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2008 Grand Prix (snooker)

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Royal London Watches Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates11–19 October 2008 (2008-10-11 – 2008-10-19)
VenueS.E.C.C.
CityGlasgow
CountryScotland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£523,100
Winner's share£75,000
Highest break Marco Fu (HKG) (139)
Final
Champion John Higgins (SCO)
Runner-up Ryan Day (WAL)
Score9–7
2007
2009

The 2008 Royal London Watches Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 19 October 2008 at the S.E.C.C. in Glasgow, Scotland.

John Higgins won his first ranking event for 18 months by defeating Ryan Day 9–7 in the final.[1]

Prize fund

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The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[2]

Main draw

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Matches on Sunday 12 October were played on a roll on/roll off basis. Play started at the allocated time each day with a 15-minute interval between matches. The third and fourth match did not start before 3pm. The evening session did not start before the time indicated on the format.

The draw for round one was made on completion of the qualifiers on 26 September 2008. The draw from round two up to and including the semi-finals was made on a random basis. The order of play and table numbers for all matches up to the semi-finals were determined once the draw for that round was made and published by the tournament director.

All matches up to and including the quarter-finals were best of 9 frames, semi-finals were best of 11 frames and the final was best of 17 frames. (Seedings in parentheses. All times are BST.)[3][4][5]

Round one

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Round two

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

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Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams.
S.E.C.C., Glasgow, Scotland, 19 October 2008.
John Higgins (6)
 Scotland
9–7 Ryan Day (9)
 Wales
Afternoon: 77–39, 86–47 (85), 24–89 (64), 90–0 (57), 73–1 (52), 4–119 (82), 69–21 (65)
Evening: 79–4 (62), 63–52 (Day 52), 8–69 (69), 65–74, 0–89 (89), 46–61, 81–11 (50), 0–83 (83), 74–36 (53)
85 Highest break 89
0 Century breaks 0
7 50+ breaks 6

Qualifying rounds

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These matches took place from 22 to 25 September 2008 at the Pontin's Centre, Prestatyn, Wales.[6]

Round 1
Best of 9 frames
Round 2
Best of 9 frames
Round 3
Best of 9 frames
Round 4
Best of 9 frames
England Paul Davison4England Martin Gould2England John Parrott5Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty0
Thailand Atthasit Mahitthi5Thailand Atthasit Mahitthi5Thailand Atthasit Mahitthi4England John Parrott5
Scotland James McBain5England Mark Joyce5England Ricky Walden5Northern Ireland Joe Swail3
Wales Andrew Pagett4Scotland James McBain0England Mark Joyce1England Ricky Walden5
England Jimmy White5England David Gray3England Michael Holt5Republic of Ireland Michael Judge2
England Michael Georgiou1England Jimmy White5England Jimmy White3England Michael Holt5
England Lewis Roberts2England Barry Pinches4England Jimmy Michie5Wales Dominic Dale4
England Andy Lee5England Andy Lee5England Andy Lee2England Jimmy Michie5
England Lee Spick3England Robert Milkins3Northern Ireland Gerard Greene4England Dave Harold5
China Jin Long5China Jin Long5China Jin Long5China Jin Long0
England Peter Lines5England David Roe2England Tom Ford5England Steve Davis5
Northern Ireland Declan Hughes1England Peter Lines5England Peter Lines2England Tom Ford4
England Simon Bedford5England Andy Hicks4England Mike Dunn2Wales Mark Williams4
China Liu Chuang2England Simon Bedford5England Simon Bedford5England Simon Bedford5
Scotland Scott MacKenzie5Wales Paul Davies5Scotland Alan McManus5England Anthony Hamilton5
Scotland Robert Stephen1Scotland Scott MacKenzie2Wales Paul Davies1Scotland Alan McManus4
Republic of Ireland Rodney Goggins2England Stuart Pettman1England Adrian Gunnell5England Stuart Bingham4
Republic of Ireland Vincent Muldoon5Republic of Ireland Vincent Muldoon5Republic of Ireland Vincent Muldoon4England Adrian Gunnell5
England Matthew Selt5Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney1England David Gilbert5Wales Matthew Stevens2
England Wayne Cooper4England Matthew Selt5England Matthew Selt4England David Gilbert5
Wales Daniel Wells4England Andrew Norman5Scotland Jamie Burnett5England Ian McCulloch3
Netherlands Stefan Mazrocis5Netherlands Stefan Mazrocis3England Andrew Norman1Scotland Jamie Burnett5
Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace3Republic of Ireland David Morris4England Judd Trump5England Stephen Lee2
India Aditya Mehta5India Aditya Mehta5India Aditya Mehta1England Judd Trump5
Wales Jamie Jones3England Rod Lawler4China Liang Wenbo5England Nigel Bond0
England David Grace5England David Grace5England David Grace3China Liang Wenbo5
Thailand Supoj Saenla5China Liu Song4England Rory McLeod5England Barry Hawkins5
New Zealand Chris McBreen3Thailand Supoj Saenla5Thailand Supoj Saenla1England Rory McLeod2
England Kuldesh Johal3Wales Ian Preece4Scotland Marcus Campbell5England Jamie Cope5
China Li Hang5China Li Hang5China Li Hang3Scotland Marcus Campbell4
England Matthew Couch2England Mark Davis5England Andrew Higginson5Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien2
England Stephen Craigie5England Stephen Craigie4England Mark Davis4England Andrew Higginson5

Century breaks

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Qualifying stage centuries

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Televised stage centuries

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References

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  1. ^ "Higgins resists Day to take title". BBC Sport. 2008-10-19. Archived from the original on 11 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  2. ^ "Royal London Watches Grand Prix 2008 – Prize Money". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2011-07-05. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Royal London Watches Grand Prix 2008 – Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Royal London Watches Grand Prix 2008". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Grand Prix". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Royal London Watches Grand Prix 2008 – Qualifying". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2010-12-21. Retrieved 20 March 2011.