The best snooker players on the planet will be back in Llandudno next March for the World Grand Prix.
The tournament was new to the calendar last season and received a fantastic reception in North Wales. It proved a great success as fans flocked to Venue Cymru to see an array of green baize stars including Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump, John Higgins and Mark Selby.
A short post during a period of rare downtime from the snooker tour to flag up two of the ranking lists to follow during the next few months as players look to qualify for this season’s Masters and World Grand Prix tournaments.
Here you can view the race to the 2016 Masters, which includes only points that will count towards qualification for the sport’s biggest invitational tournament, following the cut-off point this December.
You can also view the race to the World Grand Prix list here, which will include prize money from the start of this season, through to the Gdynia Open next year.
Closer analysis will of course follow as the season progresses…
It did not always look like it was going to go his way, but Judd Trump has defeated Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-7 this evening to win the 2015 World Grand Prix in Llandudno, taking home the winner’s cheque of £100,000 and breaking his duck against the Rocket in major finals.
They did it in somewhat contrasting circumstances, but Judd Trump and Ronnie O’Sullivan both came through their semi-finals today in Llandudno to make it to the final of the new World Grand Prix.
World Snooker is delighted to announce 888.com as the title sponsor of the new World Grand Prix, which takes place next week in North Wales.
The 888.com World Grand Prix at Venue Cymru in Llandudno will run from March 16 to 22, televised by ITV4. Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Selby, Neil Robertson, Ding Junhui, Judd Trump and Shaun Murphy will be among the green baize stars chasing the £100,000 top prize.
At the Gdynia Open last weekend we saw the final list set to determine who the 32 players to qualify for the new World Grand Prix would be and today World Snooker have followed that up by publishing the draw and format for the event, both of which can be accessed here.
In the grand scheme of things, this weekend’s Gdynia Open might not be appear to the biggest event on the snooker calendar, but upon closer inspection, with three key battles to be determined at the tournament, for some players it could prove to be one of the most important.
Click below for my thoughts ahead of the final European Tour event of the season…
A major new snooker tournament – the World Grand Prix – will be staged in Llandudno early next year.
The event will take place at Venue Cymru in Llandudno on the north coast of Wales from March 16th to 22nd, 2015.
Created by World Snooker Chairman Barry Hearn, this new tournament will bring together 32 of the best players on the planet to compete for a top prize of £100,000. It will be televised live on ITV4 with a total prize fund of £300,000.
The top 32 players on a one-year ranking system running from the 2014 World Championship to the 2015 Gdynia Open will qualify for the tournament….