2016 World Grand Prix

World Grand Prix

Tournament information
Dates	8–13 March 2016
Venue	Venue Cymru
City	Llandudno
Country	Wales
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£300,000
Winner's share	£100,000
Highest break	Joe Perry (133)
Final
Champion	Shaun Murphy
Runner-up	Stuart Bingham
Score	10–9
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The 2016 Ladbrokes World Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8 and 13 March 2016 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. It was the seventh ranking event of the 2015/2016 season.

The defending champion Judd Trump lost 2–4 against Stuart Bingham in the last 16. Shaun Murphy beat Stuart Bingham 10–9 in the final to win the £100,000 first prize. The tournament was broadcast in the UK on ITV4.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break was won at the previous ranking event, the Welsh Open, and so stood at £5,000. The sponsor pledged to double the prize for a 147 break and so the prize was £10,000.^[1]

Seeding list

The top 32 players on a one-year ranking system running from the 2015 Australian Goldfields Open until the 2016 Gdynia Open qualified for the tournament.^[2]

Source:^[3]

Rank	Player	Total Points	Event Status
01	John Higgins	201,975	Second Round lost to	Ryan Day [17]
02	Neil Robertson	197,500	First Round lost to	Peter Ebdon [31]
03	Martin Gould	127,425	Second Round lost to	Shaun Murphy [14]
04	Kyren Wilson	126,900	Second Round lost to	Joe Perry [13]
05	Mark Selby	106,375	First Round lost to	Tom Ford [28]
06	Liang Wenbo	98,850	Quarter-final lost to	Shaun Murphy [14]
07	Mark Allen	91,200	Second Round lost to	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [23]
08	David Gilbert	85,350	First Round lost to	Stuart Bingham [25]
09	Judd Trump	73,250	Second Round lost to	Stuart Bingham [25]
10	Marco Fu	69,975	First Round lost to	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [23]
11	Ronnie O'Sullivan	61,500	First Round lost to	Michael Holt [22]
12	Luca Brecel	59,925	First Round lost to	Ali Carter [21]
13	Joe Perry	55,250	Semi-final lost to	Stuart Bingham [25]
14	Shaun Murphy	53,975	Champion defeated	Stuart Bingham [25]
15	Ben Woollaston	50,750	First Round lost to	Ding Junhui [18]
16	Matthew Selt	49,500	First Round lost to	Ryan Day [17]
17	Ryan Day	48,975	Quarter-final lost to	Stuart Bingham [25]
18	Ding Junhui	45,425	Semi-final lost to	Shaun Murphy [14]
19	Michael White	45,200	First Round lost to	Shaun Murphy [14]
20	Barry Hawkins	45,025	First Round lost to	Joe Perry [13]
21	Ali Carter	44,550	Quarter-final lost to	Joe Perry [13]
22	Michael Holt	44,450	Second Round lost to	Liang Wenbo [6]
23	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	43,275	Quarter-final lost to	Ding Junhui [18]
24	Mark Williams	43,225	First Round lost to	Judd Trump [9]
25	Stuart Bingham	42,175	Runner-up lost to	Shaun Murphy [14]
26	David Grace	41,250	First Round lost to	Mark Allen [7]
27	Graeme Dott	40,450	First Round lost to	Liang Wenbo [6]
28	Tom Ford	37,850	Second Round lost to	Ali Carter [21]
29	Jamie Jones	37,400	First Round lost to	Kyren Wilson [4]
30	Tian Pengfei	37,000	First Round lost to	Martin Gould [3]
31	Peter Ebdon	34,425	Second Round lost to	Ding Junhui [18]
32	Stephen Maguire	33,250	First Round lost to	John Higgins [1]

Main draw

	Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	John Higgins	4
	32	Stephen Maguire	0
						1	John Higgins	3
						17	Ryan Day	4
	16	Matthew Selt	1
	17	Ryan Day	4
											17	Ryan Day	2
											25	Stuart Bingham	4
	9	Judd Trump	4
	24	Mark Williams	1
						9	Judd Trump	2
						25	Stuart Bingham	4
	8	David Gilbert	1
	25	Stuart Bingham	4
																25	Stuart Bingham	6
																13	Joe Perry	5
	5	Mark Selby	2
	28	Tom Ford	4
						28	Tom Ford	0
						21	Ali Carter	4
	12	Luca Brecel	1
	21	Ali Carter	4
											21	Ali Carter	1
											13	Joe Perry	4
	13	Joe Perry	4
	20	Barry Hawkins	0
						13	Joe Perry	4
						4	Kyren Wilson	1
	4	Kyren Wilson	4
	29	Jamie Jones	2
																					25	Stuart Bingham	9
																					14	Shaun Murphy	10
	3	Martin Gould	4
	30	Tian Pengfei	0
						3	Martin Gould	1
						14	Shaun Murphy	4
	14	Shaun Murphy	4
	19	Michael White	0
											14	Shaun Murphy	4
											6	Liang Wenbo	0
	11	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3
	22	Michael Holt	4
						22	Michael Holt	2
						6	Liang Wenbo	4
	6	Liang Wenbo	4
	27	Graeme Dott	1
																14	Shaun Murphy	6
																18	Ding Junhui	3
	7	Mark Allen	4
	26	David Grace	2
						7	Mark Allen	2
						23	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4
	10	Marco Fu	3
	23	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4
											23	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	3
											18	Ding Junhui	4
	15	Ben Woollaston	3
	18	Ding Junhui	4
						18	Ding Junhui	4
						31	Peter Ebdon	0
	2	Neil Robertson	3
	31	Peter Ebdon	4

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Greg Coniglio. Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 13 March 2016.
Stuart Bingham (25)  England	9–10	Shaun Murphy (14)  England
Afternoon: 13–76, 50–66, 96–20 (68), 26–74, 4–93 (58), 77–62, 61–29 (55), 101–5 (93), 80–56 (74) Evening: 69–6 (68), 40–62 (52), 19–72, 85–2, 0–94 (94), 23–79, 65–54, 0–120 (120), 84–2, 0–72
93	Highest break	120
0	Century breaks	1
5	50+ breaks	4

Century breaks

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References