The 2020 World Grand Prix (officially the 2020 Matchroom World Grand Prix) was a professional snooker tournament, that took place from 14 to 20 December 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. Although the tournament was not sponsored by Cazoo, it was the first of three tournaments that form the Cazoo Cup.
Neil Robertson was the defending champion, having won the previous final 10–8 against Graeme Dott. However, Robertson lost 2–4 to Robert Milkins in the first round.
Judd Trump won the tournament for the third time, beating Jack Lisowski 10–7 to claim his 20th ranking title.
Prize fund The event had a total prize fund of £380,000, with £100,000 to the winner. The participation prize is £5,000, which does not count towards a player's world ranking. The breakdown of prize money for the event:
Winner: £100,000 Runner-up: £40,000 Semi-final: £20,000 Quarter-final: £12,500 Last 16: £7,500 Last 32: £5,000 (Prize money at this stage did not count towards prize money rankings) Highest break: £10,000 Total: £380,000
Seeding list The top 32 players on the one-year ranking list, running from the September 2020 European Masters until and including the 2020 Scottish Open, qualified for the tournament.
Rank Player Total points1 270,5002 246,0003205,5004 92,500573,5006 70,0007 58,5008 52,0009 48,50010 45,00011 45,00012 45,00013 41,00014 38,50015 37,00016 36,00017 35,50018 34,50019 33,50020 32,50021 31,00022 31,00023 31,00024 29,00025 29,00026 28,00027 27,50028 27,00029 27,00030 26,00031 26,00032 26,000
Tournament draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan MooreMarshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England, 20 December 2020 Judd Trump (1) 10–7 Jack Lisowski (18) Afternoon: 75–4, , , , , , , Evening: 67–53, , , , , , , , 122 Highest break 112 1 Century breaks 1
Century breaks A total of 38 century breaks were made by 20 players during the tournament.
143, 134, 112, 100 Mark Selby 142, 122, 109, 107, 107, 101, 101, 100 Judd Trump 142 Mark Allen 139 Kyren Wilson 137, 111 Zhao Xintong 137 Ding Junhui 137 Lu Ning 136 Michael Holt 134 Hossein Vafaei 132 Stuart Bingham 130, 127, 112, 111, 110, 109 Jack Lisowski 128, 108 Anthony McGill 128 Xiao Guodong 117 Martin Gould 116 Robert Milkins 114 John Higgins 112 Ali Carter 112 Barry Hawkins 108, 105 Ronnie O'Sullivan 100 Robbie Williams
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