		Sam Baird	4	-	0	Rory McLeod [1]
2		Zhang Anda [61]	4	-	2	Oliver Brown (a)
3		Chris Melling	4	-	3	Chris Wakelin [42]
4		Ian Burns [23]	4	-	3	Paul S Davison
5		Jimmy Robertson [31]	4	-	1	Allan Taylor
6		Michael Leslie [59]	4	-	3	Tomasz Skalski (a)
7		Rod Lawler [45]	4	-	1	Liam Highfield
8		Matthew Selt [13]	4	-	2	Hamza Akbar
9		Judd Trump [12]	4	-	0	Felix Frede (a)
10		Gerard Greene [47]	4	-	2	Gareth Allen
11		Rhys Clark	4	-	2	Lewis Gillen (a)
12		Andrew Higginson [21]	4	-	2	Craig Steadman
13		Peter Ebdon [22]	4	-	2	Brendan O'Donoghue (a)
14		Fergal O'Brien [50]	4	-	2	Michael Georgiou
15		Anthony McGill [38]	4	-	3	Barry Pinches
16		Mark King [7]	4	-	2	Jurian Heusdens (a)
17		Alan McManus [6]	4	-	1	Andreas Ploner (a)
18		Jack Lisowski [44]	4	-	1	Mateusz Baranowski (a)
19		Mitchell Mann [48]	4	-	0	Tony Drago [64]
20		Dominic Dale [27]	4	-	1	Peter Devlin (a)
	138 by Dale the highest break in the tournament
21		Mark Selby [20]	4	-	0	Sydney Wilson
22		Alfie Burden [34]	4	-	3	Anthony Hamilton
23		Eden Sharav	4	-	3	Jamie Cope [30]
24		Luca Brecel [16]	4	-	1	Lu Ning
25		Ryan Day [14]	4	-	0	Ashley Hugill (a)
26		Joel Walker [51]	4	-	0	Hatem Yassin
27		Kurt Maflin [46]	4	-	2	Steven Hallworth
28		Kyren Wilson [28]	4	-	0	Phil O'Kane (a)
29		Mark Joyce	4	-	2	Scott Donaldson [32]
30		Martin O'Donnell [37]	4	-	3	Joe O'Connor (a)
31		Zak Surety	4	-	0	James Cahill [53]
32		Tom Ford [4]	4	-	3	Michael Wasley
33		Marcin Nitschke (a)	w/o			Tian Pengfei [3]
34		Nigel Bond	4	-	3	Sanderson Lam [55]
35		Stuart Bingham [63]	4	-	0	Josh Boileau (a)
36		Mark Allen [18]	4	-	0	Ross Muir
37		Sean O'Sullivan [19]	4	-	1	Joe Swail
38		Joe Perry [35]	4	-	0	Mark Owens (a)
39		Martin Gould [60]	4	-	0	Elliot Slessor (a)
40		Michael Holt [9]	4	-	2	Michael Williams (a)
41		Mike Dunn [10]	4	-	0	Jamie Rhys Clarke (a)
42		Aditya Mehta [36]	4	-	3	Adam Duffy (a)
43		Robert Milkins [40]	4	-	1	Bratislav Krustev (a)
44		Liang Wenbo [15]	4	-	1	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
45		Thor Chuan Leong [24]	4	-	1	Adam King (a)
46		Gary Wilson [52]	4	-	1	David Grace
47		Daniel Wells [49]	4	-	0	Ian Glover
48		Xiao Guodong	4	-	1	Ben Woollaston [8]
49		Mark J Williams [5]	4	-	0	Sam Craigie (a)
50		Jamie Jones [43]	4	-	3	Noppon Saengkham
51		Ken Doherty [41]	w/o			Jimmy White
52		Oliver Lines [33]	4	-	1	Simon Lichtenberg (a)
53		Joe Roberts (a)	4	-	3	Lee Walker [29]
54		Zhou Yuelong	4	-	1	Lü Chenwei
55		John Higgins [58]	4	-	1	Richard Beckham (a)
56		David B Gilbert [11]	w/o			Jamie Burnett
57		Stuart Carrington [17]	4	-	2	Nico Elton (a)
58		George Pragnall (a)	4	-	3	Dechawat Poomjaeng [62]
59		Ricky Walden [57]	4	-	1	Fraser Patrick
60		Michael White [25]	4	-	0	John Parkin (a)
61		Hammad Miah (a) [39]	w/o			Robbie Williams [26]
	Williams didn't show up because he was witness to an assault. Source @cardinalsin147
62		Darryl Hill	4	-	0	Peter Lines [56]
63		Jason Weston [54]	4	-	2	Ryan Causton (a)
64		Shaun Murphy [2]	4	-	1	Christopher Keogan (a)
Qual Round 2 (Last 159; Losers receive £0)
1		Oliver Brown (a)	4	-	0	Alex Taubman (a)
2		Tomasz Skalski (a)	4	-	3	Adam Edge (a)
3		Felix Frede (a)	4	-	0	Julian Petrov (a)
4		Lewis Gillen (a)	4	-	3	Brandon Sargeant (a)
5		Brendan O'Donoghue (a)	4	-	1	Alexander Ursenbacher (a)
6		Jurian Heusdens (a)	4	-	0	Viktor Gaidov (a)
7		Andreas Ploner (a)	4	-	1	Daniel Schneider (a)
8		Mateusz Baranowski (a)	4	-	0	Joe Steele (a)
9		Peter Devlin (a)	4	-	2	Thomas Rees (a)
10		Ashley Hugill (a)	4	-	0	Robbie Purdham (a)
11		Phil O'Kane (a)	4	-	3	Radu Vilau (a)
12		Joe O'Connor (a)	4	-	0	Sam Betts (a)
13		Marcin Nitschke (a)	4	-	0	Nicholas Roberts (a)
14		Josh Boileau (a)	4	-	1	Chris Jones (a)
15		Mark Owens (a)	4	-	0	Nikola Kemilev (a)
16		Elliot Slessor (a)	4	-	0	Georgi Georgiev (a)
17		Michael Williams (a)	4	-	2	Sam Thistlewhite (a)
18		Jamie Rhys Clarke (a)	4	-	0	Chris Mason (a)
19		Adam Duffy (a)	4	-	1	Ross Higgins (a)
20		Bratislav Krustev (a)	4	-	0	David Davidkov (a)
21		Adam King (a)	4	-	0	Dessie Sheehan (a)
22		Sam Craigie (a)	4	-	1	Rares Sinca (a)
23		Simon Lichtenberg (a)	4	-	1	Jeff Jacobs (a)
24		Joe Roberts (a)	4	-	1	Lukas Kleckers (a)
25		Richard Beckham (a)	4	-	0	Hristo Sirakov (a)
26		Nico Elton (a)	4	-	0	Robin Otto (a)
27		George Pragnall (a)	4	-	0	Spasian Spasov (a)
28		John Parkin (a)	4	-	1	Teodor Chomovski (a)
29		Hammad Miah (a) [39]	4	-	1	Joshua Cooper (a)
30		Ryan Causton (a)	4	-	1	Stefan Simeonovski (a)
31		Christopher Keogan (a)	4	-	2	Marc J Davis (a)
Qual Round 1 (Last 207; Losers receive £0)
1		Oliver Brown (a)	4	-	2	Ashley Carty (a)
2		Alex Taubman (a)	4	-	0	Terence Davidson (a)
3		Adam Edge (a)	4	-	2	Jin Foulger (a)
4		Tomasz Skalski (a)	4	-	1	Freddie Blunden (a)
5		Felix Frede (a)	4	-	1	Mihai Vladu (a)
6		Brandon Sargeant (a)	4	-	0	Dana Amir (af)
7		Lewis Gillen (a)	4	-	1	Viktor Iliev (a)
8		Alexander Ursenbacher (a)	4	-	1	Damian Wilks (a)
9		Brendan O'Donoghue (a)	4	-	1	Jeremy Lee (a)
10		Jurian Heusdens (a)	4	-	1	Krasimir Kameshev (a)
11		Andreas Ploner (a)	4	-	0	Daniel Mladenov (a)
12		Joe Steele (a)	4	-	1	Adam Longley (a)
13		Mateusz Baranowski (a)	4	-	3	Ben Jones (a)
14		Peter Devlin (a)	4	-	0	Razvan Sdrobits (a)
15		Robbie Purdham (a)	4	-	3	Ferdous Bhuyian (a)
16		Ashley Hugill (a)	4	-	1	Jake Nicholson (a)
17		Phil O'Kane (a)	4	-	1	Kyriacos Kyriacou (a)
18		Sam Betts (a)	4	-	0	Nikolai Vlashev (a)
19		Joe O'Connor (a)	w/o			Louis Heathcote (a)
20		Marcin Nitschke (a)	w/o			Conor McCormack (a)
21		Nicholas Roberts (a)	4	-	0	Veselin Lazarov (a)
22		Josh Boileau (a)	4	-	1	Andrei Orzan (a)
23		Nikola Kemilev (a)	4	-	1	Rodion Judin (a)
24		Mark Owens (a)	4	-	3	Kishan Hirani (a)
25		Elliot Slessor (a)	4	-	0	Anastasis Ioannou (a)
26		Sam Thistlewhite (a)	4	-	1	Sashko Dimitrov (a)
27		Michael Williams (a)	4	-	0	Corina Maracine (af)
28		Jamie Rhys Clarke (a)	4	-	0	Paul Croitoru (a)
29		Adam Duffy (a)	4	-	1	Nikolai Hristov (a)
30		Bratislav Krustev (a)	4	-	1	Salim Otti (a)
31		David Davidkov (a)	4	-	0	Alkinoos Triantos (a)
32		Dessie Sheehan (a)	4	-	2	Daniel O'Regan (a)
33		Adam King (a)	w/o			Aleksandr Kurgankov (a)
34		Sam Craigie (a)	4	-	0	Alex Borg (a)
35		Jeff Jacobs (a)	4	-	3	Kacper Filipiak (a)
36		Simon Lichtenberg (a)	4	-	1	Jonathan Mabey (a)
37		Joe Roberts (a)	4	-	2	Adam Stefanow (a)
38		Lukas Kleckers (a)	4	-	2	Michael Collumb (a)
39		Richard Beckham (a)	4	-	2	Charlie Walters (a)
40		Robin Otto (a)	4	-	0	Dimitar Mehandjiiski (a)
41		Nico Elton (a)	4	-	1	Matthew Glasby (a)
42		Spasian Spasov (a)	4	-	0	Gheorghe Margarit (a)
43		Teodor Chomovski (a)	4	-	0	Monica Manolache (af)
44		Joshua Cooper (a)	4	-	0	Ivan Kupov (a)
45		Hammad Miah (a) [39]	w/o			Marko Vukovic (a)
46		Ryan Causton (a)	4	-	1	Brian Cini (a)
47		Marc J Davis (a)	4	-	2	Patrick Whelan (a)
48		Christopher Keogan (a)	4	-	1	Hans Blanckaert (a)