2015 World Grand Prix

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2015 888.com World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates16–22 March 2015 (2015-03-16 2015-03-22)
Venue Venue Cymru
City Llandudno
Country Wales
Organisation WPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund £300,000
Winner's share£100,000
Highest break Flag of England.svg Judd Trump (142)
Final
Champion Flag of England.svg Judd Trump
Runner-up Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan
Score10–7
2016

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]

Contents

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

Prize fund

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

Seeding list

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]

RankPlayerTotal points
1 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 429,166
2 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 305,250
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 217,360
4 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 191,916
5 Flag of England.svg Ricky Walden 188,227
6 Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham 176,545
7 Ulster Banner.svg Mark Allen 163,500
8 Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 150,083
9 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Maguire 115,700
10 Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 103,450
11 Flag of England.svg Barry Hawkins 102,000
12 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams 99,400
13 Flag of England.svg Joe Perry 94,833
14 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Marco Fu 85,266
15 Flag of England.svg Robert Milkins 79,444
16 Flag of England.svg Martin Gould 76,834
17 Flag of Scotland.svg Alan McManus 70,001
18 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Michael White 63,333
19 Flag of England.svg Mark Davis 61,127
20 Flag of England.svg Ben Woollaston 60,699
21 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ryan Day 59,582
22 Flag of England.svg Matthew Selt 55,900
23 Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Dott 55,033
24 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xiao Guodong 52,295
25 Flag of England.svg Peter Ebdon 51,917
26 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Wenbo 51 251
27 Flag of Scotland.svg Anthony McGill 49,167
28 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 48,500
29 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Dominic Dale 47,583
30 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Luca Brecel 45,332
31 Flag of England.svg Rod Lawler 42,499
32 Flag of England.svg Michael Holt 42,083

Main draw

[10] [11] [12]

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
               
1 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 4
32 Flag of England.svg Michael Holt 1
1 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 2
16 Flag of England.svg Martin Gould 4
16 Flag of England.svg Martin Gould 4
17 Flag of Scotland.svg Alan McManus 1
16 Flag of England.svg Martin Gould 4
25 Flag of England.svg Peter Ebdon 2
9 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Maguire 4
24 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xiao Guodong 1
9 Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Maguire 1
25 Flag of England.svg Peter Ebdon 4
8 Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 3
25 Flag of England.svg Peter Ebdon 4
16 Flag of England.svg Martin Gould 5
4 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 6
5 Flag of England.svg Ricky Walden 4
28 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 1
5 Flag of England.svg Ricky Walden 3
12 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams 4
12 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams 4
21 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ryan Day 3
12 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams 3
4 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 4
13 Flag of England.svg Joe Perry 4
20 Flag of England.svg Ben Woollaston 0
13 Flag of England.svg Joe Perry 2
4 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 4
4 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 4
29 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Dominic Dale 0
4 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 10
2 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 7
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 4
30 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Luca Brecel 0
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 3
19 Flag of England.svg Mark Davis 4
14 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Marco Fu 1
19 Flag of England.svg Mark Davis 4
19 Flag of England.svg Mark Davis 0
6 Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham 4
11 Flag of England.svg Barry Hawkins 0
22 Flag of England.svg Matthew Selt 4
22 Flag of England.svg Matthew Selt 2
6 Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham 4
6 Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham 4
27 Flag of Scotland.svg Anthony McGill 3
6 Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham 0
2 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
7 Ulster Banner.svg Mark Allen 3
26 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Wenbo 4
26 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Wenbo 3
23 Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Dott 4
10 Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 3
23 Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Dott 4
23 Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Dott 1
2 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 4
15 Flag of England.svg Robert Milkins 4
18 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Michael White 2
15 Flag of England.svg Robert Milkins 0
2 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 4
2 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 4
31 Flag of England.svg Rod Lawler 2

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Olivier Marteel.
Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 22 March 2015. [12]
Judd Trump (4)
Flag of England.svg  England
10–7 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)
Flag of England.svg  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
142Highest break105
1Century breaks1
450+ breaks6

Century breaks

Total: 17 [13]

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