2015 Six-red World Championship frames. Highest break: Mark Davis: 80 2015 Six-red World Championship The 2015 Six-red World Championship (often styled the 2015 SangSom 6-red World Championship for sponsorship and marketing purposes) was a six-red snooker tournament that was held between 7 and 12 September 2015 at the Fashion Island Shopping Mall in Bangkok, Thailand. Stephen Maguire was the defending champion, but lost 4–6 against Judd Trump in the last 32. Thepchaiya Un-Nooh won in the final 8–2 against Liang Wenbo. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: The top four players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage.
Mark Davis (snooker player) to win the decider and end Davis' hopes of a first ranking final. At the Six-red World Championship he claimed the title by defeating Shaun Murphy 8–4 in the final. The winner's cheque of £40,000 is the biggest of his career to date. In the Australian Goldfields Open Davis saw off Jack Lisowski (5–2), home favourite Neil Robertson (5–1) and Martin Gould (5–2), to reach his second successive ranking semi-final.<ref name="2012/13"></ref> There he played close friend Barry Hawkins and was beaten 4–6. At the UK Championship he beat Cao Yupeng 6–1 in the first round and led three-time champion John