2016 World Grand Prix
Snooker tournament
Snooker tournament
The 2016 World Grand Prix (officially the 2016 Ladbrokes World Grand Prix ) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8 and 13 March 2016 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno , Wales . It was the seventh ranking event of the 2015/2016 season .
The defending champion Judd Trump lost 2–4 against Stuart Bingham in the last 16. Shaun Murphy beat Stuart Bingham 10–9 in the final to win the £100,000 first prize. The tournament was broadcast in the UK on ITV4 .
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £ 100,000
Runner-up: £35,000
Semi-final: £20,000
Quarter-final: £10,000
Last 16: £5,000
Last 32: £2,500
Highest break: £5,000
Total: £300,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break was won at the previous ranking event, the Welsh Open , and so stood at £5,000. The sponsor pledged to double the prize for a 147 break and so the prize was £10,000.[ 1]
Seeding list
The top 32 players on a one-year ranking system running from the 2015 Australian Goldfields Open until the 2016 Gdynia Open qualified for the tournament.[ 2]
Source:[ 3]
Rank
Player
Total points
0 1
John Higgins
201,975
0 2
Neil Robertson
197,500
0 3
Martin Gould
127,425
0 4
Kyren Wilson
126,900
0 5
Mark Selby
106,375
0 6
Liang Wenbo
98,850
0 7
Mark Allen
91,200
0 8
David Gilbert
85,350
0 9
Judd Trump
73,250
10
Marco Fu
69,975
11
Ronnie O'Sullivan
61,500
12
Luca Brecel
59,925
13
Joe Perry
55,250
14
Shaun Murphy
53,975
15
Ben Woollaston
50,750
16
Matthew Selt
49,500
17
Ryan Day
48,975
18
Ding Junhui
45,425
19
Michael White
45,200
20
Barry Hawkins
45,025
21
Ali Carter
44,550
22
Michael Holt
44,450
23
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
43,275
24
Mark Williams
43,225
25
Stuart Bingham
42,175
26
David Grace
41,250
27
Graeme Dott
40,450
28
Tom Ford
37,850
29
Jamie Jones
37,400
30
Tian Pengfei
37,000
31
Peter Ebdon
34,425
32
Stephen Maguire
33,250
Main draw
Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Greg Coniglio.Venue Cymru , Llandudno , Wales , 13 March 2016.
Stuart Bingham (25) England
9–10
Shaun Murphy (14) England
Afternoon: 13–76 , 50–66 , 96 –20 (68) , 26–74 , 4–93 (58) , 77 –62 , 61 –29 (55) , 101 –5 (93) , 80 –56 (74) Evening: 69 –6 (68), 40–62 (52) , 19–72 , 85 –2 , 0–94 (94) , 23–79 , 65 –54 , 0–120 (120) , 84 –2 , 0–72
93
Highest break
120
0
Century breaks
1
5
50+ breaks
4
Century breaks
Total: 15[ 4]
References
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