2024 Spreadex World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates15–21 January 2024 (2024-01-15 – 2024-01-21)
VenueMorningside Arena
CityLeicester
CountryEngland
OrganisationWorld Snooker Tour
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£380,000
Winner's share£100,000
← 2023

The 2024 World Grand Prix (officially the 2024 Spreadex World Grand Prix) is a professional snooker tournament that is taking place from 15 to 21 January 2024 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England.[1] The eleventh ranking event of the 2023–24 snooker season, following the Scottish Open and preceding the German Masters, it is the first of three events in the Players Series, preceding the Players Championship and the Tour Championship. Organised by the World Snooker Tour and sponsored by betting company Spreadex, the event is being broadcast by ITV domestically, by Eurosport in Europe, and by other broadcasters worldwide. The winner will receive £100,000 from a total prize fund of £380,000.

The event features the top 32 players in the one-year ranking list as it stood after the 2023 Scottish Open. Mark Allen was the defending champion, having defeated Judd Trump 10‍–‍9 in the previous final, but he lost 2‍–‍4 to Zhang Anda in the last 16.

Format

The event is taking place from 15 to 21 January 2024 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, United Kingdom.[1][2] It features the top 32 players in the one-year ranking list as it stood after the 2023 Scottish Open.

The last-32 and last-16 matches are played as the best of seven frames; the quarter-finals are the best of nine frames; the semi-finals are the best of 11 frames, and the final will be the best of 19 frames, played over two sessions.[2] The defending champion was Northern Irish player Mark Allen, who won his first World Grand Prix title in 2023, defeating England's Judd Trump 10–9 in the final.[3]

Seeding list

Unlike other events where the defending champion is seeded first, the reigning World Champion second, and the rest based on the world rankings, the qualification and seedings in the Players Series tournaments are determined by the one-year ranking list. The below list shows the top 32 players with the most ranking points acquired during the 2023/24 season, as of after the Scottish Open:[4][5]

SeedPlayerTotal pointsSeedPlayerTotal points
1  Judd Trump (ENG)406,000 17  Chris Wakelin (ENG)79,000
2  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)306,500 18  Stephen Maguire (SCO)60,000
3  Zhang Anda (CHN)260,500 19  Jack Lisowski (ENG)59,500
4  Mark Williams (WAL)173,000 20  Matthew Selt (ENG)58,000
5  Barry Hawkins (ENG)159,500 21  Shaun Murphy (ENG)56,500
6  Ding Junhui (CHN)150,000 22  Xiao Guodong (CHN)56,500
7  Tom Ford (ENG)139,500 23  David Gilbert (ENG)53,000
8  Ali Carter (ENG)117,000 24  Yuan Sijun (CHN)50,500
9  Mark Selby (ENG)113,500 25  Wu Yize (CHN)50,000
10  Gary Wilson (ENG)104,000 26  Jordan Brown (NIR)49,500
11  Noppon Saengkham (THA)89,000 27  Ricky Walden (ENG)48,000
12  John Higgins (SCO)89,000 28  Cao Yupeng (CHN)48,000
13  Hossein Vafaei (IRN)89,000 29  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)45,000
14  Mark Allen (NIR)88,500 30  Dominic Dale (WAL)44,000
15  Zhou Yuelong (CHN)81,000 31  Pang Junxu (CHN)43,500
16  Lyu Haotian (CHN)79,500 32  Jamie Jones (WAL)42,000

Prize fund

The event features a total prize fund of £380,000, with the winner receiving £100,000. The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:

  • Winner: £100,000
  • Runner-up: £40,000
  • Semi-final: £20,000
  • Quarter-final: £12,500
  • Last 16: £7,500
  • Last 32: £5,000
  • Highest break: £10,000
  • Total: £380,000

Summary

Last 32

The first round matches were played from 15 to 17 January.[2] Cao Yupeng, seeded 28, defeated fifth seed Barry Hawkins 4‍–‍3. Shaun Murphy, seeded 21, whitewashed 12th seed John Higgins 4‍–‍0 in a match that lasted only 41 minutes, with Murphy making a century break of 145 in the first frame. Despite having problems with deteriorating eyesight, 48 year old Mark Williams beat Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4‍–‍3, making a 134 break in the third frame.[6] Mark Allen made three century breaks of 103, 110, and 108 in defeating Jack Lisowski 4‍–‍2.[7]

Last 16

The second round matches were played from 17 to 18 January.[2] Judd Trump whitewashed Lyu Haotian 4‍–‍0, setting up a quarter final meeting with Mark Selby who defeated Ali Carter 4‍–‍3. There was also a 4‍–‍0 whitewash victory for Cao over Murphy.[8] Zhang Anda defeated defending champion Allen 4‍–‍2, setting up a meeting with Ding Junhui in the quarter finals, after Ding beat Noppon Saengkham 4‍–‍1. Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Zhou Yuelong 4‍–‍3.[9]

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals are being played from 18 to 19 January.[2] In a dominant performance, Trump defeated Selby 5‍–‍1, making a 119 break in the fourth frame. Cao beat Williams 5‍–‍4.

Semi finals

The semi-finals are being played from 19 to 20 January.[2]

Tournament draw

The draw for the tournament is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the players' seedings, whilst players in bold denote match winners.[10] The last-32 and last-16 matches are played as the best of seven frames; 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, played over two sessions.[11][12]

Last 32
15–17 January 		Last 16
17–18 January 		Quarter-finals
18–19 January 		Semi-finals
19–20 January 		Final
21 January
          
 Judd Trump (ENG) (1) 4
 Jamie Jones (WAL) (32) 2
 Judd Trump (ENG) (1) 4
 Lyu Haotian (CHN) (16) 0
 Lyu Haotian (CHN) (16) 4
 Chris Wakelin (ENG) (17) 3
 Judd Trump (ENG) (1) 5
 Mark Selby (ENG) (9) 1
 Mark Selby (ENG) (9) 4
 Yuan Sijun (CHN) (24) 3
 Mark Selby (ENG) (9) 4
 Ali Carter (ENG) (8) 3
 Ali Carter (ENG) (8) 4
 Wu Yize (CHN) (25) 3
 Judd Trump (ENG) (1)
 Cao Yupeng (CHN) (28)
 Barry Hawkins (ENG) (5) 3
 Cao Yupeng (CHN) (28) 4
 Cao Yupeng (CHN) (28) 4
 Shaun Murphy (ENG) (21) 0
 John Higgins (SCO) (12) 0
 Shaun Murphy (ENG) (21) 4
 Cao Yupeng (CHN) (28) 5
 Mark Williams (WAL) (4) 4
 Hossein Vafaei (IRN) (13) 4
 Matthew Selt (ENG) (20) 3
 Hossein Vafaei (IRN) (13) 1
 Mark Williams (WAL) (4) 4
 Mark Williams (WAL) (4) 4
 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (29) 3
 
 
 Zhang Anda (CHN) (3) 4
 Dominic Dale (WAL) (30) 2
 Zhang Anda (CHN) (3) 4
 Mark Allen (NIR) (14) 2
 Mark Allen (NIR) (14) 4
 Jack Lisowski (ENG) (19) 2
 Zhang Anda (CHN) (3)
 Ding Junhui (CHN) (6)
 Noppon Saengkham (THA) (11) 4
 Xiao Guodong (CHN) (22) 1
 Noppon Saengkham (THA) (11) 1
 Ding Junhui (CHN) (6) 4
 Ding Junhui (CHN) (6) 4
 Ricky Walden (ENG) (27) 3
 
 
 Tom Ford (ENG) (7) 4
 Jordan Brown (NIR) (26) 1
 Tom Ford (ENG) (7) 2
 Gary Wilson (ENG) (10) 4
 Gary Wilson (ENG) (10) 4
 David Gilbert (ENG) (23) 2
 Gary Wilson (ENG) (10)
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (2)
 Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (15) 4
 Stephen Maguire (SCO) (18) 1
 Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (15) 3
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (2) 4
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (2) 4
 Pang Junxu (CHN) (31) 2

Century breaks

A total of 22 century breaks have been made so far in the tournament.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "2024 World Grand Prix". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "World Grand Prix (2024)". snooker.org. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Allen edges Trump in epic". World Snooker Tour. 22 January 2023. Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "1 Year List after the 2023 BetVictor Scottish Open" (PDF). World Snooker Tour. 17 December 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "World Grand Prix Rankings". snooker.org. 18 December 2023. Archived from the original on 21 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Life's a blur for winning Williams". World Snooker Tour. 16 January 2024. Archived from the original on 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Champ Allen fires three centuries". World Snooker Tour. 17 January 2024. Archived from the original on 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Selby to face Trump in quarters". World Snooker Tour. 17 January 2024. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "O'Sullivan keeps streak going". World Snooker Tour. 18 January 2024. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  10. 1 2 "World Snooker – Live Scores". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "Matches". World Snooker Tour.
  12. ↑ "World Grand Prix 2024 bracket". snooker.org. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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