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]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16–22 March 2015 |
| 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 |
2016 → | |
Judd Trump won the inaugural event by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–7 in the final.[3][4]
Prize fund
editThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5][6]
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Seeding list
editThe 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mark Selby
|
429,166 |
| 2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
|
305,250 |
| 3 |  Neil Robertson
|
217,360 |
| 4 | Judd Trump
|
191,916 |
| 5 | Ricky Walden
|
188,227 |
| 6 | Stuart Bingham
|
176,545 |
| 7 |  Mark Allen
|
163,500 |
| 8 | Shaun Murphy
|
150,083 |
| 9 |  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
editFinal
edit| 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
editTotal: 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
edit- ^ "Tournament Calendar 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Goulding, Neil (22 March 2015). "Trump leaves Rocket struggling on fumes to take Grand Prix". Herald Scotland. Newsquest. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ Hendon, Dave (22 March 2015). "Trump outlasts O'Sullivan to triumph at World Grand Prix". Inside Snooker. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Top Class Snooker Heading To Llandudno". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "Llandudno Line-up Set In Gdynia". wpbsa.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "World Grand Prix Rankings (2015)". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "World Grand Prix Draw" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "World Grand Prix 2015 Provisional Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ a b "888.com World Grand Prix (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "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.