2021 World Grand Prix
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 13–19 December 2021 |
| Venue | Coventry Building Society Arena |
| City | Coventry |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £380,000 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Highest break |  Stephen Maguire (SCO) (139) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
| Runner-up | .svg.png){kind=small} Neil Robertson (AUS) |
| Score | 10–8 |
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The 2021 World Grand Prix (officially the 2021 Cazoo World Grand Prix) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 13 to 19 December 2021 at the Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry, England.[1] The event was the first of three events to make up the Cazoo Cup in the 2021–22 snooker season.[2][3]
The defending champion was Judd Trump, who overcame Jack Lisowski 10–7 in the previous year's final.[4] However, he lost 3–4 in the round of 16 to Tom Ford.[5]
Ronnie O'Sullivan won the tournament for a second time, defeating Neil Robertson 10–8 in the final.[6][7]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:[8]
- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-up: £40,000
- Semi-final: £20,000
- Quarter-final: £12,500
- Last 16: £7,500
- Last 32: £5,000
- Highest break: £10,000
- Total: £380,000
Seeding list
The top 32 players on the one-year ranking list, up to and including the 2021 Scottish Open, qualified for the tournament. Seedings were based on the order of the player in that list.[9]
| Seed | Player | Total points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 206,000 |
| 2 | .svg.png){kind=small} Luca Brecel (BEL) | 170,000 |
| 3 |  Mark Williams (WAL) | 116,000 |
| 4 | John Higgins (SCO) | 109,000 |
| 5 | .svg.png){kind=small} Mark Allen (NIR) | 108,000 |
| 6 | David Gilbert (ENG) | 86,000 |
| 7 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 75,000 |
| 8 | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 74,000 |
| 9 | Kyren Wilson (ENG) | 66,000 |
| 10 | Gary Wilson (ENG) | 63,500 |
| 11 | Ricky Walden (ENG) | 53,000 |
| 12 | Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 51,000 |
| 13 | Judd Trump (ENG) | 50,500 |
| 14 | Anthony McGill (SCO) | 48,500 |
| 15 | Jimmy Robertson (ENG) | 46,000 |
| 16 | Yan Bingtao (CHN) | 45,500 |
| 17 | Mark King (ENG) | 44,000 |
| 18 | Matthew Selt (ENG) | 37,000 |
| 19 | Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 36,500 |
| 20 | Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 33,500 |
| 21 | Mark Selby (ENG) | 32,000 |
| 22 | Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 31,500 |
| 23 |  Hossein Vafaei (IRN) | 31,000 |
| 24 | Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 31,000 |
| 25 |  Noppon Saengkham (THA) | 31,000 |
| 26 | Andy Hicks (ENG) | 30,500 |
| 27 | Ali Carter (ENG) | 30,500 |
| 28 | Cao Yupeng (CHN) | 29,000 |
| 29 | Tom Ford (ENG) | 28,500 |
| 30 | Jack Lisowski (ENG) | 28,500 |
| 31 | Jordan Brown (NIR) | 27,000 |
| 32 | Martin Gould (ENG) | 25,000 |
Tournament draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, England, 19 December 2021 | ||
| Neil Robertson (8) Australia | 8–10 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (7) England |
| Afternoon: 73–1, 75–33, 50–62, 49–81, 71–12, 87–0, 12–115, 66–72 Evening: 66–5, 37–91, 128–0 (128), 88–49, 0–90, 32–80, 0–77, 8–77, 83–0, 7–77 | ||
| 128 | Highest break | 90 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |
Century breaks
A total of 23 century breaks were made by 15 players during the tournament.[10]
- 139 – Stephen Maguire
- 133, 130 – Tom Ford
- 128, 117, 108, 100 – Neil Robertson
- 128 – Jack Lisowski
- 124, 105 – Stuart Bingham
- 119 – Hossein Vafaei
- 117 – Mark Williams
- 114 – Mark Allen
- 114 – Kyren Wilson
- 112, 107 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 112, 104 – Mark Selby
- 111 – Yan Bingtao
- 106 – Jimmy Robertson
- 105, 100 – Luca Brecel
- 101 – Zhao Xintong
References
- ^ "Cazoo World Grand Prix - World Snooker". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "2021-22 Calendar" (PDF). wst.tv. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ Årdalen, Hermund. "Calendar 2021/2022 - snooker.org". snooker.org (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Trump Beats Lisowski To Win 20th Ranking Title - World Snooker". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Ford Sinks Trump In Black-Ball Thriller". World Snooker Tour. 15 December 2021. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021.
- ^ World Snooker Tour (19 December 2021). "O'Sullivan Ends Title Drought". wst.tv. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "World Grand Prix: Ronnie O'Sullivan stages comeback to beat Neil Robertson to title". BBC Sport. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ "Tournament Prize Money | World Snooker Live Scores". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "Updated 2021-22 Calendar". World Snooker Tour. 18 August 2021
- ^ "Cazoo World Grand Prix 2021 | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.