World Grand Prix 2015 (Snooker)
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World Grand Prix 2015
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| Tournament type: | Invitation tournament |
| Attendees: | 32 |
| Venue: | Venue Cymru, Llandudno |
| Opening: | March 16, 2015 |
| Endgame: | March 22, 2015
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| Winner: |
 Judd Trump
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| Highest Break: | 142 ( Judd Trump )
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The World Grand Prix 2015 was a snooker tournament of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2014/15 season . It was from 16 to 22 March 2015 at Venue Cymru in Welsh Llandudno discharged. It was an invitational tournament with no value for the snooker world rankings and was held for the first time this season.
A seeding list was created for the tournament analogous to the world rankings. The prize money won from previous tournaments was taken into account. Unlike the world rankings, it was only a one-year rating and includes the results from the 2014 World Snooker Championship to the 2015 Gdynia Open . The top 32 of this evaluation were invited to North Wales.
The winner of the tournament was the Englishman Judd Trump , who again managed to beat Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final after three years .
Prize money
The prize money was not taken into account for placement in the snooker world rankings .
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 100,000 |
| finalist | £ 35,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 20,000 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 10,000 |
| Round of 16 | £ 5000 |
| Last 32 | 2500 pounds |
| Highest break | £ 5000 |
| All in all | £ 300,000 |
Tournament results
The 32 most successful professional players of the past year competed against each other in the first round. The first three rounds were played on 4 winning frames, in the semifinals 6 frames were necessary to win and the tournament was won by whoever won 10 frames in the final.
The opening round and round of 16 took place on 16./17. and March 18 respectively. Thursday, March 19th, was a day of rest before the three final rounds from Friday to Sunday were played.
With Mark Selby and Neil Robertson, two top players were eliminated in the round of 16. Judd Trump struggled hard and had to make three decision-making frames. In the semifinals he was already 1: 5 behind against Martin Gould , but was able to turn the match to 6: 5 with a show of strength and move into the final. By contrast, Ronnie O'Sullivan went through the tournament with confidence. He gave up only three frames in four games and won in the semi-finals 6-0 against number 9 in the world rankings Stuart Bingham .
final
O'Sullivan started the final with 4: 1 frames, Trump then got three frames in a row before losing the last frame of the afternoon session to 4: 5. In the evening, O'Sullivan pulled away again to three points with 2 winning frames. Then Trump could win 6 frames in a row, up to a 10: 7 victory.
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Final: Best of 19 Frames Referee: Oliver Marteel Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, March 22nd 2015  |
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Judd Trump
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10 : 7 |
Ronnie O'Sullivan
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Afternoon session: 67 : 54, 14: 90 (90), 60: 80 , 47: 83 (56), 1: 105 (105), 86 : 22 (50), 82 : 1, 76 : 8 (50), 9 : 115 (89) Evening session: 0: 100 (96), 20: 63 (59), 80 : 29 (57), 72 : 0, 142 : 0 (142), 67 : 35, 62 : 53, 65 : 9 |
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| 142 | Highest break | 105 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 4th | 50+ breaks | 6th |
Century Breaks
The highest break of the tournament was scored by Judd Trump in the final, after he had already scored the second highest break in Round 1 against Dominic Dale .
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- ↑ Lladnudno Line-up Set In Gdynia. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , March 1, 2015, accessed March 5, 2015 .
- ↑ World Grand Prix Rankings. Snooker.org, accessed March 5, 2015 .
- ^ Blake Welton: World Grand Prix Snooker: What are the prices on offer for the North Wales event? Daily Post , March 1, 2015, accessed March 5, 2015 .
- ↑ World Grand Prix (2015). Snooker.org, accessed March 17, 2015 .
- ↑ World Grand Prix - Provisional Format. (PDF; 140 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , March 3, 2015, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on March 5, 2015 .
- ^ World Grand Prix Draw. (PDF; 90 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , March 2, 2015, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on March 5, 2015 .
- ↑ http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=372
- ↑ World Grand Prix - Century Breaks. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , accessed March 17, 2015 .
