The 2015 Australian Goldfields Open was the first ranking event of the &lt;a href="2015%E2%80%9316%20snooker%20season"&gt;2015/2016 season&lt;/a&gt; and Vafaei qualified for it by beating Charlie Walters 5–3, Zak Surety 5–3, Lee Walker 5–4 and Dominic Dale 5–3. In his debut at the venue stage of a ranking event, Vafaei played Michael White in the opening round where he lost 5–3. He played in the UK Championship for the first time (losing 6–1 to Luca Brecel in the first round) and the Welsh Open (losing 4–2 to Robin Hull in the first round).