The 2019 World Grand Prix (officially the 2019 Coral World Grand Prix) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 4 to 10 February 2019 at The Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse in Cheltenham, England.[1] It was the twelfth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season and a part of the newly created Coral Cup.[2]
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4–10 February 2019 |
| Venue | The Centaur |
| City | Cheltenham |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £375,000 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Highest break |  Barry Hawkins (ENG) (143) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Judd Trump (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Ali Carter (ENG) |
| Score | 10–6 |
← 2018 | |
Judd Trump won his 10th ranking title, beating Ali Carter 10–6 in the final.[3]
Prize fund
editThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £10,000
Seeding list
editThe top 32 players on the one-year ranking list, running from the 2018 Riga Masters until and including the 2019 German Masters, qualified for the tournament.[5]
| Rank | Player | Total points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mark Allen
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353,000 |
| 2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
|
220,000 |
| 3 | Mark Selby
|
218,000 |
| 4 |  Mark Williams
|
201,000 |
| 5 |  Neil Robertson
|
180,500 |
| 6 | Judd Trump
|
174,500 |
| 7 | Kyren Wilson
|
161,500 |
| 8 | David Gilbert
|
157,000 |
| 9 | Jack Lisowski
|
127,000 |
| 10 | Stuart Bingham
|
125,500 |
| 11 | Joe Perry
|
99,000 |
| 12 | Jimmy Robertson
|
98,225 |
| 13 |  Stephen Maguire
|
98,000 |
| 14 | John Higgins
|
96,000 |
| 15 | Barry Hawkins
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88,000 |
| 16 | Martin O'Donnell
|
76,500 |
| 17 | Ali Carter
|
72,500 |
| 18 | Ryan Day
|
70,500 |
| 19 |  Noppon Saengkham
|
68,000 |
| 20 | Mark King
|
65,500 |
| 21 | Mark Davis
|
62,725 |
| 22 | Tom Ford
|
62,500 |
| 23 |  Zhao Xintong
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60,500 |
| 24 | Ding Junhui
|
60,000 |
| 25 | Yan Bingtao
|
60,000 |
| 26 | Matthew Stevens
|
58,000 |
| 27 | Stuart Carrington
|
57,500 |
| 28 | Xiao Guodong
|
56,600 |
| 29 | Yuan Sijun
|
55,000 |
| 30 | Shaun Murphy
|
53,500 |
| 31 |  Marco Fu
|
53,500 |
| 32 | Gary Wilson
|
48,600 |
- Ranking points (prize money won in GBP)
Tournament draw
editFinal
edit| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Olivier Marteel The Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham, England, 10 February 2019. | ||
| Ali Carter (17) England
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6–10 | Judd Trump (6) England
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| Afternoon: 16–68, 73–59, 70–9, 4–125 (113), 2–71, 1–72, 8–106, 95–20, 0–132 (132) Evening: 133–0, 37–67, 83–0, 69–67, 13–72, 1–78, 1–54 | ||
| 99 | Highest break | 132 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 2 |
Century breaks
editTotal: 25[6]
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References
edit- ^ "Calendar 2018/2019" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ "Coral To Sponsor New Snooker Series". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ "Trump Champion In Cheltenham". World Snooker. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2018/2019 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ "1 Year Ranking List - World Snooker". World Snooker. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ "Coral World Grand Prix 2019 – Centuries". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 4–10 February 2019. Archived from the original on 6 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.