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| Dates | 11–19 October 2008 |
| Venue | S.E.C.C. |
| City | Glasgow |
| Country | Scotland |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £523,100 |
| Winner's share | £75,000 |
| Highest break | 139 |
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| Champion | John Higgins |
| Runner-up | Ryan Day |
| Score | 9–7 |
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The 2008 Royal London Watches Grand Prix professional ranking snooker tournament was held from 11–19 October 2008 at the S.E.C.C. in Glasgow, Scotland.
John Higgins won his first ranking event for 18 months by defeating Ryan Day 9–7.[1]
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Winner: £75,000 |
Stage 1 High Break: £500 Stage 1 Maximum Break: £1000 Total: £523,100 |
Matches on Sunday 12 October were played on a roll on/roll off basis. Play started at the allocated time each day with a 15 minute interval between matches. The 3rd and 4th match did not start before 3.00 pm. The evening session did not start before the time indicated on the format.
The draw for Round 1 was be made on completion of the qualifiers on 26 September 2008. The draw from Round 2 up to and including the Semi Final was made on a random basis.
The order of play and table numbers for all matches up to the semi-finals was be determined once the draw for that round is made and published by the Tournament Director.
All matches up to and including the Quarter Finals were be best of 9 frames, Semi Finals were be best of 11 frames and the Final was be best of 17 frames. (Seedings between brackets, All times are BST.)[3][4]
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| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. S.E.C.C., Glasgow, Scotland, 19 October 2008. |
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| John Higgins (6) Scotland |
9–7 | Ryan Day (9) Wales |
| Afternoon: 77–39 86–47 (85) 24–89 (64) 90–0 (57) 73–4 (52) 4–119 (82) 69–21 (65) Evening: 79–4 (62) 63–52 (52) 8–69 (69) 65–74 0–89 (89) 46–61 81–11 0–83 (83) 74–36 |
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| 85 | Highest break | 89 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 5 |
These matches took place between 22 to 25 September 2008 at the Pontin's Centre, Prestatyn, Wales.[5]
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