2021 World Grand Prix Explained

Tournament Name:	2021 Cazoo World Grand Prix
Venue:	Coventry Building Society Arena
Location:	Coventry
Country:	England
Total Prize Fund:	£380,000
Organisation:	World Snooker Tour
Winners Share:	£100,000
Highest Break:	(139)
Score:	10–8
Format:	Ranking event
Previous:	2020 (Dec)
Next:	2023

The 2021 World Grand Prix (officially the 2021 Cazoo World Grand Prix) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 13 to 19 December 2021 at the Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry, England.^[1] The event was the first of three events to make up the Cazoo Cup in the 2021–22 snooker season.^{[2] [3]}

The defending champion was Judd Trump, who overcame Jack Lisowski 10–7 in the previous year's final.^[4] However, he lost 3–4 in the round of 16 to Tom Ford.^[5]

Ronnie O'Sullivan won the tournament for a second time, defeating Neil Robertson 10–8 in the final.^{[6] [7]}

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:^[8]

• Winner: £100,000
• Runner-up: £40,000
• Semi-final: £20,000
• Quarter-final: £12,500
• Last 16: £7,500
• Last 32: £5,000
• Highest break: £10,000
• Total: £380,000

Seeding list

The top 32 players on the one-year ranking list, up to and including the 2021 Scottish Open, qualified for the tournament. Seedings were based on the order of the player in that list.^[9]

! Seed! Player! Total points

1		206,000
2		170,000
3		116,000
4		109,000
5		108,000
6		86,000
7		75,000
8		74,000
9		66,000
10		63,500
11		53,000
12		51,000
13		50,500
14		48,500
15		46,000
16		45,500
17		44,000
18		37,000
19		36,500
20		33,500
21		32,000
22		31,500
23		31,000
24		31,000
25		31,000
26		30,500
27		30,500
28		29,000
29		28,500
30		28,500
31		27,000
32		25,000

Tournament draw

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, England, 19 December 2021
Neil Robertson (8)	8–10	Ronnie O'Sullivan (7)
Afternoon: 73–1, 75–33, 50–62, 49–81, 71–12, 87–0, 12–115, 66–72 Evening: 66–5, 37–91, 128–0 (128), 88–49, 0–90, 32–80, 0–77, 8–77, 83–0, 7–77
128	Highest break	90
1	Century breaks	0

Century breaks

A total of 23 century breaks were made by 15 players during the tournament.^[10]

• 139 Stephen Maguire
• 133, 130 Tom Ford
• 128, 117, 108, 100 Neil Robertson
• 128 Jack Lisowski
• 124, 105 Stuart Bingham
• 119 Hossein Vafaei
• 117 Mark Williams
• 114 Mark Allen
• 114 Kyren Wilson
• 112, 107 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 112, 104 Mark Selby
• 111 Yan Bingtao
• 106 Jimmy Robertson
• 105, 100 Luca Brecel
• 101 Zhao Xintong

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cazoo World Grand Prix - World Snooker . World Snooker . 27 August 2021 . 19 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210819163643/https://wst.tv/tournaments/world-grand-prix/ . dead .
2. Web site: 2021-22 Calendar . wst.tv . 27 August 2021 . 7 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210507032247/https://wst.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Click-here-for-the-2021-22-calendar.pdf . dead .
3. Web site: Calendar 2021/2022 - snooker.org . Årdalen . Hermund . snooker.org . 27 August 2021 . no . 18 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210518151918/http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2021&template=2&tour=all . live .
4. Web site: Trump Beats Lisowski To Win 20th Ranking Title - World Snooker . World Snooker . 27 August 2021 . 2 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210502174319/https://wst.tv/trump-beats-lisowski-to-win-20th-ranking-title/ . dead .
5. Web site: 15 December 2021. Ford Sinks Trump In Black-Ball Thriller. dead. World Snooker Tour. https://web.archive.org/web/20211215223632/https://wst.tv/ford-sinks-trump-in-black-ball-thriller/ . 15 December 2021 .
6. Web site: O'Sullivan Ends Title Drought . World Snooker Tour . wst.tv . 19 December 2021 . 19 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211219223519/https://wst.tv/osullivan-ends-title-drought/. dead. 19 December 2021.
7. Web site: World Grand Prix: Ronnie O'Sullivan stages comeback to beat Neil Robertson to title. 19 December 2021. BBC Sport. 20 December 2021.
8. Web site: Tournament Prize Money World Snooker Live Scores . livescores.worldsnookerdata.com . 13 December 2021 . 13 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211213141311/https://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/PrizeMoney/Tournament/14489/cazoo-world-grand-prix-2021 . live .
9. https://web.archive.org/web/20210818154558/https://wst.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Calendar_2021_22_v18.04.pdf "Updated 2021-22 Calendar"
10. Web site: Cazoo World Grand Prix 2021 Centuries. 19 December 2021. World Snooker Tour. 13 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211213201633/https://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14489/cazoo-world-grand-prix-2021. dead.