Tournament information | |
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Dates | 21–29 October 2006 |
Venue | A.E.C.C. |
City | Aberdeen |
Country | Scotland |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £455,750 |
Winner's share | £60,000 |
Highest break | Jamie Cope (ENG) (147) |
Final | |
Champion | Neil Robertson (AUS) |
Runner-up | Jamie Cope (ENG) |
Score | 9–5 |
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The 2006 Royal London Watches Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 21 and 29 October 2006 at the A.E.C.C. in Aberdeen, Scotland.
John Higgins was the defending champion, however he lost 5-2 in the quarter-finals to Mark King. Neil Robertson won his first ranking title by defeating Jamie Cope 9–5 in the final. Earlier on Cope compiled a maximum break in his round robin win over Michael Holt.
The first round used a round-robin format. The top 32 and the 16 qualifiers were placed in eight groups of six with the top two from each group qualifying for the knockout stage.
Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Alan McManus (SCO) | 5 | 4 | 13 | 6 | +7 |
John Higgins (SCO) | 5 | 4 | 13 | 7 | +6 |
Issara Kachaiwong (THA) | 5 | 4 | 13 | 8 | +5 |
Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Dominic Dale (WAL) | 5 | 1 | 8 | 12 | −4 |
James Wattana (THA) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | −14 |
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Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Ryan Day (WAL) | 5 | 4 | 12 | 4 | +8 |
Mark King (ENG) | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 |
Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 |
Ali Carter (ENG) | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 |
Jamie Jones (WAL) | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | −4 |
Michael Judge (IRL) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | −10 |
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Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 5 | 5 | 15 | 4 | +11 |
Jamie Cope (ENG) [n 1] | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Michael Holt (ENG) [n 1] | 5 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 |
Steve Davis (ENG) | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 |
Marco Fu (HKG) [n 1] | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | −7 |
David Roe (ENG) [n 1] | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | −5 |
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Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Neil Robertson (AUS) [n 2] | 5 | 4 | 14 | 7 | +7 |
Ken Doherty (IRL) [n 2] | 5 | 4 | 14 | 6 | +8 |
Joe Swail (NIR) | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Nigel Bond (ENG) | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | −4 |
Judd Trump (ENG) [n 2] | 5 | 1 | 8 | 14 | −6 |
Paul Davison (ENG) [n 2] | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | −5 |
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Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Matthew Stevens (WAL) | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 | +7 |
Mark Selby (ENG) | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | +5 |
Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 |
Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 |
Andy Hicks (ENG) | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | −9 |
Stephen Hendry (SCO) | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | −7 |
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Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Stephen Lee (ENG) | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 |
Ian McCulloch (ENG) | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | +5 |
Robin Hull (FIN) | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 |
Gerard Greene (NIR) | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 |
Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | −8 |
Mark Williams (WAL) [n 3] |
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Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Robert Milkins (ENG) | 5 | 5 | 15 | 7 | +8 |
David Gray (ENG) | 5 | 4 | 13 | 6 | +7 |
Peter Ebdon (ENG) | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 |
Tom Ford (ENG) | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −2 |
Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 |
Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 5 | 0 | 6 | 15 | −9 |
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Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Joe Perry (ENG) | 5 | 4 | 14 | 4 | +10 |
Andrew Norman (ENG) | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | +3 |
Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 5 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 |
Ding Junhui (CHN) | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 |
Graeme Dott (SCO) | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 |
Mark Allen (NIR) | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | −12 |
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Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | |||||||||||
26 October | ||||||||||||||
Alan McManus (SCO) | 5 | |||||||||||||
27 October | ||||||||||||||
Mark Selby (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Alan McManus | 5 | |||||||||||||
26 October | ||||||||||||||
Ian McCulloch | 3 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Day (WAL) | 3 | |||||||||||||
28 October | ||||||||||||||
Ian McCulloch (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
Alan McManus | 2 | |||||||||||||
25 October | ||||||||||||||
Neil Robertson | 6 | |||||||||||||
Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
27 October | ||||||||||||||
David Gray (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Ronnie O'Sullivan | 1 | |||||||||||||
25 October | ||||||||||||||
Neil Robertson | 5 | |||||||||||||
Neil Robertson (AUS) | 5 | |||||||||||||
29 October | ||||||||||||||
Andrew Norman (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Neil Robertson | 9 | |||||||||||||
26 October | ||||||||||||||
Jamie Cope | 5 | |||||||||||||
Matthew Stevens (WAL) | 4 | |||||||||||||
27 October | ||||||||||||||
John Higgins (SCO) | 5 | |||||||||||||
John Higgins | 2 | |||||||||||||
26 October | ||||||||||||||
Mark King | 5 | |||||||||||||
Stephen Lee (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
28 October | ||||||||||||||
Mark King (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
Mark King | 3 | |||||||||||||
25 October | ||||||||||||||
Jamie Cope | 6 | |||||||||||||
Robert Milkins (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||
27 October | ||||||||||||||
Jamie Cope (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
Jamie Cope | 5 | |||||||||||||
25 October | ||||||||||||||
Joe Perry | 4 | |||||||||||||
Joe Perry (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
Ken Doherty (IRL) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland, 29 October 2006. | ||
Neil Robertson Australia | 9–5 | Jamie Cope England |
Afternoon: 40–67, 100–8 (100), 78–0 (78), 60–59 (Robertson 59), 61–2, 35–70 (55), 59–3 Evening:63–38, 64–31, 98–9 (68), 0–105 (105), 42–69, 27–57, 70–1 (55) | ||
100 | Highest break | 105 |
1 | Century breaks | 1 |
5 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
Qualifying was held between 30 September and 4 October 2006 at Pontin's Prestatyn using a round-robin format. The entries were placed into eight groups with the top 2 from each group qualifying for the finals in Aberdeen. [1]
Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Issara Kachaiwong (THA) | 7 | 6 | 18 | 9 | +9 |
Jamie Jones (WAL) | 7 | 5 | 18 | 11 | +7 |
Ricky Walden (ENG) | 7 | 5 | 18 | 9 | +9 |
Jimmy Michie (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 15 | 11 | +4 |
Matthew Couch (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 13 | 16 | −3 |
Marcus Campbell (SCO) | 7 | 2 | 14 | 19 | −5 |
Tian Pengfei (CHN) | 7 | 2 | 9 | 19 | −10 |
Joe Delaney (IRL) | 7 | 1 | 8 | 19 | −11 |
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Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Michael Judge (IRL) | 7 | 5 | 18 | 13 | +5 |
Dominic Dale (WAL) | 7 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 |
Shokat Ali (PAK) | 7 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 |
Sean Storey (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 16 | 15 | +1 |
Andrew Higginson (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 15 | 16 | −1 |
James Leadbetter (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 14 | 16 | −2 |
Jamie Burnett (SCO) | 7 | 3 | 14 | 16 | −2 |
Roy Stolk (NED) | 7 | 1 | 7 | 18 | −11 |
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Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Jamie Cope (ENG) | 7 | 6 | 19 | 6 | +13 |
Paul Davison (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 16 | 11 | +5 |
Chris Melling (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 16 | 13 | +3 |
Rory McLeod (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 14 | 13 | +1 |
Tony Drago (MLT) | 7 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
Rod Lawler (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 14 | 16 | −2 |
Mark Boyle (SCO) | 7 | 2 | 9 | 19 | −10 |
Passakorn Suwannawat (THA) | 7 | 1 | 10 | 20 | −10 |
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Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Judd Trump (ENG) | 7 | 6 | 19 | 6 | +13 |
David Roe (ENG) | 7 | 5 | 18 | 10 | +8 |
Ian Preece (WAL) | 7 | 4 | 15 | 11 | +4 |
John Parrott (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 15 | 13 | +2 |
Dermot McGlinchey (NIR) | 7 | 3 | 11 | 18 | −7 |
David Gilbert (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Drew Henry (SCO) | 7 | 2 | 11 | 18 | −7 |
Jeff Cundy (ENG) | 7 | 1 | 7 | 20 | −13 |
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Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 7 | 5 | 18 | 9 | +9 |
Gerard Greene (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 16 | 12 | +4 |
David Morris (IRL) | 7 | 4 | 14 | 11 | +3 |
Peter Lines (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 14 | 13 | +1 |
Scott MacKenzie (SCO) | 7 | 4 | 14 | 15 | −1 |
Barry Pinches (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 12 | 16 | −4 |
Mike Dunn (ENG) | 7 | 2 | 12 | 16 | −4 |
Paul Wykes (ENG) | 7 | 2 | 9 | 17 | −8 |
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Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Robin Hull (FIN) | 7 | 6 | 20 | 10 | +10 |
Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 7 | 6 | 20 | 8 | +12 |
Adrian Gunnell (ENG) | 7 | 5 | 17 | 14 | +3 |
Chris Norbury (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 |
Mohammed Shehab (UAE) | 7 | 3 | 15 | 16 | −1 |
Stuart Pettman (ENG) | 7 | 2 | 9 | 17 | −8 |
Alex Borg (MLT) | 7 | 2 | 9 | 17 | −8 |
Liu Song (CHN) | 7 | 1 | 10 | 19 | −9 |
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Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 7 | 7 | 21 | 7 | +14 |
Andrew Norman (ENG) | 7 | 5 | 17 | 12 | +5 |
Mark Davis (ENG) | 7 | 5 | 16 | 10 | +6 |
Dave Harold (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 14 | 11 | +3 |
Paul Davies (WAL) | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
Robert Stephen (SCO) | 7 | 2 | 9 | 15 | −6 |
Mark Joyce (ENG) | 7 | 2 | 10 | 17 | −7 |
Lee Page (ENG) | 7 | 0 | 6 | 21 | −15 |
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Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Mark Allen (NIR) | 6 | 4 | 15 | 12 | +3 |
Tom Ford (ENG) | 6 | 4 | 14 | 12 | +2 |
Lee Spick (ENG) | 6 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 |
Jimmy White (ENG) | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
Alfie Burden (ENG) | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
Patrick Einsle (GER) | 6 | 2 | 11 | 15 | −4 |
Joe Jogia (ENG) | 6 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −2 |
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