2009 Grand Prix (snooker)

Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates 3–11 October 2009
Venue Kelvin Hall
City Glasgow
Country Scotland
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £502,100
Winner's share £75,000
Highest break Wales Mark Williams (142)
Final
Champion Australia Neil Robertson
Runner-up China Ding Junhui
Score 9–4
2008
2010

The 2009 Grand Prix was a professional ranking tournament that took place between 3–11 October 2009 at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, Scotland.

Neil Robertson won in the final 9–4 against Ding Junhui.[1][2]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3]

  • Winner: £75,000
  • Runner-up: £35,000
  • Semi-finals: £20,000
  • Quarter-finals: £12,000
  • Last 16: £9,550
  • Last 32: £7,100
  • Last 48: £4,650
  • Last 64: £2,200

  • Stage one highest break: £500
  • Stage two highest break: £4,000
  • Stage one maximum break: £1,000
  • Stage two maximum break: £20,000

Main draw

The draw for round one was made on the evening of 24 September 2009 at Pontins in Prestatyn and was streamed live by 110sport.com.[4] The draw from round two up to and including the semi-finals was made on a random basis.

The order of play and table numbers for all matches up to the semi-finals was determined once the draw for that round was made and published by the Tournament Director.

All matches up to and including the quarter-finals were best of 9 frames, the semi-finals were best of 11 frames and the final was the best of 17 frames. (Seedings in parentheses, all times are BST.)[5][6][7][8]

Last 32

Last 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Netherlands Jan Verhaas.
Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, 11 October 2009.
Neil Robertson (9)
 Australia
9–4 Ding Junhui (13)
 China
Afternoon: 124–0 (124), 97–24, 43–72, 35–84 (80), 0–118 (112), 108–13 (108), 66–5
Evening: 20–95, 77–52, 73–5, 79–34, 60–21, 89–10 (89)
124 Highest break 112
2 Century breaks 1
3 50+ breaks 2

Qualifying

These matches took place from 21 to 24 September 2009 at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales.[9]

  Round 1
Best of 9 frames
  Round 2
Best of 9 frames
  Round 3
Best of 9 frames
  Round 4
Best of 9 frames
                               
England Chris Norbury 2   England Mark Joyce 5   Republic of Ireland Michael Judge 4   England Barry Hawkins 3
England Andrew Norman 5   England Andrew Norman 2   England Mark Joyce 5   England Mark Joyce 5
China Li Hang 5   England David Roe 4   England Mark Davis 5   England Steve Davis 0
Republic of Ireland Brendan O'Donoghue 4   China Li Hang 5   China Li Hang 3   England Mark Davis 5
Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace 5   Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney 2   England Adrian Gunnell 5   England Ricky Walden 5
China Mei Xiwen 0   Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace 5   Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace 2   England Adrian Gunnell 2
Belgium Bjorn Haneveer 5   China Liu Song 5   Scotland Jamie Burnett 5   Scotland Graeme Dott 0
Wales Ian Preece 2   Belgium Bjorn Haneveer 4   China Liu Song 4   Scotland Jamie Burnett 5
China Xiao Guodong 1   England Tom Ford 5   Scotland Marcus Campbell 5   England Judd Trump 3
England Joe Jogia 5   England Joe Jogia 1   England Tom Ford 3   Scotland Marcus Campbell 5
England Lee Page 1   England Andy Hicks 3   England Mike Dunn 5   Wales Matthew Stevens 5
Malta Tony Drago 5   Malta Tony Drago 5   Malta Tony Drago 2   England Mike Dunn 1
England Lee Spick 0   England Peter Lines 5   England Martin Gould 4   England Nigel Bond 5
England David Gray 5   England David Gray 4   England Peter Lines 5   England Peter Lines 3
England Matthew Couch 5   England Robert Milkins 5   England Andrew Higginson 1   England Stephen Lee 3
England Jimmy Robertson 1   England Matthew Couch 1   England Robert Milkins 5   England Robert Milkins 5
Thailand Noppadol Sangnil 1   Republic of Ireland David Morris 5   England Rory McLeod 4   England Jamie Cope 5
Wales Michael White 5   Wales Michael White 3   Republic of Ireland David Morris 5   Republic of Ireland David Morris 3
Thailand Atthasit Mahitthi 4   England Rod Lawler 5   Scotland Alan McManus 4   Northern Ireland Gerard Greene 5
Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5   Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 3   England Rod Lawler 5   England Rod Lawler 1
Wales Daniel Wells 5   England Barry Pinches 5   England Jimmy Michie 3   England Michael Holt 4
England Sam Baird 2   Wales Daniel Wells 2   England Barry Pinches 5   England Barry Pinches 5
England Stephen Rowlings 5   England David Gilbert 5   England Anthony Hamilton 0   England Stuart Bingham 5
Thailand James Wattana 1   England Stephen Rowlings 4   England David Gilbert 5   England David Gilbert 2
England Craig Steadman 4   Wales Paul Davies 5   Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5   England Dave Harold 1
Scotland Mark Boyle 5   Scotland Mark Boyle 4   Wales Paul Davies 4   Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5
England Simon Bedford 5   England John Parrott 5   England Ian McCulloch 5   Northern Ireland Joe Swail 4
Republic of Ireland David Hogan 4   England Simon Bedford 4   England John Parrott 4   England Ian McCulloch 5
England Matthew Selt 5   England Jimmy White 2   England Stuart Pettman 4   Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 3
Northern Ireland Jordan Brown 4   England Matthew Selt 5   England Matthew Selt 5   England Matthew Selt 5
England Ben Woollaston 3   China Jin Long 2   Wales Dominic Dale 5   China Liang Wenbo 5
China Zhang Anda 5   China Zhang Anda 5   China Zhang Anda 0   Wales Dominic Dale 3

Century breaks

[10]

Qualifying stage centuries

Televised stage centuries

References

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  10. "Century Breaks". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

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