The 2024 Xi'an Grand Prix (officially the 2024 Du Xiaoman Xi'an Grand Prix)[1] is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 19 to 25 August 2024 at the Qujiang E‑sports Centre in Xi'an, China. The second ranking event of the 2024–25 season, it follows the 2024 Championship League and the non‑ranking 2024 Shanghai Masters. It is the inaugural edition of the Xi'an Grand Prix. The winner will receive £177,000 from a total prize fund of £850,000.
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 19–25 August 2024 |
| Venue | Qujiang E-sports Centre |
| City | Xi'an |
| Country | China |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £850,000 |
| Winner's share | £177,000 |
Qualifiers took place from 25 to 27 July 2024 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England. Qualifying matches featuring the reigning World Champion (Kyren Wilson); the world's top ranked player (Mark Allen); the two highest ranked Chinese players (Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda); four Chinese wildcards (Zhou Jinhao, Cao Jin, Wang Xinbo, and Ma Shaojun); and Ronnie O'Sullivan will be held over to be played in Xi'an.
Format
editThe tournament, the inaugural edition of the Xi'an Grand Prix, will take place from 19 to 25 August 2024 at the Qujiang E‑sports Centre[2] in Xi'an, China.[3][4] It is the second ranking event of the 2024–25 season, following the 2024 Championship League.
All matches up to and including the quarter‑finals are the best of nine frames. The semi‑finals are the best of 11 frames, and the final is the best of 19 frames.[5]
The qualifying matches were broadcast by the WST Facebook page, and by Matchroom Sport.[6] The main stage of the tournament will be broadcast by CCTV5 and Huya in China, Sportcast in Taiwan, Now TV in Hong Kong, and Matchroom Sport for all other territories. No broadcaster was named for this event in the United Kingdom and Europe. This led to the coverage via Matchroom Sport to be provided free of charge.[7]
Prize fund
editThe breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:[3]
- Winner: £177,000
- Runner-up: £76,000
- Semi-final: £34,500
- Quarter-final: £22,350
- Last 16: £14,000
- Last 32: £9,400
- Last 64: £5,350
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total: £850,000
Summary
editQualifying round
editBoth Lim Kok Leong and the 2023 World Champion Luca Brecel failed to arrive at the venue in time for their qualifying matches, and so their opponents, Scott Donaldson and Hammad Miah respectively, were awarded walkovers.[8]
Main draw
editThe draw for the tournament is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players, and players in bold denote match winners.[5][9][10][11]
Top half
edit| Last 64 Best of 9 frames | Last 32 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | ||||||||||||||
 Kyren Wilson (ENG) (1)OR  Haris Tahir (PAK)
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 He Guoqiang (CHN)
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 Anthony McGill (SCO) (32)
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| Ricky Walden (ENG)
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| John Higgins (SCO) (16)
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 Sunny Akani (THA)
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| Dean Young (SCO)
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| Jimmy Robertson (ENG)
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| Elliot Slessor (ENG)
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| Chris Wakelin (ENG) (24)
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| Mark Davis (ENG)
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 Mark Williams (WAL) (9)
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| Jamie Jones (WAL)
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| Stuart Bingham (ENG) (25) OR Zhou Jinhao (CHN)
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| Xu Si (CHN)
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| Ding Junhui (CHN) (8) OR Alfie Burden (ENG)
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| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (5) OR  Wang Yuchen (HKG)
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 Bulcsú Révész (HUN)
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 Neil Robertson (AUS) (28)
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| Yuan Sijun (CHN)
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| Zhang Anda (CHN) (12) OR Oliver Lines (ENG)
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| Graeme Dott (SCO) OR Ma Shaojun (CHN)
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 Hossein Vafaei (IRN) (21)
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| Dylan Emery (WAL)
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| Amir Sarkhosh (IRN)
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| Si Jiahui (CHN) (20)
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| Gong Chenzhi (CHN)
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| Tom Ford (ENG) (13)
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| Matthew Selt (ENG)
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| Joe O'Connor (ENG) (29)
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| Zak Surety (ENG)
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| Hammad Miah (ENG)[a]
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Bottom half
edit| Last 64 Best of 9 frames | Last 32 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | ||||||||||||||
| Judd Trump (ENG) (3)
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| Ma Hailong (CHN)
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| Lyu Haotian (CHN) (30)
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 Artemijs Žižins (LVA)
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| Jak Jones (WAL) (14)
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| Tian Pengfei (CHN)
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| Jack Lisowski (ENG) (19)
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| Joe Perry (ENG)
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 Jordan Brown (NIR)
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| David Gilbert (ENG) (22)
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 Ben Mertens (BEL)
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| Gary Wilson (ENG) (11)
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| Paul Deaville (ENG)[b]
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| Pang Junxu (CHN) (27)
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 Aaron Hill (IRL)
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| Mark Selby (ENG) (6) OR Wang Xinbo (CHN)
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| Shaun Murphy (ENG) (7)
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| Jamie Clarke (WAL) OR Cao Jin (CHN)
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| Noppon Saengkham (THA) (26)
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| Dominic Dale (WAL)
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| Daniel Wells (WAL)
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| Julien Leclercq (BEL)
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| Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (23)
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| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
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| Matthew Stevens (WAL)
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| Ryan Day (WAL) (18)
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| Scott Donaldson (SCO)
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| Barry Hawkins (ENG) (15)
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| Xiao Guodong (CHN)
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| Stephen Maguire (SCO) (31)
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| David Lilley (ENG)
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| Mark Allen (NIR) (2) OR Liu Hongyu (CHN)
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Qualifying
editQualification for the tournament took place from 25 to 27 July 2024 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players, and players in bold denote match winners.[8][12]
- Note: n/s=no-show (did not arrive in time for the match); w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover
Xi'an
editQualifying matches featuring the reigning World Champion (Kyren Wilson); the world's top ranked player (Mark Allen); the two highest ranked Chinese players (Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda); four Chinese wildcards (Zhou Jinhao, Cao Jin, Wang Xinbo, and Ma Shaojun); and Ronnie O'Sullivan will be held over to be played in Xi'an.[8][11]
Jamie Clarke (WAL) v 
Cao Jin (CHN)
Kyren Wilson (ENG) (1) v 
Haris Tahir (PAK)- Mark Selby (ENG) (6) v Wang Xinbo (CHN)
- Zhang Anda (CHN) (12) v Oliver Lines (ENG)
Graeme Dott (SCO) v Ma Shaojun (CHN)- Stuart Bingham (ENG) (25) v Zhou Jinhao (CHN)
- Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (5) v
Wang Yuchen (HKG) 
Mark Allen (NIR) (2) v Liu Hongyu (CHN)- Ding Junhui (CHN) (8) v Alfie Burden (ENG)
Leicester
editThe results of the qualifying matches played in Leicester were as follows:[8][12]
25 July
edit- Martin O'Donnell (ENG) 3–5 Ma Hailong (CHN)
- Jamie Jones (WAL) 5–2
Mostafa Dorgham (EGY) - Scott Donaldson (SCO) w/o–n/s
Lim Kok Leong (MAS)[c] - Xiao Guodong (CHN) 5–2
Iulian Boiko (UKR)[d] - He Guoqiang (CHN) 5–4 Ashley Carty (ENG)
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) 5–3 Lei Peifan (CHN)- Fan Zhengyi (CHN) 2–5 Sunny Akani (THA)
Amir Sarkhosh (IRN) 5–3 Joshua Thomond (ENG)[e]- Simon Blackwell (ENG) 4–5
Ben Mertens (BEL) - Ryan Day (WAL) (18) 5–4 Cheung Ka Wai (HKG)
- David Grace (ENG) 0–5
Bulcsú Révész (HUN) - Jordan Brown (NIR) 5–2 Liam Pullen (ENG)
- Robbie Williams (ENG) 3–5
Artemijs Žižins (LVA) - John Higgins (SCO) (16) 5–2
Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) - Hossein Vafaei (IRN) (21) 5–1
Ahmed Aly Elsayed (USA) - Jackson Page (WAL) 2–5 Dylan Emery (WAL)
- Jack Lisowski (ENG) (19) 5–1 Ross Muir (SCO)
Neil Robertson (AUS) (28) 5–2 Allan Taylor (ENG)- David Gilbert (ENG) (22) 5–1 Reanne Evans (ENG)
- Matthew Stevens (WAL) 5–0 Andrew Higginson (ENG)
- Dominic Dale (WAL) 5–4
Mohammed Shehab (UAE)
26 July
edit- Chris Wakelin (ENG) (24) 5–4 Rory Thor (MAS)
- Joe Perry (ENG) 5–0 Mink Nutcharut (THA)
- Yuan Sijun (CHN) 5–1 Bai Yulu (CHN)
- Tian Pengfei (CHN) 5–0 Farakh Ajaib (PAK)
- Elliot Slessor (ENG) 5–0 Manasawin Phetmalaikul (THA)
- Xu Si (CHN) 5–4 Jiang Jun (CHN)
- Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 4–5 Gong Chenzhi (CHN)
- Wu Yize (CHN) 3–5 Paul Deaville (ENG)[b]
- Joe O'Connor (ENG) (29) 5–3 Duane Jones (WAL)
- Sanderson Lam (ENG) 2–5 Zak Surety (ENG)
- Jak Jones (WAL) (14) 5–4 Robbie McGuigan (NIR)
- Tom Ford (ENG) (13) 5–3 Stan Moody (ENG)
- Pang Junxu (CHN) (27) 5–2 Michael Holt (ENG)
- Luca Brecel (BEL) (4) n/s–w/o Hammad Miah (ENG)[a]
- David Lilley (ENG) 5–3 Louis Heathcote (ENG)
- Ricky Walden (ENG) 5–3 Liam Davies (WAL)
- Matthew Selt (ENG) 5–2 Ian Burns (ENG)
- Barry Hawkins (ENG) (15) 5–1
Kreishh Gurbaxani (IND) - Ali Carter (ENG) (10) 4–5 Daniel Wells (WAL)
- Mark Williams (WAL) (9) 5–0 Liam Graham (SCO)
27 July
edit- Anthony McGill (SCO) (32) 5–0 Xing Zihao (CHN)
- Noppon Saengkham (THA) (26) 5–3 Andrew Pagett (WAL)
- Mark Davis (ENG) 5–3 Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND)
- Jimmy Robertson (ENG) 5–1 Huang Jiahao (CHN)
- Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (23) 5–1 Haydon Pinhey (ENG)
- Lyu Haotian (CHN) (30) 5–2 Baipat Siripaporn (THA)
- Ben Woollaston (ENG) 4–5 Julien Leclercq (BEL)
- Stephen Maguire (SCO) (31) 5–1
Ken Doherty (IRL) - Gary Wilson (ENG) (11) 5–4 Long Zehuang (CHN)
- Judd Trump (ENG) (3) 5–2
Antoni Kowalski (POL) - Aaron Hill (IRL) 5–2 Chris Totten (SCO)
- Robert Milkins (ENG) (17) 3–5 Dean Young (SCO)
- Si Jiahui (CHN) (20) 5–4 Jimmy White (ENG)
- Shaun Murphy (ENG) (7) 5–1 Mitchell Mann (ENG)
Century breaks
editQualifying stage centuries
editA total of 27 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Leicester.[13]
- 140, 104 – Mark Williams
- 137, 131 – Neil Robertson
- 135, 112 – Chris Wakelin
- 130, 127, 101 – Xiao Guodong
- 126, 116 – Wu Yize
- 122 – Jamie Jones
- 116, 103, 100 – Cheung Ka Wai
- 115 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- 113, 100 – David Gilbert
- 113 – Yuan Sijun
- 111 – Amir Sarkhosh
- 108 – Gary Wilson
- 106 – Robbie McGuigan
- 102 – Barry Hawkins
- 102 – Joe Perry
- 102 – Hossein Vafaei
- 100 – Paul Deaville
- 100 – Fan Zhengyi
Notes
edit- ^ a b Luca Brecel did not show up for the qualifying match and so Hammad Miah was given a walkover.[8]
- ^ a b Paul Deaville replaced Stuart Carrington who withdrew.[8]
- ^ Lim Kok Leong did not show up for the qualifying match and so Scott Donaldson was given a walkover.[8]
- ^ Iulian Boiko replaced Martin Gould who withdrew.[8]
- ^ Joshua Thomond replaced Sam Craigie who withdrew.[8]
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