2017 World Grand Prix
Snooker tournament
Snooker tournament
The 2017 World Grand Prix (officially 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:
Winner: £ 100,000
Runner-up: £40,000
Semi-final: £20,000
Quarter-final: £12,500
Last 16: £7,500
Last 32: £5,000
Highest break: £5,000
Total: £375,000
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
0 1
Mark Selby
375,150
0 2
Ding Junhui
170,000
0 3
Ali Carter
162,025
0 4
Judd Trump
161,750
0 5
Ronnie O'Sullivan
143,750
0 6
Marco Fu
130,150
0 7
John Higgins
118,500
0 8
Liang Wenbo
117,400
0 9
Anthony Hamilton
106,525
0 10
Stuart Bingham
106,087
0 11
Anthony McGill
99,275
0 12
Neil Robertson
96,125
0 13
Barry Hawkins
93,500
0 14
Mark King
92,800
0 15
Shaun Murphy
87,625
0 16
Joe Perry
77,050
0 17
Mark Williams
73,750
0 18
Michael Holt
72,025
0 19
Stephen Maguire
63,500
0 20
Kyren Wilson
63,025
0 21
Ricky Walden
55,900
0 22
David Gilbert
55,650
0 23
Ryan Day
54,362
0 24
Mark Allen
51,725
0 25
Dominic Dale
47,125
0 26
Michael White
44,725
0 27
Jamie Jones
43,862
0 28
Yan Bingtao
43,600
0 29
Tom Ford
43,525
0 30
Zhou Yuelong
42,550
0 31
Yu Delu
40,625
0 32
Martin Gould
40,550
Main draw
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]
145, 107 – Judd Trump
142 – Martin Gould
141, 129, 128, 120, 114, 106, 102 – Barry Hawkins
140 – Mark Allen
137, 128 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
134 – Ryan Day
129, 109 – Liang Wenbo
125, 123, 114, 105, 102 – Marco Fu
122 – Joe Perry
121 – Jamie Jones
108 – Neil Robertson
102 – Tom Ford
References
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