2019 World Grand Prix

This article is about the snooker tournament. For the darts tournament, see 2019 World Grand Prix (darts).

The 2019 World Grand Prix (officially the 2019 Coral World Grand Prix) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 4 to 10 February 2019 at The Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse in Cheltenham, England.^[1] It was the twelfth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season and a part of the newly created Coral Cup.^[2]

2019 Coral World Grand Prix

Tournament information
Dates	4–10 February 2019 (2019-02-04 – 2019-02-10)
Venue	The Centaur
City	Cheltenham
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£375,000
Winner's share	£100,000
Highest break	Barry Hawkins (ENG) (143)
Final
Champion	Judd Trump (ENG)
Runner-up	Ali Carter (ENG)
Score	10–6
← 2018 2020 (Feb) →

Judd Trump won his 10th ranking title, beating Ali Carter 10–6 in the final.^[3]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[4]

Winner: £100,000 Runner-up: £40,000 Semi-final: £20,000 Quarter-final: £12,500 Last 16: £7,500 Last 32: £5,000

Highest break: £5,000 Total: £375,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £10,000

Seeding list

The top 32 players on the one-year ranking list, running from the 2018 Riga Masters until and including the 2019 German Masters, qualified for the tournament.^[5]

Rank	Player	Total points
1	Mark Allen	353,000
2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	220,000
3	Mark Selby	218,000
4	Mark Williams	201,000
5	Neil Robertson	180,500
6	Judd Trump	174,500
7	Kyren Wilson	161,500
8	David Gilbert	157,000
9	Jack Lisowski	127,000
10	Stuart Bingham	125,500
11	Joe Perry	99,000
12	Jimmy Robertson	98,225
13	Stephen Maguire	98,000
14	John Higgins	96,000
15	Barry Hawkins	88,000
16	Martin O'Donnell	76,500
17	Ali Carter	72,500
18	Ryan Day	70,500
19	Noppon Saengkham	68,000
20	Mark King	65,500
21	Mark Davis	62,725
22	Tom Ford	62,500
23	Zhao Xintong	60,500
24	Ding Junhui	60,000
25	Yan Bingtao	60,000
26	Matthew Stevens	58,000
27	Stuart Carrington	57,500
28	Xiao Guodong	56,600
29	Yuan Sijun	55,000
30	Shaun Murphy	53,500
31	Marco Fu	53,500
32	Gary Wilson	48,600

• Ranking points (prize money won in GBP)

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	Mark Allen	4
	32	Gary Wilson	2
						1	Mark Allen	1
						17	Ali Carter	4
	16	Martin O'Donnell	3
	17	Ali Carter	4
											17	Ali Carter	5
											8	David Gilbert	1
	9	Jack Lisowski	1
	24	Ding Junhui	4
						24	Ding Junhui	0
						8	David Gilbert	4
	8	David Gilbert	4
	25	Yan Bingtao	0
																17	Ali Carter	6
																28	Xiao Guodong	0
	5	Neil Robertson	3
	28	Xiao Guodong	4
						28	Xiao Guodong	4
						21	Mark Davis	1
	12	Jimmy Robertson	3
	21	Mark Davis	4
											28	Xiao Guodong	5
											29	Yuan Sijun	4
	13	Stephen Maguire	4
	20	Mark King	1
						13	Stephen Maguire	2
						29	Yuan Sijun	4
	4	Mark Williams	3
	29	Yuan Sijun	4
																					17	Ali Carter	6
																					6	Judd Trump	10
	3	Mark Selby	4
	30	Shaun Murphy	1
						3	Mark Selby	4
						19	Noppon Saengkham	2
	14	John Higgins	2
	19	Noppon Saengkham	4
											3	Mark Selby	1
											6	Judd Trump	5
	11	Joe Perry	3
	22	Tom Ford	4
						22	Tom Ford	2
						6	Judd Trump	4
	6	Judd Trump	4
	27	Stuart Carrington	3
																6	Judd Trump	6
																15	Barry Hawkins	5
	7	Kyren Wilson	4
	26	Matthew Stevens	3
						7	Kyren Wilson	4
						10	Stuart Bingham	0
	10	Stuart Bingham	4
	23	Zhao Xintong	1
											7	Kyren Wilson	2
											15	Barry Hawkins	5
	15	Barry Hawkins	4
	18	Ryan Day	1
						15	Barry Hawkins	4
						31	Marco Fu	1
	2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	2
	31	Marco Fu	4

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Olivier Marteel The Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham, England, 10 February 2019.
Ali Carter (17)  England	6–10	Judd Trump (6)  England
Afternoon: 16–68, 73–59, 70–9, 4–125 (113), 2–71, 1–72, 8–106, 95–20, 0–132 (132) Evening: 133–0, 37–67, 83–0, 69–67, 13–72, 1–78, 1–54
99	Highest break	132
0	Century breaks	2

Century breaks

Total: 25^[6]

143, 134, 130, 116 – Barry Hawkins 138, 118, 101, 101 – David Gilbert 138 – Mark Williams 132, 122, 113, 102, 100 – Judd Trump 131, 102 – Stuart Bingham 131, 100 – Yuan Sijun 127 – Ryan Day

126 – Ali Carter 126 – Ding Junhui 119 – Jimmy Robertson 108 – John Higgins 106 – Xiao Guodong 103 – Noppon Saengkham

References

1. "Calendar 2018/2019" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
2. "Coral To Sponsor New Snooker Series". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
3. "Trump Champion In Cheltenham". World Snooker. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
4. "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2018/2019 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
5. "1 Year Ranking List - World Snooker". World Snooker. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
6. "Coral World Grand Prix 2019 – Centuries". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 4–10 February 2019. Archived from the original on 6 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.