[3] Neil Robertson won the tournament, defeating Mark Allen 10–5 in the final.

Entry was guaranteed for the defending champion, winners of rankings events and winners the following non-rankings events: 2015 Masters, 2015 Championship League, 2015 World Grand Prix and 2015 World Cup.

[6] Remaining places were then allocated to winners of European Tour events (in the order they were played) and then, if required, to winners of Asian Tour events and then, winners of the 2015 Six-red World Championship, 2015 Snooker Shoot-Out and 2015 World Seniors Championship.

[28] Other seeds were based on the latest world rankings (revision 3).

[18] He replaced O'Sullivan in the draw, taking the position allocated for the top seed.