2017 World Grand Prix

World Grand Prix

Tournament information
Dates	6–12 February 2017
Venue	Guild Hall
City	Preston
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£375,000
Winner's share	£100,000
Highest break	Judd Trump (145)
Final
Champion	Barry Hawkins
Runner-up	Ryan Day
Score	10–7
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The 2017 Ladbrokes World Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6 and 12 February 2017 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. It was the third staging of the tournament and the thirteenth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season. The tournament was broadcast in the UK on ITV4.^[1]

Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but lost 2–4 in the quarter-finals to Ryan Day, who went on to reach the final. Barry Hawkins beat Day 10–7 to win his third ranking title.^[2]

Prize fund

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

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £5,000.

Seeding list

The top 32 players on a one-year ranking list running from the 2016 Riga Masters until the 2017 German Masters qualified for the tournament.^[3]

Source:^[4]

Rank	Player	Total Points	Event Status
01	Mark Selby	375,150	First Round lost to	Martin Gould [32]
02	Ding Junhui	170,000	Second Round lost to	Shaun Murphy [15]
03	Ali Carter	162,025	Second Round lost to	Mark King [14]
04	Judd Trump	161,750	Second Round lost to	Barry Hawkins [13]
05	Ronnie O'Sullivan	143,750	Second Round lost to	Neil Robertson [12]
06	Marco Fu	130,150	Semi-final lost to	Ryan Day [23]
07	John Higgins	118,500	First Round lost to	Michael White [26]
08	Liang Wenbo	117,400	Semi-final lost to	Barry Hawkins [13]
09	Anthony Hamilton	106,525	First Round lost to	Mark Allen [24]
010	Stuart Bingham	106,087	First Round lost to	Ryan Day [23]
011	Anthony McGill	99,275	Second Round lost to	Marco Fu [6]
012	Neil Robertson	96,125	Quarter-final lost to	Barry Hawkins [13]
013	Barry Hawkins	93,500	Champion defeated	Ryan Day [23]
014	Mark King	92,800	Quarter-final lost to	Marco Fu [6]
015	Shaun Murphy	87,625	Quarter-final lost to	Ryan Day [23]
016	Joe Perry	77,050	Quarter-final lost to	Liang Wenbo [8]
017	Mark Williams	73,750	First Round lost to	Joe Perry [16]
018	Michael Holt	72,025	First Round lost to	Shaun Murphy [15]
019	Stephen Maguire	63,500	First Round lost to	Mark King [14]
020	Kyren Wilson	63,025	First Round lost to	Barry Hawkins [13]
021	Ricky Walden	55,900	First Round lost to	Neil Robertson [12]
022	David Gilbert	55,650	First Round lost to	Anthony McGill [11]
023	Ryan Day	54,362	Runner-up lost to	Barry Hawkins [13]
024	Mark Allen	51,725	Second Round lost to	Liang Wenbo [8]
025	Dominic Dale	47,125	First Round lost to	Liang Wenbo [8]
026	Michael White	44,725	Second Round lost to	Ryan Day [23]
027	Jamie Jones	43,862	First Round lost to	Marco Fu [6]
028	Yan Bingtao	43,600	First Round lost to	Ronnie O'Sullivan [5]
029	Tom Ford	43,525	First Round lost to	Judd Trump [4]
030	Zhou Yuelong	42,550	First Round lost to	Ali Carter [3]
031	Yu Delu	40,625	First Round lost to	Ding Junhui [2]
032	Martin Gould	40,550	Second Round lost to	Joe Perry [16]

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	Mark Selby	3
	32	Martin Gould	4
						32	Martin Gould	3
						16	Joe Perry	4
	16	Joe Perry	4
	17	Mark Williams	2
											16	Joe Perry	3
											8	Liang Wenbo	4
	9	Anthony Hamilton	0
	24	Mark Allen	4
						24	Mark Allen	3
						8	Liang Wenbo	4
	25	Dominic Dale	0
	8	Liang Wenbo	4
																8	Liang Wenbo	1
																13	Barry Hawkins	6
	5	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4
	28	Yan Bingtao	2
						5	Ronnie O'Sullivan	1
						12	Neil Robertson	4
	21	Ricky Walden	2
	12	Neil Robertson	4
											12	Neil Robertson	2
											13	Barry Hawkins	4
	13	Barry Hawkins	4
	20	Kyren Wilson	2
						13	Barry Hawkins	4
						4	Judd Trump	1
	29	Tom Ford	2
	4	Judd Trump	4
																					13	Barry Hawkins	10
																					23	Ryan Day	7
	3	Ali Carter	4
	30	Zhou Yuelong	3
						3	Ali Carter	3
						14	Mark King	4
	19	Stephen Maguire	3
	14	Mark King	4
											14	Mark King	2
											6	Marco Fu	4
	11	Anthony McGill	4
	22	David Gilbert	1
						11	Anthony McGill	2
						6	Marco Fu	4
	27	Jamie Jones	2
	6	Marco Fu	4
																6	Marco Fu	4
																23	Ryan Day	6
	7	John Higgins	3
	26	Michael White	4
						26	Michael White	2
						23	Ryan Day	4
	23	Ryan Day	4
	10	Stuart Bingham	2
											23	Ryan Day	4
											15	Shaun Murphy	2
	15	Shaun Murphy	4
	18	Michael Holt	1
						15	Shaun Murphy	4
						2	Ding Junhui	3
	31	Yu Delu	2
	2	Ding Junhui	4

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Maike Kesseler Guild Hall, Preston, England, 12 February 2017.
Barry Hawkins (13)  England	10–7	Ryan Day (23)  Wales
Afternoon: 44–80 (55), 87–1 (53), 121–7 (114), 132–9 (102), 39–68, 129–0 (129), 1–69 (54), 145–0 (141), 97–6 (97) Evening: 128–0 (128), 89–0 (85), 65–4, 14–108 (87), 0–84 (84), 0–96 (92), 1–75 (75), 67–56
141	Highest break	92
5	Century breaks	0
8	50+ breaks	6

Century breaks

Total: 25^[5]

References