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2008 Grand Prix (snooker)

FieldValue
tournament_nameRoyal London Watches Grand Prix
logoRoyal London Watches Grand Prix logo.jpg
dates
venueS.E.C.C.
locationGlasgow
countryScotland
organisationWPBSA
formatRanking event
Total prize fund£523,100
winners_share£75,000
highest_breakMarco Fu (139)
winnerJohn Higgins
runner_upRyan Day
score9–7
previous2007
next2009

The 2008 Royal London Watches Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 19 October 2008 at the S.E.C.C. in Glasgow, Scotland.

John Higgins won his first ranking event for 18 months by defeating Ryan Day 9–7 in the final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

  • Winner: £75,000
  • Runner-up: £35,000
  • Semi-final: £20,000
  • Quarter-final: £12,000
  • Last 16: £9,500
  • Last 32: £7,100
  • Last 48: £4,650
  • Last 64: £2,200
  • Stage one highest break: £500
  • Stage two highest break: £4,000
  • Stage one maximum break: £1,000
  • Stage two maximum break: £20,000
  • Total: £523,100

Main draw

Matches on Sunday 12 October were played on a roll on/roll off basis. Play started at the allocated time each day with a 15-minute interval between matches. The third and fourth match did not start before 3pm. The evening session did not start before the time indicated on the format.

The draw for round one was made on completion of the qualifiers on 26 September 2008. The draw from round two up to and including the semi-finals was made on a random basis. The order of play and table numbers for all matches up to the semi-finals were determined once the draw for that round was made and published by the tournament director.

All matches up to and including the quarter-finals were best of 9 frames, semi-finals were best of 11 frames and the final was best of 17 frames. (Seedings in parentheses. All times are BST.)

Round one

  • Saturday, 11 October – 12:00
    • SCO John Higgins (6) 5–0 ENG Anthony Hamilton
    • ENG Joe Perry (13) 5–3 ENG Barry Hawkins
  • Sunday, 12 October – 13:00
    • SCO Stephen Hendry (7) 5– 4 ENG David Gilbert
    • AUS Neil Robertson (11) 4–5 ENG Steve Davis
  • Sunday, 12 October – not before 15:00
    • HKG Marco Fu (1) 5–2 ENG Jimmy Michie
    • NIR Mark Allen (16) 1–5 ENG Michael Holt
  • Sunday, 12 October – 19:00
    • SCO Graeme Dott (14) w/d-w/o ENG Judd Trump
    • WAL Ryan Day (9) 5–4 ENG Ricky Walden
  • Monday, 13 October – 13:30
    • SCO Stephen Maguire (3) 1–5 ENG Jamie Cope
    • CHN Ding Junhui (12) 5–0 SCO Jamie Burnett
  • Monday, 13 October – 19:00
    • ENG Mark Selby (5) 5–0 ENG Andrew Higginson
    • ENG Peter Ebdon (10) 5–1 ENG Simon Bedford
  • Tuesday, 14 October – 13:30
    • ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) 5–2 CHN Liang Wenbo
    • ENG Ali Carter (8) 5–4 ENG Dave Harold
  • Tuesday, 14 October – 19:00
    • ENG Shaun Murphy (4) 3–5 ENG Adrian Gunnell
    • ENG Mark King (15) 3–5 ENG John Parrott

Round two

  • Wednesday, 15 October – 14:00
    • SCO John Higgins (6) 5–2 SCO Stephen Hendry (7)
    • CHN Ding Junhui (12) 5–2 ENG Michael Holt
  • Wednesday, 15 October – 19:00
    • ENG Adrian Gunnell 4–5 ENG Steve Davis
    • ENG Judd Trump 5–2 ENG Joe Perry (13)
  • Thursday, 16 October – 13:30
    • HKG Marco Fu (1) 1–5 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)
    • ENG Jamie Cope 5–4 ENG Peter Ebdon (10)
  • Thursday, 16 October – 19:00
    • ENG Mark Selby (5) 4–5 WAL Ryan Day (9)
    • ENG John Parrott 0–5 ENG Ali Carter (8)

Quarter-finals

  • Friday, 17 October – 13:30
    • ENG Judd Trump 5–4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)
    • ENG Steve Davis 3–5 ENG Ali Carter (8)
  • Friday, 17 October – 19:00
    • CHN Ding Junhui (12) 3–5 SCO John Higgins (6)
    • WAL Ryan Day (9) 5–1 ENG Jamie Cope

Semi-finals

  • Saturday, 18 October – 13:00
    • SCO John Higgins (6) 6–4 ENG Judd Trump
  • Saturday, 18 October – 19:30
    • WAL Ryan Day (9) 6–5 ENG Ali Carter (8)

Final

750+ breaks6

Qualifying rounds

These matches took place from 22 to 25 September 2008 at the Pontin's Centre, Prestatyn, Wales.

Best of 9 frames Best of 9 frames Best of 9 frames Best of 9 frames | team-width=200 | RD1-team01 =ENG Paul Davison | RD1-score01 =4 | RD1-team02 =THA Atthasit Mahitthi | RD1-score02 = 5 | RD1-team03 =SCO James McBain | RD1-score03 = 5 | RD1-team04 =WAL Andrew Pagett | RD1-score04 =4 | RD1-team05 =ENG Jimmy White | RD1-score05 = 5 | RD1-team06 =ENG Michael Georgiou | RD1-score06 =1 | RD1-team07 =ENG Lewis Roberts | RD1-score07 =2 | RD1-team08 =ENG Andy Lee | RD1-score08 = 5 | RD1-team09 =ENG Lee Spick | RD1-score09 =3 | RD1-team10 = CHN Jin Long | RD1-score10 = 5 | RD1-team11 =ENG Peter Lines | RD1-score11 = 5 | RD1-team12 =NIR Declan Hughes | RD1-score12 =1 | RD1-team13 =ENG Simon Bedford | RD1-score13 = 5 | RD1-team14 =CHN Liu Chuang | RD1-score14 =2 | RD1-team15 = SCO Scott MacKenzie | RD1-score15 = 5 | RD1-team16 = SCO Robert Stephen | RD1-score16 =1 | RD1-team17 =IRL Rodney Goggins | RD1-score17 =2 | RD1-team18 =IRL Vincent Muldoon | RD1-score18 = 5 | RD1-team19 =ENG Matthew Selt | RD1-score19 = 5 | RD1-team20 =ENG Wayne Cooper | RD1-score20 =4 | RD1-team21 =WAL Daniel Wells | RD1-score21 =4 | RD1-team22 = NED Stefan Mazrocis | RD1-score22 = 5 | RD1-team23 =NIR Patrick Wallace | RD1-score23 =3 | RD1-team24 =IND Aditya Mehta | RD1-score24 = 5 | RD1-team25 =WAL Jamie Jones | RD1-score25 =3 | RD1-team26 =ENG David Grace | RD1-score26 = 5 | RD1-team27 =THA Supoj Saenla | RD1-score27 = 5 | RD1-team28 =NZL Chris McBreen | RD1-score28 =3 | RD1-team29 =ENG Kuldesh Johal | RD1-score29 =3 | RD1-team30 = CHN Li Hang | RD1-score30 = 5 | RD1-team31 =ENG Matthew Couch | RD1-score31 =2 | RD1-team32 =ENG Stephen Craigie | RD1-score32 = 5 | RD2-team01 =ENG Martin Gould | RD2-score01 =2 | RD2-team02 =THA Atthasit Mahitthi | RD2-score02 = 5 | RD2-team03 = ENG Mark Joyce | RD2-score03 = 5 | RD2-team04 =SCO James McBain | RD2-score04 =0 | RD2-team05 =ENG David Gray | RD2-score05 =3 | RD2-team06 = ENG Jimmy White | RD2-score06 = 5 | RD2-team07 = ENG Barry Pinches | RD2-score07 = 4 | RD2-team08 =ENG Andy Lee | RD2-score08 = 5 | RD2-team09 =ENG Robert Milkins | RD2-score09 =3 | RD2-team10 =CHN Jin Long | RD2-score10 = 5 | RD2-team11 =ENG David Roe | RD2-score11 =2 | RD2-team12 = ENG Peter Lines | RD2-score12 = 5 | RD2-team13 =ENG Andy Hicks | RD2-score13 =4 | RD2-team14 =ENG Simon Bedford | RD2-score14 = 5 | RD2-team15 =WAL Paul Davies | RD2-score15 = 5 | RD2-team16 =SCO Scott MacKenzie | RD2-score16 =2 | RD2-team17 =ENG Stuart Pettman | RD2-score17 =1 | RD2-team18 =IRL Vincent Muldoon | RD2-score18 = 5 | RD2-team19 =IRL Joe Delaney | RD2-score19 =1 | RD2-team20 = ENG Matthew Selt | RD2-score20 = 5 | RD2-team21 =ENG Andrew Norman | RD2-score21 = 5 | RD2-team22 =NED Stefan Mazrocis | RD2-score22 =3 | RD2-team23 =IRL David Morris | RD2-score23 =4 | RD2-team24 =IND Aditya Mehta | RD2-score24 = 5 | RD2-team25 =ENG Rod Lawler | RD2-score25 =4 | RD2-team26 = ENG David Grace | RD2-score26 = 5 | RD2-team27 =CHN Liu Song | RD2-score27 =4 | RD2-team28 = THA Supoj Saenla | RD2-score28 = 5 | RD2-team29 =WAL Ian Preece | RD2-score29 =4 | RD2-team30 =CHN Li Hang | RD2-score30 = 5 | RD2-team31 =ENG Mark Davis | RD2-score31 = 5 | RD2-team32 =ENG Stephen Craigie | RD2-score32 =4 | RD3-team01 =ENG John Parrott | RD3-score01 = 5 | RD3-team02 = THA Atthasit Mahitthi | RD3-score02 =4 | RD3-team03 =ENG Ricky Walden | RD3-score03 = 5 | RD3-team04 =ENG Mark Joyce | RD3-score04 =1 | RD3-team05 =ENG Michael Holt | RD3-score05 = 5 | RD3-team06 =ENG Jimmy White | RD3-score06 =3 | RD3-team07 =ENG Jimmy Michie | RD3-score07 = 5 | RD3-team08 =ENG Andy Lee | RD3-score08 =2 | RD3-team09 =NIR Gerard Greene | RD3-score09 =4 | RD3-team10 =CHN Jin Long | RD3-score10 = 5 | RD3-team11 =ENG Tom Ford | RD3-score11 = 5 | RD3-team12 =ENG Peter Lines | RD3-score12 =2 | RD3-team13 =ENG Mike Dunn | RD3-score13 =2 | RD3-team14 =ENG Simon Bedford | RD3-score14 = 5 | RD3-team15 =SCO Alan McManus | RD3-score15 = 5 | RD3-team16 =WAL Paul Davies | RD3-score16 =1 | RD3-team17 =ENG Adrian Gunnell | RD3-score17 = 5 | RD3-team18 =IRL Vincent Muldoon | RD3-score18 =4 | RD3-team19 =ENG David Gilbert | RD3-score19 = 5 | RD3-team20 =ENG Matthew Selt | RD3-score20 =4 | RD3-team21 = SCO Jamie Burnett | RD3-score21 = 5 | RD3-team22 =ENG Andrew Norman | RD3-score22 =1 | RD3-team23 =ENG Judd Trump | RD3-score23 = 5 | RD3-team24 =IND Aditya Mehta | RD3-score24 =1 | RD3-team25 = CHN Liang Wenbo | RD3-score25 = 5 | RD3-team26 =ENG David Grace | RD3-score26 =3 | RD3-team27 = ENG Rory McLeod | RD3-score27 = 5 | RD3-team28 =THA Supoj Saenla | RD3-score28 =1 | RD3-team29 = SCO Marcus Campbell | RD3-score29 = 5 | RD3-team30 =CHN Li Hang | RD3-score30 =3 | RD3-team31 =ENG Andrew Higginson | RD3-score31 = 5 | RD3-team32 =ENG Mark Davis | RD3-score32 = 4 | RD4-team01 =IRL Ken Doherty | RD4-score01 =0 | RD4-team02 =ENG John Parrott | RD4-score02 =5 | RD4-team03 =NIR Joe Swail | RD4-score03 = 3 | RD4-team04 =ENG Ricky Walden | RD4-score04 = 5 | RD4-team05 =IRL Michael Judge | RD4-score05 =2 | RD4-team06 =ENG Michael Holt | RD4-score06 =5 | RD4-team07 =WAL Dominic Dale | RD4-score07 = 4 | RD4-team08 =ENG Jimmy Michie | RD4-score08 =5 | RD4-team09 =ENG Dave Harold | RD4-score09 = 5 | RD4-team10 =CHN Jin Long | RD4-score10 =0 | RD4-team11 =ENG Steve Davis | RD4-score11 = 5 | RD4-team12 =ENG Tom Ford | RD4-score12 = 4 | RD4-team13 =WAL Mark Williams | RD4-score13 = 4 | RD4-team14 =ENG Simon Bedford | RD4-score14 = 5 | RD4-team15 =ENG Anthony Hamilton | RD4-score15 =5 | RD4-team16 =SCO Alan McManus | RD4-score16 =4 | RD4-team17 =ENG Stuart Bingham | RD4-score17 = 4 | RD4-team18 =ENG Adrian Gunnell | RD4-score18 =5 | RD4-team19 =WAL Matthew Stevens | RD4-score19 = 2 | RD4-team20 =ENG David Gilbert | RD4-score20 =5 | RD4-team21 =ENG Ian McCulloch | RD4-score21 =3 | RD4-team22 =SCO Jamie Burnett | RD4-score22 = 5 | RD4-team23 =ENG Stephen Lee | RD4-score23 =2 | RD4-team24 =ENG Judd Trump | RD4-score24 =5 | RD4-team25 = ENG Nigel Bond | RD4-score25 =0 | RD4-team26 =CHN Liang Wenbo | RD4-score26 =5 | RD4-team27 = ENG Barry Hawkins | RD4-score27 =5 | RD4-team28 =ENG Rory McLeod | RD4-score28 =2 | RD4-team29 = ENG Jamie Cope | RD4-score29 = 5 | RD4-team30 =SCO Marcus Campbell | RD4-score30 =4 | RD4-team31 =IRL Fergal O'Brien | RD4-score31 =2 | RD4-team32 =ENG Andrew Higginson | RD4-score32 =5

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

  • 140 Aditya Mehta
  • 135 Peter Lines
  • 128 David Grace
  • 121 Anthony Hamilton
  • 116 Alan McManus
  • 114, 102 James McBain
  • 114 Jin Long
  • 114 David Gilbert
  • 113, 100 Adrian Gunnell
  • 113 Supoj Saenla
  • 113 Rory McLeod
  • 112 Jimmy White
  • 109 Paul Davies
  • 109 Liang Wenbo
  • 105, 102 Michael Holt
  • 104, 102 Simon Bedford
  • 104 Andrew Higginson
  • 103 Andrew Pagett
  • 102 Scott MacKenzie
  • 101 Rodney Goggins
  • 100 Tom Ford

Televised stage centuries

  • 139, 116 Marco Fu
  • 135, 102, 100 Mark Selby
  • 134, 127 John Higgins
  • 129, 120, 115, 112, 104 Ryan Day
  • 129 Ding Junhui
  • 126 Shaun Murphy
  • 123 David Gilbert
  • 122, 100 Peter Ebdon
  • 111, 107, 107 Ali Carter
  • 105 Michael Holt
  • 105 Adrian Gunnell
  • 104 Dave Harold
  • 104 Stephen Hendry
  • 104, 103 Ronnie O'Sullivan
  • 103 Ricky Walden

References

References

  1. (2008-10-19). "Higgins resists Day to take title". [[BBC Sport]].
  2. "Royal London Watches Grand Prix 2008 – Prize Money". Global Snooker.
  3. "Royal London Watches Grand Prix 2008 – Results". Global Snooker.
  4. "Royal London Watches Grand Prix 2008". Snooker.org.
  5. "Grand Prix". Snooker Scene.
  6. "Royal London Watches Grand Prix 2008 – Qualifying". Global Snooker.
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