2020 World Grand Prix (2020–21 season)

2020 Matchroom World Grand Prix

Tournament information
Dates	14–20 December 2020 (2020-12-14 – 2020-12-20)
Venue	Marshall Arena
City	Milton Keynes
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker Tour
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£380,000
Winner's share	£100,000
Highest break	Mark Selby  (ENG) (143)
Final
Champion	Judd Trump  (ENG)
Runner-up	Jack Lisowski  (ENG)
Score	10–7
← 2020 (Feb) 2021 →

The 2020 World Grand Prix (officially the 2020 Matchroom World Grand Prix) was a professional snooker tournament, that took place from 14 to 20 December 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. Although the tournament was not sponsored by Cazoo, it was the first of three tournaments that form the Cazoo Cup.

Neil Robertson was the defending champion, having won the previous final 10–8 against Graeme Dott. ^[1] However, Robertson lost 2–4 to Robert Milkins in the first round.

Judd Trump won the tournament for the third time, beating Jack Lisowski 10–7 to claim his 20th ranking title. ^[2]

Prize fund

The event had a total prize fund of £380,000, with £100,000 to the winner. The participation prize is £5,000, which does not count towards a player's world ranking. The breakdown of prize money for the event:

• Winner: £100,000
• Runner-up: £40,000
• Semi-final: £20,000
• Quarter-final: £12,500
• Last 16: £7,500
• Last 32: £5,000 (Prize money at this stage did not count towards prize money rankings)
• Highest break: £10,000
• Total: £380,000

Seeding list

The top 32 players on the one-year ranking list, running from the September 2020 European Masters until and including the 2020 Scottish Open, qualified for the tournament. ^[3]

Rank	Player	Total points
1	Judd Trump  (ENG)	270,500
2	Neil Robertson  (AUS)	246,000
3	Mark Selby  (ENG)	205,500
4	Kyren Wilson  (ENG)	92,500
5	Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)	73,500
6	Zhou Yuelong  (CHN)	70,000
7	John Higgins  (SCO)	58,500
8	Lu Ning  (CHN)	52,000
9	Martin Gould  (ENG)	48,500
10	Jamie Jones  (WAL)	45,000
11	Ding Junhui  (CHN)	45,000
12	Barry Hawkins  (ENG)	45,000
13	David Grace  (ENG)	41,000
14	Joe Perry  (ENG)	38,500
15	Shaun Murphy  (ENG)	37,000
16	Li Hang  (CHN)	36,000
17	Stuart Bingham  (ENG)	35,500
18	Jack Lisowski  (ENG)	34,500
19	Anthony McGill  (SCO)	33,500
20	Yan Bingtao  (CHN)	32,500
21	Ricky Walden  (ENG)	31,000
22	Jak Jones  (WAL)	31,000
23	Zhao Xintong  (CHN)	31,000
24	Mark Allen  (NIR)	29,000
25	Robbie Williams  (ENG)	29,000
26	Xiao Guodong  (CHN)	28,000
27	Hossein Vafaei  (IRN)	27,500
28	Ali Carter  (ENG)	27,000
29	Kurt Maflin  (NOR)	27,000
30	Liang Wenbo  (CHN)	26,000
31	Robert Milkins  (ENG)	26,000
32	Michael Holt  (ENG)	26,000

Tournament draw

	Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	Judd Trump  (ENG)	4
	32	Michael Holt  (ENG)	3
						1	Judd Trump	4
						17	Stuart Bingham	3
	16	Li Hang  (CHN)	2
	17	Stuart Bingham  (ENG)	4
											1	Judd Trump	5
											9	Martin Gould	2
	9	Martin Gould  (ENG)	4
	24	Mark Allen  (NIR)	3
						9	Martin Gould	4
						8	Lu Ning	1
	8	Lu Ning  (CHN)	4
	25	Robbie Williams  (ENG)	3
																1	Judd Trump	6
																5	Ronnie O'Sullivan	1
	5	Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)	4
	28	Ali Carter  (ENG)	1
						5	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4
						12	Barry Hawkins	1
	12	Barry Hawkins  (ENG)	4
	21	Ricky Walden  (ENG)	1
											5	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
											4	Kyren Wilson	3
	13	David Grace  (ENG)	3
	20	Yan Bingtao  (CHN)	4
						20	Yan Bingtao	1
						4	Kyren Wilson	4
	4	Kyren Wilson  (ENG)	4
	29	Kurt Maflin  (NOR)	2
																					1	Judd Trump	10
																					18	Jack Lisowski	7
	3	Mark Selby  (ENG)	4
	30	Liang Wenbo  (CHN)	3
						3	Mark Selby	4
						19	Anthony McGill	2
	14	Joe Perry  (ENG)	2
	19	Anthony McGill  (SCO)	4
											3	Mark Selby	5
											27	Hossein Vafaei	3
	11	Ding Junhui  (CHN)	4
	22	Jak Jones  (WAL)	0
						11	Ding Junhui	1
						27	Hossein Vafaei	4
	6	Zhou Yuelong  (CHN)	3
	27	Hossein Vafaei  (IRN)	4
																3	Mark Selby	4
																18	Jack Lisowski	6
	7	John Higgins  (SCO)	4
	26	Xiao Guodong  (CHN)	2
						7	John Higgins	3
						23	Zhao Xintong	4
	10	Jamie Jones  (WAL)	2
	23	Zhao Xintong  (CHN)	4
											23	Zhao Xintong	3
											18	Jack Lisowski	5
	15	Shaun Murphy  (ENG)	2
	18	Jack Lisowski  (ENG)	4
						18	Jack Lisowski	4
						31	Robert Milkins	0
	2	Neil Robertson  (AUS)	2
	31	Robert Milkins  (ENG)	4

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England, 20 December 2020
Judd Trump (1)   England	10–7	Jack Lisowski (18)   England
Afternoon:75–4, 44–72, 95–42, 122–0 (122), 82–25, 93–1, 4–77, 67–40 Evening:67–53, 1–104, 8–116 (112), 0–87, 0–95, 62–53, 0–78, 104–0, 72–61
122	Highest break	112
1	Century breaks	1

Century breaks

A total of 38 century breaks were made by 20 players during the tournament. ^[4]

• 143, 134, 112, 100 – Mark Selby
• 142, 122, 109, 107, 107, 101, 101, 100 – Judd Trump
• 142 – Mark Allen
• 139 – Kyren Wilson
• 137, 111 – Zhao Xintong
• 137 – Ding Junhui
• 137 – Lu Ning
• 136 – Michael Holt
• 134 – Hossein Vafaei
• 132 – Stuart Bingham
• 130, 127, 112, 111, 110, 109 – Jack Lisowski
• 128, 108 – Anthony McGill
• 128 – Xiao Guodong
• 117 – Martin Gould
• 116 – Robert Milkins
• 114 – John Higgins
• 112 – Ali Carter
• 112 – Barry Hawkins
• 108, 105 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 100 – Robbie Williams

References

1. "Dott Dashed By Five-Ton Robertson". World Snooker. 9 February 2020. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020.
2. "Trump Beats Lisowski To Win 20th Ranking Title". World Snooker. 20 December 2020. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021.
3. "1 Year Ranking List - World Snooker". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
4. "Centuries | World Snooker Live Scores". Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2020.