European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 6

The European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 6 (also known as the 2016 Gdynia Open) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament held between 23 and 28 February 2016 in Gdynia, Poland.

European Tour 2015/2016
Event 6

Tournament information
Dates	23–28 February 2016 (2016-02-23 – 2016-02-28)
Venue	Gdynia Sports Arena
City	Gdynia
Country	Poland
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Minor-ranking event
Total prize fund	€125,000
Winner's share	€25,000
Highest break	Anthony Hamilton (ENG) (139)  Rod Lawler (ENG) (139)
Final
Champion	Mark Selby (ENG)
Runner-up	Martin Gould (ENG)
Score	4–1
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Neil Robertson was the defending champion, but he chose not to defend his title. Local 12-year-old Antoni Kowalski attracted attention with a 4–1 win over Liam Taylor in the opening round, before being beaten 4–0 by Richard Beckham in the next.^[1]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money of the event is shown below:

	Prize fund
Winner	€25,000
Runner-up	€12,000
Semi-finalist	€6,000
Quarter-finalist	€4,000
Last 16	€2,300
Last 32	€1,200
Last 64	€700
Total	€125,000

Main draw

Preliminary rounds

Round 1

Best of 7 frames

Robbie Purdham w/d–w/o Simon Dent Mark Dooley 1–4 Ashley Hugill Robin Otto 4–1 Majid Khan Peter Devlin 1–4 Rodion Judin Felix Vidler w/o–w/d Jamie Barrett David Ackers 0–4 Saqib Nasir Richard Somauroo 4–1 Andrii Buchynskyi Rafal Jewtuch w/o–n/s Phan Quoc Binh Scott Lyons 4–3 Brandon Sargeant Freddie Blunden 4–0 Rees Carter Phil O'Kane 4–0 Grzegorz Loniewski Michael Rhodes w/o–n/s Wojciech Bojewski Jeremy Lee 4–0 Aki Suutari Adam King 1–4 Jurian Heusdens Ryan Causton 4–1 Daniel Womersley Jaroslaw Kowalski 2–4 Andreas Ploner Adam Bobat 4–0 Kieran Briggs Michal Matuszczyk 1–4 Matt Lancaster Marcin Kolibski 0–4 Gareth Green Dessie Sheehan 0–4 Nico Elton Rafal Szymanek 0–4 Alex Borg Josh Boileau 3–4 Declan Bristow Thomas Rees 4–1 Neil Guidon Andrew Greaves 3–4 Conor McCormack Chris Norbury 4–3 Zack Richardson Maciej Kielkowicz 0–4 Aleksandr Kurgankov

Hussam Al-Shaffar 4–1 Damian Adamus Lewis Gillen 4–0 Aaron Lowe Stephane Ochoiski n/s–w/o Ashley Carty Bjorn Gulbrandsen 1–4 Matthew Pudney Joe Roberts 4–1 Mark Owens Tomasz Gieraltowski 1–4 Manasawin Phetmalaikul Joshua Baddeley 4–0 Ariel Trebocha Danijel Vranjes 3–4 Adam Longley Adam Edge 4–3 Tony Corrigan Antoni Kowalski 4–1 Liam Taylor Daniel O'Regan 4–1 Krzysztof Kubicki Joe O'Connor 3–4 Kishan Hirani Felix Frede 3–4 David Greig Daniel Schneider w/o–w/d Israel Pertman Jamie Clarke 4–1 Lee Mein Hammad Miah 4–2 Dean Sheridan Tomasz Skalski 4–0 James Clements Kacper Filipiak 4–2 George Pragnall Adam Duffy 4–0 Wiktor Doberschotz Tytus Pawlak 0–4 Christopher Keogan Ron Florax 0–4 Adam Stefanow Mick Dagostino 0–4 Simon Lichtenberg Maciej Sarapuk 0–4 Michael Collumb Lukas Kleckers 4–0 Waldemar Matuszkiewicz Paul Moss 0–4 Sam Craigie Jamie O'Neill 3–4 Grzegorz Biernadski

Round 2

Best of 7 frames

Paul Stelmaszuk 1–4 Simon Dent Anthony Bonnar 1–4 Ashley Hugill Charlie Walters 2–4 Robin Otto Dylan Craig 4–0 Rodion Judin Matthew Glasby 4–0 Felix Vidler Michael Williams 4–3 Saqib Nasir Mateusz Baranowski 4–0 Richard Somauroo Bhavesh Sodha 0–4 Rafal Jewtuch Bartosz Olchowka 1–4 Scott Lyons Freddie Blunden 0–4 Phil O'Kane Piotr Olejnik 0–4 Michael Rhodes Declan Brennan 4–0 Jeremy Lee Louis Heathcote 4–2 Jurian Heusdens Daniel Holoyda 3–4 Ryan Causton Shay Arama n/s–w/o Andreas Ploner Joshua Cooper 4–3 Adam Bobat Andy Maivel 4–1 Matt Lancaster Billy Brown 2–4 Gareth Green Nico Elton 3–4 Alex Borg Elliot Slessor 4–2 Declan Bristow Jenson Kendrick 2–4 Thomas Rees Rune Kampe w/d–w/o Conor McCormack Andrzej Pakula 1–4 Chris Norbury Matthew Day 4–0 Aleksandr Kurgankov Marc J Davis 4–0 Hussam Al-Shaffar

Jake Nicholson 4–3 Lewis Gillen Joe Steele 1–4 Ashley Carty Gary Frederick 4–0 Matthew Pudney Chris Totten 3–4 Joe Roberts Anthony Green 3–4 Manasawin Phetmalaikul Chris Jones 1–4 Joshua Baddeley Maris Volajs 2–4 Adam Longley Mohammed Rangzib 4–2 Adam Edge Richard Beckham 4–0 Antoni Kowalski Lukasz Guzowski 0–4 Daniel O'Regan Hans Blanckaert 1–4 Kishan Hirani Maciej Michowski 1–4 David Greig Sam Thistlewhite 3–4 Daniel Schneider Ross Higgins 0–4 Jamie Clarke Jyri Virtanen 0–4 Hammad Miah Karl Townsend 4–1 Tomasz Skalski Karol Lelek 0–4 Kacper Filipiak Krzysztof Drazkiewicz 0–4 Adam Duffy Essam Saadeh 0–4 Christopher Keogan Brian Cini w/d–w/o Adam Stefanow Alex Taubman 4–2 Simon Lichtenberg Patrik Sedlak n/s–w/o Michael Collumb Gary Thomson 2–4 Lukas Kleckers Ben Jones 0–4 Sam Craigie Oliver Brown 4–1 Grzegorz Biernadski

Round 3

Best of 7 frames

Simon Dent 1–4 Ashley Hugill Robin Otto 0–4 Dylan Craig Matthew Glasby 0–4 Michael Williams Mateusz Baranowski 4–0 Rafal Jewtuch Scott Lyons 0–4 Phil O'Kane Michael Rhodes 4–1 Declan Brennan Louis Heathcote 1–4 Ryan Causton Andreas Ploner 4–3 Joshua Cooper Andy Maivel 0–4 Gareth Green Alex Borg 3–4 Elliot Slessor Thomas Rees 4–1 Conor McCormack Chris Norbury 4–0 Matthew Day Marc J Davis 4–1 Jake Nicholson

Ashley Carty 4–1 Gary Frederick Joe Roberts 4–1 Manasawin Phetmalaikul Joshua Baddeley 4–0 Adam Longley Mohammed Rangzib 0–4 Richard Beckham Daniel O'Regan 1–4 Kishan Hirani David Greig 4–2 Daniel Schneider Jamie Clarke 4–3 Hammad Miah Karl Townsend 0–4 Kacper Filipiak Adam Duffy 4–2 Christopher Keogan Adam Stefanow 4–2 Alex Taubman Michael Collumb 4–2 Lukas Kleckers Sam Craigie 1–4 Oliver Brown

Main rounds

Top half

Section 1

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Barry Hawkins		4
	Yu Delu		0			Barry Hawkins		4
	Jimmy Robertson		4			Jimmy Robertson		3
	Michael Wasley		2								Barry Hawkins		4
	Joe Perry		4								Joe Perry		2
	Ashley Hugill		2			Joe Perry		4
	Oliver Lines		2			Dylan Craig		1
	Dylan Craig		4													Barry Hawkins		4
	Stuart Bingham		3													Zhou Yuelong		3
	Fraser Patrick		4			Fraser Patrick		0
	Daniel Wells		0			Ross Muir		4
	Ross Muir		4								Ross Muir		3
	Zhou Yuelong		w/o								Zhou Yuelong		4
	Itaro Santos		w/d			Zhou Yuelong		4
	Judd Trump		w/d			Michael Williams		1
	Michael Williams		w/o

Section 2

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Michael Holt		4
	Ian Glover		3			Michael Holt		1
	Martin O'Donnell		4			Martin O'Donnell		4
	Mateusz Baranowski		1								Martin O'Donnell		1
	Robert Milkins		1								Kyren Wilson		4
	Peter Lines		4			Peter Lines		2
	Kyren Wilson		4			Kyren Wilson		4
	Duane Jones		1													Kyren Wilson		4
	Thor Chuan Leong		4													Thor Chuan Leong		0
	Phil O'Kane		2			Thor Chuan Leong		4
	Kurt Maflin		4			Kurt Maflin		3
	Michael Rhodes		1								Thor Chuan Leong		4
	Aditya Mehta		w/d								Ding Junhui		1
	Gareth Allen		w/o			Gareth Allen		0
	Mark Williams		1			Ding Junhui		4
	Ding Junhui		4

Section 3

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Ryan Day		4
	Mark Joyce		1			Ryan Day		3
	Michael Leslie		2			Ryan Causton		4
	Ryan Causton		4								Ryan Causton		4
	Scott Donaldson		4								David Gilbert		1
	Sydney Wilson		1			Scott Donaldson		3
	David Gilbert		w/o			David Gilbert		4
	Hossein Vafaei		w/d													Ryan Causton		0
	Ben Woollaston		4													Ben Woollaston		4
	Andreas Ploner		1			Ben Woollaston		4
	Lee Walker		4			Lee Walker		2
	Gareth Green		1								Ben Woollaston		4
	Li Hang		4								Li Hang		1
	Paul Davison		3			Li Hang		4
	Mike Dunn		4			Mike Dunn		3
	Darryl Hill		2

Section 4

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Liang Wenbo		0
	Elliot Slessor		4			Elliot Slessor		1
	Ian Burns		0			Robin Hull		4
	Robin Hull		4								Robin Hull		3
	Anthony McGill		2								Liam Highfield		4
	Liam Highfield		4			Liam Highfield		4
	Stuart Carrington		4			Stuart Carrington		0
	Thomas Rees		0													Liam Highfield		1
	Dominic Dale		4													Martin Gould		4
	Allan Taylor		2			Dominic Dale		1
	Robbie Williams		2			Martin Gould		4
	Martin Gould		4								Martin Gould		4
	Jamie Jones		4								Jamie Jones		3
	Chris Norbury		1			Jamie Jones		4
	Shaun Murphy		4			Shaun Murphy		1
	Marc J Davis		2

Bottom half

Section 5

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Marco Fu		4
	Vinnie Calabrese		1			Marco Fu		4
	Rod Lawler		3			David Morris		0
	David Morris		4								Marco Fu		4
	Zhang Anda		4								Matthew Selt		0
	Barry Pinches		2			Zhang Anda		0
	Matthew Selt		4			Matthew Selt		4
	Ashley Carty		3													Marco Fu		4
	Graeme Dott		2													Mitchell Mann		1
	Rhys Clark		4			Rhys Clark		3
	Mitchell Mann		4			Mitchell Mann		4
	Sanderson Lam		3								Mitchell Mann		4
	Jack Lisowski		4								Jack Lisowski		2
	Cao Yupeng		2			Jack Lisowski		4
	Alan McManus		3			Dechawat Poomjaeng		2
	Dechawat Poomjaeng		4

Section 6

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Mark Selby		4
	Joe Roberts		2			Mark Selby		4
	John Higgins		w/o			John Higgins		2
	James Wattana		w/d								Mark Selby		4
	David Grace		3								Luca Brecel		3
	Steven Hallworth		4			Steven Hallworth		3
	Luca Brecel		4			Luca Brecel		4
	Joe Swail		3													Mark Selby		4
	Sam Baird		4													Sam Baird		3
	Joshua Baddeley		0			Sam Baird		4
	Chris Wakelin		2			Richard Beckham		1
	Richard Beckham		4								Sam Baird		4
	Gary Wilson		2								Michael White		2
	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh		4			Thepchaiya Un-Nooh		2
	Michael White		4			Michael White		4
	Kishan Hirani		1

Section 7

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Tom Ford		4
	Noppon Saengkham		3			Tom Ford		4
	Sean O'Sullivan		4			Sean O'Sullivan		2
	Michael Georgiou		2								Tom Ford		4
	Stephen Maguire		4								Stephen Maguire		0
	Matthew Stevens		2			Stephen Maguire		4
	Alfie Burden		4			Alfie Burden		1
	David Greig		3													Tom Ford		0
	Andrew Higginson		4													Andrew Higginson		4
	Jamie Clarke		3			Andrew Higginson		4
	Gerard Greene		3			Kacper Filipiak		3
	Kacper Filipiak		4								Andrew Higginson		4
	Ken Doherty		w/d								Tian Pengfei		2
	Adam Duffy		w/o			Adam Duffy		2
	Tian Pengfei		4			Tian Pengfei		4
	Adam Stefanow		1

Section 8

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Mark King		4
	Michael Wild		2			Mark King		4
	Zak Surety		2			Eden Sharav		1
	Eden Sharav		4								Mark King		4
	Joel Walker		2								Anthony Hamilton		2
	Anthony Hamilton		4			Anthony Hamilton		4
	Peter Ebdon		4			Peter Ebdon		1
	Michael Collumb		3													Mark King		4
	Mark Davis		4													Rory McLeod		1
	Hamza Akbar		2			Mark Davis		3
	Fergal O'Brien		4			Fergal O'Brien		4
	Oliver Brown		1								Fergal O'Brien		2
	Jason Weston		w/d								Rory McLeod		4
	Craig Steadman		w/o			Craig Steadman		1
	Rory McLeod		4			Rory McLeod		4
	Chris Melling		1

Finals

	Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames					Semi-finals Best of 7 frames					Final Best of 7 frames
	Barry Hawkins		3
	Kyren Wilson		4			Kyren Wilson		2
	Ben Woollaston		1			Martin Gould		4
	Martin Gould		4								Martin Gould		1
	Marco Fu		1								Mark Selby		4
	Mark Selby		4			Mark Selby		4
	Andrew Higginson		4			Andrew Higginson		2
	Mark King		3

Century breaks

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139 – Anthony Hamilton 139 – Rod Lawler 136, 122 – Andrew Higginson 136 – Noppon Saengkham 135, 123, 103 – Barry Hawkins 133 – Richard Beckham 132 – Tian Pengfei 130, 108 – Stephen Maguire 129 – Martin O'Donnell 128 – Graeme Dott 127, 125, 116, 104 – Martin Gould 125, 107, 103 – Marco Fu 125, 101 – Sam Baird 125 – Robbie Williams 123, 100 – Mitchell Mann 123 – Zhang Anda 121, 110, 104, 101 – Mark Selby

120 – Mark King 119 – Mark Davis 118, 104 – Joe Perry 115 – Robin Hull 114, 108 – Ryan Day 112, 103, 100 – Kyren Wilson 111 – Luca Brecel 109 – Rory McLeod 107 – Ben Woollaston 105 – Zhou Yuelong 104, 102 – Alan McManus 104, 101 – Tom Ford 104 – Michael White 103 – Eden Sharav 102 – Louis Heathcote 101, 100 – Dominic Dale