| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 8–13 March 2016 |
| Venue | Venue Cymru |
| City | Llandudno |
| Country | Wales |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £300,000 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Highest break | |
| Final | |
| Champion | |
| Runner-up | |
| Score | 10–9 |
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The 2016 World Grand Prix (officially the 2016 Ladbrokes World Grand Prix) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8 and 13 March 2016 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. It was the seventh ranking event of the 2015/2016 season.
The defending champion Judd Trump lost 2–4 against Stuart Bingham in the last 16. Shaun Murphy beat Stuart Bingham 10–9 in the final to win the £100,000 first prize. The tournament was broadcast in the UK on ITV4.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break was won at the previous ranking event, the Welsh Open, and so stood at £5,000. The sponsor pledged to double the prize for a 147 break and so the prize was £10,000.[1]
Seeding list
The top 32 players on a one-year ranking system running from the 2015 Australian Goldfields Open until the 2016 Gdynia Open qualified for the tournament.[2]
Source:[3]
| Rank | Player | Total points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 201,975 | |
| 2 | 197,500 | |
| 3 | 127,425 | |
| 4 | 126,900 | |
| 5 | 106,375 | |
| 6 | 98,850 | |
| 7 | 91,200 | |
| 8 | 85,350 | |
| 9 | 73,250 | |
| 10 | 69,975 | |
| 11 | 61,500 | |
| 12 | 59,925 | |
| 13 | 55,250 | |
| 14 | 53,975 | |
| 15 | 50,750 | |
| 16 | 49,500 | |
| 17 | 48,975 | |
| 18 | 45,425 | |
| 19 | 45,200 | |
| 20 | 45,025 | |
| 21 | 44,550 | |
| 22 | 44,450 | |
| 23 | 43,275 | |
| 24 | 43,225 | |
| 25 | 42,175 | |
| 26 | 41,250 | |
| 27 | 40,450 | |
| 28 | 37,850 | |
| 29 | 37,400 | |
| 30 | 37,000 | |
| 31 | 34,425 | |
| 32 | 33,250 |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Greg Coniglio. Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 13 March 2016. | ||
| Stuart Bingham (25) |
9–10 | Shaun Murphy (14) |
| Afternoon: 13–76, 50–66, 96–20 (68), 26–74, 4–93 (58), 77–62, 61–29 (55), 101–5 (93), 80–56 (74) Evening: 69–6 (68), 40–62 (52), 19–72, 85–2, 0–94 (94), 23–79, 65–54, 0–120 (120), 84–2, 0–72 | ||
| 93 | Highest break | 120 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 4 |
Century breaks
Total: 15[4]
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References
- ↑ "Rolling 147 Prizes For Ladbrokes World Grand Prix and Ladbrokes Players Championship". World Snooker. 29 February 2016.
- ↑ "Llandudno To Stage World Grand Prix". World Snooker. 27 July 2015.
- ↑ "World Grand Prix List - World Snooker". worldsnooker.com. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015.
- ↑ "World Grand Prix: centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.