World Grand Prix 2020
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World Grand Prix 2020 Coral World Grand Prix 2020 
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Attendees: | 32 |
| Venue: | The Centaur, Cheltenham |
| Opening: | 3rd February 2020 |
| Endgame: | February 9, 2020
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| Winner: |
 Neil Robertson
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| Finalist: |
 Graeme Dott
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| Highest Break: | 142 ( Neil Robertson )
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The Coral World Grand Prix 2020 was a snooker tournament of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2019/20 season . It was held in Cheltenham from February 3rd to 9th . As in the previous year, The Centaur , an event hall belonging to the horse racing track in the south-west English city, was the venue.
The 32 most successful players in the one-year ranking of the season so far from the Riga Masters 2019 to the German Masters 2020 , which ended just before the start of the tournament, qualified for the Grand Prix .
For the second time, the World Grand Prix was part of a series of tournaments sponsored by the betting company Coral. The Players Championship 2020 followed with the top 16 of the season ranking and the so-called Coral Cup was concluded with the Tour Championship 2020 , the top 8 final.
Last year, the Englishman Judd Trump won, who also became world champion at the end of the season. However, he lost to his compatriot Kyren Wilson in the second round . The winner was Neil Robertson . He defeated Graeme Dott 10-8 in the final . It was the Australian's third title this season.
Prize money
The prize money remained the same for all placements as in the previous year. Only the premium for the highest tournament break was doubled to £ 10,000 because the jackpot for a maximum break had been abolished this season . Thus the price pot had increased slightly to £ 380,000.
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| winner | £ 100,000 |
| finalist | £ 40,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 20,000 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 12,500 |
| Round of 16 | £ 7,500 |
| Last 32 | £ 5,000 |
| Highest break | £ 10,000 |
| All in all | £ 380,000 |
Tournament results
The seeding list of the tournament corresponded to the ranking of the 32 most successful professional players of the 2019/20 season up to and including the German Masters. They competed against each other according to the standard approach for 32 players.
final
For Neil Robertson it was the third final in a row, he had won the European Masters , the German Masters just before the World Grand Prix was lost. Graeme Dott was a semi-finalist in the German Masters, two years earlier he had also been in the final there, but has not won a tournament since the 2007 China Open . Robertson took frame 1, but lost frame 2 despite a 63 break. The next frame also went to Dott before the Australian got going and got four frames in a row, two of them with century breaks . The Scot brought the last frame of the session, however, who reduced it to 3: 5.
The evening started changeable up to 5: 6, then it was Robertson again, who managed a series with three frame wins and two centurys. The 9-5 split meant the Australian was just one frame away from victory. In frame 15 he missed the chance after 43 points and Dott “stole” the frame. Robertson lost the thread and passed the next frame. But when he presented a 69-point break in the following frame, the decision seemed to have been made, since with a 43-point lead there were only 35 points on the table. But Dott managed to snooker three times , the Australian missed each time and the Scot made it 8: 9. In frame 18, however, Robertson took the initiative again. He missed the direct decision again, but this time Dott could not counter and Robertson finally finished to 10: 8. It was his third win of the season and his 18th rankings overall.
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Final: Best of 19 Frames Referee: Leo Scullion The Centaur, Cheltenham , England, February 9, 2020 |
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Neil Robertson
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10 : 8 |
Graeme Dott
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Afternoon session: 70 : 9 (55), 67: 69 (NR 63), 1: 102 (56), 127 : 0 (127), 68 : 22, 110 : 0 (110), 63 : 21 (58), 41 : 58 evening session: 32: 101 (62), 138 : 0 (107), 8: 88 (88), 142 : 0 (142), 70 : 1 (69), 101 : 0 (101), 43: 66 , 37: 65 , 73: 77 (NR 69), 70 : 17 |
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| 142 | Highest break | 88 |
| 5 | Century breaks | - |
| 10 | 50+ breaks | 3 |
Century breaks
17 professionals achieved breaks of 100 or more points in the course of the tournament. A total of 33 Centurys were achieved, the tournament winner Neil Robertson achieved 9 alone , 5 of which contributed to his 10: 8 final victory. In the final he also scored the highest tournament break with 142 points, for which there was another £ 10,000 as an extra bonus.
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- ^ Coral World Grand Prix Line Up Confirmed. World Snooker Ltd. , February 1, 2020, accessed on February 2, 2020 .
- ↑ 2019-2020 Season Summary. (PDF; 144 kB) In: wst.tv. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , September 19, 2019, accessed February 2, 2020 .
- ↑ 2020 Coral Series World Grand Prix. (PDF; 30 kB) Provisional format. In: wst.tv. World Snooker Ltd. , February 1, 2020, accessed on February 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Coral World Grand Prix 2020. (PDF; 69 kB) In: wst.tv. World Snooker Ltd. , February 1, 2020, accessed on February 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Coral World Grand Prix (2020). Snooker.org, accessed February 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Dott Dashed by Five-Ton Robertson. World Snooker Ltd. , February 9, 2020, accessed on February 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Coral World Grand Prix 2020 - Centuries. In: worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , accessed February 10, 2020 .
