2007 Grand Prix (snooker)

Royal London Watches Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates 13–21 October 2007
Venue A.E.C.C.
City Aberdeen
Country Scotland
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £470,500
Winner's share £75,000
Highest break England Tom Ford (147)
Final
Champion Hong Kong Marco Fu
Runner-up England Ronnie O'Sullivan
Score 9–6
2006
2008

The 2007 Royal London Watches Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13 and 21 October 2007 at the A.E.C.C. in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Dave Harold made 14 consecutive foul and misses during his round-robin stage match against Liu Song. This is the most consecutive foul and misses made in any professional event.[1]

Marco Fu won the title by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–6 in the final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[2]

Ranking points

The breakdown of ranking points for this year is shown below:[2]

Main draw

Round-robin stage

The first round used a round-robin format like last season. 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. Matches in the round-robins were the best of seven frames.[2][3]

Tom Ford made a maximum break in his match against Steve Davis.[4] For this feat he won £24,000.

Group 2A

Player MP MW FW FL FD
Northern Ireland Joe Swail 541811+7
England Joe Perry 541612+4
England Jimmy Michie 5214140
Australia Neil Robertson 5214140
England Stephen Lee 521316−3
England Mark Davis 51917−8

Group 2B

Player MP MW FW FL FD
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 55206+14
Northern Ireland Gerard Greene 54189+9
England Tom Ford 521715+2
Wales Dominic Dale 521117−6
England Steve Davis 52918−9
England Mark Joyce 501020−10

Group 2C

Player MP MW FW FL FD
England Peter Ebdon 552012+8
China Liu Song 531612+4
Wales Matthew Stevens 5314140
England Mark Selby 5214140
England Dave Harold 521315−2
Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney 501020−10

Group 2D

Player MP MW FW FL FD
England Shaun Murphy 541911+8
Hong Kong Marco Fu 541914+5
England Stuart Pettman 531613+3
England Stuart Bingham 5213130
China Ding Junhui 521314−1
England Ben Woollaston 50520−15

Group 2E

Player MP MW FW FL FD
England Ali Carter 55204+16
Scotland Marcus Campbell 541614+2
England Michael Holt 531514+1
England Anthony Hamilton 521413+1
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 511018−8
Scotland Graeme Dott 50820−12

Group 2F

Player MP MW FW FL FD
England Ricky Walden 541810+8
Republic of Ireland Michael Judge 541814+4
Northern Ireland Mark Allen 5315150
Wales Mark Williams 521417−3
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 511317−4
England Ian McCulloch 511419−5

Group 2G

Player MP MW FW FL FD
Scotland Stephen Maguire 54179+8
England Barry Hawkins 531613+3
Scotland Stephen Hendry 531716+1
England Rory McLeod 531615+1
Wales Paul Davies 521318−5
England Jamie Cope 501220−8

Group 2H

Player MP MW FW FL FD
Scotland John Higgins 55206+14
Wales Ryan Day 531710+7
England Nigel Bond 521214−2
England Mark King 521113−2
China Tian Pengfei 521217−5
England Andrew Norman 51719−12

Knockout stage

[5][6]

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
Northern Ireland Joe Swail5
 
 
 
Scotland Marcus Campbell2
 
Northern Ireland Joe Swail3
 
 
 
England Ronnie O'Sullivan5
 
England Ronnie O'Sullivan5
 
 
 
Republic of Ireland Michael Judge2
 
England Ronnie O'Sullivan6
 
 
 
England Shaun Murphy5
 
England Peter Ebdon5
 
 
 
England Barry Hawkins2
 
England Peter Ebdon3
 
 
 
England Shaun Murphy5
 
England Shaun Murphy5
 
 
 
Wales Ryan Day3
 
England Ronnie O'Sullivan6
 
 
 
Hong Kong Marco Fu9
 
England Ali Carter3
 
 
 
England Joe Perry5
 
England Joe Perry3
 
 
 
Northern Ireland Gerard Greene5
 
England Ricky Walden0
 
 
 
Northern Ireland Gerard Greene5
 
Northern Ireland Gerard Greene5
 
 
 
Hong Kong Marco Fu6
 
Scotland Stephen Maguire3
 
 
 
China Liu Song5
 
China Liu Song0
 
 
 
Hong Kong Marco Fu5
 
Scotland John Higgins4
 
 
Hong Kong Marco Fu5
 

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Netherlands Jan Verhaas.
Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland, 21 October 2007.[5]
Ronnie O'Sullivan
 England
6–9 Marco Fu
 Hong Kong
Afternoon: 21–100 (78), 104 (85)–35, 0–110 (110), 18–84 (74), 127 (127)–0, 75 (75)–0, 64–33
Evening: 67–5, 0–99, 4–95 (94), 5–121 (117), 0–82 (62), 66 (65)–44, 58 (58)–60 (60), 0–76 (76)
127 Highest break 117
1 Century breaks 2
5 50+ breaks 8

Qualifying

Qualifying for the 2007 Grand Prix was held between 17 September and 23 September 2007 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. All matches at this stage were played over the best of seven frames.[2][7]

Group 1A

Player MP MW FW FL FD
England Mark Davis 752515+10
England Mark Joyce 742517+8
England Jimmy White 7421210
England Robert Milkins 742022−2
England Jimmy Robertson 732322+1
Thailand Supoj Saenla 731820−2
England Alex Davies 731524−9
Scotland Scott MacKenzie 722026−6

Group 1B

Player MP MW FW FL FD
England Tom Ford 762510+15
England Jimmy Michie 742214+8
Malta Tony Drago 742019+1
Scotland James McBain 7418180
England Andrew Higginson 732017+3
Thailand James Wattana 731719−2
Wales Gareth Coppack 72922−13
Wales Michael White 711426−12

Group 1C

Player MP MW FW FL FD
Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney 752516+9
England Ben Woollaston 752319+4
England Barry Pinches 741915+4
England David Gilbert 742017+3
Thailand Issara Kachaiwong 731922−3
England David Gray 731923−4
Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez 721723−6
England Lee Spick 721724−7

Group 1D

Player MP MW FW FL FD
England Stuart Pettman 772812+16
China Liu Song 752316+7
England Andy Hicks 742217+5
China Xiao Guodong 731920−1
Scotland Jamie Burnett 732023−3
England Mike Dunn 731723−6
Norway Kurt Maflin 722021−1
England Ashley Wright 71926−17

Group 1E

Player MP MW FW FL FD
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 762612+14
Republic of Ireland Michael Judge 762513+12
England Joe Jogia 742118+3
England David Roe 742118+3
England Matthew Selt 7320200
Republic of Ireland Rodney Goggins 721722−5
Scotland Drew Henry 721325−12
Belgium Kevin Van Hove 711126−15

Group 1F

Player MP MW FW FL FD
England Ricky Walden 762516+9
Scotland Marcus Campbell 752312+11
Finland Robin Hull 742319+4
England Munraj Pal 742320+3
England Martin Gould 742119+2
Republic of Ireland David Morris 732421+3
Australia Steve Mifsud 711327−14
England John Parrott 71826−18

Group 1G

Player MP MW FW FL FD
Wales Paul Davies 752511+14
China Tian Pengfei 752420+4
Scotland Fraser Patrick 742120+1
Wales Ian Preece 7317170
Wales Lee Walker 731719−2
Scotland Alan McManus 731923-4
England Adrian Gunnell 731422−8
China Liu Chuang 721823−5

Group 1H

Player MP MW FW FL FD
England Andrew Norman 762512+13
England Rory McLeod 752314+9
China Liang Wenbo 752219+3
Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace 742219+3
England Alfred Burden 731517−2
England Judd Trump 731922−3
England Rod Lawler 711925−6
England Jamie O'Neill 711727−10

Century Breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

[7]

Televised stage centuries

References

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