2009 Grand Prix (snooker) explained

Tournament Name:Grand Prix
Venue:Kelvin Hall
Location:Glasgow
Country:Scotland
Organisation:WPBSA
Format:Ranking event
Total Prize Fund:£502,100
Winners Share:£75,000
Highest Break: (142)
Score:9–4
Previous:2008
Next:2010

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]

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

Last 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas.
Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, 11 October 2009.
Neil Robertson (9)
9–4Ding Junhui (13)
Afternoon: 124–0 (124),,,,,,
Evening: 20–95, 77–52,,,,
124Highest break112
2Century breaks1
350+ breaks2

Qualifying

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

Century breaks

[10]

Televised stage centuries

Qualifying stage centuries

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Go Robbo Go!. Global Snooker. 17 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120403020930/http://www.global-snooker.com/global-snooker-news-grand-prix-09-robertson-claims-the-title-091011.asp. 3 April 2012.
  2. News: Rampant Robertson sees off Ding. BBC Sport. 17 April 2010 . 11 October 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20100415062044/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/8301780.stm. 15 April 2010 . live.
  3. Web site: Prize Fund. Global Snooker. 17 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120403020827/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-09-10-grand-prix-prize-money.asp. 3 April 2012.
  4. Web site: Grand Prix Draw To Be Screened Free on 110sport.tv. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 17 April 2010.
  5. Web site: Main Event (Results). Global Snooker. 17 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100330194249/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-09-10-grand-prix-finals-schedule.asp. 30 March 2010. dead.
  6. Web site: Main Event (Format). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 17 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20091015035044/http://www.worldsnooker.com/site_files/GPformatv3.pdf. 15 October 2009.
  7. Web site: Grand Prix 2009. Snooker.org. 13 March 2013. 28 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110928111003/http://www.snooker.org/trn/0910/gp2009_res.shtml. live.
  8. Web site: Grand Prix. https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071643/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=21. 24 January 2013. Snooker Scene. 7 April 2013.
  9. Web site: Qualifying (Results). Global Snooker. 17 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120320051020/http://www.global-snooker.com/Grand-Prix-Snooker-2009-Schedule.asp. 20 March 2012.
  10. Web site: Century Breaks. Global Snooker. 17 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120320052807/http://www.global-snooker.com/Grand-Prix-Snooker-2009-Centuries.asp. 20 March 2012.

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