Tournament information | |
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Dates | 7–12 July 2009 |
Venue | Montien Riverside Hotel |
City | Bangkok |
Country | Thailand |
Organisation | ACBS |
Total prize fund | 3,720,000 baht |
Winner's share | 1,000,000 baht |
Highest break | 75 (x3) |
Final | |
Champion | Jimmy White |
Runner-up | Barry Hawkins |
Score | 8–6 |
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The 2009 Six-red World Grand Prix (often styled the 2009 SangSom 6-red World Grand Prix for sponsorship and marketing purposes) was a six-red snooker tournament held between 7 and 12 July 2009 at the Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.
Twenty-three of the tournament's 48 competitors were on the 2009/10 professional World Snooker tour of the more established 15-red game. A relatively high proportion of competitors were from Asia.
Jimmy White won in the final 8–6 against Barry Hawkins. [1]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: [2]
The top four players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames. [3] [4]
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(Note a maximum break in six-red snooker is 75) [4]
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