2006 Grand Prix (snooker)

Royal London Watches Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates21–29 October 2006 (2006-10-21 – 2006-10-29)
VenueA.E.C.C.
CityAberdeen
CountryScotland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking 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)
Score9–5
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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.

Main draw

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Round-robin stage

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.

Group 2A

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 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

Group 2B

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 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

Group 2C

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 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

Group 2D

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 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

Group 2E

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 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

Group 2F

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 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]

Group 2G

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 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

Group 2H

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 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

Knockout stage

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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
 
Scotland Alan McManus5
 
26 October
 
England Ian McCulloch3
 
 Ryan Day (WAL)3
 
28 October
 
 Ian McCulloch (ENG)5
 
Scotland Alan McManus2
 
25 October
 
Australia Neil Robertson6
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)5
 
27 October
 
 David Gray (ENG)2
 
England Ronnie O'Sullivan1
 
25 October
 
Australia Neil Robertson5
 
 Neil Robertson (AUS)5
 
29 October
 
 Andrew Norman (ENG)3
 
Australia Neil Robertson9
 
26 October
 
England Jamie Cope5
 
 Matthew Stevens (WAL)4
 
27 October
 
 John Higgins (SCO)5
 
Scotland John Higgins2
 
26 October
 
England Mark King5
 
 Stephen Lee (ENG)3
 
28 October
 
 Mark King (ENG)5
 
England Mark King3
 
25 October
 
England Jamie Cope6
 
 Robert Milkins (ENG)0
 
27 October
 
 Jamie Cope (ENG)5
 
England Jamie Cope5
 
25 October
 
England Joe Perry4
 
 Joe Perry (ENG)5
 
 
 Ken Doherty (IRL)0
 

Final

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

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]

Group 1A

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 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

Group 1B

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 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

Group 1C

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 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

Group 1D

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 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

Group 1E

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 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

Group 1F

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 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

Group 1G

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 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

Group 1H

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 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

Century breaks

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Qualifying stage centuries

Televised stage centuries

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Jamie Cope 2nd due to win against Michael Holt, David Roe is 6th due to loss against Marco Fu.
  2. ^ a b c d Neil Robertson 1st due to win against Ken Doherty, Paul Davison 6th due to loss against Judd Trump.
  3. ^ Mark Williams withdrew due to wrist injury thus all his results are expunged.

References

  1. ^ a b c "2006 Grand Prix". globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 3 September 2007.
  2. ^ "2006 Grand Prix Order of Play". globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 3 September 2007.
  3. ^ "2006 Grand Prix results". Sporting Life. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Grand Prix". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.