The 2009 Six-red World Grand Prix (often styled the 2009 SangSom 6-red World Grand Prix for sponsorship and marketing purposes) was a six-red snooker tournament held between 7 and 12 July 2009 at the Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.
Twenty-three of the tournament's 48 competitors were on the 2009/10 professional World Snooker tour of the more established 15-red game. A relatively high proportion of competitors were from Asia.
Jimmy White won in the final 8–6 against Barry Hawkins.
Prize money The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: 1,000,000 baht Runner-up: 500,000 baht Semi-finalists: 250,000 baht Quarter-finalists: 150,000 baht Last 16: 70,000 baht Last 32: 35,000 baht Total: 3,720,000 baht
Round-robin stage The top four players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames.
Group A
POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS1 Judd Trump55258+1752 Ricky Walden531812+633532118+334 Fung Kwok Wai521918+125 Mohammed Al-Joakar51921−1116 Daniel Thorp51824−161
Fung Kwok Wai 4–5 Judd Trump Mohammed Al-Joakar 2–5 Phaithoon Phonbun Ricky Walden 5–1 Daniel Thorp Phaithoon Phonbun 2–5 Judd Trump Daniel Thorp 1–5 Fung Kwok Wai Daniel Thorp 0–5 Mohammed Al-Joakar Ricky Walden 5–1 Fung Kwok Wai Mohammed Al-Joakar 0–5 Judd Trump Fung Kwok Wai 4–5 Phaithoon Phonbun Ricky Walden 1–5 Judd Trump Daniel Thorp 5–4 Phaithoon Phonbun Ricky Walden 5–0 Mohammed Al-Joakar Ricky Walden 2–5 Phaithoon Phonbun Fung Kwok Wai 5–2 Mohammed Al-Joakar Daniel Thorp 1–5 Judd Trump
Group B
POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS1 Shaun Murphy542114+742 James Wattana532213+933 Nigel Bond531716+134 Aditya Mehta521620−425 Alex Borg521521−626 Akar Soe Yin511421−71
Alex Borg 5–2 Akar Soe Yin Aditya Mehta 5–4 James Wattana Alex Borg 2–5 Nigel Bond Shaun Murphy 5–3 Akar Soe Yin James Wattana 5–1 Nigel Bond Alex Borg 5–4 Aditya Mehta Akar Soe Yin 3–5 Nigel Bond Shaun Murphy 5–1 Aditya Mehta Shaun Murphy 5–3 James Wattana Shaun Murphy 5–2 Alex Borg Aditya Mehta 5–1 Nigel Bond Akar Soe Yin 1–5 James Wattana Shaun Murphy 1–5 Nigel Bond Aditya Mehta 1–5 Akar Soe Yin Alex Borg 1–5 James Wattana
Group C
POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS1 John Higgins542012+842 Matthew Stevens542115+643 Muhammad Sajjad531915+434522021−125 Sascha Lippe511523−816 Habib Subah511322−91
Noppadon Noppachorn 4–5 Matthew Stevens John Higgins 0–5 Muhammad Sajjad Sascha Lippe 5–3 Habib Subah John Higgins 5–1 Matthew Stevens Muhammad Sajjad 5–4 Noppadon Noppachorn John Higgins 5–2 Noppadon Noppachorn Sascha Lippe 3–5 Matthew Stevens Habib Subah 5–2 Muhammad Sajjad Sascha Lippe 1–5 Muhammad Sajjad Habib Subah 1–5 Matthew Stevens Sascha Lippe 4–5 Noppadon Noppachorn Muhammad Sajjad 2–5 Matthew Stevens John Higgins 5–2 Habib Subah Habib Subah 2–5 Noppadon Noppachorn John Higgins 5–2 Sascha Lippe
Group D
POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS1 Ryan Day542313+1042 Ken Doherty542416+843 Michael Holt542315+844 Supoj Saenla521820−225 Ang Bun Chin511321−816 Au Chi Wai50925−160
Ryan Day 5–1 Au Chi Wai Ken Doherty 5–3 Supoj Saenla Ang Boon Chin 2–5 Michael Holt Ken Doherty 5–2 Au Chi Wai Ryan Day 3–5 Michael Holt Ang Boon Chin 3–5 Supoj Saenla Au Chi Wai 3–5 Michael Holt Ryan Day 5–4 Ken Doherty Au Chi Wai 1–5 Ang Boon Chin Supoj Saenla 2–5 Michael Holt Au Chi Wai 2–5 Supoj Saenla Ken Doherty 5–3 Michael Holt Ryan Day 5–0 Ang Boon Chin Ryan Day 5–3 Supoj Saenla Ken Doherty 5–3 Ang Boon Chin
Group E
POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS1 Issara Kachaiwong552510+1552532116+533 Joe Perry532117+434 Jimmy White531918+135 Joe Swail511720−316 Yutaka Fukada50325−220
Joe Perry 5–0 Yutaka Fukuda Issara Kachaiwong 5–3 Joe Swail Jimmy White 5–1 Yutaka Fukuda Joe Perry 5–4 Mohammed Shehab Jimmy White 1–5 Issara Kachaiwong Mohammed Shehab 5–1 Joe Swail Yutaka Fukuda 1–5 Issara Kachaiwong Joe Perry 3–5 Issara Kachaiwong Yutaka Fukuda 1–5 Mohammed Shehab Jimmy White 5–4 Joe Swail Yutaka Fukuda 0–5 Joe Swail Jimmy White 3–5 Mohammed Shehab Joe Perry 5–3 Joe Swail Mohammed Shehab 2–5 Issara Kachaiwong Joe Perry 3–5 Jimmy White
Group F
POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS1 Darren Morgan55259+1652 Noppadol Sangnil531916+333 Stuart Bingham521517−224 Peter Ebdon521517−225 Manan Chandra521620−426 Raees Aslam511021−111
Darren Morgan 5–2 Noppadol Sangnil Peter Ebdon 5–0 Raees Aslam Manan Chandra 1–5 Stuart Bingham Darren Morgan 5–2 Stuart Bingham Manan Chandra 2–5 Noppadol Sangnil Raees Aslam 2–5 Noppadol Sangnil Peter Ebdon 1–5 Darren Morgan Manan Chandra 5–2 Raees Aslam Noppadol Sangnil 5–2 Stuart Bingham Peter Ebdon 1–5 Stuart Bingham Darren Morgan 5–3 Manan Chandra Peter Ebdon 3–5 Manan Chandra Raees Aslam 5–1 Stuart Bingham Peter Ebdon 5–2 Noppadol Sangnil Darren Morgan 5–1 Raees Aslam
Group G
POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS1 Mark Williams54226+1642542014+643 Dave Harold531813+534 Wael Talat521616025 Mohsen Abdul Aziz511023−1316 Glen Wilkinson511024−141
Mark Williams 2–5 Dave Harold Glen Wilkinson 5–4 Wael Talat Mohsen Abdul Aziz 3–5 Thepchaiya Un-nooh Mark Williams 5–0 Wael Talat Glen Wilkinson 0–5 Dave Harold Glen Wilkinson 3–5 Mohsen Abdul Aziz Wael Talat 2–5 Thepchaiya Un-nooh Wael Talat 5–1 Dave Harold Mark Williams 5–1 Mohsen Abdul Aziz Glen Wilkinson 2–5 Thepchaiya Un-nooh Mohsen Abdul Aziz 1–5 Dave Harold Thepchaiya Un-nooh 5–2 Dave Harold Mark Williams 5–0 Glen Wilkinson Wael Talat 5–0 Mohsen Abdul Aziz Mark Williams 5–0 Thepchaiya Un-nooh
Group H
POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS1 Mark King55257+1852 Barry Hawkins542312+1143531712+534 Atthasit Mahitthi521716+125 Mohammed Kayat51821−1316 Nguyen Nhat Thank50325−220
Mohammed Kayat 5–1 Nguyen Nhat Thanh Mark King 5–2 Atthasit Mahitthi Brendan O’Donnoghue 1–5 Barry Hawkins Atthasit Mahitthi 4–5 Barry Hawkins Brendan O’Donnoghue 5–0 Nguyen Nhat Thanh Brendan O’Donnoghue 5–1 Atthasit Mahitthi Nguyen Nhat Thanh 1–5 Barry Hawkins Mark King 5–1 Mohammed Kayat Mohammed Kayat 0–5 Atthasit Mahitthi Mark King 5–1 Brendan O’Donnoghue Mark King 5–0 Nguyen Nhat Thanh Brendan O’Donnoghue 5–1 Mohammed Kayat Mark King 5–3 Barry Hawkins Nguyen Nhat Thanh 1–5 Atthasit Mahitthi Mohammed Kayat 1–5 Barry Hawkins
Knockout stage
Maximum breaks (Note a maximum break in six-red snooker is 75)
Michael Holt Ryan Day Jimmy White
References