2015 World Grand Prix

The 2015 888.com World Grand Prix was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 22 March 2015 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales.[1][2]

For the darts tournament, see 2015 World Grand Prix (darts).

888.com World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates16–22 March 2015
VenueVenue Cymru
CityLlandudno
CountryWales
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£300,000
Winner's share£100,000
Highest break Judd Trump (142)
Final
Champion Judd Trump
Runner-up Ronnie O'Sullivan
Score10–7
2016 →

Judd Trump won the inaugural event by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–7 in the final.[3][4]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5][6]

Seeding list

The top 32 players on a one-year ranking system running from the 2014 World Snooker Championship to the 2015 Gdynia Open qualified for the tournament.[7][8][9]

Rank Player Total Points
01 Mark Selby 429,166
02 Ronnie O'Sullivan 305,250
03 Neil Robertson 217,360
04 Judd Trump 191,916
05 Ricky Walden 188,227
06 Stuart Bingham 176,545
07 Mark Allen 163,500
08 Shaun Murphy 150,083
09 Stephen Maguire 115,700
10 John Higgins 103,450
11 Barry Hawkins 102,000
12 Mark Williams 99,400
13 Joe Perry 94,833
14 Marco Fu 85,266
15 Robert Milkins 79,444
16 Martin Gould 76,834
17 Alan McManus 70,001
18 Michael White 63,333
19 Mark Davis 61,127
20 Ben Woollaston 60,699
21 Ryan Day 59,582
22 Matthew Selt 55,900
23 Graeme Dott 55,033
24 Xiao Guodong 52,295
25 Peter Ebdon 51,917
26 Liang Wenbo 51 251
27 Anthony McGill 49,167
28 Ding Junhui 48,500
29 Dominic Dale 47,583
30 Luca Brecel 45,332
31 Rod Lawler 42,499
32 Michael Holt 42,083

(Top 32 players out of 560)

Main draw

[10][11][12]

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 Mark Selby 4
32 Michael Holt 1
1 Mark Selby 2
16 Martin Gould 4
16 Martin Gould 4
17 Alan McManus 1
16 Martin Gould 4
25 Peter Ebdon 2
9 Stephen Maguire 4
24 Xiao Guodong 1
9 Stephen Maguire 1
25 Peter Ebdon 4
8 Shaun Murphy 3
25 Peter Ebdon 4
16 Martin Gould 5
4 Judd Trump 6
5 Ricky Walden 4
28 Ding Junhui 1
5 Ricky Walden 3
12 Mark Williams 4
12 Mark Williams 4
21 Ryan Day 3
12 Mark Williams 3
4 Judd Trump 4
13 Joe Perry 4
20 Ben Woollaston 0
13 Joe Perry 2
4 Judd Trump 4
4 Judd Trump 4
29 Dominic Dale 0
4 Judd Trump 10
2 Ronnie O'Sullivan 7
3 Neil Robertson 4
30 Luca Brecel 0
3 Neil Robertson 3
19 Mark Davis 4
14 Marco Fu 1
19 Mark Davis 4
19 Mark Davis 0
6 Stuart Bingham 4
11 Barry Hawkins 0
22 Matthew Selt 4
22 Matthew Selt 2
6 Stuart Bingham 4
6 Stuart Bingham 4
27 Anthony McGill 3
6 Stuart Bingham 0
2 Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
7 Mark Allen 3
26 Liang Wenbo 4
26 Liang Wenbo 3
23 Graeme Dott 4
10 John Higgins 3
23 Graeme Dott 4
23 Graeme Dott 1
2 Ronnie O'Sullivan 4
15 Robert Milkins 4
18 Michael White 2
15 Robert Milkins 0
2 Ronnie O'Sullivan 4
2 Ronnie O'Sullivan 4
31 Rod Lawler 2

Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Olivier Marteel.
Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 22 March 2015.[12][13]
Judd Trump (4)
 England		 10–7 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)
 England
Afternoon: 67–54, 14–90 (90), 60–80, 47–83 (56), 1–105 (105), 86–22 (50), 82–1, 76–8 (50), 9–115 (89)
Evening: 0–100 (96), 20–63 (59), 80–29 (57), 72–0, 142–0 (142), 67–35, 62–53, 65–9
142 Highest break 105
1 Century breaks 1
4 50+ breaks 6

Century breaks

Total: 17[14][15]

References
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  4. Hendon, Dave (22 March 2015). "Trump outlasts O'Sullivan to triumph at World Grand Prix". Inside Snooker. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
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  11. "World Grand Prix 2015 Provisional Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  12. "888.com World Grand Prix (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  13. "2015 World Grand Prix". CueTracker – Snooker Database. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
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