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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| 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 |  Joe Perry (ENG) (133) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Shaun Murphy (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Stuart Bingham (ENG) |
| Score | 10–9 |
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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
editThe 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
editThe 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 |  John Higgins
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201,975 |
| 2 |  Neil Robertson
|
197,500 |
| 3 | Martin Gould
|
127,425 |
| 4 | Kyren Wilson
|
126,900 |
| 5 | Mark Selby
|
106,375 |
| 6 |  Liang Wenbo
|
98,850 |
| 7 |  Mark Allen
|
91,200 |
| 8 | David Gilbert
|
85,350 |
| 9 | Judd Trump
|
73,250 |
| 10 |  Marco Fu
|
69,975 |
| 11 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
|
61,500 |
| 12 |  Luca Brecel
|
59,925 |
| 13 | Joe Perry
|
55,250 |
| 14 | Shaun Murphy
|
53,975 |
| 15 | Ben Woollaston
|
50,750 |
| 16 | Matthew Selt
|
49,500 |
| 17 |  Ryan Day
|
48,975 |
| 18 | Ding Junhui
|
45,425 |
| 19 | Michael White
|
45,200 |
| 20 | Barry Hawkins
|
45,025 |
| 21 | Ali Carter
|
44,550 |
| 22 | Michael Holt
|
44,450 |
| 23 |  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
|
43,275 |
| 24 | Mark Williams
|
43,225 |
| 25 | Stuart Bingham
|
42,175 |
| 26 | David Grace
|
41,250 |
| 27 | Graeme Dott
|
40,450 |
| 28 | Tom Ford
|
37,850 |
| 29 | Jamie Jones
|
37,400 |
| 30 | Tian Pengfei
|
37,000 |
| 31 | Peter Ebdon
|
34,425 |
| 32 | Stephen Maguire
|
33,250 |
Main draw
editFinal
edit| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Greg Coniglio. Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 13 March 2016. | ||
| Stuart Bingham (25) England
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9–10 | Shaun Murphy (14) England
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| 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
editTotal: 15[4]
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References
edit- ^ "Rolling 147 Prizes For Ladbrokes World Grand Prix and Ladbrokes Players Championship". World Snooker. 29 February 2016. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020.
- ^ "Llandudno To Stage World Grand Prix". World Snooker. 27 July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020.
- ^ "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.