| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 30 June – 6 July 2014 (2014-06-30 – 2014-07-06) |
| Venue | Bendigo Stadium |
| City | Bendigo |
| Country | Australia |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | $500,000 |
| Winner's share | $75,000 |
| Highest break |  Neil Robertson (AUS) (140) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Judd Trump (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Neil Robertson (AUS) |
| Score | 9–5 |
| ← 2013 2015 → | |
The 2014 Australian Goldfields Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 30 June–6 July 2014 at the Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia. It was the second ranking event of the 2014/2015 season.
Marco Fu was the defending champion, but he decided not to compete this year.
Judd Trump won his fourth ranking title by defeating Neil Robertson 9–5 in the final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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Wildcard round
These matches were played in Bendigo on 30 June 2014.
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | Andrew Higginson (ENG) |
5–0 | Matthew Bolton (AUS)
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| WC2 |  Dominic Dale (WAL) |
5–0 | Johl Younger (AUS)
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Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore. Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, Australia, 6 July 2014. | ||
| Neil Robertson (1) Australia
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5–9 | Judd Trump (3) England
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| Afternoon: 87–48, 23–77, 73–4, 0–69 (50), 45–90 (71), 74–55 (Robertson 52), 25–63 (55), 0–118 (114) Evening: 43–65, 8–96, 28–101 (101), 64–6, 109–8 (109), 40–65 (51) | ||
| 109 | Highest break | 114 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 2 |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 30 May and 3 June 2014 at The Capital Venue in Gloucester, England.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
- 140, 110 – Joe Swail
- 139 – Cao Yupeng
- 138, 119 – Liam Highfield
- 136 – Zhou Yuelong
- 136 – Elliot Slessor
- 130 – Nigel Bond
- 129 – Luca Brecel
- 126 – Jamie Jones
- 126 – Mark King
- 121, 103 – Jack Lisowski
- 121 – Scott Donaldson
- 118 – Anthony McGill
- 114 – Steven Hallworth
- 113 – Alan McManus
- 108 – Cao Xinlong
- 108 – Aditya Mehta
- 107 – Andrew Higginson
- 106 – Liang Wenbo
- 106 – Ian Burns
- 105, 100 – Barry Pinches
- 105 – Mark Joyce
- 104, 100 – Lee Walker
- 102 – Paul Davison
- 102 – Oliver Brown
- 100 – Daniel Wells
Televised stage centuries
- 140, 109, 103, 100 – Neil Robertson
- 139 – Mark Davis
- 127 – John Higgins
- 122 – Mark Joyce
- 114, 114, 110, 107, 106, 101, 101, 100 – Judd Trump
- 109 – Dominic Dale
- 108 – Peter Ebdon
- 107 – Robert Milkins
- 107 – Martin Gould
- 105 – Matthew Stevens
- 104 – Ricky Walden
- 103 – Fergal O'Brien
- 103 – Shaun Murphy
- 102 – Stuart Bingham
References
- "Tournament Calendar 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- "Robertson loses Aussie Open snooker final". Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- "Bristol's Judd Trump clinches Australian Open title". Bristol Post. 6 July 2014. Archived from the original on 8 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2014/2015 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 12 May 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- Kalb, Rolf (29 June 2014). "Turnier-Infos: Australian Open" (in German). Eurosport Deutschland. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ "2014 Australian Open Draw & Results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 6 July 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ "2014 World Snooker Australian Open Provisional Format of Play" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ "Australian Goldfields Open (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- "Final – Match 33 – Neil Robertson v Judd Trump". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- "Australian Open 2014 Qualifiers Draw & Results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 4 June 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- "Australian Goldfields Open 2014 Qualifiers Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- "Australian Goldfields Open Qualifiers (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- "Australian Open qualifiers: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 3 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- "Australian Open: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 8 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
External links
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