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.
Neil Robertson won his first ranking title by defeating Jamie Cope 9–5 in the final.
Main draw
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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
- 21 October:
- John Higgins 3-0 James Wattana
- Alan McManus 3-0 Barry Hawkins
- Issara Kachaiwong 3-2 Dominic Dale
- Issara Kachaiwong 3-2 Barry Hawkins
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- 22 October:
- Alan McManus 3-1 Dominic Dale
- John Higgins 3-1 Issara Kachaiwong
- John Higgins 3-2 Dominic Dale
- Issara Kachaiwong 3-1 Alan McManus
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- 23 October:
- Issara Kachaiwong 3-0 James Wattana
- John Higgins 3-1 Barry Hawkins
- James Wattana 1-3 Alan McManus
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- 24 October:
- John Higgins 1-3 Alan McManus
- Barry Hawkins 3-0 James Wattana
- Barry Hawkins 3-0 Dominic Dale
- James Wattana 0-3 Dominic Dale
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Group 2B
- 21 October:
- Ryan Day 3-0 Shaun Murphy
- Mark King 3-1 Ali Carter
- Ryan Day 3-0 Ali Carter
- Shaun Murphy 3-0 Mark King
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- 22 October:
- Shaun Murphy 3-1 Michael Judge
- Ryan Day 3-0 Jamie Jones
- Ali Carter 3-0 Michael Judge
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- 23 October:
- Mark King 3-1 Michael Judge
- Ali Carter 3-1 Jamie Jones
- Jamie Jones 3-2 Mark King
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- 24 October:
- Michael Judge 2-3 Jamie Jones
- Ryan Day 0-3 Mark King
- Shaun Murphy 3-2 Jamie Jones
- Shaun Murphy 2-3 Ali Carter
- Ryan Day 3-1 Michael Judge
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Group 2C
- 21 October:
- Michael Holt 3-0 Marco Fu
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-1 Steve Davis
- Michael Holt 3-1 David Roe
- Steve Davis 3-1 Jamie Cope
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- 22 October:
- David Roe 3-1 Steve Davis
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-0 Michael Holt
- Jamie Cope 3-1 Marco Fu
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-0 Jamie Cope
- Marco Fu 3-1 David Roe
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- 23 October:
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-2 Marco Fu
- Michael Holt 1-3 Jamie Cope
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-1 David Roe
- Steve Davis 1-3 Michael Holt
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- 24 October:
- Steve Davis 3-0 Marco Fu
- Jamie Cope 3-2 David Roe
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Group 2D
- 21 October:
- Nigel Bond 3-2 Neil Robertson
- Judd Trump 3-2 Paul Davison
- Neil Robertson 3-1 Joe Swail
- Ken Doherty 3-2 Nigel Bond
- Joe Swail 3-2 Judd Trump
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- 22 October:
- Ken Doherty 3-1 Paul Davison
- Neil Robertson 3-1 Judd Trump
- Joe Swail 3-2 Paul Davison
- Ken Doherty 3-0 Judd Trump
- Joe Swail 3-0 Nigel Bond
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- 23 October:
- Neil Robertson 3-2 Ken Doherty
- Paul Davison 3-1 Nigel Bond
- Ken Doherty 3-0 Joe Swail
- Neil Robertson 3-0 Paul Davison
- Nigel Bond 3-2 Judd Trump
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Group 2E
- 21 October:
- Liang Wenbo 3-1 Fergal O'Brien
- Stephen Hendry 3-2 Mark Selby
- Liang Wenbo 3-2 Andy Hicks
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- 22 October:
- Matthew Stevens 3-1 Liang Wenbo
- Andy Hicks 3-2 Stephen Hendry
- Mark Selby 3-0 Andy Hicks
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- 23 October:
- Matthew Stevens 3-0 Stephen Hendry
- Fergal O'Brien 3-1 Andy Hicks
- Mark Selby 3-0 Liang Wenbo
- Matthew Stevens 3-1 Fergal O'Brien
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- 24 October:
- Fergal O'Brien 3-2 Stephen Hendry
- Matthew Stevens 0-3 Mark Selby
- Stephen Hendry 0-3 Liang Wenbo
- Matthew Stevens 3-0 Andy Hicks
- Mark Selby 0-3 Fergal O'Brien
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Group 2F
- 21 October:
Stuart Bingham 3-0 Mark Williams
- Robin Hull 3-1 Gerard Greene
- Stephen Lee 3-2 Stuart Bingham
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- 22 October:
- Ian McCulloch 3-0 Stuart Bingham
Mark Williams 3-1 Stephen Lee
- Ian McCulloch 3-0 Gerard Greene
Robin Hull 3-1 Mark Williams
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- 23 October:
- Ian McCulloch 3-2 Robin Hull
- Gerard Greene 3-0 Stephen Lee
Mark Williams vs. Gerard Greene
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- 24 October:
- Robin Hull 3-0 Stuart Bingham
- Stuart Bingham 2-3 Gerard Greene
- Stephen Lee 3-1 Robin Hull
- Stephen Lee 3-1 Ian McCulloch
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Group 2G
- 21 October:
- David Gray 3-2 Anthony Hamilton
- David Gray 3-0 Ben Woollaston
- Robert Milkins 3-2 Peter Ebdon
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- 22 October:
- Tom Ford 3-2 Anthony Hamilton
- Ben Woollaston 3-1 Anthony Hamilton
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- 23 October:
- Robert Milkins 3-2 Tom Ford
- Robert Milkins 3-1 Ben Woolaston
- Peter Ebdon 1-3 David Gray
- Peter Ebdon 1-3 Tom Ford
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- 24 October:
- Peter Ebdon 3-0 Anthony Hamilton
- Robert Milkins 3-1 David Gray
- Ben Woolaston 3-2 Tom Ford
- Peter Ebdon 3-2 Ben Woollaston
- David Gray 3-0 Tom Ford
- Anthony Hamilton 1-3 Robert Milkins
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Group 2H
- 21 October:
- Graeme Dott 3-2 Joe Perry Stephen
- Maguire 3-0 Mark Allen
- Ding Junhui 3-0 Graeme Dott
- Andrew Norman 3-1 Mark Allen
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- 22 October:
- Andrew Norman 3-2 Ding Junhui
- Graeme Dott 3-0 Mark Allen
- Joe Perry 3-1 Stephen Maguire
- Andrew Norman 3-2 Stephen Maguire
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- 23 October:
- Stephen Maguire 3-1 Graeme Dott
- Joe Perry 3-0 Andrew Norman
- Ding Junhui 2-3 Stephen Maguire
- Joe Perry 3-0 Mark Allen
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- 24 October:
- Graeme Dott 1-3 Andrew Norman
- Ding Junhui 3-2 Mark Allen
- Joe Perry 3-0 Ding Junhui
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Knockout stage
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Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. 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 (59 Robertson), 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 |
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Century breaks |
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5 |
50+ breaks |
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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
- 30 September:
- Ricky Walden 3-1 Marcus Campbell
- Jimmy Michie 3-0 Joe Delaney
- Matthew Couch 2-3 Tian Pengfei
- Jamie Jones 2-3 Issara Kachaiwong
- Ricky Walden 3-1 Jimmy Michie
- Marcus Campbell 3-2 Joe Delaney
- 1 October
- Matthew Couch 3-1 Jamie Jones
- Tian Pengfei 0-3 Issara Kachaiwong
- Ricky Walden 3-0 Joe Delaney
- Marcus Campbell 2-3 Matthew Couch
- Jimmy Michie 1-3 Jamie Jones
- Ricky Walden 3-0 Issara Kachaiwong
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- 2 October
- Marcus Campbell 3-2 Tian Pengfei
- Joe Delaney 1-3 Matthew Couch
- Jimmy Michie 1-3 Issara Kachaiwong
- Ricky Walden 2-3 Tian Pengfei
- Marcus Campbell 2-3 Jamie Jones
- Joe Delaney 1-3 Issara Kachaiwong
- 3 October
- Tian Pengfei 0-3 Jamie Jones
- Marcus Campbell 1-3 Jimmy Michie
- Matthew Couch 0-3 Issara Kachaiwong
- Jimmy Michie 3-0 Tian Pengfei
- Joe Delaney 1-3 Jamie Jones
- Ricky Walden 3-1 Matthew Couch
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- 4 October
- Marcus Campbell 2-3 Issara Kachaiwong
- Joe Delaney 3-1 Tian Pengfei
- Ricky Walden 1-3 Jamie Jones
- Jimmy Michie 3-1 Matthew Couch
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Group 1B
- 30 September:
- Michael Judge 3-2 Dominic Dale
- Shokat Ali 2-3 Jamie Burnett
- Sean Storey 2-3 Andrew Higginson
- Roy Stolk 2-3 James Leadbetter
- Michael Judge 3-1 Shokat Ali
- Dominic Dale 1-3 Jamie Burnett
- 1 October
- Sean Storey 3-1 Roy Stolk
- Andrew Higginson 3-2 James Leadbetter
- Michael Judge 3-2 Jamie Burnett
- Dominic Dale 3-0 Sean Storey
- Shokat Ali 3-0 Roy Stolk
- Michael Judge 1-3 James Leadbetter
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- 2 October
- Dominic Dale 2-3 Andrew Higginson
- Jamie Burnett 1-3 Sean Storey
- Shokat Ali 3-0 James Leadbetter
- Michael Judge 3-2 Andrew Higginson
- Dominic Dale 3-0 Roy Stolk
- Jamie Burnett 1-3 James Leadbetter
- 3 October
- Andrew Higginson 0-3 Roy Stolk
- Dominic Dale 3-2 Shokat Ali
- Sean Storey 3 -2 James Leadbetter
- Shokat Ali 3-1 Andrew Higginson
- Jamie Burnett 3-1 Roy Stolk
- Michael Judge 2-3 Sean Storey
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- 4 October
- Dominic Dale 3-1 James Leadbetter
- Jamie Burnett 1-3 Andrew Higginson
- Michael Judge 3-0 Roy Stolk
- Shokat Ali 3-2 Sean Storey
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Group 1C
- 30 September:
- Rod Lawler 0-3 Jamie Cope
- Rory McLeod 2-3 Tony Drago
- Chris Melling 1-3 Paul Davison
- Mark Boyle 3-2 Passakorn Suwannawat
- Rod Lawler 1-3 Rory McLeod
- Jamie Cope 3-1 Tony Drago
- 1 October
- Chris Melling 3-0 Mark Boyle
- Paul Davison 2-3 Passakorn Suwannawat
- Rod Lawler 3-2 Tony Drago
- Jamie Cope 3-1 Chris Melling
- Rory McLeod 3-2 Mark Boyle
- Rod Lawler 3-1 Passakorn Suwannawat
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- 2 October
- Jamie Cope 3-1 Paul Davison
- Tony Drago 3-2 Chris Melling
- Rory McLeod 3-0 Passakorn Suwannawat
- Rod Lawler 3-1 Paul Davison
- Jamie Cope 3-0 Mark Boyle
- Tony Drago 3-2 Passakorn Suwannawat
- 3 October
- Paul Davison 3-0 Mark Boyle
- Jamie Cope 1-3 Rory McLeod
- Chris Melling 3-2 Passakorn Suwannawat
- Rory McLeod 0-3 Paul Davison
- Tony Drago 3-1 Mark Boyle
- Rod Lawler 2-3 Chris Melling
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- 4 October
- Jamie Cope 3-0 Passakorn Suwannawat
- Tony Drago 1-3 Paul Davison
- Rod Lawler 2-3 Mark Boyle
- Rory McLeod 0-3 Chris Melling
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Group 1D
- 30 September:
- John Parrott 3-2 Drew Henry
- David Gilbert 1-3 David Roe
- Judd Trump 3-0 Ian Preece
- Dermot McGlinchey 3-2 Jeff Cundy
- John Parrott 3-1 David Gilbert
- Drew Henry 3-2 David Roe
- 1 October
- Judd Trump 3-0 Dermot McGlinchey
- Ian Preece 2-3 Jeff Cundy
- John Parrott 1-3 David Roe
- Drew Henry 1-3 Judd Trump
- David Gilbert 2-3 Dermot McGlinchey
- John Parrott 3-0 Jeff Cundy
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- 2 October
- Drew Henry 0-3 Ian Preece
- David Roe 1-3 Judd Trump
- David Gilbert 3-0 Jeff Cundy
- John Parrott 2-3 Ian Preece
- Drew Henry 2-3 Dermot McGlinchey
- David Roe 3-0 Jeff Cundy
- 3 October
- Ian Preece 3-0 Dermot McGlinchey
- Drew Henry 0-3 David Gilbert
- Judd Trump 3-1 Jeff Cundy
- David Gilbert 0-3 Ian Preece
- David Roe 3-1 Dermot McGlinchey
- John Parrott 0-3 Judd Trump
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- 4 October
- Drew Henry 3-1 Jeff Cundy
- David Roe 3-1 Ian Preece
- John Parrott 3-1 Dermot McGlinchey
- David Gilbert 3-1 Judd Trump
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Group 1E
- 30 September:
- Barry Pinches 1-3 Gerrard Greene
- Mike Dunn 2-3 Scott Mackenzie
- Paul Wykes 1-3 Liang Wenbo
- David Morris 3-0 Peter Lines
- Barry Pinches 1-3 Mike Dun
- Gerard Greene 3-0 Scott Mackenzie
- 1 October
- Paul Wykes 0-3 David Morris
- Liang Wenbo 3-0 Peter Lines
- Barry Pinches 1-3 Scott Mackenzie
- Gerard Greene 1-3 Paul Wykes
- Mike Dunn 1-3 David Morris
- Barry Pinches 0-3 Peter Lines
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- 2 October
- Gerard Greene 1-3 Liang Wenbo
- Scott Mackenzie 1-3 Paul Wykes
- Mike Dunn 2-3 Peter Lines
- Barry Pinches 3-2 Liang Wenbo
- Gerard Greene 3-1 David Morris
- Scott Mackenzie 3-2 Peter Lines
- 3 October
- Liang Wenbo 3-1 David Morris
- Gerard Greene 3-1 Mike Dunn
- Paul Wykes 0-3 Peter Lines
- Mike Dunn 0-3 Liang Wenbo
- Scott Mackenzie 1-3 David Morris
- Barry Pinches 3-2 Paul Wykes
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- 4 October
- Gerard Greene 3-2 Peter Lines
- Scott Mackenzie 3-1 Liang Wenbo
- Barry Pinches 3-0 David Morris
- Mike Dunn 3-0 Paul Wykes
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Group 1F
- 30 September:
- Adrian Gunnell 0-3 Fergal O’Brien
- Robin Hull 3-0 Stuart Pettman
- Chris Norbury 1-3 Liu Song
- Alex Borg 1-3 Mohammed Shehab
- Adrian Gunnell 3-2 Robin Hull
- Fergal O’Brien 3-1 Stuart Pettman
- 1 October
- Chris Norbury 3-1 Alex Borg
- Liu Song 1-3 Mohammed Shehab
- Adrian Gunnell 3-0 Stuart Pettman
- Fergal O’Brien 3-2 Chris Norbury
- Robin Hull 3-1 Alex Borg
- Adrian Gunnell 3-2 Mohammed Shehab
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- 2 October
- Fergal O’Brien 3-0 Liu Song
- Stuart Pettman 0-3 Chris Norbury
- Robin Hull 3-1 Mohammed Shehab
- Adrian Gunnell 3-2 Liu Song
- Fergal O’Brien 3-0 Alex Borg
- Stuart Pettman 2-3 Mohammed Shehab
- 3 October
- Liu Song 0-3 Alex Borg
- Fergal O’Brien 2-3 Robin Hull
- Chris Norbury 3-1 Mohammed Shehab
- Robin Hull 3-2 Liu Song
- Stuart Pettman 3-0 Alex Borg
- Adrian Gunnell 3-2 Chris Norbury
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- 4 October
- Fergal O’Brien 3-2 Mohammed Shehab
- Stuart Pettman 3-2 Liu Song
- Adrian Gunnell 2-3 Alex Borg
- Robin Hull 3-1 Chris Norbury
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Group 1G
- 30 September:
- Dave Harold 0-3 Mark Davis
- Paul Davies 1-3 Andrew Norman
- Mark Joyce 3-1 Lee Page
- Robert Stephen 0-3 Ben Woollaston
- Dave Harold 3-1 Paul Davies
- Mark Davis 1-3 Andrew Norman
- 1 October
- Mark Joyce 0-3 Robert Stephen
- Lee Page 0-3 Ben Woollaston
- Dave Harold 0-3 Andrew Norman
- Mark Davis 3-1 Mark Joyce
- Paul Davies 3-1 Robert Stephen
- Dave Harold 2-3 Ben Woollaston
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- 2 October
- Mark Davies 3-2 Lee Page
- Andrew Norman 1-3 Mark Joyce
- Paul Davies 2-3 Ben Woollaston
- Dave Harold 3-0 Lee Page
- Mark Davis 3-0 Robert Stephen
- Andrew Norman 1-3 Ben Woollaston
- 3 October
- Lee Page 0-3 Robert Stephen
- Mark Davis 3-1 Paul Davies
- Mark Joyce 2-3 Ben Woollaston
- Paul Davies 3-1 Lee Page
- Andrew Norman 3-2 Robert Stephen
- Dave Harold 3-1 Mark Joyce
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- 4 October
- Mark Davis 0-3 Ben Woollaston Andrew
- Norman 3-2 Lee Page
- Dave Harold 3-0 Robert Stephen
- Paul Davies 3-0 Mark Joyce
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Group 1H
- 30 September:
- Tom Ford 3-2 Jimmy White
- Mark Allen 3-2 Joe Jogia
- Alfie Burden 3-0 Lee Spick
- Tom Ford 2-3 Mark Allen
- Jimmy White 1-3 Joe Jogia
- 1 October
- Alfie Burden 2-3 Patrick Einsle
- Tom Ford 3-2 Joe Jogia
- Jimmy White 3-0 Alfie Burden
- Mark Allen 3-1 Patrick Einsle
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- 2 October
- Jimmy White 0-3 Lee Spick
- Joe Jogia 3-0 Alfie Burden
- Tom Ford 3-0 Lee Spick
- Jimmy White 3-2 Patrick Einsle
- 3 October
- Lee Spick 3-0 Patrick Einsle
- Jimmy White 3-1 Mark Allen
- Mark Allen 3-1 Lee Spick
- Joe Jogia 1-3 Patrick Einsle
- Tom Ford 0-3 Alfie Burden
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- 4 October
- Joe Jogia 0-3 Lee Spick
- Tom Ford 3-2 Patrick Einsle Mark
- Allen 2-3 Alfie Burden
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Century breaks
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Qualifying stage centuries
Televised stage centuries
- 147, 105 Jamie Cope
- 144 Robin Hull
- 142, 131 Fergal O'Brien
- 142 Issara Kachaiwong
- 141 Stuart Bingham
- 140 Ryan Day
- 139, 107 Mark Selby
- 136, 133, 129, 118, 113, 107, 104 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 128, 100 Ken Doherty
- 126 David Roe
- 123 Gerard Greene
- 121, 120, 106, 106 John Higgins
- 121 Tom Ford
- 119, 102 Joe Perry
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Notes
- 1 2 3 4 Jamie Cope 2nd due to win against Michael Holt, David Roe is 6th due to loss against Marco Fu.
- 1 2 3 4 Neil Robertson 1st due to win against Ken Doherty, Paul Davison 6th due to loss against Judd Trump.
- ↑ Mark Williams withdrew due to wrist injury thus all his results are expunged.
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