The 2024 Xi'an Grand Prix (officially the 2024 Du Xiaoman Xi'an Grand Prix) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 19 to 25 August 2024 at the Qujiang Esports Centre in Xi'an, China. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament. The second ranking event of the 202425 season, it followed the 2024 Championship League. The winner received £177,000 from a total prize fund of £850,000.

Qualifiers took place from 25 to 27 July 2024 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England. Qualifying matches featuring the reigning World Champion (Kyren Wilson); the world's top ranked player (Mark Allen); the two highest ranked Chinese players (Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda); four Chinese wildcards (Zhou Jinhao, Cao Jin, Wang Xinbo and Ma Shaojun); and Ronnie O'Sullivan were held over to be played in Xi'an.

Kyren Wilson won the tournament, beating Judd Trump 108 in the final to claim the seventh ranking title of his career. The tournament produced 93 century breaks, of which 66 were made in the main stage and 27 in qualifying. The highest break was a 140 by Mark Williams in qualifying.

Format The tournament, the inaugural edition of the Xi'an Grand Prix, took place from 19 to 25 August 2024 at the Qujiang Esports Centre in Xi'an, China. It was the second ranking event of the 202425 season, following the 2024 Championship League. The tournament was organised by the World Snooker Tour and sponsored by .

All matches up to and including the quarterfinals were the best of nine frames. The semifinals were the best of 11 frames, and the final was the best of 19 frames.

The qualifying matches were broadcast by the WST Facebook page, and by Matchroom Sport. The main stage of the tournament was broadcast by CCTV5 and Huya in China, Sportcast in Taiwan, Now TV in Hong Kong, and Matchroom Sport for all other territories.

Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:

Winner: £177,000 Runner-up: £76,000 Semi-final: £34,500 Quarter-final: £22,350 Last 16: £14,000 Last 32: £9,400 Last 64: £5,350 Highest break: £5,000

Total: £850,000

Summary An opening ceremony was held on 18 August 2024.

Qualifying round Both Lim Kok Leong and the 2023 World Champion Luca Brecel failed to arrive at the venue in time for their qualifying matches, and so their opponents, Scott Donaldson and Hammad Miah respectively, were awarded walkovers.

Early rounds Held-over qualifying matches The held over qualifying matches were played on 19 August 2024. Jamie Clarke whitewashed wildcard player Cao Jin, and Ronnie O'Sullivan whitewashed Wang Yuchen. Alfie Burden beat the 8th seed Ding Junhui 54. Mark Allen defeated Liu Hongyu 52.

Last 64 The last 64 matches were played on 19 and 20 August 2024. Scott Donaldson withdrew and so Barry Hawkins was awarded a walkover into the last 32. Gong Chenzhi beat 13th seed Tom Ford 51. Sunny Akani defeated 16th seed John Higgins 54. Top seed Kyren Wilson beat He Guoqiang 52, and Shaun Murphy whitewashed Jamie Clarke in 55 minutes with three century breaks. O'Sullivan defeated Bulcsú Révész 52, and Mark Selby whitewashed Aaron Hill. Yuan Sijun beat Neil Robertson 52, and Graeme Dott defeated 12th seed Zhang Anda 52.

Last 32 The last 32 matches were played on 21 August 2024. Graeme Dott withdrew and so Hossein Vafaei was awarded a walkover into the last 16. Mark Allen beat Xiao Guodong 52, and Gong Chenzhi defeated Si Jiahui 53. Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Yuan Sijun 51, and Dominic Dale defeated Shaun Murphy 52.

Last 16 The last 16 matches were played on 22 August 2024. In the afternoon session, Judd Trump beat Jak Jones 51, although Jones made the only century break (136) of the match, and Xu Si defeated Mark Williams 54, making a 109 break in the deciding frame. Barry Hawkins beat Mark Allen 53, although Allen made the only century break (104) of the match. Matthew Selt defeated Gong Chenzhi 54. In the evening session, Ronnie O'Sullivan whitewashed Hossein Vafaei making two century breaks, and Daniel Wells beat Dominic Dale 51. Kyren Wilson defeated Jimmy Robertson 54 and David Gilbert beat Mark Selby 54, although Selby made the only century break (116) of the match.

Later rounds Quarter-finals The quarter finals were played on 23 August 2024. In the afternoon session Kyren Wilson beat Xu Si 51, making a break of 115 in the last frame, and Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Matthew Selt 54, although Selt made two century breaks. In the evening session, Judd Trump beat David Gilbert 52, and Daniel Wells beat Barry Hawkins 53.

Semi-finals The semi finals were played on 24 August 2024 as the best of 11 frames. In the afternoon session Kyren Wilson defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 64, making a break of 102 in the last frame. In the evening session Judd Trump beat Daniel Wells 61. This win meant that Trump had overtaken Mark Allen as world number one.

Final The final was played on 25 August 2024 as the best of 19 over two . Kyren Wilson played Judd Trump. At the end of the afternoon session, Wilson led Trump 54. Wilson went on to win the match 108.

Main draw The draw for the tournament is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players, and players in bold denote match winners.

Top half

Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover

Bottom half

Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover

Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Zhang TaoQujiang E-sports Centre, Xi'an, China, 25 August 2024 Kyren Wilson 108 Judd Trump Afternoon: 7845, 0114 (114), 2575, 7723, 2562, 1350 (135), 750, 576, 5239Evening: 2463, 7844, 781, 3773, 7647, 12104 (104), 741, 7045, 1110 (frame 6) 135 Highest break 114 (frame 2) 1 Century breaks 2

Qualifying Qualification for the tournament took place from 25 to 27 July 2024 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players, and players in bold denote match winners. Note: n/s=no-show (did not arrive in time for the match); w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover

Xi'an Qualifying matches featuring the reigning World Champion (Kyren Wilson); the world's top ranked player (Mark Allen); the two highest ranked Chinese players (Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda); four Chinese wildcards (Zhou Jinhao, Cao Jin, Wang Xinbo, and Ma Shaojun); and Ronnie O'Sullivan were held over to be played in Xi'an. Results as follows:

5–0 5–2 5–3 5–1 5–2 5–1 5–0 5–2 4–5

Leicester The results of the qualifying matches played in Leicester were as follows:

25 July

3–5 5–2 w/o–n/s 5–2 5–4 5–3 2–5 5–3 4–5 5–4 0–5 5–2 3–5 5–2 5–1 2–5 5–1 5–2 5–1 5–0 5–4

26 July

5–4 5–0 5–1 5–0 5–0 5–4 4–5 3–5 5–3 2–5 5–4 5–3 5–2 n/s–w/o 5–3 5–3 5–2 5–1 4–5 5–0

27 July

5–0 5–3 5–3 5–1 5–1 5–2 4–5 5–1 5–4 5–2 5–2 3–5 5–4 5–1

Century breaks Main stage centuries A total of 66 century breaks were made during the main stage of the tournament in Xi'an.

138, 108 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 137 Ricky Walden 136, 134 Jak Jones 136, 116, 115, 113, 111 Mark Selby 135, 115, 108, 103, 102, 100 Kyren Wilson 135 Amir Sarkhosh 134 Sunny Akani 134 Julien Leclercq 133, 131, 112, 111, 104 Mark Allen 128, 103, 103, 100, 100 Shaun Murphy 128 Gary Wilson 126, 124, 111 Jack Lisowski 120, 109, 104 Xu Si 118, 118, 117 Jimmy Robertson 114, 104 Judd Trump 111, 110 Stuart Bingham 111, 103 Lyu Haotian 111 Anthony McGill 110 Ding Junhui 109, 104, 103 Ronnie O'Sullivan 108 Jamie Clarke 107 Chris Wakelin 105, 102 Matthew Selt 104, 102 Barry Hawkins 104 Hammad Miah 103 Ryan Day 103 Hossein Vafaei 102, 101, 100 Mark Williams 102 Alfie Burden 102 Graeme Dott 102 Noppon Saengkham 101 He Guoqiang

Qualifying stage centuries A total of 27 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Leicester.

140, 104 Mark Williams 137, 131 Neil Robertson 135, 112 Chris Wakelin 130, 127, 101 Xiao Guodong 126, 116 Wu Yize 122 Jamie Jones 116, 103, 100 Cheung Ka Wai 115 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 113, 100 David Gilbert 113 Yuan Sijun 111 Amir Sarkhosh 108 Gary Wilson 106 Robbie McGuigan 102 Barry Hawkins 102 Joe Perry 102 Hossein Vafaei 100 Paul Deaville 100 Fan Zhengyi

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References

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