World Grand Prix (snooker)

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World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Venue	Venue Cymru (2015–2016) Preston Guild Hall (2017-18) The Centaur (2019-Feb 2020, 2023) Marshall Arena (Dec 2020) Coventry Arena (2021) Morningside Arena (2024)
Location	Llandudno (2015–2016) Preston (2017-18) Cheltenham (2019-Feb 2020, 2023) Milton Keynes (Dec 2020) Coventry (2021) Leicester (2024)
Country	Wales (2015–2016) England (2017–2024) Hong Kong (2025–)
Established	2015
Organisation(s)	World Snooker Tour
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£380,000
Recent edition	2024
Current champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)

The World Grand Prix is a professional ranking snooker tournament restricted to the top 32 players on the one-year ranking list. The inaugural edition was played in 2015 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales.^[1] The reigning champion is Ronnie O'Sullivan.

History

The World Grand Prix was held as a non-ranking event in March 2015 in Llandudno, Wales, for the top 32 players on the World Grand Prix list. The list was based on a one-year ranking system. From 2016, the World Grand Prix has been held as a ranking event. In 2019, the tournament was included in the newly created Coral Cup, and branded as "Coral World Grand Prix". The sponsor changed to Cazoo in 2021,^[2] then to Duelbits in 2023.^[3]

Winners

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Final score	Venue	City	Season
World Grand Prix (non-ranking, 2015)
2015^[4]	Judd Trump (ENG)	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	10–7	Venue Cymru	Llandudno, Wales	2014/15
World Grand Prix (ranking, 2016–present)
2016^[5]	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	10–9	Venue Cymru	Llandudno, Wales	2015/16
2017^[6]	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	Ryan Day (WAL)	10–7	Preston Guild Hall	Preston, England	2016/17
2018^[7]	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	Ding Junhui (CHN)	10–3	Preston Guild Hall	Preston, England	2017/18
2019^[8]	Judd Trump (ENG)	Ali Carter (ENG)	10–6	The Centaur	Cheltenham, England	2018/19
2020 (Feb)^[9]	Neil Robertson (AUS)	Graeme Dott (SCO)	10–8	The Centaur	Cheltenham, England	2019/20
2020 (Dec)^[10]	Judd Trump (ENG)	Jack Lisowski (ENG)	10–7	Marshall Arena	Milton Keynes, England	2020/21
2021^[11]	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	Neil Robertson (AUS)	10–8	Coventry Arena	Coventry, England	2021/22
2023^[12]	Mark Allen (NIR)	Judd Trump (ENG)	10–9	The Centaur	Cheltenham, England	2022/23
2024^[13]	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	Judd Trump (ENG)	10–7	Morningside Arena	Leicester, England	2023/24
2025					Hong Kong	2024/25

References

^ "World Snooker | News | News | 888.com To Sponsor World Grand Prix". 15 March 2015. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015.
^ "Cazoo launches partnership with World Snooker Tour". Cazoo. 2 February 2021.
^ "Duelbits Joins Forces With WST". World Snooker Tour. 16 January 2023.
^ "888.com World Grand Prix (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ "Ladbrokes World Grand Prix (2016)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ "Ladbrokes World Grand Prix (2017)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ "Ladbrokes World Grand Prix (2018)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ "Coral World Grand Prix (2019)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ "Coral World Grand Prix (2020)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ "Matchroom World Grand Prix (2020)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ "Cazoo World Grand Prix (2021)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ "Duelbits World Grand Prix (2023)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ "Spreadex World Grand Prix (2024)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

External links

Official website

v t e World Grand Prix
Non-ranking events	2015
Ranking events	2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 (Feb) 2020 (Dec) 2021 2023 2024
List of winners

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