World Grand Prix (snooker)

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.

World Grand Prix
Tournament information
VenueCoventry Building Society Arena
LocationCoventry
CountryEngland
Established2015
Organisation(s)World Snooker Tour
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£380,000
Current champion Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)

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 series, and branded as "Coral World Grand Prix", which changed to "Cazoo World Grand Prix" in 2021.

Winners
Year Winner Runner-up Final score Venue Season
World Grand Prix (non-ranking)
2015  Judd Trump (ENG)  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 10–7 Llandudno 2014–15
World Grand Prix (ranking)
2016  Shaun Murphy (ENG)  Stuart Bingham (ENG) 10–9 Llandudno 2015–16
2017  Barry Hawkins (ENG)  Ryan Day (WAL) 10–7 Preston 2016–17
2018  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)  Ding Junhui (CHN) 10–3 Preston 2017–18
2019  Judd Trump (ENG)  Ali Carter (ENG) 10–6 Cheltenham 2018–19
2020 (Feb)  Neil Robertson (AUS)  Graeme Dott (SCO) 10–8 Cheltenham 2019–20
2020 (Dec)  Judd Trump (ENG)  Jack Lisowski (ENG) 10–7 Milton Keynes 2020–21
2021  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)  Neil Robertson (AUS) 10–8 Coventry 2021–22

References
  1. "World Snooker | News | News | 888.com To Sponsor World Grand Prix". 15 March 2015. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015.
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