2006 Grand Prix (snooker)

The 2006 Royal London Watches Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 21 and 29 October 2006 at the A.E.C.C. in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Royal London Watches Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates21–29 October 2006
VenueA.E.C.C.
CityAberdeen
CountryScotland
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£455,750
Winner's share£60,000
Highest break Jamie Cope (147)
Final
Champion Neil Robertson
Runner-up Jamie Cope
Score9–5
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2007 →

Neil Robertson won his first ranking title by defeating Jamie Cope 9–5 in the final.

Earlier on Jamie Cope compiled a 147 maximum break in his round robin win over Michael Holt.

Main draw

[1][2][3]

Round-robin stage

The first round used a round-robin format. 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.

Group 2A
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Alan McManus 54136+7
John Higgins 54137+6
Issara Kachaiwong 54138+5
Barry Hawkins 52990
Dominic Dale 51812-4
James Wattana 50115-14

Group 2B
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Ryan Day 54124+8
Mark King 53118+3
Shaun Murphy 53119+2
Ali Carter 53109+1
Jamie Jones 52913-4
Michael Judge 50515-10

Group 2C
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Ronnie O'Sullivan 55154+11
Jamie Cope[n 1] 5310100
Michael Holt[n 1] 53108+2
Steve Davis 52910-1
Marco Fu[n 1] 51613-7
David Roe[n 1] 51813-5

Group 2D
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Neil Robertson[n 2] 54147+7
Ken Doherty[n 2] 54146+8
Joe Swail 5310100
Nigel Bond 52913-4
Judd Trump[n 2] 51814-6
Paul Davison[n 2] 51813-5

Group 2E
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Matthew Stevens 54125+7
Mark Selby 53116+5
Fergal O'Brien 53119+2
Liang Wenbo 53109+1
Andy Hicks 51615-9
Stephen Hendry 51714-7

Group 2F
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Stephen Lee 4397+2
Ian McCulloch 43105+5
Robin Hull 4297+2
Gerard Greene 4278-1
Stuart Bingham 40412-8
Mark Williams[n 3]

Group 2G
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Robert Milkins 55157+8
David Gray 54136+7
Peter Ebdon 521011-1
Tom Ford 521012-2
Ben Woollaston 52912-3
Anthony Hamilton 50615-9

Group 2H
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Joe Perry 54144+10
Andrew Norman 54129+3
Stephen Maguire 53129+3
Ding Junhui 521011-1
Graeme Dott 52811-3
Mark Allen 50315-12

Knockout stage

[4]

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
26 October
 
 
 Alan McManus5
 
27 October
 
 Mark Selby1
 
 Alan McManus5
 
26 October
 
 Ian McCulloch3
 
 Ryan Day3
 
28 October
 
 Ian McCulloch5
 
 Alan McManus2
 
25 October
 
 Neil Robertson6
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan5
 
27 October
 
 David Gray2
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan1
 
25 October
 
 Neil Robertson5
 
 Neil Robertson5
 
29 October
 
 Andrew Norman3
 
 Neil Robertson9
 
26 October
 
 Jamie Cope5
 
 Matthew Stevens4
 
27 October
 
 John Higgins5
 
 John Higgins2
 
26 October
 
 Mark King5
 
 Stephen Lee3
 
28 October
 
 Mark King5
 
 Mark King3
 
25 October
 
 Jamie Cope6
 
 Robert Milkins0
 
27 October
 
 Jamie Cope5
 
 Jamie Cope5
 
25 October
 
 Joe Perry4
 
 Joe Perry5
 
 
 Ken Doherty0
 

Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams.
Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland, 29 October 2006.
Neil Robertson
 Australia		 9–5 Jamie Cope
 England
Afternoon: 40–67, 100–8 (100), 78–0 (78), 60–59 (Robertson 59), 61–2, 35–70 (55), 59–3
Evening: 63–38, 64–31, 98–9 (68), 0–105 (105), 42–69, 27–57, 70–1 (55)
100 Highest break 105
1 Century breaks 1
5 50+ breaks 2

Qualifying

Qualifying was held between 30 September and 4 October 2006 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.[1]

Group 1A
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Issara Kachaiwong 76189+9
Jamie Jones 751811+7
Ricky Walden 75189+9
Jimmy Michie 741511+4
Matthew Couch 731316-3
Marcus Campbell 721419-5
Tian Pengfei 72919-10
Joe Delaney 71819-11

Group 1B
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Michael Judge 751813+5
Dominic Dale 741712+5
Shokat Ali 741712+5
Sean Storey 741615+1
Andrew Higginson 741516-1
James Leadbetter 731416-2
Jamie Burnett 731416-2
Roy Stolk 71718-11

Group 1C
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Jamie Cope 76196+13
Paul Davison 741611+5
Chris Melling 741613+3
Rory McLeod 741413+1
Tony Drago 7416160
Rod Lawler 731416-2
Mark Boyle 72919-10
Passakorn Suwannawat 711020-10

Group 1D
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Judd Trump 76196+13
David Roe 751810+8
Ian Preece 741511+4
John Parrott 741513+2
Dermot McGlinchey 731118-7
David Gilbert 7313130
Drew Henry 721118-7
Jeff Cundy 71720-13

Group 1E
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Liang Wenbo 75189+9
Gerard Greene 741612+4
David Morris 741411+3
Peter Lines 741413+1
Scott MacKenzie 741415-1
Barry Pinches 731216-4
Mike Dunn 721216-4
Paul Wykes 72917-8

Group 1F
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Robin Hull 762010+10
Fergal O'Brien 76208+12
Adrian Gunnell 751714+3
Chris Norbury 731514+1
Mohammed Shehab 731516-1
Stuart Pettman 72917-8
Alex Borg 72917-8
Liu Song 711019-9

Group 1G
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Ben Woollaston 77217+14
Andrew Norman 751712+5
Mark Davis 751610+6
Dave Harold 741411+3
Paul Davies 7314140
Robert Stephen 72915-6
Mark Joyce 721017-7
Lee Page 70621-15

Group 1H
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Mark Allen 641512+3
Tom Ford 641412+2
Lee Spick 63109+1
Jimmy White 6312120
Alfie Burden 6311110
Patrick Einsle 621115-4
Joe Jogia 621113-2

Century breaks

[1]

Qualifying stage centuries

Televised stage centuries

Notes
  1. Jamie Cope 2nd due to win against Michael Holt, David Roe is 6th due to loss against Marco Fu.
  2. Neil Robertson 1st due to win against Ken Doherty, Paul Davison 6th due to loss against Judd Trump.
  3. Mark Williams withdrew due to wrist injury thus all his results are expunged.

References
  1. "2006 Grand Prix". globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 3 September 2007.
  2. "2006 Grand Prix Order of Play". globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 3 September 2007.
  3. "2006 Grand Prix results". Sporting Life. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  4. "Grand Prix". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
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