2015 World Grand Prix
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16–22 March 2015 |
| Venue | Venue Cymru |
| City | Llandudno |
| Country | Wales |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £300,000 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Highest break |  Judd Trump (142) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Judd Trump |
| Runner-up | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Score | 10–7 |
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]
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]
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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]
| Rank | Player | Total points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Selby | 429,166 |
| 2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 305,250 |
| 3 | .svg.png){kind=small} Neil Robertson | 217,360 |
| 4 | Judd Trump | 191,916 |
| 5 | Ricky Walden | 188,227 |
| 6 | Stuart Bingham | 176,545 |
| 7 | .svg.png){kind=small} Mark Allen | 163,500 |
| 8 | Shaun Murphy | 150,083 |
| 9 |  Stephen Maguire | 115,700 |
| 10 | John Higgins | 103,450 |
| 11 | Barry Hawkins | 102,000 |
| 12 |  Mark Williams | 99,400 |
| 13 | Joe Perry | 94,833 |
| 14 |  Marco Fu | 85,266 |
| 15 | Robert Milkins | 79,444 |
| 16 | Martin Gould | 76,834 |
| 17 | Alan McManus | 70,001 |
| 18 | Michael White | 63,333 |
| 19 | Mark Davis | 61,127 |
| 20 | Ben Woollaston | 60,699 |
| 21 | Ryan Day | 59,582 |
| 22 | Matthew Selt | 55,900 |
| 23 | Graeme Dott | 55,033 |
| 24 |  Xiao Guodong | 52,295 |
| 25 | Peter Ebdon | 51,917 |
| 26 | Liang Wenbo | 51 251 |
| 27 | Anthony McGill | 49,167 |
| 28 | Ding Junhui | 48,500 |
| 29 | Dominic Dale | 47,583 |
| 30 | .svg.png){kind=small} Luca Brecel | 45,332 |
| 31 | Rod Lawler | 42,499 |
| 32 | Michael Holt | 42,083 |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Olivier Marteel. Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 22 March 2015.[12] | ||
| Judd Trump (4) England | 10–7 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) 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 | ||
| 142 | Highest break | 105 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 4 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
Century breaks
Total: 17[13]
- 142, 140, 121 – Judd Trump
- 139 – Joe Perry
- 136 – Peter Ebdon
- 122, 108, 106 – Stephen Maguire
- 121 – Neil Robertson
- 115 – Rod Lawler
- 113, 111 – Martin Gould
- 110 – Mark Selby
- 109, 102 – Mark Davis
- 105 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 101 – Stuart Bingham
References
- ^ "Tournament Calendar 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "888.com To Sponsor World Grand Prix". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 11 March 2015. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ Goulding, Neil (22 March 2015). "Trump leaves Rocket struggling on fumes to take Grand Prix". Herald Scotland. Newsquest. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ Hendon, Dave (22 March 2015). "Trump outlasts O'Sullivan to triumph at World Grand Prix". Inside Snooker. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ Kalb, Rolf (10 March 2015). "World Grand Prix – Turnier-Info: World Grand Prix" (in German). Eurosport Deutschland. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- ^ Welton, Blake (1 March 2015). "World Grand Prix Snooker: What are the prizes on offer for the North Wales event?". Daily Post. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "Top Class Snooker Heading To Llandudno". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "Llandudno Line-up Set In Gdynia". wpbsa.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "World Grand Prix Rankings (2015)". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "World Grand Prix Draw" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "World Grand Prix 2015 Provisional Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ a b "888.com World Grand Prix (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ^ "World Grand Prix: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.