Grand Prix 2007 (snooker)

The 2007 Royal London Watches Grand Prix snooker tournament was held between 13 October and 21 October 2007 at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. Qualifying was held between 17 September and 23 September 2007 at Pontin's Prestatyn. Neil Robertson was the defending champion.

Round-robin stage

The first round used a round-robin format like last season. The top 32 and the 16 qualifiers were placed in eight groups of six with the top 2 from each group qualifying for the knockout stage. Matches in the round-robins were the best of seven frames.
Tom Ford made a 147 in his match against Steve Davis [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/7044239.stm |title=Ford leaves hospital and hits 147 |accessdate=2007-10-15 ] . For this feat, he won £24,000.

Group A

*13 October: Peter Ebdon 4-3 Liu Song; Mark Selby 2-4 Dave Harold; Matthew Stevens 4-3 Joe Delaney; Peter Ebdon 4-3 Joe Delaney; Mark Selby 2-4 Matthew Stevens; Dave Harold 1-4 Liu Song
*14 October: Peter Ebdon 4-1 Matthew Stevens; Mark Selby 4-1 Liu Song; Dave Harold 4-1 Joe Delaney; Peter Ebdon 4-3 Dave Harold; Mark Selby 4-1 Joe Delaney; Matthew Stevens 1-4 Liu Song
*16 October: Peter Ebdon 4-2 Mark Selby; Matthew Stevens 4-1 Dave Harold; Joe Delaney 2-4 Liu Song

Group D

*15 October: Ken Doherty 3-4 Michael Judge; Mark Williams 2-4 Mark Allen; Ian McCulloch 2-4 Ricky Walden
*16 October: Ken Doherty 0-4 Ricky Walden; Mark Williams 4-3 Ian McCulloch; Mark Allen 2-4 Michael Judge; Ken Doherty 3-4 Ian McCulloch; Mark Williams 4-2 Micheal Judge; Mark Allen 1-4 Ricky Walden
*17 October: Ken Doherty 3-4 Mark Allen; Mark Williams 3-4 Ricky Walden; Ian McCulloch 3-4 Michael Judge; Ken Doherty 4-1 Mark Williams; Ian McCulloch 2-4 Mark Allen; Ricky Walden 2-4 Michael Judge

Group G

Qualifying

Qualifying for the 2007 Grand Prix was held between 17 September and 23 September 2007 at Pontin's Prestatyn using a round-robin format. The entries were placed into eight groups with the top 2 from each group qualifying for the finals in Aberdeen. All matches at this stage were played over the best of seven frames.

Group 1A

*17 September David Gilbert 4-2 David Gray, Barry Pinches 0-4 Joe Delaney, Leo Fernandez 2-4 Lee Spick, Issara Kachaiwong 3-4 Ben Woollaston, David Gilbert 4-1 Barry Pinches, David Gray 1-4 Joe Delaney, Leo Fernandez 2-4 Issara Kachaiwong, Lee Spick 4-2 Ben Woollaston.
*18 September David Gilbert 2-4 Joe Delaney, David Gray 1-4 Ben Woollaston, Barry Pinches 4-0 Leo Fernandez, Lee Spick 1-4 Issara Kachaiwong, David Gilbert 1-4 Leo Fernandez, Joe Delaney 4-3 Lee Spick, David Gray 3-4 Issara Kachaiwong, Barry Pinches 4-1 Ben Woollaston.
*19 September David Gilbert 4-0 Lee Spick, David Gray 4-2 Barry Pinches, Joe Delaney 4-2 Issara Kachaiwong, Leo Fernandez 3-4 Ben Woollaston, David Gilbert 4-2 Issara Kachaiwong, David Gray 4-2 Leo Fernandez, Joe Delaney 3-4 Ben Woollaston, Barry Pinches 4-2 Lee Spick.
*20 September David Gilbert 1-4 Ben Woollaston, David Gray 4-3 Lee Spick, Barry Pinches 4-0 Issara Kachaiwong, Joe Delaney 2-4 Leo Fernandez.

Group 1D

*20 September John Parrott 1-4 Ricky Walden, Robin Hull 1-4 Marcus Campbell, Munraj Pal 4-3 David Morris, Steve Mifsud 1-4 Martin Gould.
*21 September John Parrott 0-4 Robin Hull, Ricky Walden 1-4 Marcus Campbell, Munraj Pal 3-4 Steve Mifsud, David Morris 3-4 Martin Gould, John Parrott 2-4 Marcus Campbell, Ricky Walden 4-2 Martin Gould, Robin Hull 4-3 Munraj Pal, David Morris 4-3 Steve Mifsud.
*22 September John Parrott 1-4 Munraj Pal, Marcus Campbell 2-4 David Morris, Ricky Walden 4-2 Steve Mifsud, David Roe 3-4 Martin Gould, John Parrott 0-4 David Morris, Ricky Walden 4-3 Robin Hull, Marcus Campbell 4-0 Steve Mifsud, Munraj Pal 4-3 Martin Gould.
*23 September John Parrott 4-2 Steve Mifsud, Ricky Walden 4-1 Munraj Pal, Marcus Campbell 4-0 Martin Gould, Robin Hull 4-3 David Morris, John Parrott 0-4 Martin Gould, Ricky Walden 4-3 David Morris, Robin Hull 4-1 Steve Mifsud, Marcus Campbell 1-4 Munraj Pal.

Group 1G

*20 September Alan McManus 3-4 Adrian Gunnell, Paul Davies 4-1 Ian Preece, Lee Walker 4-3 Tian Pengfei, Liu Chuang 3-4 Fraser Patrick.
*21 September Alan McManus 0-4 Paul Davies, Adrian Gunnell 0-4 Ian Preece, Lee Walker 4-0 Liu Chuang, Tian Pengfei 4-2 Fraser Patrick, Alan McManus 1-4 Ian Preece, Adrian Gunnell 4-2 Fraser Patrick, Paul Davies 4-0 Lee Walker, Tian Pengfei 4-3 Liu Chuang.
*22 September Alan McManus 4-3 Lee Walker, Ian Preece 2-4 Tian Pengfei, Adrian Gunnell 1-4 Liu Chuang, Paul Davies 3-4 Fraser Patrick, Alan McManus 3-4 Tian Pengfei, Adrian Gunnell 1-4 Paul Davies, Ian Preece 2-4 Liu Chuang, Lee Walker 2-4 Fraser Patrick.
*23 September Alan McManus 4-3 Liu Chuang, Adrian Gunnell 0-4 Lee Walker, Ian Preece 0-4 Fraser Patrick, Paul Davies 2-4 Tian Pengfei, Alan McManus 4-1 Fraser Patrick, Adrian Gunnell 4-1 Tian Pengfei, Paul Davies 4-1 Liu Chuang, Ian Preece 4-0 Lee Walker.

Group 1H

*20 September Andrew Norman 1-4 Rory McLeod, Judd Trump 4-2 Rod Lawler, Jamie O'Neill 1-4 Liang Wenbo, Alfred Burden 0-4 Patrick Wallace.
*21 September Andrew Norman 4-1 Judd Trump, Rory McLeod 4-1 Rod Lawler, Jamie O'Neill 0-4 Alfred Burden, Liang Wenbo 4-3 Patrick Wallace, Andrew Norman 4-3 Rod Lawler, Rory McLeod 2-4 Patrick Wallace, Judd Trump 4-2 Jamie O'Neill, Liang Wenbo 0-4 Alfred Burden.
*22 September Andrew Norman 4-1 Jamie O'Neill, Rod Lawler 3-4 Liang Wenbo, Rory McLeod 4-2 Alfred Burden, Judd Trump 4-2 Patrick Wallace, Andrew Norman 4-2 Liang Wenbo, Rory McLeod 4-2 Judd Trump, Rod Lawler 4-1 Alfred Burden, Jamie O'Neill 2-4 Patrick Wallace.
*23 September Andrew Norman 4-0 Alfred Burden, Rory McLeod 4-0 Jamie O'Neill, Rod Lawler 3-4 Patrick Wallace, Judd Trump 3-4 Liang Wenbo, Andrew Norman 4-1 Patrick Wallace, Rory McLeod 1-4 Liang Wenbo, Judd Trump 1-4 Alfred Burden, Rod Lawler 3-4 Jamie O'Neill.

External links

* [http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournament_home-80.htm 2007 Grand Prix on worldsnooker.com]
* [http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournament_home-79.htm 2007 Grand Prix Qualifiers on worldsnooker.com]