2020 World Grand Prix (2020–21 season)

The 2020 World Grand Prix (also known as the Matchroom World Grand Prix 2020) was a professional snooker tournament, that took place from 14 to 20 December 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England.

Matchroom World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates14–20 December 2020
VenueMarshall Arena
CityMilton Keynes
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£380,000
Winner's share£100,000
Highest break Mark Selby (ENG) (143)
Final
Champion Judd Trump (ENG)
Runner-up Jack Lisowski (ENG)
Score10–7

Neil Robertson was the defending champion, having won the previous final 10–8 against Graeme Dott.[1] However, Robertson lost 2–4 to Robert Milkins in the first round.

Judd Trump won the tournament for a third time, beating Jack Lisowski 10–7 to claim his 20th ranking title.[2]

Jak Jones, Lu Ning, Hossein Vafaei and Robbie Williams were debutants in the event.

Prize fund

The event had a total prize fund of £380,000, with £100,000 to the winner. The participation prize is £5,000, which did not count towards a player's world ranking. The breakdown of prize money for the event:

  • Winner: £100,000
  • Runner-up: £40,000
  • Semi-final: £20,000
  • Quarter-final: £12,500
  • Last 16: £7,500
  • Last 32: £5,000 (Prize money at this stage did not count towards prize money rankings)
  • Highest break: £10,000
  • Total: £380,000

Seeding list

The top 32 players on the one-year ranking list, running from the September 2020 European Masters until and including the 2020 Scottish Open, qualified for the tournament.[3]

Rank Player Total Points
1  Judd Trump (ENG) 270,500
2  Neil Robertson (AUS) 246,000
3  Mark Selby (ENG) 205,500
4  Kyren Wilson (ENG) 92,500
5  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 73,500
6  Zhou Yuelong (CHN) 70,000
7  John Higgins (SCO) 58,500
8  Lu Ning (CHN) 52,000
9  Martin Gould (ENG) 48,500
10  Jamie Jones (WAL) 45,000
11  Ding Junhui (CHN) 45,000
12  Barry Hawkins (ENG) 45,000
13  David Grace (ENG) 41,000
14  Joe Perry (ENG) 38,500
15  Shaun Murphy (ENG) 37,000
16  Li Hang (CHN) 36,000
17  Stuart Bingham (ENG) 35,500
18  Jack Lisowski (ENG) 34,500
19  Anthony McGill (SCO) 33,500
20  Yan Bingtao (CHN) 32,500
21  Ricky Walden (ENG) 31,000
22  Jak Jones (WAL) 31,000
23  Zhao Xintong (CHN) 31,000
24  Mark Allen (NIR) 29,000
25  Robbie Williams (ENG) 29,000
26  Xiao Guodong (CHN) 28,000
27  Hossein Vafaei (IRN) 27,500
28  Ali Carter (ENG) 27,000
29  Kurt Maflin (NOR) 27,000
30  Liang Wenbo (CHN) 26,000
31  Robert Milkins (ENG) 26,000
32  Michael Holt (ENG) 26,000

Tournament draw
Last 32
Best of 7 frames 		Last 16
Best of 7 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 19 frames
               
1  Judd Trump (ENG) 4
32  Michael Holt (ENG) 3
1 Judd Trump 4
17 Stuart Bingham 3
16  Li Hang (CHN) 2
17  Stuart Bingham (ENG) 4
1 Judd Trump 5
9 Martin Gould 2
9  Martin Gould (ENG) 4
24  Mark Allen (NIR) 3
9 Martin Gould 4
8 Lu Ning 1
8  Lu Ning (CHN) 4
25  Robbie Williams (ENG) 3
1 Judd Trump 6
5 Ronnie O'Sullivan 1
5  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 4
28  Ali Carter (ENG) 1
5 Ronnie O'Sullivan 4
12 Barry Hawkins 1
12  Barry Hawkins (ENG) 4
21  Ricky Walden (ENG) 1
5 Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
4 Kyren Wilson 3
13  David Grace (ENG) 3
20  Yan Bingtao (CHN) 4
20 Yan Bingtao 1
4 Kyren Wilson 4
4  Kyren Wilson (ENG) 4
29  Kurt Maflin (NOR) 2
1 Judd Trump 10
18 Jack Lisowski 7
3  Mark Selby (ENG) 4
30  Liang Wenbo (CHN) 3
3 Mark Selby 4
19 Anthony McGill 2
14  Joe Perry (ENG) 2
19  Anthony McGill (SCO) 4
3 Mark Selby 5
27 Hossein Vafaei 3
11  Ding Junhui (CHN) 4
22  Jak Jones (WAL) 0
11 Ding Junhui 1
27 Hossein Vafaei 4
6  Zhou Yuelong (CHN) 3
27  Hossein Vafaei (IRN) 4
3 Mark Selby 4
18 Jack Lisowski 6
7  John Higgins (SCO) 4
26  Xiao Guodong (CHN) 2
7 John Higgins 3
23 Zhao Xintong 4
10  Jamie Jones (WAL) 2
23  Zhao Xintong (CHN) 4
23 Zhao Xintong 3
18 Jack Lisowski 5
15  Shaun Murphy (ENG) 2
18  Jack Lisowski (ENG) 4
18 Jack Lisowski 4
31 Robert Milkins 0
2  Neil Robertson (AUS) 2
31  Robert Milkins (ENG) 4

Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore
Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England, 20 December 2020.
Judd Trump (1)
 England		 10–7 Jack Lisowski (18)
 England
Afternoon: 75–4 (75), 44–72, 95–42, 122–0 (122), 82–25, 93–1 (75), 4–77 (77), 67–40 (64)
Evening: 67–53 (66, 53), 1–104 (99), 8–116 (112), 0–87 (87), 0–95 (95), 62–53 (57, 50), 0–78 (53), 104–0 (78), 72–61
122 Highest break 112
1 Century breaks 1
7 50+ breaks 8

Century breaks

A total of 38 century breaks were made by 20 players during the tournament.[4]

References
  1. "Dott Dashed By Five-Ton Robertson". World Snooker. 9 February 2020.
  2. "Trump Beats Lisowski To Win 20Th Ranking Title". World Snooker. 20 December 2020.
  3. "1 Year Ranking List - World Snooker". World Snooker. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  4. http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14163/world-grand-prix-2020
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