2007 Grand Prix (snooker)

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.

Royal London Watches Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates13–21 October 2007
VenueA.E.C.C.
CityAberdeen
CountryScotland
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£470,500
Winner's share£75,000
Highest break Tom Ford (147)
Final
Champion Marco Fu
Runner-up Ronnie O'Sullivan
Score9–6
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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
Joe Swail 541811+7
Joe Perry 541612+4
Jimmy Michie 5214140
Neil Robertson 5214140
Stephen Lee 521316−3
Mark Davis 51917−8

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

Group 2C
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Peter Ebdon 552012+8
Liu Song 531612+4
Matthew Stevens 5314140
Mark Selby 5214140
Dave Harold 521315−2
Joe Delaney 501020−10

Group 2D
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Shaun Murphy 541911+8
Marco Fu 541914+5
Stuart Pettman 531613+3
Stuart Bingham 5213130
Ding Junhui 521314−1
Ben Woollaston 50520−15

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

Group 2F
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Ricky Walden 541810+8
Michael Judge 541814+4
Mark Allen 5315150
Mark Williams 521417−3
Ken Doherty 511317−4
Ian McCulloch 511419−5

Group 2G
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Stephen Maguire 54179+8
Barry Hawkins 531613+3
Stephen Hendry 531716+1
Rory McLeod 531615+1
Paul Davies 521318−5
Jamie Cope 501220−8

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

Knockout stage

[5][6]

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

Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: 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), 104–35 (85), 0–110 (110), 18–84 (74), 127–0 (127), 75–0 (75), 64–33
Evening: 67–5, 0–99, 4–95 (94), 5–121 (117), 0–82 (62), 66–44 (65), 58–60 (O'Sullivan 52, Fu 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
Mark Davis 752515+10
Mark Joyce 742517+8
Jimmy White 7421210
Robert Milkins 742022−2
Jimmy Robertson 732322+1
Supoj Saenla 731820−2
Alex Davies 731524−9
Scott MacKenzie 722026−6

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

Group 1C
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Joe Delaney 752516+9
Ben Woollaston 752319+4
Barry Pinches 741915+4
David Gilbert 742017+3
Issara Kachaiwong 731922−3
David Gray 731923−4
Leo Fernandez 721723−6
Lee Spick 721724−7

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

Group 1E
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Fergal O'Brien 762612+14
Michael Judge 762513+12
Joe Jogia 742118+3
David Roe 742118+3
Matthew Selt 7320200
Rodney Goggins 721722−5
Drew Henry 721325−12
Kevin Van Hove 711126−15

Group 1F
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Ricky Walden 762516+9
Marcus Campbell 752312+11
Robin Hull 742319+4
Munraj Pal 742320+3
Martin Gould 742119+2
David Morris 732421+3
Steve Mifsud 711327−14
John Parrott 71826−18

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

Group 1H
Player MP MW FW FL FD
Andrew Norman 762512+13
Rory McLeod 752314+9
Liang Wenbo 752219+3
Patrick Wallace 742219+3
Alfred Burden 731517−2
Judd Trump 731922−3
Rod Lawler 711925−6
Jamie O'Neill 711727−10

Century Breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

[7]

Televised stage centuries

References
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  3. "2007 Royal London Watches Grand Prix Stage 2". globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 30 January 2009.
  4. "Ford leaves hospital and hits 147". BBC News. 14 October 2007. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
  5. "2007 Royal London Watches Grand Prix Knock Out". globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 30 January 2009.
  6. "Grand Prix". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  7. "2007 Royal London Watches Grand Prix Stage 1". globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 30 January 2009.
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