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2021 Cazoo World Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates13–19 December 2021 (2021-12-13 – 2021-12-19)
Venue Coventry Building Society Arena
City Coventry
CountryEngland
Organisation World Snooker Tour
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund£380,000
Winner's share£100,000
Highest break  Stephen Maguire ( SCO) (139)
Final
Champion  Ronnie O'Sullivan ( ENG)
Runner-up  Neil Robertson ( AUS)
Score10–8
2023 →

The 2021 World Grand Prix (officially the 2021 Cazoo World Grand Prix) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 13 to 19 December 2021 at the Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry, England. [1] The event was the first of three events to make up the Cazoo Cup in the 2021–22 snooker season. [2] [3]

The defending champion was Judd Trump, who overcame Jack Lisowski 10–7 in the previous year's final. [4] However, he lost 3–4 in the round of 16 to Tom Ford. [5]

Ronnie O'Sullivan won the tournament for a second time, defeating Neil Robertson 10–8 in the final. [6] [7]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below: [8]

  • 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: £10,000
  • Total: £380,000

Seeding list

The top 32 players on the one-year ranking list, up to and including the 2021 Scottish Open, qualified for the tournament. Seedings were based on the order of the player in that list. [9]

Seed Player Total points
1   Zhao Xintong ( CHN) 206,000
2   Luca Brecel ( BEL) 170,000
3   Mark Williams ( WAL) 116,000
4   John Higgins ( SCO) 109,000
5   Mark Allen ( NIR) 108,000
6   David Gilbert ( ENG) 86,000
7   Ronnie O'Sullivan ( ENG) 75,000
8   Neil Robertson ( AUS) 74,000
9   Kyren Wilson ( ENG) 66,000
10   Gary Wilson ( ENG) 63,500
11   Ricky Walden ( ENG) 53,000
12   Barry Hawkins ( ENG) 51,000
13   Judd Trump ( ENG) 50,500
14   Anthony McGill ( SCO) 48,500
15   Jimmy Robertson ( ENG) 46,000
16   Yan Bingtao ( CHN) 45,500
17   Mark King ( ENG) 44,000
18   Matthew Selt ( ENG) 37,000
19   Stephen Maguire ( SCO) 36,500
20   Ben Woollaston ( ENG) 33,500
21   Mark Selby ( ENG) 32,000
22   Stuart Bingham ( ENG) 31,500
23   Hossein Vafaei ( IRN) 31,000
24   Anthony Hamilton ( ENG) 31,000
25   Noppon Saengkham ( THA) 31,000
26   Andy Hicks ( ENG) 30,500
27   Ali Carter ( ENG) 30,500
28   Cao Yupeng ( CHN) 29,000
29   Tom Ford ( ENG) 28,500
30   Jack Lisowski ( ENG) 28,500
31   Jordan Brown ( NIR) 27,000
32   Martin Gould ( ENG) 25,000

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   Zhao Xintong ( CHN) 2
32   Martin Gould ( ENG) 4
32 England Martin Gould 0
16 China Yan Bingtao 4
16   Yan Bingtao ( CHN) 4
17   Mark King ( ENG) 1
16 China Yan Bingtao 4
8 Australia Neil Robertson 5
9   Kyren Wilson ( ENG) 3
24   Anthony Hamilton ( ENG) 4
24 England Anthony Hamilton 1
8 Australia Neil Robertson 4
8   Neil Robertson ( AUS) 4
25   Noppon Saengkham ( THA) 0
8 Australia Neil Robertson 6
21 England Mark Selby 3
5   Mark Allen ( NIR) 4
28   Cao Yupeng ( CHN) 1
5 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 2
21 England Mark Selby 4
12   Barry Hawkins ( ENG) 1
21   Mark Selby ( ENG) 4
21 England Mark Selby 5
29 England Tom Ford 2
13   Judd Trump ( ENG) 4
20   Ben Woollaston ( ENG) 2
13 England Judd Trump 3
29 England Tom Ford 4
4   John Higgins ( SCO) 2
29   Tom Ford ( ENG) 4
8 Australia Neil Robertson 8
7 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 10
3   Mark Williams ( WAL) 3
30   Jack Lisowski ( ENG) 4
30 England Jack Lisowski 3
19 Scotland Stephen Maguire 4
14   Anthony McGill ( SCO) 0
19   Stephen Maguire ( SCO) 4
19 Scotland Stephen Maguire 1
22 England Stuart Bingham 5
11   Ricky Walden ( ENG) 3
22   Stuart Bingham ( ENG) 4
22 England Stuart Bingham 4
27 England Ali Carter 3
6   David Gilbert ( ENG) 1
27   Ali Carter ( ENG) 4
22 England Stuart Bingham 2
7 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
7   Ronnie O'Sullivan ( ENG) 4
26   Andy Hicks ( ENG) 1
7 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 4
23 Iran Hossein Vafaei 1
10   Gary Wilson ( ENG) 1
23   Hossein Vafaei ( IRN) 4
7 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
15 England Jimmy Robertson 2
15   Jimmy Robertson ( ENG) 4
18   Matthew Selt ( ENG) 2
15 England Jimmy Robertson 4
2 Belgium Luca Brecel 3
2   Luca Brecel ( BEL) 4
31   Jordan Brown ( NIR) 1

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore
Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, England, 19 December 2021
Neil Robertson (8)
  Australia 		8–10 Ronnie O'Sullivan (7)
  England
Afternoon: 73–1, 75–33, 50–62, 49–81, 71–12, 87–0, 12–115, 66–72
Evening: 66–5, 37–91, 128–0 (128), 88–49, 0–90, 32–80, 0–77, 8–77, 83–0, 7–77
128 Highest break 90
1 Century breaks 0

Century breaks

A total of 23 century breaks were made by 15 players during the tournament. [10]

References

  1. ^ "Cazoo World Grand Prix - World Snooker". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. ^ "2021-22 Calendar" (PDF). wst.tv. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. ^ Årdalen, Hermund. "Calendar 2021/2022 - snooker.org". snooker.org (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Trump Beats Lisowski To Win 20th Ranking Title - World Snooker". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Ford Sinks Trump In Black-Ball Thriller". World Snooker Tour. 15 December 2021. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021.
  6. ^ World Snooker Tour (19 December 2021). "O'Sullivan Ends Title Drought". wst.tv. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  7. ^ "World Grand Prix: Ronnie O'Sullivan stages comeback to beat Neil Robertson to title". BBC Sport. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Tournament Prize Money | World Snooker Live Scores". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Updated 2021-22 Calendar". World Snooker Tour. 18 August 2021
  10. ^ "Cazoo World Grand Prix 2021 | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
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