European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 3
The European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 3 was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 7–11 October 2015 in Mülheim, Germany.
Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but he lost 1–4 to Tian Pengfei in the last 16.
Barry Pinches and Alan McManus played what was, at the time, snooker's longest ever official frame. In the sixth frame of their first round meeting they battled for 100 minutes and 24 seconds.
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 framesRound 2
Best of 7 framesRound 3
Best of 7 framesMain rounds
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Century breaks
- 141, 111 Stuart Carrington
- 140, 135 Luca Brecel
- 140 Ross Muir
- 136, 134, 112 Mike Dunn
- 135, 130, 104, 100 Robert Milkins
- 134 Kyren Wilson
- 133, 129, 100 David Gilbert
- 133, 103 Kishan Hirani
- 133 James Cahill
- 132, 130 Mark Davis
- 131 Stephen Maguire
- 130 Mitchell Mann
- 128, 115, 106 Tian Pengfei
- 126 Graeme Dott
- 124 Ashley Carty
- 123, 109 Anthony McGill
- 122, 121 Dominic Dale
- 121, 104 Mark Allen
- 120 Ben Woollaston
- 120 Ashley Hugill
- 116 Rod Lawler
- 112 Hammad Miah
- 112 Josh Boileau
- 109 Neil Robertson
- 108 Shaun Murphy
- 108 Gerard Greene
- 108 Kurt Maflin
- 107 David Grace
- 106 Ali Carter
- 106 Chris Wakelin
- 105 Barry Hawkins
- 104 Mark Selby
- 104 Li Hang
- 104 Scott Donaldson
- 103 Alan McManus
- 102 Andrew Higginson
- 101 Joe Perry