World Grand Prix (snooker)

World Grand Prix

Tournament information
Venue	Morningside Areana Leicester
Location	Leicester
Country	England
Established	2015
Organisation(s)	World Snooker Tour
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£380,000
Recent edition	2023
Current champion	Mark Allen (NIR)

The World Grand Prix is a professional ranking snooker tournament restricted to the top 32 players on the one-year ranking list. The inaugural edition was played in 2015 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales.^[1] The reigning champion is Mark Allen.

History

The World Grand Prix was held as a non-ranking event in March 2015 in Llandudno, Wales, for the top 32 players on the World Grand Prix list. The list was based on a one-year ranking system. From 2016, the World Grand Prix has been held as a ranking event. In 2019, the tournament was included in the newly created Coral Cup series, and branded as "Coral World Grand Prix". The sponsor changed to Cazoo in 2021. In 2023, the sponsor changed to Duelbits.^[2]

Winners

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Final score	Venue	City	Season
World Grand Prix (non-ranking, 2015)
2015	Judd Trump (ENG)	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	10–7	Venue Cymru	Llandudno, Wales	2014/15
World Grand Prix (ranking, 2016–present)
2016	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	10–9	Venue Cymru	Llandudno, Wales	2015/16
2017	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	Ryan Day (WAL)	10–7	Preston Guild Hall	Preston, England	2016/17
2018	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	Ding Junhui (CHN)	10–3			2017/18
2019	Judd Trump (ENG)	Ali Carter (ENG)	10–6	The Centaur	Cheltenham, England	2018/19
2020 (Feb)	Neil Robertson (AUS)	Graeme Dott (SCO)	10–8			2019/20
2020 (Dec)	Judd Trump (ENG)	Jack Lisowski (ENG)	10–7	Marshall Arena	Milton Keynes, England	2020/21
2021	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	Neil Robertson (AUS)	10–8	Coventry Arena	Coventry, England	2021/22
2023	Mark Allen (NIR)	Judd Trump (ENG)	10–9	The Centaur	Cheltenham, England	2022/23
2024				Morningside Arena	Leicester, England	2023/24

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