2015 World Grand Prix

The 2015 World Grand Prix (officially the 2015 888.com World Grand Prix) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 22 March 2015 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales.[1][2]

2015 888.com World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates16–22 March 2015 (2015-03-16 – 2015-03-22)
VenueVenue Cymru
CityLlandudno
CountryWales
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£300,000
Winner's share£100,000
Highest breakEngland Judd Trump (142)
Final
ChampionEngland Judd Trump
Runner-upEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
Score10–7
2016

Judd Trump won the inaugural event by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–7 in the final.[3][4]

Prize fund edit

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5][6]

Seeding list edit

The top 32 players on a one-year ranking system running from the 2014 World Snooker Championship to the 2015 Gdynia Open qualified for the tournament.[7][8][9]

RankPlayerTotal points
01 Mark Selby429,166
02 Ronnie O'Sullivan305,250
03 Neil Robertson217,360
04 Judd Trump191,916
05 Ricky Walden188,227
06 Stuart Bingham176,545
07 Mark Allen163,500
08 Shaun Murphy150,083
09 Stephen Maguire115,700
10 John Higgins103,450
11 Barry Hawkins102,000
12 Mark Williams99,400
13 Joe Perry94,833
14 Marco Fu85,266
15 Robert Milkins79,444
16 Martin Gould76,834
17 Alan McManus70,001
18 Michael White63,333
19 Mark Davis61,127
20 Ben Woollaston60,699
21 Ryan Day59,582
22 Matthew Selt55,900
23 Graeme Dott55,033
24 Xiao Guodong52,295
25 Peter Ebdon51,917
26 Liang Wenbo51 251
27 Anthony McGill49,167
28 Ding Junhui48,500
29 Dominic Dale47,583
30 Luca Brecel45,332
31 Rod Lawler42,499
32 Michael Holt42,083

Main draw edit

[10][11][12]

Last 32
Best of 7 frames
Last 16
Best of 7 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 19 frames
               
1 Mark Selby4
32 Michael Holt1
1 Mark Selby2
16 Martin Gould4
16 Martin Gould4
17 Alan McManus1
16 Martin Gould4
25 Peter Ebdon2
9 Stephen Maguire4
24 Xiao Guodong1
9 Stephen Maguire1
25 Peter Ebdon4
8 Shaun Murphy3
25 Peter Ebdon4
16 Martin Gould5
4 Judd Trump6
5 Ricky Walden4
28 Ding Junhui1
5 Ricky Walden3
12 Mark Williams4
12 Mark Williams4
21 Ryan Day3
12 Mark Williams3
4 Judd Trump4
13 Joe Perry4
20 Ben Woollaston0
13 Joe Perry2
4 Judd Trump4
4 Judd Trump4
29 Dominic Dale0
4 Judd Trump10
2 Ronnie O'Sullivan7
3 Neil Robertson4
30 Luca Brecel0
3 Neil Robertson3
19 Mark Davis4
14 Marco Fu1
19 Mark Davis4
19 Mark Davis0
6 Stuart Bingham4
11 Barry Hawkins0
22 Matthew Selt4
22 Matthew Selt2
6 Stuart Bingham4
6 Stuart Bingham4
27 Anthony McGill3
6 Stuart Bingham0
2 Ronnie O'Sullivan6
7 Mark Allen3
26 Liang Wenbo4
26 Liang Wenbo3
23 Graeme Dott4
10 John Higgins3
23 Graeme Dott4
23 Graeme Dott1
2 Ronnie O'Sullivan4
15 Robert Milkins4
18 Michael White2
15 Robert Milkins0
2 Ronnie O'Sullivan4
2 Ronnie O'Sullivan4
31 Rod Lawler2

Final edit

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Olivier Marteel.
Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 22 March 2015.[12]
Judd Trump (4)
 England
10–7Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)
 England
Afternoon: 67–54, 14–90 (90), 60–80, 47–83 (56), 1–105 (105), 86–22 (50), 82–1, 76–8 (50), 9–115 (89)
Evening: 0–100 (96), 20–63 (59), 80–29 (57), 72–0, 142–0 (142), 67–35, 62–53, 65–9
142Highest break105
1Century breaks1
450+ breaks6

Century breaks edit

Total: 17[13]

References edit

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  4. ^ Hendon, Dave (22 March 2015). "Trump outlasts O'Sullivan to triumph at World Grand Prix". Inside Snooker. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
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  8. ^ "Llandudno Line-up Set In Gdynia". wpbsa.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
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  11. ^ "World Grand Prix 2015 Provisional Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  12. ^ a b "888.com World Grand Prix (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  13. ^ "World Grand Prix: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.