The 2021 World Grand Prix (officially the 2021 Cazoo World Grand Prix) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 13 to 19 December 2021 at the Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry, England.[1] The event was the first of three events to make up the Cazoo Cup in the 2021–22 snooker season.[2][3]
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Tournament information | |
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Dates | 13–19 December 2021 |
Venue | Coventry Building Society Arena |
City | Coventry |
Country | England |
Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £380,000 |
Winner's share | £100,000 |
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Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 10–8 |
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The defending champion was Judd Trump, who overcame Jack Lisowski 10–7 in the previous year's final.[4] However, he lost 3–4 in the round of 16 to Tom Ford.[5]
Ronnie O'Sullivan won the tournament for a second time, defeating Neil Robertson 10–8 in the final.[6][7]
Prize fund
editThe breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:[8]
- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-up: £40,000
- Semi-final: £20,000
- Quarter-final: £12,500
- Last 16: £7,500
- Last 32: £5,000
- Highest break: £10,000
- Total: £380,000
Seeding list
editThe top 32 players on the one-year ranking list, up to and including the 2021 Scottish Open, qualified for the tournament. Seedings were based on the order of the player in that list.[9]
Seed | Player | Total points |
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1 | Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 206,000 |
2 | Luca Brecel (BEL) | 170,000 |
3 | Mark Williams (WAL) | 116,000 |
4 | John Higgins (SCO) | 109,000 |
5 | Mark Allen (NIR) | 108,000 |
6 | David Gilbert (ENG) | 86,000 |
7 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 75,000 |
8 | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 74,000 |
9 | Kyren Wilson (ENG) | 66,000 |
10 | Gary Wilson (ENG) | 63,500 |
11 | Ricky Walden (ENG) | 53,000 |
12 | Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 51,000 |
13 | Judd Trump (ENG) | 50,500 |
14 | Anthony McGill (SCO) | 48,500 |
15 | Jimmy Robertson (ENG) | 46,000 |
16 | Yan Bingtao (CHN) | 45,500 |
17 | Mark King (ENG) | 44,000 |
18 | Matthew Selt (ENG) | 37,000 |
19 | Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 36,500 |
20 | Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 33,500 |
21 | Mark Selby (ENG) | 32,000 |
22 | Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 31,500 |
23 | Hossein Vafaei (IRN) | 31,000 |
24 | Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 31,000 |
25 | Noppon Saengkham (THA) | 31,000 |
26 | Andy Hicks (ENG) | 30,500 |
27 | Ali Carter (ENG) | 30,500 |
28 | Cao Yupeng (CHN) | 29,000 |
29 | Tom Ford (ENG) | 28,500 |
30 | Jack Lisowski (ENG) | 28,500 |
31 | Jordan Brown (NIR) | 27,000 |
32 | Martin Gould (ENG) | 25,000 |
Tournament draw
editFinal
editFinal: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, England, 19 December 2021 | ||
Neil Robertson (8) Australia |
8–10 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (7) England |
Afternoon: 73–1, 75–33, 50–62, 49–81, 71–12, 87–0, 12–115, 66–72 Evening: 66–5, 37–91, 128–0 (128), 88–49, 0–90, 32–80, 0–77, 8–77, 83–0, 7–77 | ||
128 | Highest break | 90 |
1 | Century breaks | 0 |
Century breaks
editA total of 23 century breaks were made by 15 players during the tournament.[10]
- 139 – Stephen Maguire
- 133, 130 – Tom Ford
- 128, 117, 108, 100 – Neil Robertson
- 128 – Jack Lisowski
- 124, 105 – Stuart Bingham
- 119 – Hossein Vafaei
- 117 – Mark Williams
- 114 – Mark Allen
- 114 – Kyren Wilson
- 112, 107 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 112, 104 – Mark Selby
- 111 – Yan Bingtao
- 106 – Jimmy Robertson
- 105, 100 – Luca Brecel
- 101 – Zhao Xintong
References
edit- ^ "Cazoo World Grand Prix - World Snooker". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "2021-22 Calendar" (PDF). wst.tv. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ Årdalen, Hermund. "Calendar 2021/2022 - snooker.org". snooker.org (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Trump Beats Lisowski To Win 20th Ranking Title - World Snooker". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Ford Sinks Trump In Black-Ball Thriller". World Snooker Tour. 15 December 2021. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021.
- ^ World Snooker Tour (19 December 2021). "O'Sullivan Ends Title Drought". wst.tv. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "World Grand Prix: Ronnie O'Sullivan stages comeback to beat Neil Robertson to title". BBC Sport. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ "Tournament Prize Money | World Snooker Live Scores". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "Updated 2021-22 Calendar". World Snooker Tour. 18 August 2021
- ^ "Cazoo World Grand Prix 2021 | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.