Grand Prix 2008 (snooker)

The 2008 Grand Prix (sometimes referred to as the Royal London Watches Grand Prix for sponsorship purposes) will be the 25th installment of this snooker tournament since being called the Grand Prix, although during this time it spent a brief period being called the LG Cup. It will take place between the 11th and the 19th of October 2008 and will count to the 2008-2009 season
The tournament will be held at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow

Draw

Matches on Sunday 12 October are played on a roll on/roll off basis. Play will start at the allocated time each day with a 15 minute interval between matches. The 3rd and 4th match will not start before 3.00 pm. The evening session will not start before the time indicated on the format.

The draw for Round 1 will be made on completion of the qualifiers on 26 September 2008. The draw from Round 2 up to and including the Semi Final will be made on a random basis.

The order of play and table numbers for all matches up to the semi-finals will be determined once the draw for that round is made and published by the Tournament Director.

All matches up to and including the Quarter Finals will be best of 9 frames, Semi Finals will be best of 11 frames and the Final will be best of 17 frames (7/10). [http://www.worldsnooker.com/news-5358.htm retrieved 25-9-2008]

Round One

First Round Schedule. (Seedings between bracktes)
* "'Saturday, 11 October - 12:00
# John Higgins (9) flagicon|SCO 5 v 0 Anthony Hamilton flagicon|ENG
# Joe Perry (7) flagicon|ENG 5 v 3 Barry Hawkins flagicon|ENG

* "'Sunday, 12 October - 13:00
# Stephen Hendry (11) flagicon|SCO v Dave Gilbert flagicon|ENG
# Neil Robertson (21) flagicon|AUS v Steve Davis flagicon|ENG

* "'Sunday, 12 October - not before 15:00
# Marco Fu (8) flagicon|HKG v Jimmy Michie flagicon|ENG
# Mark Allen (12) flagicon|NIR v Michael Holt flagicon|ENG

* "'Sunday, 12 October - 19:00
# "Graeme Dott" flagicon|SCO (DNS) -bye- Judd Trump flagicon|ENG
# Ryan Day (5) flagicon|WAL v Ricky Walden flagicon|ENG
* "'Monday, 13 October - 13:30
# Stephen Maguire (2) flagicon|SCO v Jamie Cope flagicon|ENG
# Ding Junhui (14) flagicon|CHN v Jamie Burnett flagicon|SCO

* "'Monday, 13 October - 19:00
# Mark Selby (3) flagicon|ENG v Andrew Higginson flagicon|ENG
# Peter Ebdon (18) flagicon|ENG v Simon Bedford flagicon|ENG

* "'Tuesday, 14 October - 13:30
# Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) flagicon|ENG v Liang Wenbo flagicon|CHN
# Allister Carter (6) flagicon|ENG v Dave Harold flagicon|ENG

* "'Tuesday, 14 October - 19:00
# Shaun Murphy (4) flagicon|ENG v Adrian Gunnell flagicon|ENG
# Mark King (19) flagicon|ENG v John Parrott flagicon|ENG

All times are BST.Second round draw is made following round one

Round Two

Wednesday, 15 October - 14:00
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# .Wednesday, 15 October - 19:00
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# .Thursday, 16 October - 13:30
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# .Thursday, 16 October - 19:00
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Quarter Finals

Quarter Final draw is made following round two
Friday, 17 October - 13:30
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# .2Friday, 17 October - 19:00
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emi Finals

Semi Final draw is made following Quarter Finals
Saturday, 18 October - 13:00

# .Saturday, 18 October - 19:30

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Final

Qualifying

The draw for qualifying: [http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2008-9/Professional/2008-grand-prix-draw.ht]

Players in bold qualified for the first round in October.

32TeamX4RoundBracket|
RD1 = Round 1
Best of 9 frames / sept. 22
RD2 = Round 2
Best of 9 frames / sept. 23
RD3 = Round 3
Best of 9 frames / sept. 24
RD4 = Round 4
Best of 9 frames / sept. 25

RD1-team01 = flagicon|ENG P Davison
RD1-score01 = 4
RD1-team02 = flagicon|THA A Mahatti
RD1-score02 = 5
RD1-team03 = flagicon|SCO J McBain
RD1-score03 = 5
RD1-team04 = flagicon|WAL A Pagett
RD1-score04 = 4
RD1-team05 = flagicon|ENG J White MBE
RD1-score05 = 5
RD1-team06 = flagicon|ENG M Georgiou
RD1-score06 = 1
RD1-team07 = flagicon|ENG L Roberts
RD1-score07 = 2
RD1-team08 = flagicon|ENG A Lee
RD1-score08 = 5
RD1-team09 = flagicon|ENG L Spick
RD1-score09 = 3
RD1-team10 = flagicon|CHN Jin L
RD1-score10 = 5
RD1-team11 = flagicon|ENG P Lines
RD1-score11 = 5
RD1-team12 = flagicon|NIR D Hughes
RD1-score12 = 1
RD1-team13 = flagicon|ENG S Bedford
RD1-score13 = 5
RD1-team14 = flagicon|CHN Liu C
RD1-score14 = 2
RD1-team15 = flagicon|SCO S McKenzie
RD1-score15 = 5
RD1-team16 = flagicon|SCO R Stephen
RD1-score16 = 1
RD1-team17 = flagicon|IRL R Goggins
RD1-score17 = 2
RD1-team18 = flagicon|IRL V Muldoon
RD1-score18 = 5
RD1-team19 = flagicon|ENG M Selt
RD1-score19 = 5
RD1-team20 = flagicon|ENG W Cooper
RD1-score20 = 4
RD1-team21 = flagicon|WAL D Wells
RD1-score21 = 4
RD1-team22 = flagicon|NED S Mazrocis
RD1-score22 = 5
RD1-team23 = flagicon|NIR P Wallace
RD1-score23 = 3
RD1-team24 = flagicon|IND A Mehta
RD1-score24 = 5
RD1-team25 = flagicon|WAL J Jones
RD1-score25 = 3
RD1-team26 = flagicon|ENG D Grace
RD1-score26 = 5
RD1-team27 = flagicon|THA S Saenla
RD1-score27 = 5
RD1-team28 = flagicon|NZL C McBreen
RD1-score28 = 3
RD1-team29 = flagicon|ENG K Johal
RD1-score29 = 3
RD1-team30 = flagicon|CHN Li H
RD1-score30 = 5
RD1-team31 = flagicon|ENG M Couch
RD1-score31 = 2
RD1-team32 = flagicon|ENG S Craigie
RD1-score32 = 5
RD2-seed01 = (s)
RD2-team01 = flagicon|ENG M Gould
RD2-score01 = 2
RD2-team02 = flagicon|THA A Mahitthi
RD2-score02 = 5
RD2-seed03 = (s)
RD2-team03 = flagicon|ENG M Joyce
RD2-score03 = 5
RD2-team04 = flagicon|SCO J McBain
RD2-score04 = 0
RD2-seed05 = (s)
RD2-team05 = flagicon|ENG D Gray
RD2-score05 = 3
RD2-team06 = flagicon|ENG J White MBE
RD2-score06 = 5
RD2-seed07 = (s)
RD2-team07 = flagicon|ENG B Pinches
RD2-score07 = 4
RD2-team08 = flagicon|ENG A Lee
RD2-score08 = 5
RD2-seed09 = (s)
RD2-team09 = flagicon|ENG R Milkins
RD2-score09 = 3
RD2-team10 = flagicon|CHN Jin L
RD2-score10 = 5
RD2-seed11 = (s)
RD2-team11 = flagicon|ENG D Roe
RD2-score11 = 2
RD2-team12 = flagicon|ENG P Lines
RD2-score12 = 5
RD2-seed13 = (s)
RD2-team13 = flagicon|ENG A Hicks
RD2-score13 = 4
RD2-team14 = flagicon|ENG S Bedford
RD2-score14 = 5
RD2-seed15 = (s)
RD2-team15 = flagicon|WAL P Davies
RD2-score15 = 5
RD2-team16 = flagicon|SCO S McKenzie
RD2-score16 = 2
RD2-seed17 = (s)
RD2-team17 = flagicon|ENG S Pettman
RD2-score17 = 1
RD2-team18 = flagicon|IRL V Muldoon
RD2-score18 = 5
RD2-seed19 = (s)
RD2-team19 = flagicon|IRL J Delaney
RD2-score19 = 1
RD2-team20 = flagicon|ENG M Selt
RD2-score20 = 5
RD2-seed21 = (s)
RD2-team21 = flagicon|ENG A Norman
RD2-score21 = 5
RD2-team22 = flagicon|NED S Mazrocis
RD2-score22 = 3
RD2-seed23 = (s)
RD2-team23 = flagicon|IRL D Morris
RD2-score23 = 4
RD2-team24 = flagicon|IND A Mehta
RD2-score24 = 5
RD2-seed25 = (s)
RD2-team25 = flagicon|ENG R Lawler
RD2-score25 = 4
RD2-team26 = flagicon|ENG D Grace
RD2-score26 = 5
RD2-seed27 = (s)
RD2-team27 = flagicon|CHN Liu S
RD2-score27 = 4
RD2-team28 = flagicon|THA S Saenla
RD2-score28 = 5
RD2-seed29 = (s)
RD2-team29 = flagicon|WAL I Preece
RD2-score29 = 4
RD2-team30 = flagicon|CHN Li H
RD2-score30 = 5
RD2-seed31 = (s)
RD2-team31 = flagicon|ENG M Davis
RD2-score31 = 5
RD2-team32 = flagicon|ENG S Craigie
RD2-score32 = 4

RD3-seed01 = (s)
RD3-team01 = flagicon|ENG J Parrott MBE
RD3-score01 = 5
RD3-team02 = flagicon|THAA Mahitthi
RD3-score02 = 4
RD3-seed03 = (s)
RD3-team03 = flagicon|ENG R Walden
RD3-score03 = 5
RD3-team04 = flagicon|SCOJ McBain
RD3-score04 = 1
RD3-seed05 = (s)
RD3-team05 = flagicon|ENG M Holt
RD3-score05 = 5
RD3-team06 = flagicon|ENG J White MBE
RD3-score06 = 3
RD3-seed07 = (s)
RD3-team07 = flagicon|ENG J Michie
RD3-score07 = 5
RD3-team08 = flagicon|ENG A Lee
RD3-score08 = 2
RD3-seed09 = (s)
RD3-team09 = flagicon|NIR G Greene
RD3-score09 = 4
RD3-team10 = flagicon|CHN Jin L
RD3-score10 = 5
RD3-seed11 = (s)
RD3-team11 = flagicon|ENG T Ford
RD3-score11 = 5
RD3-team12 = flagicon|ENG P Lines
RD3-score12 = 2
RD3-seed13 = (s)
RD3-team13 = flagicon|ENG M Dunn
RD3-score13 = 2
RD3-team14 = flagicon|ENG S Bedford
RD3-score14 = 5
RD3-seed15 = (s)
RD3-team15 = flagicon|SCO A McManus
RD3-score15 = 5
RD3-team16 = flagicon|WAL P Davies
RD3-score16 = 1
RD3-seed17 = (s)
RD3-team17 = flagicon|ENG A Gunnell
RD3-score17 = 5
RD3-team18 = flagicon|IRL V Muldoon
RD3-score18 = 4
RD3-seed19 = (s)
RD3-team19 = flagicon|ENG D Gilbert
RD3-score19 = 5
RD3-team20 = flagicon|ENG M Selt
RD3-score20 = 4
RD3-seed21 = (s)
RD3-team21 = flagicon|SCO J Burnett
RD3-score21 = 5
RD3-team22 = flagicon|ENG A Norman
RD3-score22 = 1
RD3-seed23 = (s)
RD3-team23 = flagicon|ENG J Trump
RD3-score23 = 5
RD3-team24 = flagicon|IND A Mehta
RD3-score24 = 1
RD3-seed25 = (s)
RD3-team25 = flagicon|CHN Liang W
RD3-score25 = 5
RD3-team26 = flagicon|ENG D Grace
RD3-score26 = 3
RD3-seed27 = (s)
RD3-team27 = flagicon|ENG R McLeod
RD3-score27 = 5
RD3-team28 = flagicon|THA S Saenla
RD3-score28 = 1
RD3-seed29 = (s)
RD3-team29 = flagicon|SCO M Campbell
RD3-score29 = 5
RD3-team30 = flagicon|CHN Li H
RD3-score30 = 3
RD3-seed31 = (s)
RD3-team31 = flagicon|ENG A Higginson
RD3-score31 = 5
RD3-team32 = flagicon|ENG M Davis
RD3-score32 = 4

RD4-seed01 = (s)
RD4-team01 = flagicon|IRL K Doherty
RD4-score01 = 0
RD4-team02 = flagicon|ENG "'J Parrott MBE
RD4-score02 = "'5
RD4-seed03 = (s)
RD4-team03 = flagicon|NIR J Swail
RD4-score03 = 3
RD4-team04 = flagicon|ENG "'R Walden
RD4-score04 = "'5
RD4-seed05 = (s)
RD4-team05 = flagicon|ENG M Judge
RD4-score05 = 2
RD4-team06 = flagicon|ENG"' M Holt
RD4-score06 = "'5
RD4-seed07 = (s)
RD4-team07 = flagicon|WAL D Dale
RD4-score07 = 4
RD4-team08 = flagicon|ENG "'J Mitchie
RD4-score08 = "'5
RD4-seed09 = (s)
RD4-team09 = flagicon|ENG "'D Harold
RD4-score09 = "'5
RD4-team10 = flagicon|CHN Jin L
RD4-score10 = 0
RD4-seed11 = (s)
RD4-team11 = flagicon|ENG "'S Davis OBE
RD4-score11 = "'5
RD4-team12 = flagicon|ENG T Ford
RD4-score12 = 4
RD4-seed13 = (s)
RD4-team13 = flagicon|WAL M Williams MBE
RD4-score13 = 4
RD4-team14 = flagicon|ENG "'S Bedford
RD4-score14 = "'5
RD4-seed15 = (s)
RD4-team15 = flagicon|ENG "'A Hamilton
RD4-score15 = "'5
RD4-team16 = flagicon|SCO A McManus
RD4-score16 = 4
RD4-seed17 = (s)
RD4-team17 = flagicon|ENG S Bingham
RD4-score17 = 4
RD4-team18 = flagicon|ENG "'A Gunnell
RD4-score18 = "'5
RD4-seed19 = (s)
RD4-team19 = flagicon|WAL M Stevens
RD4-score19 = 2
RD4-team20 = flagicon|ENG "'D Gilbert
RD4-score20 = "'5
RD4-seed21 = (s)
RD4-team21 = flagicon|ENG I McCulloch
RD4-score21 = 3
RD4-team22 = flagicon|SCO "'J Burnett
RD4-score22 = "'5
RD4-seed23 = (s)
RD4-team23 = flagicon|ENG S Lee
RD4-score23 = 2
RD4-team24 = flagicon|ENG "'J Trump
RD4-score24 = "'5
RD4-seed25 = (s)
RD4-team25 = flagicon|ENG N Bond
RD4-score25 = 0
RD4-team26 = flagicon|CHN "'Liang W
RD4-score26 = "'5
RD4-seed27 = (s)
RD4-team27 = flagicon|ENG "'B Hawkins
RD4-score27 = "'5
RD4-team28 = flagicon|ENG R McLeod
RD4-score28 = 2
RD4-seed29 = (s)
RD4-team29 = flagicon|ENG "'J Cope
RD4-score29 = "'5
RD4-team30 = flagicon|SCO M Campbell
RD4-score30 = 4
RD4-seed31 = (s)
RD4-team31 = flagicon|IRL F O'Brien
RD4-score31 = 2
RD4-team32 = flagicon|ENG "'A Higginson
RD4-score32 = "'5

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