2008 Grand Prix (snooker)
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| Dates | 11–19 October 2008 |
| Venue | S.E.C.C. |
| City | Glasgow |
| Country | Scotland |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £523,100 |
| Winner's share | £75,000 |
| Highest break |  Marco Fu (HKG) (139) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  John Higgins (SCO) |
| Runner-up |  Ryan Day (WAL) |
| Score | 9–7 |
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The 2008 Royal London Watches Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 19 October 2008 at the S.E.C.C. in Glasgow, Scotland.
John Higgins won his first ranking event for 18 months by defeating Ryan Day 9–7 in the final.[1]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[2]
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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 third and fourth match did not start before 3pm. The evening session did not start before the time indicated on the format.
The draw for round one was made on completion of the qualifiers on 26 September 2008. The draw from round two up to and including the semi-finals was made on a random basis. The order of play and table numbers for all matches up to the semi-finals were determined once the draw for that round was made and published by the tournament director.
All matches up to and including the quarter-finals were best of 9 frames, semi-finals were best of 11 frames and the final was best of 17 frames. (Seedings in parentheses. All times are BST.)[3][4][5]
Round one
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Round two
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. S.E.C.C., Glasgow, Scotland, 19 October 2008. | ||
| John Higgins (6) Scotland
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9–7 | Ryan Day (9) Wales
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| Afternoon: 77–39, 86–47 (85), 24–89 (64), 90–0 (57), 73–1 (52), 4–119 (82), 69–21 (65) Evening: 79–4 (62), 63–52 (Day 52), 8–69 (69), 65–74, 0–89 (89), 46–61, 81–11 (50), 0–83 (83), 74–36 (53) | ||
| 85 | Highest break | 89 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
Qualifying rounds
These matches took place from 22 to 25 September 2008 at the Pontin's Centre, Prestatyn, Wales.[6]
| Round 1 Best of 9 frames | ||
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
- ^ "Higgins resists Day to take title". BBC Sport. 2008-10-19. Archived from the original on 11 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
- ^ "Royal London Watches Grand Prix 2008 – Prize Money". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2011-07-05. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Royal London Watches Grand Prix 2008 – Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ "Royal London Watches Grand Prix 2008". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ "Grand Prix". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Royal London Watches Grand Prix 2008 – Qualifying". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2010-12-21. Retrieved 20 March 2011.