Grand Prix 2008 (snooker)
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The 2008 Royal London Watches Grand Prix professional ranking
Snooker world rankings
The snooker world rankings are the official system of ranking professional snooker players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments on the World Snooker Tour. They are maintained by the sport's governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association...

 snooker
Snooker
Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...

 tournament was held from 11–19 October 2008 at the S.E.C.C.
Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre , located on the north bank of the River Clyde, in Glasgow, is Scotland's largest exhibition centre....

 in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

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John Higgins won his first ranking event for 18 months by defeating Ryan Day
Ryan Day
-External links:* * *...

 9–7.

Prize fund

Winner: £
Pound sterling
The pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence...

75,000

Runner Up: £35,000

Semi Finalists: £20,000

Quarter Finalist: £12,000

Last 16: £9500

Last 32: £7100

Last 48: £4650

Last 64: £2200


Stage 1 High Break: £500

Stage 2 High Break: £4000

Stage 1 Maximum Break: £1000

Stage 2 Maximum Break: £20,000

Total: £523,100

Main draw

Matches on Sunday 12 October were played on a roll on/roll off basis. Play started at the allocated time each day with a 15 minute interval between matches. The 3rd and 4th match did not start before 3.00 pm. The evening session did not start before the time indicated on the format.

The draw for Round 1 was be made on completion of the qualifiers on 26 September 2008. The draw from Round 2 up to and including the Semi Final was made on a random basis.

The order of play and table numbers for all matches up to the semi-finals was be determined once the draw for that round is made and published by the Tournament Director.

All matches up to and including the Quarter Finals were be best of 9 frames, Semi Finals were be best of 11 frames and the Final was be best of 17 frames. (Seedings between brackets, All times are BST.)

Round 1

  • Saturday, 11 October – 12:00
    •   John Higgins (6) 5 – 0   Anthony Hamilton
      Anthony Hamilton (snooker player)
      Anthony Hamilton is an English professional snooker player noted for his strong break-building technique and distinctive appearance. He has spent five seasons ranked among the game's top 16, and fifteen in the top 32, reaching a career-high at number #10 in the world in the 1999/2000 season...

    •   Joe Perry
      Joe Perry (snooker player)
      -External links:*...

      (13) 5 – 3   Barry Hawkins
      Barry Hawkins
      Barry Hawkins is an English professional snooker player. He has reached three ranking semi-finals, and spent five seasons inside the top 32 of the rankings. He has also played in the World Championship the last six years running.-Early career:Before taking up snooker professionally he was an...


  • Sunday, 12 October – 13:00
    •   Stephen Hendry
      Stephen Hendry
      Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at the age of 21. He has won the World Championship a record seven times and was snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years between 1990 and 1998, and again...

      (7) 5 – 4   David Gilbert
      David Gilbert (snooker player)
      David Gilbert is an English professional snooker player. Gilbert is a former World Snooker Young Player of Distinction. Gilbert practices in Tamworth, Staffordshire at 'Tamworth Cue Sports Leisure Club'.-Career:...

    •   Neil Robertson
      Neil Robertson (snooker player)
      Neil Robertson is an Australian professional snooker player and the 2010 World Champion and World #4...

       (11) 4 – 5   Steve Davis
      Steve Davis
      Steve Davis, OBE is an English professional snooker player. He has won more professional titles in the sport than any other player, including six World Championships during the 1980s, when he was the world number one for seven years and became the sport's first millionaire...


  • Sunday, 12 October – not before 15:00
    •   Marco Fu
      Marco Fu
      Marco Fu Ka-chun , commonly known as Marco Fu, is a professional snooker player from Hong Kong. He currently resides in Happy Valley. He is best known for winning the 2007 Grand Prix, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final, and for being runner-up in the 2008 UK Championship...

      (1) 5 – 2   Jimmy Michie
      Jimmy Michie
      -External links:***...

    •   Mark Allen
      Mark Allen (snooker player)
      Mark Allen is a Northern Irish professional snooker player. He won the World Amateur Championship in 2004. The following year he turned professional and took only three seasons to reach the elite top 16...

       (16) 1 –
      5   Michael Holt
      Michael Holt (snooker player)
      Michael Holt is a professional snooker player from Nottingham, England. , he has reached the quarter finals of three ranking tournaments – the 1999 UK Championship, the 2003 LG Cup, and the 2005 Grand Prix.-Career:...


  • Sunday, 12 October – 19:00
    •   Graeme Dott
      Graeme Dott
      Graeme Dott is a Scottish professional snooker player from Larkhall in Scotland. He won the 2006 World Championship, which was his first ranking title after four previous runner-up spots...

       (14) w/d-w/o   Judd Trump
      Judd Trump
      Judd Trump is an English professional snooker player from Bristol. He enjoyed considerable success in youth tournaments before turning professional in 2005. On 3 April 2011, Trump won his first ranking title, beating Mark Selby 10–8 in the final of the China Open...

    •   Ryan Day
      Ryan Day
      -External links:* * *...

      (9) 5 – 4   Ricky Walden
      Ricky Walden
      -External links:**...


  • Monday, 13 October – 13:30
    •   Stephen Maguire
      Stephen Maguire
      Stephen Maguire is a Scottish professional snooker player.-Early career:Maguire almost qualified for the 2000 World Championships, leading eventual semi-finalist Joe Swail 9–6 in the final qualifying round before losing 9–10, but first served notice of his true potential by knocking out Stephen...

       (3) 1–
      5   Jamie Cope
      Jamie Cope
      -External links:***...

    •   Ding Junhui
      Ding Junhui
      Ding Junhui is a Chinese professional snooker player. Ding Junhui is China's most successful player ever, having become only the second teenager, after John Higgins, to win three ranking titles...

      (12) 5–0   Jamie Burnett
      Jamie Burnett
      Jamie Burnett is a professional snooker player from Hamilton, Scotland.-Career:During the qualifying stages of the 2004 UK Championship, he achieved the impressive feat of becoming the first ever player to compile a break over 147 in a professional match, in which he made a break of 148 against...


  • Monday, 13 October – 19:00
    •   Mark Selby
      Mark Selby
      Mark Anthony Selby is an English professional snooker and pool player. Runner up in the World Snooker Championship 2007, he was the 2006 WEPF World Eight-ball Champion. Selby has won the Masters on two occasions, the Welsh Open and the Shanghai Masters...

      (5) 5–0   Andrew Higginson
      Andrew Higginson
      Andrew Higginson is an English professional snooker player, currently living in Widnes. He is best known for reaching the final of the 2007 Welsh Open as a virtual unknown...

    •   Peter Ebdon
      Peter Ebdon
      Peter "Ebbo" Ebdon is an English professional snooker player and former world champion renowned for his remarkably focused, determined style of play.-Early years:...

      (10) 5–1   Simon Bedford
      Simon Bedford
      Simon Bedford is an English professional snooker player. His best run to date in a professional ranking event was to qualify for the 1998 World Championship beating Gary Wilkinson 10–9, before losing 10–6 to Steve Davis. He also reached the last 32 of the European Open in 2004 and the Grand Prix in...


  • Tuesday, 14 October – 13:30
    •   Ronnie O'Sullivan
      Ronnie O'Sullivan
      Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , is an English professional snooker player known for his rapid playing style and nicknamed "The Rocket". He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize-money list, with career earnings of over £6 million, behind only Stephen...

      (2) 5–2   Liang Wenbo
      Liang Wenbo
      Liang Wenbo is a Chinese professional snooker player. He is left-handed and ranked as China's number 2 player, after Ding Junhui. Liang is based at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom.-Career:...

    •   Ali Carter
      Allister Carter
      Allister "Ali" Carter is an English professional snooker player, who lives in Tiptree. He reached the final of the 2008 World Championship, his first major final. Although he lost heavily to Ronnie O'Sullivan, this run allowed him to reach the top 8 of the rankings for the first time...

      (8) 5–4   Dave Harold
      Dave Harold
      David 'Dave' Harold is an English professional snooker player from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. He is known by the nicknames of "the Hard Man" and "the Stoke Potter"...


  • Tuesday, 14 October – 19:00
    •   Shaun Murphy
      Shaun Murphy (snooker player)
      Shaun Murphy is an English professional snooker player, who won the 2005 World Championship. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted for his straight cue action and his long potting. He is known for his dedication and for being a devout Christian.Born in Harlow, England, Murphy turned...

       (4) 3–5   Adrian Gunnell
      Adrian Gunnell
      Adrian Gunnell is an English professional snooker player from Telford. He has reached the last-16 in four world ranking events , but has yet to progress beyond that stage...

    •   Mark King
      Mark King (snooker player)
      Mark King is an English professional snooker player. He has not yet won a ranking tournament, but came close when he was a beaten finalist in the 1997 Regal Welsh Open and the 2004 Irish Masters.- Career :...

       (15) 3–5   John Parrott
      John Parrott
      John Parrott MBE is an English professional snooker player and TV personality.He won the World Snooker Championship in 1991, defeating Jimmy White in the final. Two years earlier he had lost 3–18 to Steve Davis, the heaviest final defeat in modern times...



Round 2

  • Wednesday, 15 October – 14:00
    •   John Higgins (6) 5–2   Stephen Hendry
      Stephen Hendry
      Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at the age of 21. He has won the World Championship a record seven times and was snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years between 1990 and 1998, and again...

       (7)
    •   Ding Junhui
      Ding Junhui
      Ding Junhui is a Chinese professional snooker player. Ding Junhui is China's most successful player ever, having become only the second teenager, after John Higgins, to win three ranking titles...

      (12) 5–2   Michael Holt
      Michael Holt (snooker player)
      Michael Holt is a professional snooker player from Nottingham, England. , he has reached the quarter finals of three ranking tournaments – the 1999 UK Championship, the 2003 LG Cup, and the 2005 Grand Prix.-Career:...


  • Wednesday, 15 October – 19:00
    •  Adrian Gunnell
      Adrian Gunnell
      Adrian Gunnell is an English professional snooker player from Telford. He has reached the last-16 in four world ranking events , but has yet to progress beyond that stage...

        4–5   Steve Davis
      Steve Davis
      Steve Davis, OBE is an English professional snooker player. He has won more professional titles in the sport than any other player, including six World Championships during the 1980s, when he was the world number one for seven years and became the sport's first millionaire...

    •   Judd Trump
      Judd Trump
      Judd Trump is an English professional snooker player from Bristol. He enjoyed considerable success in youth tournaments before turning professional in 2005. On 3 April 2011, Trump won his first ranking title, beating Mark Selby 10–8 in the final of the China Open...

      5–2   Joe Perry
      Joe Perry (snooker player)
      -External links:*...

       (13)

  • Thursday, 16 October – 13:30
    •   Marco Fu
      Marco Fu
      Marco Fu Ka-chun , commonly known as Marco Fu, is a professional snooker player from Hong Kong. He currently resides in Happy Valley. He is best known for winning the 2007 Grand Prix, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final, and for being runner-up in the 2008 UK Championship...

       (1) 1–5   Ronnie O'Sullivan
      Ronnie O'Sullivan
      Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , is an English professional snooker player known for his rapid playing style and nicknamed "The Rocket". He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize-money list, with career earnings of over £6 million, behind only Stephen...

      (2)
    •   Jamie Cope
      Jamie Cope
      -External links:***...

      5–4   Peter Ebdon
      Peter Ebdon
      Peter "Ebbo" Ebdon is an English professional snooker player and former world champion renowned for his remarkably focused, determined style of play.-Early years:...

       (10)

  • Thursday, 16 October – 19:00
    •   Mark Selby
      Mark Selby
      Mark Anthony Selby is an English professional snooker and pool player. Runner up in the World Snooker Championship 2007, he was the 2006 WEPF World Eight-ball Champion. Selby has won the Masters on two occasions, the Welsh Open and the Shanghai Masters...

       (5) 4–5   Ryan Day
      Ryan Day
      -External links:* * *...

      (9)
    •   John Parrott
      John Parrott
      John Parrott MBE is an English professional snooker player and TV personality.He won the World Snooker Championship in 1991, defeating Jimmy White in the final. Two years earlier he had lost 3–18 to Steve Davis, the heaviest final defeat in modern times...

       0–5   Ali Carter
      Allister Carter
      Allister "Ali" Carter is an English professional snooker player, who lives in Tiptree. He reached the final of the 2008 World Championship, his first major final. Although he lost heavily to Ronnie O'Sullivan, this run allowed him to reach the top 8 of the rankings for the first time...

      (8)


Quarter-finals

  • Friday, 17 October – 13:30
    •   Judd Trump
      Judd Trump
      Judd Trump is an English professional snooker player from Bristol. He enjoyed considerable success in youth tournaments before turning professional in 2005. On 3 April 2011, Trump won his first ranking title, beating Mark Selby 10–8 in the final of the China Open...

      5 – 4   Ronnie O'Sullivan
      Ronnie O'Sullivan
      Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , is an English professional snooker player known for his rapid playing style and nicknamed "The Rocket". He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize-money list, with career earnings of over £6 million, behind only Stephen...

       (2)
    •   Steve Davis
      Steve Davis
      Steve Davis, OBE is an English professional snooker player. He has won more professional titles in the sport than any other player, including six World Championships during the 1980s, when he was the world number one for seven years and became the sport's first millionaire...

       3 – 5   Ali Carter
      Allister Carter
      Allister "Ali" Carter is an English professional snooker player, who lives in Tiptree. He reached the final of the 2008 World Championship, his first major final. Although he lost heavily to Ronnie O'Sullivan, this run allowed him to reach the top 8 of the rankings for the first time...

      (8)

  • Friday, 17 October – 19:00
    •   Ding Junhui
      Ding Junhui
      Ding Junhui is a Chinese professional snooker player. Ding Junhui is China's most successful player ever, having become only the second teenager, after John Higgins, to win three ranking titles...

       (12) 3 – 5   John Higgins (6)
    •   Ryan Day
      Ryan Day
      -External links:* * *...

      (9) 5 – 1   Jamie Cope
      Jamie Cope
      -External links:***...



Semi Finals

  • Saturday, 18 October – 13:00
    •   John Higgins (6) 6–4   Judd Trump
      Judd Trump
      Judd Trump is an English professional snooker player from Bristol. He enjoyed considerable success in youth tournaments before turning professional in 2005. On 3 April 2011, Trump won his first ranking title, beating Mark Selby 10–8 in the final of the China Open...


  • Saturday, 18 October – 19:30
    •   Ryan Day
      Ryan Day
      -External links:* * *...

      (9) 6–5   Ali Carter
      Allister Carter
      Allister "Ali" Carter is an English professional snooker player, who lives in Tiptree. He reached the final of the 2008 World Championship, his first major final. Although he lost heavily to Ronnie O'Sullivan, this run allowed him to reach the top 8 of the rankings for the first time...

       (8)


Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams
Eirian Williams
Eirian Williams is a Professional snooker referee. He was formerly a police officer with the Dyfed-Powys Police in the Welsh town of Llanelli for 18 years.- Early life:...

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S.E.C.C.
Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre , located on the north bank of the River Clyde, in Glasgow, is Scotland's largest exhibition centre....

, Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, 19 October 2008.
John Higgins (6)
9–7 Ryan Day
Ryan Day
-External links:* * *...

 (9)
Afternoon: 77–39 86–47 (85) 24–89 (64) 90–0 (57) 73–4 (52) 4–119 (82) 69–21 (65)
Evening: 79–4 (62) 63–52 (52) 8–69 (69) 65–74 0–89 (89) 46–61 81–11 0–83 (83) 74–36
85 Highest break 89
0 Century breaks 0
6 50+ breaks 5

Qualifying rounds

These matches took place between 22 to 25 September 2008 at the Pontin's Centre
Pontin's
Pontins is a British holiday business which was originally founded in 1946 by Fred Pontin. It specialises in offering half-board and self-catering holidays with regular entertainment on offer. Accommodation is usually in the form of chalets. The company once grew to be a major operator of...

, Prestatyn
Prestatyn
Prestatyn is a seaside resort, town and community in Denbighshire, North Wales. It is located on the Irish Sea coast, to the east of Rhyl. At the 2001 Census, Prestatyn had a population of 18,496.-Prehistory:...

, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

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Qualifying stages centuries

  • 140 Aditya Mehta
    Aditya Mehta
    Aditya Mehta is an Indian professional snooker player, who has been nominated a main tour place for the 2008/2009 season. He was the first Indian to play on the main tour since Yasin Merchant did in the 1990s...

  • 135 Peter Lines
    Peter Lines
    Peter Lines is an English professional snooker player from Leeds. He practices at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds.He qualified for the World Championship in 1998, compiling a magnificent 141 total clearance in the process before losing 10–3 to John Parrott in Round One...

  • 128 David Grace
  • 121 Anthony Hamilton
    Anthony Hamilton (snooker player)
    Anthony Hamilton is an English professional snooker player noted for his strong break-building technique and distinctive appearance. He has spent five seasons ranked among the game's top 16, and fifteen in the top 32, reaching a career-high at number #10 in the world in the 1999/2000 season...

  • 116 Alan McManus
    Alan McManus
    Alan McManus is a Scottish professional snooker player, known for his tactical play and safety shots, giving rise to his nickname "Angles" McManus.-Career:...

  • 114, 102 James McBain
  • 114 Jin Long
    Jin Long
    Jin Long is a Chinese professional snooker player. He has managed to regain a Main Tour place by winning the 2008 Asian Championship, beating Aditya Mehta 7–3 in the final, having had spells on the tour on three previous occasions...

  • 114 David Gilbert
    David Gilbert (snooker player)
    David Gilbert is an English professional snooker player. Gilbert is a former World Snooker Young Player of Distinction. Gilbert practices in Tamworth, Staffordshire at 'Tamworth Cue Sports Leisure Club'.-Career:...

  • 113, 100 Adrian Gunnell
    Adrian Gunnell
    Adrian Gunnell is an English professional snooker player from Telford. He has reached the last-16 in four world ranking events , but has yet to progress beyond that stage...

  • 113 Supoj Saenla
    Supoj Saenla
    Supoj Saenla is a Thai professional snooker player who lives in Chiang Mai.-Career:Saenla joined the professional tour for the first time in 2007. He earned his place on the tour by winning the biggest title of his career – the 2007 ACBS Asian Championship. He beat India’s Yasin Merchant 7–0 in...

  • 113 Rory McLeod
    Rory McLeod (snooker player)
    Rory McLeod is an English professional snooker player. After ten years on the Challenge Tour he reached the Main Tour professional ranks for the 2001/2002 season, paving the way for a solid journeyman career.-Career:...


  • 112 Jimmy White
    Jimmy White
    James Warren "Jimmy" White MBE is an English professional snooker player. Nicknamed the "Whirlwind" and popularly referred to as the "People's Champion", White is a multiple World Championship finalist renowned for losing each of the six finals he contested.White's extensive list of achievements,...

  • 109 Paul Davies
  • 109 Liang Wenbo
    Liang Wenbo
    Liang Wenbo is a Chinese professional snooker player. He is left-handed and ranked as China's number 2 player, after Ding Junhui. Liang is based at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom.-Career:...

  • 105, 102 Michael Holt
    Michael Holt (snooker player)
    Michael Holt is a professional snooker player from Nottingham, England. , he has reached the quarter finals of three ranking tournaments – the 1999 UK Championship, the 2003 LG Cup, and the 2005 Grand Prix.-Career:...

  • 104, 102 Simon Bedford
    Simon Bedford
    Simon Bedford is an English professional snooker player. His best run to date in a professional ranking event was to qualify for the 1998 World Championship beating Gary Wilkinson 10–9, before losing 10–6 to Steve Davis. He also reached the last 32 of the European Open in 2004 and the Grand Prix in...

  • 104 Andrew Higginson
    Andrew Higginson
    Andrew Higginson is an English professional snooker player, currently living in Widnes. He is best known for reaching the final of the 2007 Welsh Open as a virtual unknown...

  • 103 Andrew Pagett
    Andrew Pagett
    Andrew Pagett is a Welsh professional snooker player.He became a professional in 2003, and first qualified for the Main Tour in 2008/2009, but lost his place after just one season. He regained his place for the 2010/2011 season by topping the Welsh rankings...

  • 102 Scott McKenzie
  • 101 Rodney Goggins
    Rodney Goggins
    Rodney Goggins is an Irish professional snooker player.Born in County Wexford. He earned his place on the 2007/08 professional Tour by finishing top of the Irish senior rankings last season. Goggins won the IBSF World under-21 Championship in 1999 when he beat Rolf de Jong of the Netherlands 11–4...

  • 100 Tom Ford
    Tom Ford (snooker player)
    -External links:*...



TV stages centuries

  • 139, 116 Marco Fu
    Marco Fu
    Marco Fu Ka-chun , commonly known as Marco Fu, is a professional snooker player from Hong Kong. He currently resides in Happy Valley. He is best known for winning the 2007 Grand Prix, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final, and for being runner-up in the 2008 UK Championship...

  • 135, 102, 100 Mark Selby
    Mark Selby
    Mark Anthony Selby is an English professional snooker and pool player. Runner up in the World Snooker Championship 2007, he was the 2006 WEPF World Eight-ball Champion. Selby has won the Masters on two occasions, the Welsh Open and the Shanghai Masters...

  • 134, 127 John Higgins
  • 129, 120, 115, 112, 104 Ryan Day
    Ryan Day
    -External links:* * *...

  • 129 Ding Junhui
    Ding Junhui
    Ding Junhui is a Chinese professional snooker player. Ding Junhui is China's most successful player ever, having become only the second teenager, after John Higgins, to win three ranking titles...

  • 126 Shaun Murphy
    Shaun Murphy (snooker player)
    Shaun Murphy is an English professional snooker player, who won the 2005 World Championship. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted for his straight cue action and his long potting. He is known for his dedication and for being a devout Christian.Born in Harlow, England, Murphy turned...

  • 123 David Gilbert
    David Gilbert (snooker player)
    David Gilbert is an English professional snooker player. Gilbert is a former World Snooker Young Player of Distinction. Gilbert practices in Tamworth, Staffordshire at 'Tamworth Cue Sports Leisure Club'.-Career:...

  • 122, 100 Peter Ebdon
    Peter Ebdon
    Peter "Ebbo" Ebdon is an English professional snooker player and former world champion renowned for his remarkably focused, determined style of play.-Early years:...


  • 111, 107, 107 Ali Carter
  • 105 Michael Holt
    Michael Holt (snooker player)
    Michael Holt is a professional snooker player from Nottingham, England. , he has reached the quarter finals of three ranking tournaments – the 1999 UK Championship, the 2003 LG Cup, and the 2005 Grand Prix.-Career:...

  • 105 Adrian Gunnell
    Adrian Gunnell
    Adrian Gunnell is an English professional snooker player from Telford. He has reached the last-16 in four world ranking events , but has yet to progress beyond that stage...

  • 104 Dave Harold
    Dave Harold
    David 'Dave' Harold is an English professional snooker player from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. He is known by the nicknames of "the Hard Man" and "the Stoke Potter"...

  • 104 Stephen Hendry
    Stephen Hendry
    Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at the age of 21. He has won the World Championship a record seven times and was snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years between 1990 and 1998, and again...

  • 104, 103 Ronnie O'Sullivan
    Ronnie O'Sullivan
    Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , is an English professional snooker player known for his rapid playing style and nicknamed "The Rocket". He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize-money list, with career earnings of over £6 million, behind only Stephen...

  • 103 Ricky Walden
    Ricky Walden
    -External links:**...

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