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:
Winner: £100,000 Runner-up: £35,000 Semi-final: £20,000 Quarter-final: £10,000 Last 16: £5,000 Last 32: £2,500
Highest break: £5,000 Total: £300,000
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.
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.
Source: Rank Player Total points1 John Higgins201,9752 Neil Robertson197,5003 Martin Gould 127,4254 Kyren Wilson 126,9005 Mark Selby 106,3756 Liang Wenbo 98,8507 Mark Allen91,2008 David Gilbert85,3509 Judd Trump73,25010 Marco Fu69,97511 Ronnie O'Sullivan61,50012 Luca Brecel59,92513 Joe Perry55,25014 Shaun Murphy53,97515 Ben Woollaston50,75016 Matthew Selt49,50017 Ryan Day48,97518 Ding Junhui45,42519 Michael White45,20020 Barry Hawkins45,02521 Ali Carter44,55022 Michael Holt44,45023 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh43,27524 Mark Williams43,22525 Stuart Bingham42,17526 David Grace41,25027 Graeme Dott 40,45028 Tom Ford 37,85029 Jamie Jones 37,40030 Tian Pengfei 37,00031 Peter Ebdon 34,42532 Stephen Maguire 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, , , , , , , Evening: 69–6 (68), , , , , , , , , 93 Highest break 120 0 Century breaks 1 5 50+ breaks 4
Century breaks Total: 15
133, 125 Joe Perry 122 Judd Trump 120, 110 Shaun Murphy 119 Michael Holt 114 Marco Fu 112 Tom Ford
110 Martin Gould 108 Ding Junhui 107 John Higgins 105 Liang Wenbo 104, 103 Ryan Day 103 Ali Carter
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