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.

John Higgins was the defending champion, however he lost 5-2 in the quarter-finals to Mark King. Neil Robertson won his first ranking title by defeating Jamie Cope 9–5 in the final. Earlier on Cope compiled a maximum break in his round robin win over Michael Holt.

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

 * 21 October:
 * John Higgins 3-0 James Wattana
 * Alan McManus 3-0 Barry Hawkins
 * Issara Kachaiwong 3-2 Dominic Dale
 * Issara Kachaiwong 3-2 Barry Hawkins


 * 22 October:
 * Alan McManus 3-1 Dominic Dale
 * John Higgins 3-1 Issara Kachaiwong
 * John Higgins 3-2 Dominic Dale
 * Issara Kachaiwong 3-1 Alan McManus


 * 23 October:
 * Issara Kachaiwong 3-0 James Wattana
 * John Higgins 3-1 Barry Hawkins
 * James Wattana 1-3 Alan McManus


 * 24 October:
 * John Higgins 1-3 Alan McManus 
 * Barry Hawkins 3-0 James Wattana
 * Barry Hawkins 3-0 Dominic Dale
 * James Wattana 0-3 Dominic Dale

Group 2B

 * 21 October:
 * Ryan Day 3-0 Shaun Murphy
 * Mark King 3-1 Ali Carter
 * Ryan Day 3-0 Ali Carter
 * Shaun Murphy 3-0 Mark King


 * 22 October:
 * Shaun Murphy 3-1 Michael Judge
 * Ryan Day 3-0 Jamie Jones
 * Ali Carter 3-0 Michael Judge


 * 23 October:
 * Mark King 3-1 Michael Judge
 * Ali Carter 3-1 Jamie Jones
 * Jamie Jones 3-2 Mark King


 * 24 October:
 * Michael Judge 2-3 Jamie Jones 
 * Ryan Day 0-3 Mark King 
 * Shaun Murphy 3-2 Jamie Jones
 * Shaun Murphy 2-3 Ali Carter 
 * Ryan Day 3-1 Michael Judge

Group 2C

 * 21 October:
 * Michael Holt 3-0 Marco Fu
 * Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-1 Steve Davis
 * Michael Holt 3-1 David Roe
 * Steve Davis 3-1 Jamie Cope


 * 22 October:
 * David Roe 3-1 Steve Davis
 * Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-0 Michael Holt
 * Jamie Cope 3-1 Marco Fu
 * Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-0 Jamie Cope
 * Marco Fu 3-1 David Roe


 * 23 October:
 * Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-2 Marco Fu
 * Michael Holt 1-3 Jamie Cope 
 * Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-1 David Roe
 * Steve Davis 1-3 Michael Holt


 * 24 October:
 * Steve Davis 3-0 Marco Fu
 * Jamie Cope 3-2 David Roe

Group 2D

 * 21 October:
 * Nigel Bond 3-2 Neil Robertson
 * Judd Trump 3-2 Paul Davison
 * Neil Robertson 3-1 Joe Swail
 * Ken Doherty 3-2 Nigel Bond
 * Joe Swail 3-2 Judd Trump


 * 22 October:
 * Ken Doherty 3-1 Paul Davison
 * Neil Robertson 3-1 Judd Trump
 * Joe Swail 3-2 Paul Davison
 * Ken Doherty 3-0 Judd Trump
 * Joe Swail 3-0 Nigel Bond


 * 23 October:
 * Neil Robertson 3-2 Ken Doherty
 * Paul Davison 3-1 Nigel Bond
 * Ken Doherty 3-0 Joe Swail
 * Neil Robertson 3-0 Paul Davison
 * Nigel Bond 3-2 Judd Trump

Group 2E

 * 21 October:
 * Liang Wenbo 3-1 Fergal O'Brien
 * Stephen Hendry 3-2 Mark Selby
 * Liang Wenbo 3-2 Andy Hicks


 * 22 October:
 * Matthew Stevens 3-1 Liang Wenbo
 * Andy Hicks 3-2 Stephen Hendry
 * Mark Selby 3-0 Andy Hicks


 * 23 October:
 * Matthew Stevens 3-0 Stephen Hendry
 * Fergal O'Brien 3-1 Andy Hicks
 * Mark Selby 3-0 Liang Wenbo
 * Matthew Stevens 3-1 Fergal O'Brien


 * 24 October:
 * Fergal O'Brien 3-2 Stephen Hendry
 * Matthew Stevens 0-3 Mark Selby 
 * Stephen Hendry 0-3 Liang Wenbo 
 * Matthew Stevens 3-0 Andy Hicks
 * Mark Selby 0-3 Fergal O'Brien

Group 2F

 * 21 October:
 * Stuart Bingham 3-0 Mark Williams
 * Robin Hull 3-1 Gerard Greene
 * Stephen Lee 3-2 Stuart Bingham


 * 22 October:
 * Ian McCulloch 3-0 Stuart Bingham
 * Mark Williams 3-1 Stephen Lee
 * Ian McCulloch 3-0 Gerard Greene
 * Robin Hull 3-1 Mark Williams


 * 23 October:
 * Ian McCulloch 3-2 Robin Hull
 * Gerard Greene 3-0 Stephen Lee
 * Mark Williams vs. Gerard Greene


 * 24 October:
 * Robin Hull 3-0 Stuart Bingham
 * Stuart Bingham 2-3 Gerard Greene
 * Stephen Lee 3-1 Robin Hull
 * Stephen Lee 3-1 Ian McCulloch

Group 2G

 * 21 October:
 * David Gray 3-2 Anthony Hamilton
 * David Gray 3-0 Ben Woollaston
 * Robert Milkins 3-2 Peter Ebdon


 * 22 October:
 * Tom Ford 3-2 Anthony Hamilton
 * Ben Woollaston 3-1 Anthony Hamilton


 * 23 October:
 * Robert Milkins 3-2 Tom Ford
 * Robert Milkins 3-1 Ben Woolaston
 * Peter Ebdon 1-3 David Gray 
 * Peter Ebdon 1-3 Tom Ford


 * 24 October:
 * Peter Ebdon 3-0 Anthony Hamilton
 * Robert Milkins 3-1 David Gray
 * Ben Woolaston 3-2 Tom Ford
 * Peter Ebdon 3-2 Ben Woollaston
 * David Gray 3-0 Tom Ford
 * Anthony Hamilton 1-3 Robert Milkins

Group 2H

 * 21 October:
 * Graeme Dott 3-2 Joe Perry Stephen
 * Maguire 3-0 Mark Allen
 * Ding Junhui 3-0 Graeme Dott
 * Andrew Norman 3-1 Mark Allen


 * 22 October:
 * Andrew Norman 3-2 Ding Junhui
 * Graeme Dott 3-0 Mark Allen
 * Joe Perry 3-1 Stephen Maguire
 * Andrew Norman 3-2 Stephen Maguire


 * 23 October:
 * Stephen Maguire 3-1 Graeme Dott
 * Joe Perry 3-0 Andrew Norman
 * Ding Junhui 2-3 Stephen Maguire 
 * Joe Perry 3-0 Mark Allen


 * 24 October:
 * Graeme Dott 1-3 Andrew Norman 
 * Ding Junhui 3-2 Mark Allen
 * Joe Perry 3-0 Ding Junhui

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

 * 30 September:
 * Ricky Walden 3-1 Marcus Campbell
 * Jimmy Michie 3-0 Joe Delaney
 * Matthew Couch 2-3 Tian Pengfei
 * Jamie Jones 2-3 Issara Kachaiwong
 * Ricky Walden 3-1 Jimmy Michie
 * Marcus Campbell 3-2 Joe Delaney
 * 1 October
 * Matthew Couch 3-1 Jamie Jones
 * Tian Pengfei 0-3 Issara Kachaiwong
 * Ricky Walden 3-0 Joe Delaney
 * Marcus Campbell 2-3 Matthew Couch
 * Jimmy Michie 1-3 Jamie Jones
 * Ricky Walden 3-0 Issara Kachaiwong


 * 2 October
 * Marcus Campbell 3-2 Tian Pengfei
 * Joe Delaney 1-3 Matthew Couch
 * Jimmy Michie 1-3 Issara Kachaiwong
 * Ricky Walden 2-3 Tian Pengfei
 * Marcus Campbell 2-3 Jamie Jones
 * Joe Delaney 1-3 Issara Kachaiwong
 * 3 October
 * Tian Pengfei 0-3 Jamie Jones
 * Marcus Campbell 1-3 Jimmy Michie
 * Matthew Couch 0-3 Issara Kachaiwong
 * Jimmy Michie 3-0 Tian Pengfei
 * Joe Delaney 1-3 Jamie Jones
 * Ricky Walden 3-1 Matthew Couch


 * 4 October
 * Marcus Campbell 2-3 Issara Kachaiwong
 * Joe Delaney 3-1 Tian Pengfei
 * Ricky Walden 1-3 Jamie Jones
 * Jimmy Michie 3-1 Matthew Couch

Group 1B

 * 30 September:
 * Michael Judge 3-2 Dominic Dale
 * Shokat Ali 2-3 Jamie Burnett
 * Sean Storey 2-3 Andrew Higginson 
 * Roy Stolk 2-3 James Leadbetter 
 * Michael Judge 3-1 Shokat Ali
 * Dominic Dale 1-3 Jamie Burnett
 * 1 October
 * Sean Storey 3-1 Roy Stolk
 * Andrew Higginson 3-2 James Leadbetter
 * Michael Judge 3-2 Jamie Burnett
 * Dominic Dale 3-0 Sean Storey
 * Shokat Ali 3-0 Roy Stolk
 * Michael Judge 1-3 James Leadbetter


 * 2 October
 * Dominic Dale 2-3 Andrew Higginson 
 * Jamie Burnett 1-3 Sean Storey 
 * Shokat Ali 3-0 James Leadbetter
 * Michael Judge 3-2 Andrew Higginson
 * Dominic Dale 3-0 Roy Stolk
 * Jamie Burnett 1-3 James Leadbetter
 * 3 October
 * Andrew Higginson 0-3 Roy Stolk 
 * Dominic Dale 3-2 Shokat Ali
 * Sean Storey 3 -2 James Leadbetter
 * Shokat Ali 3-1 Andrew Higginson
 * Jamie Burnett 3-1 Roy Stolk
 * Michael Judge 2-3 Sean Storey


 * 4 October
 * Dominic Dale 3-1 James Leadbetter
 * Jamie Burnett 1-3 Andrew Higginson
 * Michael Judge 3-0 Roy Stolk
 * Shokat Ali 3-2 Sean Storey

Group 1C

 * 30 September:
 * Rod Lawler 0-3 Jamie Cope 
 * Rory McLeod 2-3 Tony Drago 
 * Chris Melling 1-3 Paul Davison
 * Mark Boyle 3-2 Passakorn Suwannawat
 * Rod Lawler 1-3 Rory McLeod 
 * Jamie Cope 3-1 Tony Drago
 * 1 October
 * Chris Melling 3-0 Mark Boyle
 * Paul Davison 2-3 Passakorn Suwannawat 
 * Rod Lawler 3-2 Tony Drago
 * Jamie Cope 3-1 Chris Melling
 * Rory McLeod 3-2 Mark Boyle
 * Rod Lawler 3-1 Passakorn Suwannawat


 * 2 October
 * Jamie Cope 3-1 Paul Davison
 * Tony Drago 3-2 Chris Melling
 * Rory McLeod 3-0 Passakorn Suwannawat
 * Rod Lawler 3-1 Paul Davison
 * Jamie Cope 3-0 Mark Boyle
 * Tony Drago 3-2 Passakorn Suwannawat
 * 3 October
 * Paul Davison 3-0 Mark Boyle
 * Jamie Cope 1-3 Rory McLeod 
 * Chris Melling 3-2 Passakorn Suwannawat
 * Rory McLeod 0-3 Paul Davison 
 * Tony Drago 3-1 Mark Boyle
 * Rod Lawler 2-3 Chris Melling


 * 4 October
 * Jamie Cope 3-0 Passakorn Suwannawat
 * Tony Drago 1-3 Paul Davison 
 * Rod Lawler 2-3 Mark Boyle 
 * Rory McLeod 0-3 Chris Melling

Group 1D

 * 30 September:
 * John Parrott 3-2 Drew Henry
 * David Gilbert 1-3 David Roe 
 * Judd Trump 3-0 Ian Preece
 * Dermot McGlinchey 3-2 Jeff Cundy
 * John Parrott 3-1 David Gilbert
 * Drew Henry 3-2 David Roe
 * 1 October
 * Judd Trump 3-0 Dermot McGlinchey
 * Ian Preece 2-3 Jeff Cundy 
 * John Parrott 1-3 David Roe 
 * Drew Henry 1-3 Judd Trump 
 * David Gilbert 2-3 Dermot McGlinchey 
 * John Parrott 3-0 Jeff Cundy


 * 2 October
 * Drew Henry 0-3 Ian Preece 
 * David Roe 1-3 Judd Trump 
 * David Gilbert 3-0 Jeff Cundy
 * John Parrott 2-3 Ian Preece 
 * Drew Henry 2-3 Dermot McGlinchey 
 * David Roe 3-0 Jeff Cundy
 * 3 October
 * Ian Preece 3-0 Dermot McGlinchey
 * Drew Henry 0-3 David Gilbert 
 * Judd Trump 3-1 Jeff Cundy
 * David Gilbert 0-3 Ian Preece 
 * David Roe 3-1 Dermot McGlinchey
 * John Parrott 0-3 Judd Trump


 * 4 October
 * Drew Henry 3-1 Jeff Cundy
 * David Roe 3-1 Ian Preece
 * John Parrott 3-1 Dermot McGlinchey
 * David Gilbert 3-1 Judd Trump

Group 1E

 * 30 September:
 * Barry Pinches 1-3 Gerrard Greene 
 * Mike Dunn 2-3 Scott Mackenzie 
 * Paul Wykes 1-3 Liang Wenbo 
 * David Morris 3-0 Peter Lines
 * Barry Pinches 1-3 Mike Dun 
 * Gerard Greene 3-0 Scott Mackenzie
 * 1 October
 * Paul Wykes 0-3 David Morris 
 * Liang Wenbo 3-0 Peter Lines
 * Barry Pinches 1-3 Scott Mackenzie 
 * Gerard Greene 1-3 Paul Wykes 
 * Mike Dunn 1-3 David Morris 
 * Barry Pinches 0-3 Peter Lines


 * 2 October
 * Gerard Greene 1-3 Liang Wenbo 
 * Scott Mackenzie 1-3 Paul Wykes 
 * Mike Dunn 2-3 Peter Lines 
 * Barry Pinches 3-2 Liang Wenbo
 * Gerard Greene 3-1 David Morris
 * Scott Mackenzie 3-2 Peter Lines
 * 3 October
 * Liang Wenbo 3-1 David Morris
 * Gerard Greene 3-1 Mike Dunn
 * Paul Wykes 0-3 Peter Lines 
 * Mike Dunn 0-3 Liang Wenbo 
 * Scott Mackenzie 1-3 David Morris 
 * Barry Pinches 3-2 Paul Wykes


 * 4 October
 * Gerard Greene 3-2 Peter Lines
 * Scott Mackenzie 3-1 Liang Wenbo
 * Barry Pinches 3-0 David Morris
 * Mike Dunn 3-0 Paul Wykes

Group 1F

 * 30 September:
 * Adrian Gunnell 0-3 Fergal O’Brien 
 * Robin Hull 3-0 Stuart Pettman
 * Chris Norbury 1-3 Liu Song 
 * Alex Borg 1-3 Mohammed Shehab 
 * Adrian Gunnell 3-2 Robin Hull
 * Fergal O’Brien 3-1 Stuart Pettman
 * 1 October
 * Chris Norbury 3-1 Alex Borg
 * Liu Song 1-3 Mohammed Shehab 
 * Adrian Gunnell 3-0 Stuart Pettman
 * Fergal O’Brien 3-2 Chris Norbury
 * Robin Hull 3-1 Alex Borg
 * Adrian Gunnell 3-2 Mohammed Shehab


 * 2 October
 * Fergal O’Brien 3-0 Liu Song
 * Stuart Pettman 0-3 Chris Norbury 
 * Robin Hull 3-1 Mohammed Shehab
 * Adrian Gunnell 3-2 Liu Song
 * Fergal O’Brien 3-0 Alex Borg
 * Stuart Pettman 2-3 Mohammed Shehab
 * 3 October
 * Liu Song 0-3 Alex Borg 
 * Fergal O’Brien 2-3 Robin Hull 
 * Chris Norbury 3-1 Mohammed Shehab
 * Robin Hull 3-2 Liu Song
 * Stuart Pettman 3-0 Alex Borg
 * Adrian Gunnell 3-2 Chris Norbury


 * 4 October
 * Fergal O’Brien 3-2 Mohammed Shehab
 * Stuart Pettman 3-2 Liu Song
 * Adrian Gunnell 2-3 Alex Borg 
 * Robin Hull 3-1 Chris Norbury

Group 1G

 * 30 September:
 * Dave Harold 0-3 Mark Davis 
 * Paul Davies 1-3 Andrew Norman 
 * Mark Joyce 3-1 Lee Page
 * Robert Stephen 0-3 Ben Woollaston 
 * Dave Harold 3-1 Paul Davies
 * Mark Davis 1-3 Andrew Norman
 * 1 October
 * Mark Joyce 0-3 Robert Stephen 
 * Lee Page 0-3 Ben Woollaston 
 * Dave Harold 0-3 Andrew Norman 
 * Mark Davis 3-1 Mark Joyce
 * Paul Davies 3-1 Robert Stephen
 * Dave Harold 2-3 Ben Woollaston


 * 2 October
 * Mark Davies 3-2 Lee Page
 * Andrew Norman 1-3 Mark Joyce 
 * Paul Davies 2-3 Ben Woollaston 
 * Dave Harold 3-0 Lee Page
 * Mark Davis 3-0 Robert Stephen
 * Andrew Norman 1-3 Ben Woollaston
 * 3 October
 * Lee Page 0-3 Robert Stephen 
 * Mark Davis 3-1 Paul Davies
 * Mark Joyce 2-3 Ben Woollaston 
 * Paul Davies 3-1 Lee Page
 * Andrew Norman 3-2 Robert Stephen
 * Dave Harold 3-1 Mark Joyce


 * 4 October
 * Mark Davis 0-3 Ben Woollaston Andrew 
 * Norman 3-2 Lee Page
 * Dave Harold 3-0 Robert Stephen
 * Paul Davies 3-0 Mark Joyce

Group 1H

 * 30 September:
 * Tom Ford 3-2 Jimmy White
 * Mark Allen 3-2 Joe Jogia
 * Alfie Burden 3-0 Lee Spick
 * Tom Ford 2-3 Mark Allen 
 * Jimmy White 1-3 Joe Jogia
 * 1 October
 * Alfie Burden 2-3 Patrick Einsle 
 * Tom Ford 3-2 Joe Jogia
 * Jimmy White 3-0 Alfie Burden
 * Mark Allen 3-1 Patrick Einsle


 * 2 October
 * Jimmy White 0-3 Lee Spick 
 * Joe Jogia 3-0 Alfie Burden
 * Tom Ford 3-0 Lee Spick
 * Jimmy White 3-2 Patrick Einsle
 * 3 October
 * Lee Spick 3-0 Patrick Einsle
 * Jimmy White 3-1 Mark Allen
 * Mark Allen 3-1 Lee Spick
 * Joe Jogia 1-3 Patrick Einsle 
 * Tom Ford 0-3 Alfie Burden


 * 4 October
 * Joe Jogia 0-3 Lee Spick
 * Tom Ford 3-2 Patrick Einsle Mark
 * Allen 2-3 Alfie Burden

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 141, 122, 100 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 141 – Marcus Campbell
 * 137, 120, 100 – Jamie Cope
 * 137, 108 – Ricky Walden
 * 135 – Barry Pinches
 * 135 – Chris Norbury
 * 134, 102 – Paul Davison
 * 133 – Andrew Norman
 * 133 – Ben Woollaston
 * 132 – Mohammed Shehab
 * 131, 106 – Adrian Gunnell
 * 128 – Jimmy Michie
 * 124 – Dominic Dale
 * 122 – Paul Davies
 * 120 – Scott MacKenzie
 * 117 – David Morris
 * 117 – Mark Allen
 * 116, 101 – Tom Ford


 * 115 – Shokat Ali
 * 115 – Jamie Burnett
 * 114, 104, 101 – Gerard Greene
 * 114 – Lee Page
 * 110 – Joe Jogia
 * 109 – Rory McLeod
 * 108 – Chris Melling
 * 107, 106 – Jamie Jones
 * 107 – Lee Spick
 * 106 – Mark Boyle
 * 106 – Mike Dunn
 * 105 – Jeff Cundy
 * 104 – Jimmy White
 * 104 – Mark Davis
 * 102 – Stuart Pettman
 * 101 – Passakorn Suwannawat
 * 101 – Judd Trump
 * 100 – Robin Hull

Televised stage centuries

 * 147, 105 – Jamie Cope
 * 144 – Robin Hull
 * 142, 131 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 142 – Issara Kachaiwong
 * 141 – Stuart Bingham
 * 140 – Ryan Day
 * 139, 107 – Mark Selby
 * 136, 133, 129, 118, 113, 107, 104 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 128, 100 – Ken Doherty
 * 126 – David Roe
 * 123 – Gerard Greene
 * 121, 120, 106, 106 – John Higgins
 * 121 – Tom Ford
 * 119, 102 – Joe Perry


 * 116, 100 – Neil Robertson
 * 112, 100 – Stephen Maguire
 * 110, 102 – Stephen Lee
 * 109, 104 – Michael Judge
 * 107 – Nigel Bond
 * 106, 104 – Mark King
 * 105 – Ding Junhui
 * 104, 101 – Ian McCulloch
 * 104 – Shaun Murphy
 * 103 – Dominic Dale
 * 102 – Ben Woollaston
 * 101, 100 – Alan McManus
 * 101 – Andrew Norman