2016 World Grand Prix

World Grand Prix

Tournament information
Dates	8–13 March 2016
Venue	Venue Cymru
City	Llandudno
Country	Wales
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£300,000
Winner's share	£100,000
Highest break	Joe Perry (133)
Final
Champion	Shaun Murphy
Runner-up	Stuart Bingham
Score	10–9
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The 2016 Ladbrokes World Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8 and 13 March 2016 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. It was the seventh ranking event of the 2015/2016 season.

The defending champion Judd Trump lost 2–4 against Stuart Bingham in the last 16. Shaun Murphy beat Stuart Bingham 10–9 in the final to win the £100,000 first prize. The tournament was broadcast in the UK on ITV4.

Prize fund

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

Winner: £100,000 Runner-up: £35,000 Semi-final: £20,000 Quarter-final: £10,000 Last 16: £5,000 Last 32: £2,500

Highest break: £5,000 Total: £300,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break was won at the previous ranking event, the Welsh Open, and so stood at £5,000. The sponsor pledged to double the prize for a 147 break and so the prize was £10,000.^[1]

Seeding list

The top 32 players on a one-year ranking system running from the 2015 Australian Goldfields Open until the 2016 Gdynia Open qualified for the tournament.^[2]

Source:^[3]

Rank	Player	Total Points	Event Status
01	John Higgins	201,975	Second Round lost to	Ryan Day [17]
02	Neil Robertson	197,500	First Round lost to	Peter Ebdon [31]
03	Martin Gould	127,425	Second Round lost to	Shaun Murphy [14]
04	Kyren Wilson	126,900	Second Round lost to	Joe Perry [13]
05	Mark Selby	106,375	First Round lost to	Tom Ford [28]
06	Liang Wenbo	98,850	Quarter-final lost to	Shaun Murphy [14]
07	Mark Allen	91,200	Second Round lost to	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [23]
08	David Gilbert	85,350	First Round lost to	Stuart Bingham [25]
09	Judd Trump	73,250	Second Round lost to	Stuart Bingham [25]
10	Marco Fu	69,975	First Round lost to	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [23]
11	Ronnie O'Sullivan	61,500	First Round lost to	Michael Holt [22]
12	Luca Brecel	59,925	First Round lost to	Ali Carter [21]
13	Joe Perry	55,250	Semi-final lost to	Stuart Bingham [25]
14	Shaun Murphy	53,975	Champion defeated	Stuart Bingham [25]
15	Ben Woollaston	50,750	First Round lost to	Ding Junhui [18]
16	Matthew Selt	49,500	First Round lost to	Ryan Day [17]
17	Ryan Day	48,975	Quarter-final lost to	Stuart Bingham [25]
18	Ding Junhui	45,425	Semi-final lost to	Shaun Murphy [14]
19	Michael White	45,200	First Round lost to	Shaun Murphy [14]
20	Barry Hawkins	45,025	First Round lost to	Joe Perry [13]
21	Ali Carter	44,550	Quarter-final lost to	Joe Perry [13]
22	Michael Holt	44,450	Second Round lost to	Liang Wenbo [6]
23	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	43,275	Quarter-final lost to	Ding Junhui [18]
24	Mark Williams	43,225	First Round lost to	Judd Trump [9]
25	Stuart Bingham	42,175	Runner-up lost to	Shaun Murphy [14]
26	David Grace	41,250	First Round lost to	Mark Allen [7]
27	Graeme Dott	40,450	First Round lost to	Liang Wenbo [6]
28	Tom Ford	37,850	Second Round lost to	Ali Carter [21]
29	Jamie Jones	37,400	First Round lost to	Kyren Wilson [4]
30	Tian Pengfei	37,000	First Round lost to	Martin Gould [3]
31	Peter Ebdon	34,425	Second Round lost to	Ding Junhui [18]
32	Stephen Maguire	33,250	First Round lost to	John Higgins [1]

Main draw

	Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	John Higgins	4
	32	Stephen Maguire	0
						1	John Higgins	3
						17	Ryan Day	4
	16	Matthew Selt	1
	17	Ryan Day	4
											17	Ryan Day	2
											25	Stuart Bingham	4
	9	Judd Trump	4
	24	Mark Williams	1
						9	Judd Trump	2
						25	Stuart Bingham	4
	8	David Gilbert	1
	25	Stuart Bingham	4
																25	Stuart Bingham	6
																13	Joe Perry	5
	5	Mark Selby	2
	28	Tom Ford	4
						28	Tom Ford	0
						21	Ali Carter	4
	12	Luca Brecel	1
	21	Ali Carter	4
											21	Ali Carter	1
											13	Joe Perry	4
	13	Joe Perry	4
	20	Barry Hawkins	0
						13	Joe Perry	4
						4	Kyren Wilson	1
	4	Kyren Wilson	4
	29	Jamie Jones	2
																					25	Stuart Bingham	9
																					14	Shaun Murphy	10
	3	Martin Gould	4
	30	Tian Pengfei	0
						3	Martin Gould	1
						14	Shaun Murphy	4
	14	Shaun Murphy	4
	19	Michael White	0
											14	Shaun Murphy	4
											6	Liang Wenbo	0
	11	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3
	22	Michael Holt	4
						22	Michael Holt	2
						6	Liang Wenbo	4
	6	Liang Wenbo	4
	27	Graeme Dott	1
																14	Shaun Murphy	6
																18	Ding Junhui	3
	7	Mark Allen	4
	26	David Grace	2
						7	Mark Allen	2
						23	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4
	10	Marco Fu	3
	23	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4
											23	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	3
											18	Ding Junhui	4
	15	Ben Woollaston	3
	18	Ding Junhui	4
						18	Ding Junhui	4
						31	Peter Ebdon	0
	2	Neil Robertson	3
	31	Peter Ebdon	4

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Greg Coniglio. Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 13 March 2016.
Stuart Bingham (25)  England	9–10	Shaun Murphy (14)  England
Afternoon: 13–76, 50–66, 96–20 (68), 26–74, 4–93 (58), 77–62, 61–29 (55), 101–5 (93), 80–56 (74) Evening: 69–6 (68), 40–62 (52), 19–72, 85–2, 0–94 (94), 23–79, 65–54, 0–120 (120), 84–2, 0–72
93	Highest break	120
0	Century breaks	1
5	50+ breaks	4

Century breaks

^[4]

133, 125 Joe Perry 122 Judd Trump 120, 110 Shaun Murphy 119 Michael Holt 114 Marco Fu 112 Tom Ford

110 Martin Gould 108 Ding Junhui 107 John Higgins 105 Liang Wenbo 104, 103 Ryan Day 103 Ali Carter

References

1. http://www.worldsnooker.com/rolling-147-prizes-for-ladbrokes-world-grand-prix-and-ladbrokes-players-championship/
2. http://www.worldsnooker.com/llandudno-to-stage-world-grand-prix/
3. http://www.worldsnooker.com/rankings/world-grand-prix-list/
4. "World Grand Prix: centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 14 March 2016.