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The Grand Prix is a professional snooker tournament. The World Snooker Championship, currently held at the Crucible Theatre in the English city of Sheffield, is the climax of Snooker 's annual calendar and The UK Championship is a professional Snooker tournament generally regarded as the second most prestigious tournament after the World Championship. Welsh Open may refer to Welsh Open (darts Welsh Open (snooker The China Open (also known as the Star Dragon Woods Villa Cup China Open for sponsorship purposes is a professional Snooker tournament For results from this year's event Shanghai Masters 2008 The Shanghai Masters, also known as the World Snooker Roewe Shanghai The Northern Ireland Trophy is a professional Snooker tournament The Masters (known formally as the Saga Insurance Masters, for sponsorship purposes and for many years the Benson and Hedges Masters) is a professional Pot Black was a UK televised Snooker tournament that played a large part in the popularisation of the modern game The Malta Cup is a professional Snooker tournament that has been on the World Snooker calendar since the 2004/05 season. This is a list of Snooker tournaments Professional tournaments Ranking tournaments This is a list of ranking professional Snooker Snooker is a Cue sport that is played on a large Baize -covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long It is one of the 'major' ranking tournaments. The snooker world rankings are the official system of ranking professional Snooker players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments It has previously been known as the LG Cup and the Professional Players Tournament. From 2006 onwards it has been played in a unique round-robin format, more similar to the soccer and Rugby World Cups than the knock-out systems usually played in snooker. Sporting competitions named World Cup include FIFA World Cup (men's football(soccer FIFA Women's World Cup (women's football(soccer The Rugby World Cup is the premier international Rugby union competition

History

The tournament was created in 1982 as the Professional Players Tournament by the WPBSA, in order to provide another ranking event. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association ( WPBSA, also known as the World Snooker Association or simply World Snooker for short is the governing Ray Reardon beat Jimmy White by 10 frames to 5 in the final to win the first prize of £5000. Ray Reardon MBE ( 8 October 1932) is a retired Welsh Snooker player

In 1984 Rothmans started sponsoring the tournament, changed its name to the Rothmans Grand Prix, and moved its venue to the Hexagon Theatre, Reading. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Reading (ˈrɛdɪŋ as Redding) is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between The tournament has had various sponsors and venues since. Previous sponsors include LG Electronics, who took over in 2001 and changed the tournament's name to the LG Cup. LG Electronics () is a South Korean Multinational corporation. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. After LG withdrew their sponsorship, the Grand Prix name was revived for 2004 and was sponsored by totesport. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " For 2006, the event was sponsored by Royal London Watches. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

The tournament was played at the Preston Guild Hall in October, at the start of the snooker season, until 2005. Preston ( ˈprɛstən is a city and local government district in Lancashire, England, located on the River Ribble. In 2006 the venue was changed to the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. The Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre also known as the AECC, is a large exhibition and conference complex in Aberdeen, Scotland. Prize money for 2005 totalled £400,000, ($773,239) with the winner receiving £60,000 ($115,985). Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

In its original form, the tournament had a flatter structure than most tournaments, with the top 32 players all coming in at the last 64 stage (in other tournaments there are only 16 players left when the players ranked 17-32 come in, and then the 16 winners of those matches face the top 16). From the 2006 tournament onwards, a round-robin stage was introduced for the top 32 and 16 qualifiers [1]. The 2006 Royal London Watches Grand Prix snooker tournament was held between 21 October and 29 October 2006 at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference

These two facts made it more common to see surprise results than in most other tournaments, with players such as Dominic Dale, Marco Fu, Euan Henderson and Dave Harold all surprise finalists at the time. Dominic "One of the Worst" Dale (born Christopher Dale on 29 December 1971) is a Welsh professional Snooker player and occasional Fu Ka-chun ( Chinese name: 傅家俊 born January 8 1978 best known in Western media as Marco Fu, is a professional Snooker player from Euan Henderson is a retired Scottish professional Snooker player David 'Dave' Harold (born December 9, 1966) is an English professional Snooker player from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire A player from outside the top 16 has reached the final roughly half the times the contest has been played. Few of those have become consistent stars, although Stephen Hendry and John Higgins took their first ranking titles in the event. Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE (born January 13, 1969 in South Queensferry, Edinburgh) is a Scottish professional Snooker John Higgins In addition, the Grand Prix has, over the years, seen many Top 16 players eliminated in the early stages of the contest - in the 1996 event for example, thirteen of the top sixteen seeds failed to reach the quarter final stages, and the semi-finals featured one match between two Top 16 players (Mark J. Williams and John Parrott) and another between two unseeded players (Euan Henderson and Mark Bennett). Mark James Williams MBE (born 21 March, 1975, Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Wales) is a Welsh professional Snooker This article is about the snooker player For the US Senator and Representative see John Fabyan Parrott. Euan Henderson is a retired Scottish professional Snooker player Mark Bennett (born 23 September, 1963) is a former Welsh professional snooker player from Newport.

Format from 2006

The event moved to Aberdeen for 2006, and introduced a brand new format. Aberdeen ( pronounced; Aiberdeen Obar Dheathain is Scotland 's third most populous city and one of Scotland's 32 local government council Players are split into groups (8 groups of 8 in qualifying, 8 groups of 6 in the final stages) and play every other player in their group once. The top 2 players progress; the last 16 and onwards are played as a straight knock-out.

This resulted in several surprise results. Little-known players such as Ben Woollaston, Jamie Jones and Issara Kachaiwong made it through qualifying, while stars such as Graeme Dott, Stephen Hendry and Shaun Murphy failed to clear their groups. Ben Woollaston (born May 14 1987) is a professional snooker player from Leicester. Jamie Jones may refer to Jamie Leigh Jones Jamie Jones (snooker, professional snooker player Jamie Jones (footballer Issara Kachaiwong born October 4 1983, ( Chanthaburi, Thailand) is a Thai professional Snooker player Graeme Dott (born May 12, 1977) is a professional Snooker player from Larkhall in Scotland. Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE (born January 13, 1969 in South Queensferry, Edinburgh) is a Scottish professional Snooker Shaun Murphy (born August 10, 1982 in Harlow, England) is an English professional Snooker player and the 2005

The format was slightly tweaked for 2007, after complaints (notably from Dennis Taylor) that the system was too random. Dennis Taylor (born Denis Taylor, January 19 1949 in Coalisland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland) is a retired Snooker Matches increased in length from best-of-5 to best-of-7, to give the better player more chance to win. The main tie-breaker for players level on wins was changed, with frame difference now taking precedence over results between the players who are level on points. Notably, under the 2007 format, 2006 runner-up Jamie Cope would have been eliminated in the groups, as he defeated third-placed Michael Holt but had an inferior frame-difference. Jamie Cope (born 12 September 1985, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England) is an English professional Michael Holt can refer to Michael Holt (footballer Michael Holt (snooker player, snooker player Michael Holt (musician

The 2007 event saw fewer surprises, although 2006 World champion Graeme Dott, 1997 World Champion Ken Doherty, defending champion Neil Robertson, seven time World Champion Stephen Hendry, six-time world champion Steve Davis, Chinese sensation Ding Junhui, twice World champion Mark Williams and 2007 World Championship finalist Mark Selby were all eliminated in the groups. Graeme Dott (born May 12, 1977) is a professional Snooker player from Larkhall in Scotland. Ken Doherty (born 17 September Neil Robertson may refer to Neil Robertson (snooker player, Australian snooker professional Neil Robertson (mathematician, mathematician Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE (born January 13, 1969 in South Queensferry, Edinburgh) is a Scottish professional Snooker Steve Davis, OBE, (born Steven Davis August 22, 1957, Plumstead, London) is an English professional Snooker Ding Junhui ( sometimes referred to as Jun-hui Ding in the West born April 1, 1987) is a Chinese Snooker player born in Yixing Mark Williams (or Marc Williams) may refer to Australia Mark M Mark Selby (born 19 June in 1983, Leicester, England) is an English professional Snooker and pool player

Winners

Year	Winner	Opponent	Final score	Season
Professional Players Tournament
1982	Ray Reardon (WAL)	Jimmy White (ENG)	10 - 5	1982/83
1983	Tony Knowles (ENG)	Joe Johnson (ENG)	9 - 8	1983/84
Rothmans Grand Prix
1984	Dennis Taylor (NIR)	Cliff Thorburn (CAN)	10 - 2	1984/85
1985	Steve Davis (ENG)	Dennis Taylor (NIR)	10 - 9	1985/86
1986	Jimmy White (ENG)	Rex Williams (ENG)	10 - 6	1986/87
1987	Stephen Hendry (SCO)	Dennis Taylor (NIR)	10 - 7	1987/88
1988	Steve Davis (ENG)	Alex Higgins (NIR)	10 - 6	1988/89
1989	Steve Davis (ENG)	Dean Reynolds (ENG)	10 - 0	1989/90
1990	Stephen Hendry (SCO)	Nigel Bond (ENG)	10 - 5	1990/91
1991	Stephen Hendry (SCO)	Steve Davis (ENG)	10 - 6	1991/92
1992	Jimmy White (ENG)	Ken Doherty (IRL)	10 - 9	1992/93
Skoda Grand Prix
1993	Peter Ebdon (ENG)	Ken Doherty (IRL)	9 - 6	1993/94
1994	John Higgins (SCO)	Dave Harold (ENG)	9 - 6	1994/95
1995	Stephen Hendry (SCO)	John Higgins (SCO)	9 - 5	1995/96
Grand Prix
1996	Mark Williams (WAL)	Euan Henderson (SCO)	9 - 5	1996/97
1997	Dominic Dale (WAL)	John Higgins (SCO)	9 - 6	1997/98
1998	Stephen Lee (ENG)	Marco Fu (HKG)	9 - 2	1998/99
1999	John Higgins (SCO)	Mark Williams (WAL)	9 - 8	1999/00
2000	Mark Williams (WAL)	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	9 - 5	2000/01
LG Cup
2001	Stephen Lee (ENG)	Peter Ebdon (ENG)	9 - 4	2001/02
2002	Chris Small (SCO)	Alan McManus (SCO)	9 - 5	2002/03
2003	Mark Williams (WAL)	John Higgins (SCO)	9 - 5	2003/04
Totesport Grand Prix
2004	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	Ian McCulloch (ENG)	9 - 5	2004/05
Grand Prix
2005	John Higgins (SCO)	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	9 - 2	2005/06
Royal London Watches Grand Prix
2006	Neil Robertson (AUS)	Jamie Cope (ENG)	9 - 5	2006/07
2007	Marco Fu (HKG)	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	9 - 6	2007/08

Media coverage

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Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Alexander Gordon Higgins (born 18 March 1949 in Belfast) best known as Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, is a professional Snooker player from Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of Steve Davis, OBE, (born Steven Davis August 22, 1957, Plumstead, London) is an English professional Snooker England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Dean Reynolds (born January 11, 1963) is an English professional Snooker player England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. 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David 'Dave' Harold (born December 9, 1966) is an English professional Snooker player from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE (born January 13, 1969 in South Queensferry, Edinburgh) is a Scottish professional Snooker Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. John Higgins Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Mark James Williams MBE (born 21 March, 1975, Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Wales) is a Welsh professional Snooker Euan Henderson is a retired Scottish professional Snooker player Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. 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Records set in the 2005 final

In the 2005 final, John Higgins set two records:

• His century breaks in the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth frames marked the first time a player had ever recorded centuries in four consecutive frames in a match during a ranking tournament. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Higgins
• He scored 494 points without reply, the greatest number in any professional snooker tournament, until Ding Junhui made 495 points without reply against Stephen Hendry in the 2007 Snooker Premier League.

External links

• World Snooker coverage: 2005, 2004
• Information from the Global Snooker Centre