The 2006 Royal London Watches Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 21 and 29 October 2006 at the A.E.C.C. in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 21–29 October 2006 |
Venue | A.E.C.C. |
City | Aberdeen |
Country | Scotland |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £455,750 |
Winner's share | £60,000 |
Highest break | Jamie Cope (ENG) (147) |
Final | |
Champion | Neil Robertson (AUS) |
Runner-up | Jamie Cope (ENG) |
Score | 9–5 |
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John Higgins was the defending champion, however he lost 5-2 in the quarter-finals to Mark King. Neil Robertson won his first ranking title by defeating Jamie Cope 9–5 in the final. Earlier on Cope compiled a maximum break in his round robin win over Michael Holt.
Main draw
editRound-robin stage
editThe first round used a round-robin format. The top 32 and the 16 qualifiers were placed in eight groups of six with the top two from each group qualifying for the knockout stage.
Group 2A
editPlayer | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Alan McManus (SCO) | 5 | 4 | 13 | 6 | +7 |
John Higgins (SCO) | 5 | 4 | 13 | 7 | +6 |
Issara Kachaiwong (THA) | 5 | 4 | 13 | 8 | +5 |
Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Dominic Dale (WAL) | 5 | 1 | 8 | 12 | −4 |
James Wattana (THA) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | −14 |
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Group 2B
editPlayer | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Ryan Day (WAL) | 5 | 4 | 12 | 4 | +8 |
Mark King (ENG) | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 |
Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 |
Ali Carter (ENG) | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 |
Jamie Jones (WAL) | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | −4 |
Michael Judge (IRL) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | −10 |
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Group 2C
editPlayer | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 5 | 5 | 15 | 4 | +11 |
Jamie Cope (ENG)[n 1] | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Michael Holt (ENG)[n 1] | 5 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 |
Steve Davis (ENG) | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 |
Marco Fu (HKG)[n 1] | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | −7 |
David Roe (ENG)[n 1] | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | −5 |
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Group 2D
editPlayer | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Neil Robertson (AUS)[n 2] | 5 | 4 | 14 | 7 | +7 |
Ken Doherty (IRL)[n 2] | 5 | 4 | 14 | 6 | +8 |
Joe Swail (NIR) | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Nigel Bond (ENG) | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | −4 |
Judd Trump (ENG)[n 2] | 5 | 1 | 8 | 14 | −6 |
Paul Davison (ENG)[n 2] | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | −5 |
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Group 2E
editPlayer | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Matthew Stevens (WAL) | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 | +7 |
Mark Selby (ENG) | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | +5 |
Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 |
Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 |
Andy Hicks (ENG) | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | −9 |
Stephen Hendry (SCO) | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | −7 |
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Group 2F
editPlayer | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Stephen Lee (ENG) | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 |
Ian McCulloch (ENG) | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | +5 |
Robin Hull (FIN) | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 |
Gerard Greene (NIR) | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 |
Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | −8 |
Mark Williams (WAL)[n 3] |
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Group 2G
editPlayer | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Robert Milkins (ENG) | 5 | 5 | 15 | 7 | +8 |
David Gray (ENG) | 5 | 4 | 13 | 6 | +7 |
Peter Ebdon (ENG) | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 |
Tom Ford (ENG) | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −2 |
Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 |
Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 5 | 0 | 6 | 15 | −9 |
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Group 2H
editPlayer | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Joe Perry (ENG) | 5 | 4 | 14 | 4 | +10 |
Andrew Norman (ENG) | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | +3 |
Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 5 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 |
Ding Junhui (CHN) | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 |
Graeme Dott (SCO) | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 |
Mark Allen (NIR) | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | −12 |
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Knockout stage
editLast 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | |||||||||||
26 October | ||||||||||||||
Alan McManus (SCO) | 5 | |||||||||||||
27 October | ||||||||||||||
Mark Selby (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||
Alan McManus | 5 | |||||||||||||
26 October | ||||||||||||||
Ian McCulloch | 3 | |||||||||||||
Ryan Day (WAL) | 3 | |||||||||||||
28 October | ||||||||||||||
Ian McCulloch (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
Alan McManus | 2 | |||||||||||||
25 October | ||||||||||||||
Neil Robertson | 6 | |||||||||||||
Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
27 October | ||||||||||||||
David Gray (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Ronnie O'Sullivan | 1 | |||||||||||||
25 October | ||||||||||||||
Neil Robertson | 5 | |||||||||||||
Neil Robertson (AUS) | 5 | |||||||||||||
29 October | ||||||||||||||
Andrew Norman (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Neil Robertson | 9 | |||||||||||||
26 October | ||||||||||||||
Jamie Cope | 5 | |||||||||||||
Matthew Stevens (WAL) | 4 | |||||||||||||
27 October | ||||||||||||||
John Higgins (SCO) | 5 | |||||||||||||
John Higgins | 2 | |||||||||||||
26 October | ||||||||||||||
Mark King | 5 | |||||||||||||
Stephen Lee (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||
28 October | ||||||||||||||
Mark King (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
Mark King | 3 | |||||||||||||
25 October | ||||||||||||||
Jamie Cope | 6 | |||||||||||||
Robert Milkins (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||
27 October | ||||||||||||||
Jamie Cope (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
Jamie Cope | 5 | |||||||||||||
25 October | ||||||||||||||
Joe Perry | 4 | |||||||||||||
Joe Perry (ENG) | 5 | |||||||||||||
Ken Doherty (IRL) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Final
editFinal: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland, 29 October 2006. | ||
Neil Robertson Australia |
9–5 | Jamie Cope England |
Afternoon: 40–67, 100–8 (100), 78–0 (78), 60–59 (Robertson 59), 61–2, 35–70 (55), 59–3 Evening: 63–38, 64–31, 98–9 (68), 0–105 (105), 42–69, 27–57, 70–1 (55) | ||
100 | Highest break | 105 |
1 | Century breaks | 1 |
5 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
Qualifying
editQualifying was held between 30 September and 4 October 2006 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.[1]
Group 1A
editPlayer | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Issara Kachaiwong (THA) | 7 | 6 | 18 | 9 | +9 |
Jamie Jones (WAL) | 7 | 5 | 18 | 11 | +7 |
Ricky Walden (ENG) | 7 | 5 | 18 | 9 | +9 |
Jimmy Michie (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 15 | 11 | +4 |
Matthew Couch (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 13 | 16 | −3 |
Marcus Campbell (SCO) | 7 | 2 | 14 | 19 | −5 |
Tian Pengfei (CHN) | 7 | 2 | 9 | 19 | −10 |
Joe Delaney (IRL) | 7 | 1 | 8 | 19 | −11 |
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Group 1B
editPlayer | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Michael Judge (IRL) | 7 | 5 | 18 | 13 | +5 |
Dominic Dale (WAL) | 7 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 |
Shokat Ali (PAK) | 7 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 |
Sean Storey (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 16 | 15 | +1 |
Andrew Higginson (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 15 | 16 | −1 |
James Leadbetter (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 14 | 16 | −2 |
Jamie Burnett (SCO) | 7 | 3 | 14 | 16 | −2 |
Roy Stolk (NED) | 7 | 1 | 7 | 18 | −11 |
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Group 1C
editPlayer | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Jamie Cope (ENG) | 7 | 6 | 19 | 6 | +13 |
Paul Davison (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 16 | 11 | +5 |
Chris Melling (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 16 | 13 | +3 |
Rory McLeod (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 14 | 13 | +1 |
Tony Drago (MLT) | 7 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
Rod Lawler (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 14 | 16 | −2 |
Mark Boyle (SCO) | 7 | 2 | 9 | 19 | −10 |
Passakorn Suwannawat (THA) | 7 | 1 | 10 | 20 | −10 |
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Group 1D
editPlayer | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Judd Trump (ENG) | 7 | 6 | 19 | 6 | +13 |
David Roe (ENG) | 7 | 5 | 18 | 10 | +8 |
Ian Preece (WAL) | 7 | 4 | 15 | 11 | +4 |
John Parrott (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 15 | 13 | +2 |
Dermot McGlinchey (NIR) | 7 | 3 | 11 | 18 | −7 |
David Gilbert (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Drew Henry (SCO) | 7 | 2 | 11 | 18 | −7 |
Jeff Cundy (ENG) | 7 | 1 | 7 | 20 | −13 |
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Group 1E
editPlayer | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 7 | 5 | 18 | 9 | +9 |
Gerard Greene (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 16 | 12 | +4 |
David Morris (IRL) | 7 | 4 | 14 | 11 | +3 |
Peter Lines (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 14 | 13 | +1 |
Scott MacKenzie (SCO) | 7 | 4 | 14 | 15 | −1 |
Barry Pinches (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 12 | 16 | −4 |
Mike Dunn (ENG) | 7 | 2 | 12 | 16 | −4 |
Paul Wykes (ENG) | 7 | 2 | 9 | 17 | −8 |
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Group 1F
editPlayer | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Robin Hull (FIN) | 7 | 6 | 20 | 10 | +10 |
Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 7 | 6 | 20 | 8 | +12 |
Adrian Gunnell (ENG) | 7 | 5 | 17 | 14 | +3 |
Chris Norbury (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 |
Mohammed Shehab (UAE) | 7 | 3 | 15 | 16 | −1 |
Stuart Pettman (ENG) | 7 | 2 | 9 | 17 | −8 |
Alex Borg (MLT) | 7 | 2 | 9 | 17 | −8 |
Liu Song (CHN) | 7 | 1 | 10 | 19 | −9 |
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Group 1G
editPlayer | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 7 | 7 | 21 | 7 | +14 |
Andrew Norman (ENG) | 7 | 5 | 17 | 12 | +5 |
Mark Davis (ENG) | 7 | 5 | 16 | 10 | +6 |
Dave Harold (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 14 | 11 | +3 |
Paul Davies (WAL) | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
Robert Stephen (SCO) | 7 | 2 | 9 | 15 | −6 |
Mark Joyce (ENG) | 7 | 2 | 10 | 17 | −7 |
Lee Page (ENG) | 7 | 0 | 6 | 21 | −15 |
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Group 1H
editPlayer | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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Mark Allen (NIR) | 6 | 4 | 15 | 12 | +3 |
Tom Ford (ENG) | 6 | 4 | 14 | 12 | +2 |
Lee Spick (ENG) | 6 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 |
Jimmy White (ENG) | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
Alfie Burden (ENG) | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
Patrick Einsle (GER) | 6 | 2 | 11 | 15 | −4 |
Joe Jogia (ENG) | 6 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −2 |
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Century breaks
editQualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "2006 Grand Prix". globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 3 September 2007.
- ^ "2006 Grand Prix Order of Play". globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 3 September 2007.
- ^ "2006 Grand Prix results". Sporting Life. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ "Grand Prix". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.