The 2017 World Grand Prix (officially the 2017 Ladbrokes World Grand Prix) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6 and 12 February 2017 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. It was the third staging of the tournament and the thirteenth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season. The tournament was broadcast in the UK on ITV4.
Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but lost 2–4 in the quarter-finals to Ryan Day, who went on to reach the final. Barry Hawkins beat Day 10–7 to win his third ranking title.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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: £5,000 Total: £375,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £5,000.
Seeding list
The top 32 players on a one-year ranking list running from the 2016 Riga Masters until the 2017 German Masters qualified for the tournament.
Source: Rank Player Total points1 Mark Selby375,1502 Ding Junhui170,0003 Ali Carter162,0254 Judd Trump161,7505 Ronnie O'Sullivan143,7506 Marco Fu130,1507 John Higgins118,5008 Liang Wenbo117,4009 Anthony Hamilton106,52510 Stuart Bingham106,08711 Anthony McGill99,27512 Neil Robertson96,12513 Barry Hawkins93,50014 Mark King92,80015 Shaun Murphy87,62516 Joe Perry77,05017 Mark Williams73,75018 Michael Holt72,02519 Stephen Maguire63,50020 Kyren Wilson63,02521 Ricky Walden55,90022 David Gilbert55,65023 Ryan Day54,36224 Mark Allen51,72525 Dominic Dale47,12526 Michael White44,72527 Jamie Jones43,86228 Yan Bingtao43,60029 Tom Ford43,52530 Zhou Yuelong42,55031 Yu Delu40,62532 Martin Gould40,550
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Maike KesselerGuild Hall, Preston, England, 12 February 2017. Barry Hawkins (13) 10–7 Ryan Day (23) Afternoon: 44–80 (55), , , , , , , , Evening: 128–0 (128), , , , , , , 141 Highest break 92 5 Century breaks 0 8 50+ breaks 6
Century breaks
Total: 25
145, 107 Judd Trump 142 Martin Gould 141, 129, 128, 120, 114, 106, 102 Barry Hawkins 140 Mark Allen 137, 128 Ronnie O'Sullivan 134 Ryan Day 129, 109 Liang Wenbo 125, 123, 114, 105, 102 Marco Fu 122 Joe Perry 121 Jamie Jones 108 Neil Robertson 102 Tom Ford
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