2018 World Grand Prix
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19–25 February 2018 |
| Venue | Guild Hall |
| City | Preston |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £ |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
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The 2018 Ladbrokes World Grand Prix is a professional ranking snooker tournament that will take place from 19-25 February 2018 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.[1] It will be the fifteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.
Barry Hawkins is the defending champion, having beaten Ryan Day 10–7 in the 2017 final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[2]
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stands at £
Seeding list
The top 32 players on a one-year ranking list running from the 2017 Riga Masters until the 2018 Snooker Shoot-Out will qualify for the tournament.[3]
The table below shows the provisional seeding list after the 2017 UK Championship.[4]
| Rank | Player | Total Points | Event Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ronnie O'Sullivan
|
415,500 | ||
| 2 |  Luca Brecel
|
231,600 | ||
| 3 | Judd Trump
|
194,500 | ||
| 4 | Mark Selby
|
194,225 | ||
| 5 | Shaun Murphy
|
189,500 | ||
| 6 |  Mark Williams
|
177,000 | ||
| 7 |  Ding Junhui
|
163,500 | ||
| 8 |  Mark Allen
|
160,000 | ||
| 9 |  John Higgins
|
151,000 | ||
| 10 | Kyren Wilson
|
131,225 | ||
| 11 | Ryan Day
|
119,500 | ||
| 12 | Stephen Maguire
|
104,000 | ||
| 13 | Anthony McGill
|
96,500 | ||
| 14 | Martin Gould
|
93,500 | ||
| 15 | Yan Bingtao
|
93,000 | ||
| 16 | Li Hang
|
80,500 | ||
| 17 | Jack Lisowski
|
79,600 | ||
| 18 | Joe Perry
|
74,000 | ||
| 19 | David Gilbert
|
67,500 | ||
| 20 | Mark King
|
66,225 | ||
| 21 | Ali Carter
|
65,500 | ||
| 22 | Mark Joyce
|
62,500 | ||
| 23 |  Neil Robertson
|
60,000 | ||
| 24 | Stuart Bingham
|
56,500 | ||
| 25 | Cao Yupeng
|
55,000 | ||
| 26 | Michael White
|
55,000 | ||
| 27 | Graeme Dott
|
55,000 | ||
| 28 | Robert Milkins
|
54,000 | ||
| 29 | Jimmy Robertson
|
51,500 | ||
| 30 | Xiao Guodong
|
49,000 | ||
| 31 |  Hossein Vafaei
|
48,500 | ||
| 32 |  Kurt Maflin
|
48,100 | ||
| 33 | Zhou Yuelong
|
48,000 | ||
| 34 | Ben Woollaston
|
47,000 | ||
| 35 | Ricky Walden
|
45,600 | ||
| 36 | Liang Wenbo
|
45,500 | ||
| 37 | Lyu Haotian
|
45,500 | ||
| 38 |  Sunny Akani
|
43,500 | ||
| 39 | Tom Ford
|
43,225 | ||
| 40 |  Ken Doherty
|
42,500 | ||
References
- ^ "2017/18 World Snooker Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "Preston to Host Snooker's World Grand Prix". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ "1 Year List - After the 2017 Betway UK Championship" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.