2009 Grand Prix (snooker)

Grand Prix

Tournament information
Dates	3–11 October 2009
Venue	Kelvin Hall
City	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Organisation(s)	World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
Format	Ranking event
Winner's share	£75,000
Highest break	142
Final
Champion	Neil Robertson
Runner-up	Ding Junhui
Score	9–4
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The 2009 Grand Prix was a professional ranking tournament that took place between 3–11 October 2009 at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, Scotland.

Neil Robertson won in the final 9–4 against Ding Junhui.^[1][2]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[3]

Winner: £75,000 Runner-up: £35,000 Semi-finals: £20,000 Quarter-finals: £12,000 Last 16: £9,550 Last 32: £7,100 Last 48: £4,650 Last 64: £2,200

Stage one highest break: £500 Stage two highest break: £4,000 Stage one maximum break: £1,000 Stage two maximum break: £20,000

Main draw

The draw for round one was made on the evening of 24 September 2009 at Pontins in Prestatyn and was streamed live by 110sport.com.^[4] 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 was 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, the semi-finals were best of 11 frames and the final was the best of 17 frames. (Seedings in parentheses, all times are BST.)^[5][6][7][8]

Last 32

Saturday, 3 October – 13:00 John Higgins (1) 5–1 Mark Joyce Marco Fu (8) 4–5 Mark Davis Saturday, 3 October – 19:00 Mark Selby (7) 3–5 Ken Doherty Joe Perry (12) 5–2 Marcus Campbell Sunday, 4 October – 12:30 Ali Carter (5) 1–5 Robert Milkins Ding Junhui (13) 5–4 Matthew Stevens Sunday, 4 October – 19:00 Ryan Day (6) 3–5 Jamie Cope Neil Robertson (9) 5–3 Gerard Greene

Monday, 5 October – 13:30 Stephen Hendry (10) 5–2 Matthew Selt Peter Ebdon (14) 5–2 Liang Wenbo Monday, 5 October – 19:00 Shaun Murphy (4) 4–5 Barry Pinches Mark Allen (11) 5–3 Ian McCulloch Tuesday, 6 October – 13:30 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) 5–3 Jamie Burnett Mark Williams (15) 5–0 Stuart Bingham Tuesday, 6 October – 19:00 Stephen Maguire (3) 5–3 Nigel Bond Mark King (16) 5–4 Ricky Walden

Last 16

Wednesday, 7 October – 14:00 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) 4–5 John Higgins (1) Jamie Cope 3–5 Mark Allen (11) Wednesday, 7 October – 19:00 Neil Robertson (9) 5–2 Ken Doherty Joe Perry (12) 5–2 Barry Pinches

Thursday, 8 October – 13:30 Mark Williams (15) 5–2 Stephen Hendry (10) Peter Ebdon (14) 5–3 Mark Davis Thursday, 8 October – 19:00 Stephen Maguire (3) 1–5 Ding Junhui (13) Robert Milkins 5–1 Mark King (16)

Quarter-finals

Friday, 9 October – 13:30 John Higgins (1) 5–1 Mark Allen (11) Joe Perry (12) 1–5 Neil Robertson (9)

Friday, 9 October – 19:00 Peter Ebdon (14) 2–5 Ding Junhui (13) Mark Williams (15) 5–2 Robert Milkins

Semi-finals

Saturday, 10 October – 13:00 John Higgins (1) 5–6 Neil Robertson (9)

Saturday, 10 October – 19:30 Mark Williams (15) 1–6 Ding Junhui (13)

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, 11 October 2009.
Neil Robertson (9)  Australia	9–4	Ding Junhui (13)  China
Afternoon: 124–0 (124), 97–24, 43–72, 35–84 (80), 0–118 (112), 108–13 (108), 66–5 Evening: 20–95, 77–52, 73–5, 79–34, 60–21, 89–10 (89)
124	Highest break	112
2	Century breaks	1
3	50+ breaks	2

Qualifying

These matches took place from 21 to 24 September 2009 at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales.^[9]

	Round 1 Best of 9 frames				Round 2 Best of 9 frames				Round 3 Best of 9 frames				Round 4 Best of 9 frames
		Chris Norbury	2			Mark Joyce	5			Michael Judge	4			Barry Hawkins	3
		Andrew Norman	5			Andrew Norman	2			Mark Joyce	5			Mark Joyce	5
		Li Hang	5			David Roe	4			Mark Davis	5			Steve Davis	0
		Brendan O'Donoghue	4			Li Hang	5			Li Hang	3			Mark Davis	5
		Patrick Wallace	5			Joe Delaney	2			Adrian Gunnell	5			Ricky Walden	5
		Mei Xiwen	0			Patrick Wallace	5			Patrick Wallace	2			Adrian Gunnell	2
		Bjorn Haneveer	5			Liu Song	5			Jamie Burnett	5			Graeme Dott	0
		Ian Preece	2			Bjorn Haneveer	4			Liu Song	4			Jamie Burnett	5
		Xiao Guodong	1			Tom Ford	5			Marcus Campbell	5			Judd Trump	3
		Joe Jogia	5			Joe Jogia	1			Tom Ford	3			Marcus Campbell	5
		Lee Page	1			Andy Hicks	3			Mike Dunn	5			Matthew Stevens	5
		Tony Drago	5			Tony Drago	5			Tony Drago	2			Mike Dunn	1
		Lee Spick	0			Peter Lines	5			Martin Gould	4			Nigel Bond	5
		David Gray	5			David Gray	4			Peter Lines	5			Peter Lines	3
		Matthew Couch	5			Robert Milkins	5			Andrew Higginson	1			Stephen Lee	3
		Jimmy Robertson	1			Matthew Couch	1			Robert Milkins	5			Robert Milkins	5
		Noppadol Sangnil	1			David Morris	5			Rory McLeod	4			Jamie Cope	5
		Michael White	5			Michael White	3			David Morris	5			David Morris	3
		Atthasit Mahitthi	4			Rod Lawler	5			Alan McManus	4			Gerard Greene	5
		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	5			Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	3			Rod Lawler	5			Rod Lawler	1
		Daniel Wells	5			Barry Pinches	5			Jimmy Michie	3			Michael Holt	4
		Sam Baird	2			Daniel Wells	2			Barry Pinches	5			Barry Pinches	5
		Stephen Rowlings	5			David Gilbert	5			Anthony Hamilton	0			Stuart Bingham	5
		James Wattana	1			Stephen Rowlings	4			David Gilbert	5			David Gilbert	2
		Craig Steadman	4			Paul Davies	5			Ken Doherty	5			Dave Harold	1
		Mark Boyle	5			Mark Boyle	4			Paul Davies	4			Ken Doherty	5
		Simon Bedford	5			John Parrott	5			Ian McCulloch	5			Joe Swail	4
		David Hogan	4			Simon Bedford	4			John Parrott	4			Ian McCulloch	5
		Matthew Selt	5			Jimmy White	2			Stuart Pettman	4			Fergal O'Brien	3
		Jordan Brown	4			Matthew Selt	5			Matthew Selt	5			Matthew Selt	5
		Ben Woollaston	3			Jin Long	2			Dominic Dale	5			Liang Wenbo	5
		Zhang Anda	5			Zhang Anda	5			Zhang Anda	0			Dominic Dale	3

Century breaks

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Qualifying stage centuries

140 Atthasit Mahitthi 137 Joe Jogia 135 Marcus Campbell 129, 115, 107 David Gilbert 125 Tom Ford 123 Matthew Selt 123, 117 Liang Wenbo 116 Michael Judge 115 Adrian Gunnell

113 Fergal O'Brien 109 Jamie Cope 106 Martin Gould 106 Mark Davis 104 Bjorn Haneveer 103 Simon Bedford 102 Daniel Wells 101 Robert Milkins 100 Jamie Burnett

Televised stage centuries

142 Mark Williams 135 John Higgins 135 Peter Ebdon 134 Ryan Day 131, 126 Ronnie O'Sullivan 130, 128, 124, 114, 108, 103, 100 Neil Robertson

116 Stephen Hendry 112, 107, 105, 103 Ding Junhui 109 Barry Pinches 105 Ken Doherty 104 Marcus Campbell

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