Snooker tournament
Snooker tournament
The 2020 World Grand Prix (officially the 2020 Matchroom World Grand Prix) was a professional snooker tournament, that took place from 14 to 20 December 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. Although the tournament was not sponsored by Cazoo, it was the first of three tournaments that form the Cazoo Cup.
Neil Robertson was the defending champion, having won the previous final 10–8 against Graeme Dott.[1] However, Robertson lost 2–4 to Robert Milkins in the first round.
Judd Trump won the tournament for a third time, beating Jack Lisowski 10–7 to claim his 20th ranking title.[2]
Prize fund
The event had a total prize fund of £380,000, with £100,000 to the winner. The participation prize is £5,000, which did not count towards a player's world ranking. The breakdown of prize money for the event:
- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-up: £40,000
- Semi-final: £20,000
- Quarter-final: £12,500
- Last 16: £7,500
- Last 32: £5,000 (Prize money at this stage did not count towards prize money rankings)
- Highest break: £10,000
- Total: £380,000
Seeding list
The top 32 players on the one-year ranking list, running from the September 2020 European Masters until and including the 2020 Scottish Open, qualified for the tournament.[3]
Tournament draw
Final
Century breaks
A total of 38 century breaks were made by 20 players during the tournament.[4]
- 143, 134, 112, 100 – Mark Selby
- 142, 122, 109, 107, 107, 101, 101, 100 – Judd Trump
- 142 – Mark Allen
- 139 – Kyren Wilson
- 137, 111 – Zhao Xintong
- 137 – Ding Junhui
- 137 – Lu Ning
- 136 – Michael Holt
- 134 – Hossein Vafaei
- 132 – Stuart Bingham
- 130, 127, 112, 111, 110, 109 – Jack Lisowski
- 128, 108 – Anthony McGill
- 128 – Xiao Guodong
- 117 – Martin Gould
- 116 – Robert Milkins
- 114 – John Higgins
- 112 – Ali Carter
- 112 – Barry Hawkins
- 108, 105 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 100 – Robbie Williams
References
- ^ "Dott Dashed By Five-Ton Robertson". World Snooker. 9 February 2020. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020.
- ^ "Trump Beats Lisowski To Win 20th Ranking Title". World Snooker. 20 December 2020. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021.
- ^ "1 Year Ranking List - World Snooker". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "Centuries | World Snooker Live Scores". Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
