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Australian Goldfields Open

Snooker tournament

Snooker tournament

FieldValue
tournament_nameAustralian Goldfields Open
image
venueBendigo Stadium
locationBendigo
countryAustralia
establishment1979
organisationWorld Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
formatRanking event
prizefund$500,000
final year2015
Final ChampionSCO John Higgins

The Australian Goldfields Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament. The final champion was John Higgins in 2015.

History

Australia had previously hosted the 1971 and 1975 World Snooker Championships, as well as several other high-profile snooker tournaments and in 1979 the Australian Masters was established. There was an attempt to turn the event into a ranking tournament in 1989 but the sponsorship fell through so it was staged in Hong Kong instead, as the Hong Kong Open, which incidentally became the first ranking tournament to be staged in Asia. The Hong Kong event was discontinued after just one year, but returned to Australia in 1994 as the Australian Open. The tournament reverted to being called the Australian Masters for the following season, but was dropped from the calendar after the 1995 event. In addition, the tournament was also held in 1995 as the Australian Open immediately following the Australian Masters, featuring mostly the same players and the same two players in the final. In 2011 the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association resurrected the event under the Australian Goldfields Open name and added it to the 2011/2012 calendar. The tournament's later incarnation providing the first ranking tournament victories for future World Champion Stuart Bingham and future world finalist Barry Hawkins and arguably resurrected the careers of these two players who had previously been considered journeyman professionals, who had previously hovered between the fringes of the top 16 and top 32.

In 2016, the event was quietly dropped from the calendar.

Winners

YearWinnerRunner-upFinal scoreCitySeasonAustralian Masters (non-ranking)Hong Kong Open (ranking)Australian Open (non-ranking)Australian Masters (non-ranking)Australian Open (non-ranking)Australian Goldfields Open (ranking)
1979AUS Ian AndersonSouth Africa Perrie MansAggregate Score The finals were decided on aggregate score over three frames between 1979 and 1982 and five frames in 1987.AUS Sydney1979/80
1980ENG John SpencerNIR Dennis TaylorAggregate Score1980/81
1981ENG Tony MeoENG John SpencerAggregate Score1981/82
1982ENG Steve DavisAUS Eddie Charlton254–100 points1982/83
1983CAN Cliff ThorburnCAN Bill Werbeniuk7–31983/84
1984ENG Tony KnowlesENG John Virgo7–31984/85
1985ENG Tony MeoAUS John Campbell7–21985/86
1986NIR Dennis TaylorENG Steve Davis3–21986/87
1987SCO Stephen HendryENG Mike Hallett371–226 points1987/88
1989ENG Mike HallettNZL Dene O'Kane9–8HKG Hong Kong1989/90
1994SCO John HigginsENG Willie Thorne9–5AUS Melbourne1994/95
1995ENG Anthony HamiltonSCO Chris Small8–6AUS Melbourne1995/96
1995ENG Anthony HamiltonSCO Chris Small9–7AUS Melbourne1995/96
2011ENG Stuart BinghamWAL Mark Williams9–8AUS Bendigo2011/12
2012ENG Barry HawkinsENG Peter Ebdon9–32012/13
2013HKG Marco FuAUS Neil Robertson9–62013/14
2014ENG Judd TrumpAUS Neil Robertson9–52014/15
2015SCO John HigginsENG Martin Gould9–82015/16

Notes

References

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  2. Hayton, Eric. "Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker".
  3. Turner, Chris. "Australian Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive.
  4. Hayton, Eric. (2004). "The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker". Rose Villa Publications.
  5. Turner, Chris. "Other Asia Ranking Events". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive.
  6. Hayton, Eric. (2004). "The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker". Rose Villa Publications.
  7. "Hall of Fame". Snooker.org.
  8. (24 July 2011). "Stuart Bingham beats Mark Williams 9–8 to win Australian Open". [[BBC Sport]].
  9. "Australian Goldfields Open (2012)". Snooker.org.
  10. "Australian Goldfields Open (2013)". Snooker.org.
  11. "Australian Goldfields Open (2014)". Snooker.org.
  12. "Australian Goldfields Open (2015)". Snooker.org.
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