2021 World Grand Prix
The 2021 World Grand Prix (also known as the 2021 Cazoo World Grand Prix) is a professional snooker tournament, that is taking place from 13 to 19 December 2021 at the Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry, England.[1] The event is the first of three events to make up the Cazoo Cup in the 2021–22 snooker season.[2][3]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 13–19 December 2021 |
| Venue | Coventry Building Society Arena |
| City | Coventry |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £380,000 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Defending champion |  Judd Trump (ENG) |
← 2020 (2) | |
The defending champion is Judd Trump, who overcame Jack Lisowski 10–7 in the previous year's final.[4]
Andy Hicks and Jordan Brown are making their debuts in the event.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:[5]
- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-up: £40,000
- Semi-final: £20,000
- Quarter-final: £12,500
- Last 16: £7,500
- Last 32: £5,000
- Highest break: £10,000
- Total: £380,000
Seeding list
The top 32 players on the one-year ranking list, up to and including the 2021 Scottish Open, qualified for the tournament. Seedings were based on the order of the player in that list.[6]
| Seed | Player | Total points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Zhao Xintong (CHN) |
206,000 |
| 2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Luca Brecel (BEL) |
170,000 |
| 3 |  Mark Williams (WAL) |
116,000 |
| 4 |  John Higgins (SCO) |
109,000 |
| 5 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Mark Allen (NIR) |
108,000 |
| 6 | David Gilbert (ENG) |
86,000 |
| 7 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
75,000 |
| 8 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Neil Robertson (AUS) |
74,000 |
| 9 | Kyren Wilson (ENG) |
66,000 |
| 10 | Gary Wilson (ENG) |
63,500 |
| 11 | Ricky Walden (ENG) |
53,000 |
| 12 | Barry Hawkins (ENG) |
51,000 |
| 13 | Judd Trump (ENG) |
50,500 |
| 14 | Anthony McGill (SCO) |
48,500 |
| 15 | Jimmy Robertson (ENG) |
46,000 |
| 16 | Yan Bingtao (CHN) |
45,500 |
| 17 | Mark King (ENG) |
44,000 |
| 18 | Matthew Selt (ENG) |
37,000 |
| 19 | Stephen Maguire (SCO) |
36,500 |
| 20 | Ben Woollaston (ENG) |
33,500 |
| 21 | Mark Selby (ENG) |
32,000 |
| 22 | Stuart Bingham (ENG) |
31,500 |
| 23 |  Hossein Vafaei (IRN) |
31,000 |
| 24 | Anthony Hamilton (ENG) |
31,000 |
| 25 |  Noppon Saengkham (THA) |
31,000 |
| 26 | Andy Hicks (ENG) |
30,500 |
| 27 | Ali Carter (ENG) |
30,500 |
| 28 | Cao Yupeng (CHN) |
29,000 |
| 29 | Tom Ford (ENG) |
28,500 |
| 30 | Jack Lisowski (ENG) |
28,500 |
| 31 | Jordan Brown (NIR) |
27,000 |
| 32 | Martin Gould (ENG) |
25,000 |
Tournament draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: . Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, England, 19 December 2021 | ||
| – | ||
| Afternoon: Evening: | ||
| Highest break | ||
| Century breaks | ||
| 50+ breaks | ||
Century breaks
Total: 11[7]
- 130 – Tom Ford
- 124 – Stuart Bingham
- 119 – Hossein Vafaei
- 117 – Mark Williams
- 114 – Mark Allen
- 114 – Kyren Wilson
- 111 – Yan Bingtao
- 105, 100 – Luca Brecel
- 101 – Zhao Xintong
- 100 – Neil Robertson
References
- "Cazoo World Grand Prix - World Snooker". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- "2021-22 Calendar" (PDF). wst.tv. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- Årdalen, Hermund. "Calendar 2021/2022 - snooker.org". snooker.org (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- "Trump Beats Lisowski To Win 20th Ranking Title - World Snooker". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- "Tournament Prize Money | World Snooker Live Scores". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- "Updated 2021-22 Calendar". World Snooker Tour. 18 August 2021
- "Cazoo World Grand Prix 2021 | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. 13–19 December 2021.