2006 Grand Prix (snooker)


The 2006 Royal London Watches Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 21 and 29 October 2006 at the A.E.C.C. in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Neil Robertson won his first ranking title by defeating Jamie Cope 9–5 in the final.
Earlier on Jamie Cope compiled a 147 maximum break in his round robin win over Michael Holt.

Main draw

Round-robin stage

The first round used a round-robin format. The top 32 and the 16 qualifiers were placed in eight groups of six with the top two from each group qualifying for the knockout stage.

Group 2A

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Alan McManus54136+7
John Higgins54137+6
Issara Kachaiwong54138+5
Barry Hawkins52990
Dominic Dale51812-4
James Wattana50115-14

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Ryan Day54124+8
Mark King53118+3
Shaun Murphy53119+2
Ali Carter53109+1
Jamie Jones52913-4
Michael Judge50515-10

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Ronnie O'Sullivan55154+11
Jamie Cope5310100
Michael Holt53108+2
Steve Davis52910-1
Marco Fu51613-7
David Roe51813-5

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Neil Robertson54147+7
Ken Doherty54146+8
Joe Swail5310100
Nigel Bond52913-4
Judd Trump51814-6
Paul Davison51813-5

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Matthew Stevens54125+7
Mark Selby53116+5
Fergal O'Brien53119+2
Liang Wenbo53109+1
Andy Hicks51615-9
Stephen Hendry51714-7

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Stephen Lee4397+2
Ian McCulloch43105+5
Robin Hull4297+2
Gerard Greene4278-1
Stuart Bingham40412-8
Mark Williams

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Robert Milkins55157+8
David Gray54136+7
Peter Ebdon521011-1
Tom Ford521012-2
Ben Woollaston52912-3
Anthony Hamilton50615-9

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Joe Perry54144+10
Andrew Norman54129+3
Stephen Maguire53129+3
Ding Junhui521011-1
Graeme Dott52811-3
Mark Allen50315-12

Final

Qualifying

Qualifying was held between 30 September and 4 October 2006 at Pontin's Prestatyn using a round-robin format. The entries were placed into eight groups with the top 2 from each group qualifying for the finals in Aberdeen.

Group 1A

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Issara Kachaiwong76189+9
Jamie Jones751811+7
Ricky Walden75189+9
Jimmy Michie741511+4
Matthew Couch731316-3
Marcus Campbell721419-5
Tian Pengfei72919-10
Joe Delaney71819-11

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Michael Judge751813+5
Dominic Dale741712+5
Shokat Ali741712+5
Sean Storey741615+1
Andrew Higginson741516-1
James Leadbetter731416-2
Jamie Burnett731416-2
Roy Stolk71718-11

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Jamie Cope76196+13
Paul Davison741611+5
Chris Melling741613+3
Rory McLeod741413+1
Tony Drago7416160
Rod Lawler731416-2
Mark Boyle72919-10
Passakorn Suwannawat711020-10

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Judd Trump76196+13
David Roe751810+8
Ian Preece741511+4
John Parrott741513+2
Dermot McGlinchey731118-7
David Gilbert7313130
Drew Henry721118-7
Jeff Cundy71720-13

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Liang Wenbo75189+9
Gerard Greene741612+4
David Morris741411+3
Peter Lines741413+1
Scott MacKenzie741415-1
Barry Pinches731216-4
Mike Dunn721216-4
Paul Wykes72917-8

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Robin Hull762010+10
Fergal O'Brien76208+12
Adrian Gunnell751714+3
Chris Norbury731514+1
Mohammed Shehab731516-1
Stuart Pettman72917-8
Alex Borg72917-8
Liu Song711019-9

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Ben Woollaston77217+14
Andrew Norman751712+5
Mark Davis751610+6
Dave Harold741411+3
Paul Davies7314140
Robert Stephen72915-6
Mark Joyce721017-7
Lee Page70621-15

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Mark Allen641512+3
Tom Ford641412+2
Lee Spick63109+1
Jimmy White6312120
Alfie Burden6311110
Patrick Einsle621115-4
Joe Jogia621113-2

Qualifying stage centuries