World Grand Prix (snooker)

World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Venue Preston Guild Hall
Location Preston
Country England
Established 2015
Organisation(s) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £375,000
Current champion(s) England Ronnie O'Sullivan

The World Grand Prix is a professional ranking snooker tournament. The inaugural edition was played in 2015 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales.[1][2][3][4][5] The reigning champion is Ronnie O'Sullivan.

History

The World Grand Prix was held as a non-ranking event in March 2015 in Llandudno, Wales, for the top 32 players on the World Grand Prix list. The list was based on a one-year ranking system.

In March 2016, the World Grand Prix was held as a ranking event, again using the World Grand Prix list.[6]

Winners

Year Winner Runner-up Final score Venue Season
World Grand Prix (non-ranking)
2015 England Judd Trump England Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–7 Wales Llandudno 2014/2015
World Grand Prix (ranking)
2016 England Shaun Murphy England Stuart Bingham 10–9 Wales Llandudno 2015/2016
2017 England Barry Hawkins Wales Ryan Day 10–7 England Preston 2016/2017
2018 England Ronnie O'Sullivan China Ding Junhui 10–3 England Preston 2017/2018

References

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