| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 30 June – 6 July 2014 | 
| 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 | |
| Final | |
| Champion | |
| Runner-up | |
| 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.[1]
Marco Fu was the defending champion,[2] but he decided not to compete this year.
Judd Trump won his fourth ranking title by defeating Neil Robertson 9–5 in the final.[3]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4][5]
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Wildcard round
These matches were played in Bendigo on 30 June 2014.[6][7][8]
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 | 5–0 | ||
| WC2 | 5–0 | 
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore. Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, Australia, 6 July 2014.[8][9]  | ||
| Neil Robertson (1) | 
5–9 | Judd Trump (3) | 
| 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.[10][11][12]
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.
 - 1 2 "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.
 - 1 2 "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.
 - 1 2 3 "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.
 
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