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Royal London Watches Grand Prix Royal London Watches Grand Prix logo.jpg 2008 10 11 2008 10 19 y S.E.C.C. Glasgow Scotland WPBSA Ranking event £523,100 £75,000 Marco Fu HKG (139) John Higgins SCO Ryan Day WAL 9–7 2007 2009
The 2008 Royal London Watches Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 19 October 2008 at the S.E.C.C. in Glasgow, Scotland.
John Higgins won his first ranking event for 18 months by defeating Ryan Day 9–7 in the final.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/7678955.stm Higgins resists Day to take title 2008-10-19 BBC Sport 2009-04-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20090311163936/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/7678955.stm 11 March 2009 live
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Royal London Watches Grand Prix 2008 – Prize Money http://www.global-snooker.com/grand-prix-2008-prize-money.asp Global Snooker 20 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110705063208/http://www.global-snooker.com/grand-prix-2008-prize-money.asp 2011-07-05 usurped
70%
50%
Winner: £75,000
Runner-up: £35,000
Semi-final: £20,000
Quarter-final: £12,000
Last 16: £9,500
Last 32: £7,100
Last 48: £4,650
Last 64: £2,200
50%
Stage one highest break: £500
Stage two highest break: £4,000
Stage one maximum break: £1,000
Stage two maximum break: £20,000
Total: £523,100
Main draw
Matches on Sunday 12 October were played on a roll on/roll off basis. Play started at the allocated time each day with a 15-minute interval between matches. The third and fourth match did not start before 3pm. The evening session did not start before the time indicated on the format.
The draw for round one was made on completion of the qualifiers on 26 September 2008. 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 were 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, semi-finals were best of 11 frames and the final was best of 17 frames. (Seedings in parentheses. All times are BST.)Royal London Watches Grand Prix 2008 – Results http://www.global-snooker.com/grand-prix-2008-results.asp Global Snooker 20 March 2011 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20110705063155/http://www.global-snooker.com/grand-prix-2008-results.asp 5 July 2011 Royal London Watches Grand Prix 2008 http://www.snooker.org/trn/0809/gp2008_res.shtml Snooker.org 20 March 2011Grand Prix http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=21 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071643/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=21 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 7 April 2013
Round one
Saturday, 11 October – 12:00
SCO John Higgins (6) 5–0 ENG Anthony Hamilton
ENG Joe Perry (13) 5–3 ENG Barry Hawkins
Sunday, 12 October – 13:00
SCO Stephen Hendry (7) 5– 4 ENG David Gilbert
AUS Neil Robertson (11) 4–5 ENG Steve Davis
Sunday, 12 October – not before 15:00
HKG Marco Fu (1) 5–2 ENG Jimmy Michie
NIR Mark Allen (16) 1–5 ENG Michael Holt
Sunday, 12 October – 19:00
SCO Graeme Dott (14) w/d-w/o ENG Judd Trump
WAL Ryan Day (9) 5–4 ENG Ricky Walden
Monday, 13 October – 13:30
SCO Stephen Maguire (3) 1–5 ENG Jamie Cope
CHN Ding Junhui (12) 5–0 SCO Jamie Burnett
Monday, 13 October – 19:00
ENG Mark Selby (5) 5–0 ENG Andrew Higginson
ENG Peter Ebdon (10) 5–1 ENG Simon Bedford
Tuesday, 14 October – 13:30
ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) 5–2 CHN Liang Wenbo
ENG Ali Carter (8) 5–4 ENG Dave Harold
Tuesday, 14 October – 19:00
ENG Shaun Murphy (4) 3–5 ENG Adrian Gunnell
ENG Mark King (15) 3–5 ENG John Parrott
Round two
Wednesday, 15 October – 14:00
SCO John Higgins (6) 5–2 SCO Stephen Hendry (7)
CHN Ding Junhui (12) 5–2 ENG Michael Holt
Wednesday, 15 October – 19:00
ENG Adrian Gunnell 4–5 ENG Steve Davis
ENG Judd Trump 5–2 ENG Joe Perry (13)
Thursday, 16 October – 13:30
HKG Marco Fu (1) 1–5 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)
ENG Jamie Cope 5–4 ENG Peter Ebdon (10)
Thursday, 16 October – 19:00
ENG Mark Selby (5) 4–5 WAL Ryan Day (9)
ENG John Parrott 0–5 ENG Ali Carter (8)
Quarter-finals
Friday, 17 October – 13:30
ENG Judd Trump 5–4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)
ENG Steve Davis 3–5 ENG Ali Carter (8)
Friday, 17 October – 19:00
CHN Ding Junhui (12) 3–5 SCO John Higgins (6)
WAL Ryan Day (9) 5–1 ENG Jamie Cope
Semi-finals
Saturday, 18 October – 13:00
SCO John Higgins (6) 6–4 ENG Judd Trump
Saturday, 18 October – 19:30
WAL Ryan Day (9) 6–5 ENG Ali Carter (8)
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams.S.E.C.C., Glasgow, Scotland, 19 October 2008. John Higgins (6) 9–7 Ryan Day (9) Afternoon: 77–39, 86–47 (85), 24–89 (64), 90–0 (57), 73–1 (52), 4–119 (82), 69–21 (65) Evening: 79–4 (62), 63–52 (Day 52), 8–69 (69), 65–74, 0–89 (89), 46–61, 81–11 (50), 0–83 (83), 74–36 (53) 85 Highest break 89 0 Century breaks 0 7 50+ breaks 6
Qualifying rounds
These matches took place from 22 to 25 September 2008 at the Pontin's Centre, Prestatyn, Wales.Royal London Watches Grand Prix 2008 – Qualifying http://www.global-snooker.com/royal-london-watches-grand-prix-2008-qualifying-results.asp Global Snooker 20 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20101221103030/http://www.global-snooker.com/royal-london-watches-grand-prix-2008-qualifying-results.asp 2010-12-21 usurped
no Round 1Best of 9 frames Round 2Best of 9 frames Round 3Best of 9 frames Round 4Best of 9 frames 200 ENG Paul Davison 4 THA Atthasit Mahitthi 5 SCO James McBain 5 WAL Andrew Pagett 4 ENG Jimmy White 5 ENG Michael Georgiou 1 ENG Lewis Roberts 2 ENG Andy Lee 5 ENG Lee Spick 3 CHN Jin Long 5 ENG Peter Lines 5 NIR Declan Hughes 1 ENG Simon Bedford 5 CHN Liu Chuang 2 SCO Scott MacKenzie 5 SCO Robert Stephen 1 IRL Rodney Goggins 2 IRL Vincent Muldoon 5 ENG Matthew Selt 5 ENG Wayne Cooper 4 WAL Daniel Wells 4 NED Stefan Mazrocis 5 NIR Patrick Wallace 3 IND Aditya Mehta 5 WAL Jamie Jones 3 ENG David Grace 5 THA Supoj Saenla 5 NZL Chris McBreen 3 ENG Kuldesh Johal 3 CHN Li Hang 5 ENG Matthew Couch 2 ENG Stephen Craigie 5 ENG Martin Gould 2 THA Atthasit Mahitthi 5 ENG Mark Joyce 5 SCO James McBain 0 ENG David Gray 3 ENG Jimmy White 5 ENG Barry Pinches 4 ENG Andy Lee 5 ENG Robert Milkins 3 CHN Jin Long 5 ENG David Roe 2 ENG Peter Lines 5 ENG Andy Hicks 4 ENG Simon Bedford 5 WAL Paul Davies 5 SCO Scott MacKenzie 2 ENG Stuart Pettman 1 IRL Vincent Muldoon 5 IRL Joe Delaney 1 ENG Matthew Selt 5 ENG Andrew Norman 5 NED Stefan Mazrocis 3 IRL David Morris 4 IND Aditya Mehta 5 ENG Rod Lawler 4 ENG David Grace 5 CHN Liu Song 4 THA Supoj Saenla 5 WAL Ian Preece 4 CHN Li Hang 5 ENG Mark Davis 5 ENG Stephen Craigie 4 ENG John Parrott 5 THA Atthasit Mahitthi 4 ENG Ricky Walden 5 ENG Mark Joyce 1 ENG Michael Holt 5 ENG Jimmy White 3 ENG Jimmy Michie 5 ENG Andy Lee 2 NIR Gerard Greene 4 CHN Jin Long 5 ENG Tom Ford 5 ENG Peter Lines 2 ENG Mike Dunn 2 ENG Simon Bedford 5 SCO Alan McManus 5 WAL Paul Davies 1 ENG Adrian Gunnell 5 IRL Vincent Muldoon 4 ENG David Gilbert 5 ENG Matthew Selt 4 SCO Jamie Burnett 5 ENG Andrew Norman 1 ENG Judd Trump 5 IND Aditya Mehta 1 CHN Liang Wenbo 5 ENG David Grace 3 ENG Rory McLeod 5 THA Supoj Saenla 1 SCO Marcus Campbell 5 CHN Li Hang 3 ENG Andrew Higginson 5 ENG Mark Davis 4 IRL Ken Doherty 0 ENG John Parrott 5 NIR Joe Swail 3 ENG Ricky Walden 5 IRL Michael Judge 2 ENG Michael Holt 5 WAL Dominic Dale 4 ENG Jimmy Michie 5 ENG Dave Harold 5 CHN Jin Long 0 ENG Steve Davis 5 ENG Tom Ford 4 WAL Mark Williams 4 ENG Simon Bedford 5 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 SCO Alan McManus 4 ENG Stuart Bingham 4 ENG Adrian Gunnell 5 WAL Matthew Stevens 2 ENG David Gilbert 5 ENG Ian McCulloch 3 SCO Jamie Burnett 5 ENG Stephen Lee 2 ENG Judd Trump 5 ENG Nigel Bond 0 CHN Liang Wenbo 5 ENG Barry Hawkins 5 ENG Rory McLeod 2 ENG Jamie Cope 5 SCO Marcus Campbell 4 IRL Fergal O'Brien 2 ENG Andrew Higginson 5
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
140 Aditya Mehta
135 Peter Lines
128 David Grace
121 Anthony Hamilton
116 Alan McManus
114, 102 James McBain
114 Jin Long
114 David Gilbert
113, 100 Adrian Gunnell
113 Supoj Saenla
113 Rory McLeod
112 Jimmy White
109 Paul Davies
109 Liang Wenbo
105, 102 Michael Holt
104, 102 Simon Bedford
104 Andrew Higginson
103 Andrew Pagett
102 Scott MacKenzie
101 Rodney Goggins
100 Tom Ford
Televised stage centuries
139, 116 Marco Fu
135, 102, 100 Mark Selby
134, 127 John Higgins
129, 120, 115, 112, 104 Ryan Day
129 Ding Junhui
126 Shaun Murphy
123 David Gilbert
122, 100 Peter Ebdon
111, 107, 107 Ali Carter
105 Michael Holt
105 Adrian Gunnell
104 Dave Harold
104 Stephen Hendry
104, 103 Ronnie O'Sullivan
103 Ricky Walden
References
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