2015 World Grand Prix

Snooker tournament

This article is about the snooker tournament. For the darts tournament, see 2015 World Grand Prix (darts).

2015 888.com World Grand PrixTournament information

Dates| 16–22 March 2015 (2015-03-16 – 2015-03-22)
Venue| Venue Cymru
City| Llandudno
Country| Wales
Organisation| WPBSA
Format| Non-ranking event
Total prize fund| £300,000
Winner's share| £100,000
Highest break|  Judd Trump (142)
Final
Champion|  Judd Trump
Runner-up|  Ronnie O'Sullivan
Score| 10–7

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Snooker tournament

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]

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

## Prize fund

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

* Winner: £100,000
* Runner-up: £35,000
* Semi-final: £20,000
* Quarter-final: £10,000
* Last 16: £5,000
* Last 32: £2,500

* Highest break: £5,000
* Total: £300,000

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## Seeding list

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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]

Rank  | Player  | Total points

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01  |  Mark Selby | 429,166
02  |  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 305,250
03  |  Neil Robertson | 217,360
04  |  Judd Trump | 191,916
05  |  Ricky Walden | 188,227
06  |  Stuart Bingham | 176,545
07  |  Mark Allen | 163,500
08  |  Shaun Murphy | 150,083
09  |  Stephen Maguire | 115,700
10  |  John Higgins | 103,450
11  |  Barry Hawkins | 102,000
12  |  Mark Williams | 99,400
13  |  Joe Perry | 94,833
14  |  Marco Fu | 85,266
15  |  Robert Milkins | 79,444
16  |  Martin Gould | 76,834
17  |  Alan McManus | 70,001
18  |  Michael White | 63,333
19  |  Mark Davis | 61,127
20  |  Ben Woollaston | 60,699
21  |  Ryan Day | 59,582
22  |  Matthew Selt | 55,900
23  |  Graeme Dott | 55,033
24  |  Xiao Guodong | 52,295
25  |  Peter Ebdon | 51,917
26  |  Liang Wenbo | 51 251
27  |  Anthony McGill | 49,167
28  |  Ding Junhui | 48,500
29  |  Dominic Dale | 47,583
30  |  Luca Brecel | 45,332
31  |  Rod Lawler | 42,499
32  |  Michael Holt | 42,083

## Main draw

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| 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 |

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| 1 |  Mark Selby | 4 | | | | |
| 32 |  Michael Holt | 1 |
| | 1 |  Mark Selby | 2 |
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| | | 16 |  Martin Gould | 4 |
| 16 |  Martin Gould | 4 |

| 17 |  Alan McManus | 1 |
| | 16 |  Martin Gould | 4 |
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| | | 25 |  Peter Ebdon | 2 |
| 9 |  Stephen Maguire | 4 | |

| 24 |  Xiao Guodong | 1 |
| | 9 |  Stephen Maguire | 1 |
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| | | 25 |  Peter Ebdon | 4 |
| 8 |  Shaun Murphy | 3 |

| 25 |  Peter Ebdon | 4 |
| | 16 |  Martin Gould | 5 |
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| | | 4 |  Judd Trump | 6 |
| 5 |  Ricky Walden | 4 | | |

| 28 |  Ding Junhui | 1 |
| | 5 |  Ricky Walden | 3 |
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| | | 12 |  Mark Williams | 4 |
| 12 |  Mark Williams | 4 |

| 21 |  Ryan Day | 3 |
| | 12 |  Mark Williams | 3 |
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| | | 4 |  Judd Trump | 4 |
| 13 |  Joe Perry | 4 | |

| 20 |  Ben Woollaston | 0 |
| | 13 |  Joe Perry | 2 |
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| | | 4 |  Judd Trump | 4 |
| 4 |  Judd Trump | 4 |

| 29 |  Dominic Dale | 0 |
| | 4 |  Judd Trump | 10 |
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| | | 2 |  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 7 |
| 3 |  Neil Robertson | 4 | | | |

| 30 |  Luca Brecel | 0 |
| | 3 |  Neil Robertson | 3 |
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| | | 19 |  Mark Davis | 4 |
| 14 |  Marco Fu | 1 |

| 19 |  Mark Davis | 4 |
| | 19 |  Mark Davis | 0 |
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| | | 6 |  Stuart Bingham | 4 |
| 11 |  Barry Hawkins | 0 | |

| 22 |  Matthew Selt | 4 |
| | 22 |  Matthew Selt | 2 |
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| | | 6 |  Stuart Bingham | 4 |
| 6 |  Stuart Bingham | 4 |

| 27 |  Anthony McGill | 3 |
| | 6 |  Stuart Bingham | 0 |
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| | | 2 |  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 |
| 7 |  Mark Allen | 3 | | |

| 26 |  Liang Wenbo | 4 |
| | 26 |  Liang Wenbo | 3 |
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| | | 23 |  Graeme Dott | 4 |
| 10 |  John Higgins | 3 |

| 23 |  Graeme Dott | 4 |
| | 23 |  Graeme Dott | 1 |
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| | | 2 |  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4 |
| 15 |  Robert Milkins | 4 | |

| 18 |  Michael White | 2 |
| | 15 |  Robert Milkins | 0 |
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| | | 2 |  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4 |
| 2 |  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4 |

| 31 |  Rod Lawler | 2 |

## Final

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Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Olivier Marteel.
Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 22 March 2015.[12]

Judd Trump (4)
England | 10–7  | Ronnie 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
142 | Highest break  | 105
1 | Century breaks  | 1
4  | 50+ breaks  | 6

## Century breaks

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Total: 17[13]

* 142, 140, 121 – Judd Trump
* 139 – Joe Perry
* 136 – Peter Ebdon
* 122, 108, 106 – Stephen Maguire
* 121 – Neil Robertson
* 115 – Rod Lawler
* 113, 111 – Martin Gould
* 110 – Mark Selby
* 109, 102 – Mark Davis
* 105 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
* 101 – Stuart Bingham

## References

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1. ^ "Tournament Calendar 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
2. ^ "888.com To Sponsor World Grand Prix". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 11 March 2015. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
3. ^ Goulding, Neil (22 March 2015). "Trump leaves Rocket struggling on fumes to take Grand Prix". Herald Scotland. Newsquest. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
4. ^ Hendon, Dave (22 March 2015). "Trump outlasts O'Sullivan to triumph at World Grand Prix". Inside Snooker. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
5. ^ Kalb, Rolf (10 March 2015). "World Grand Prix – Turnier-Info: World Grand Prix" (in German). Eurosport Deutschland. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
6. ^ Welton, Blake (1 March 2015). "World Grand Prix Snooker: What are the prizes on offer for the North Wales event?". Daily Post. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
7. ^ "Top Class Snooker Heading To Llandudno". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
8. ^ "Llandudno Line-up Set In Gdynia". wpbsa.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
9. ^ "World Grand Prix Rankings (2015)". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
10. ^ "World Grand Prix Draw" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
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.

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