Malta Grand Prix

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Malta Grand Prix
Tournament status
Ranking tournament: 2000
Minor ranking tournament: -
Invitation tournament: 1994-1998, 2001
Tournament dates of the last edition
Venue: Mediterranean Conference Center , Valletta
Prize money (total): £ 36,000
Prize money (winner): £ 10,000
Frames in the final: Best of 13
Records
Most wins: IrelandIreland Ken Doherty Stephen Hendry  (2 × each)
ScotlandScotland
Highest Break: 147 Stephen Hendry 2001
ScotlandScotland
Venue (s) on the map

The Malta Grand Prix was a professional snooker tournament that was held seven times from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s , with six editions being an invitation and only once a ranking tournament. The tournament was held at a total of three different locations on the island state of Malta . Record winners of the tournament are the Irishman Ken Doherty and the Scot Stephen Hendry with two titles each; Hendry also played the highest break in tournament history with his Maximum Break 2001.

winner

year venue winner finalist Result sponsor season
Malta Grand Prix - Invitational Tournament
1994 Valletta - Jerma Palace Hotel EnglandEngland John Parrott MaltaMalta Tony Drago 7: 6 Rothmans 1994/95
1995 Marsaskala - Jerma Palace Hotel EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon ScotlandScotland John Higgins 7: 4 1995/96
1996 EnglandEngland Nigel Bond MaltaMalta Tony Drago 7: 3 1996/97
1997 IrelandIreland Ken Doherty ScotlandScotland John Higgins 7: 5 1997/98
1998 Bugibba - New Dolmen Hotel ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 7: 6 1998/99
Malta Grand Prix - Ranking tournament
2000 Valletta - MCC IrelandIreland Ken Doherty WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 9: 3 Rothmans 1999/00
Malta Grand Prix - Invitational Tournament
2001 Valletta - MCC ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 7: 1 Rothmans 2000/01

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