2009 Grand Prix (snooker)

The 2009 Grand Prix was a professional ranking tournament that took place between 3–11 October 2009 at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, Scotland.

Neil Robertson won in the final 9–4 against Ding Junhui.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


 * Winner: £75,000
 * Runner-up: £35,000
 * Semi-finals: £20,000
 * Quarter-finals: £12,000
 * Last 16: £9,550
 * Last 32: £7,100
 * Last 48: £4,650
 * Last 64: £2,200


 * Stage one highest break: £500
 * Stage two highest break: £4,000
 * Stage one maximum break: £1,000
 * Stage two maximum break: £20,000

Main draw
The draw for round one was made on the evening of 24 September 2009 at Pontins in Prestatyn and was streamed live by 110sport.com. 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 was 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, the semi-finals were best of 11 frames and the final was the best of 17 frames. (Seedings in parentheses, all times are BST.)

Last 32

 * Saturday, 3 October – 13:00
 * John Higgins (1) 5–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Joyce
 * 🇭🇰 Marco Fu (8) 4–5 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Davis
 * Saturday, 3 October – 19:00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Selby (7) 3–5 🇮🇪 Ken Doherty
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Perry (12) 5–2 Marcus Campbell
 * Sunday, 4 October – 12:30
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ali Carter (5) 1–5 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robert Milkins
 * 🇨🇳 Ding Junhui (13) 5–4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Matthew Stevens
 * Sunday, 4 October – 19:00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ryan Day (6) 3–5 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Cope
 * 🇦🇺 Neil Robertson (9) 5–3 Gerard Greene


 * Monday, 5 October – 13:30
 *  Stephen Hendry (10) 5–2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Selt
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Ebdon (14) 5–2 🇨🇳 Liang Wenbo
 * Monday, 5 October – 19:00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shaun Murphy (4) 4–5 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Pinches
 *  Mark Allen (11) 5–3 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian McCulloch
 * Tuesday, 6 October – 13:30
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) 5–3 Jamie Burnett
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Williams (15) 5–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Bingham
 * Tuesday, 6 October – 19:00
 *  Stephen Maguire (3) 5–3 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nigel Bond
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark King (16) 5–4 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ricky Walden

Last 16

 * Wednesday, 7 October – 14:00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) 4–5 John Higgins (1)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Cope 3–5 Mark Allen (11)
 * Wednesday, 7 October – 19:00
 * 🇦🇺 Neil Robertson (9) 5–2 🇮🇪 Ken Doherty
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Perry (12) 5–2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barry Pinches


 * Thursday, 8 October – 13:30
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Williams (15) 5–2 Stephen Hendry (10)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Ebdon (14) 5–3 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Davis
 * Thursday, 8 October – 19:00
 * Stephen Maguire (3) 1–5 🇨🇳 Ding Junhui (13)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robert Milkins 5–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark King (16)

Quarter-finals

 * Friday, 9 October – 13:30
 *  John Higgins (1) 5–1 Mark Allen (11)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Perry (12) 1–5 🇦🇺 Neil Robertson (9)


 * Friday, 9 October – 19:00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Ebdon (14) 2–5 🇨🇳 Ding Junhui (13)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Williams (15) 5–2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robert Milkins

Semi-finals

 * Saturday, 10 October – 13:00
 * John Higgins (1) 5–6 🇦🇺 Neil Robertson (9)


 * Saturday, 10 October – 19:30
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Williams (15) 1–6 🇨🇳 Ding Junhui (13)

Qualifying
These matches took place from 21 to 24 September 2009 at Pontins in Prestatyn, Wales.

Televised stage centuries

 * 142 – Mark Williams
 * 135 – John Higgins
 * 135 – Peter Ebdon
 * 134 – Ryan Day
 * 131, 126 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 130, 128, 124, 114, 108, 103, 100 – Neil Robertson


 * 116 – Stephen Hendry
 * 112, 107, 105, 103 – Ding Junhui
 * 109 – Barry Pinches
 * 105 – Ken Doherty
 * 104 – Marcus Campbell

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 140 – Atthasit Mahitthi
 * 137 – Joe Jogia
 * 135 – Marcus Campbell
 * 129, 115, 107 – David Gilbert
 * 125 – Tom Ford
 * 123, 117 – Liang Wenbo
 * 123 – Matthew Selt
 * 116 – Michael Judge
 * 115 – Adrian Gunnell


 * 113 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 109 – Jamie Cope
 * 106 – Martin Gould
 * 106 – Mark Davis
 * 104 – Bjorn Haneveer
 * 103 – Simon Bedford
 * 102 – Daniel Wells
 * 101 – Robert Milkins
 * 100 – Jamie Burnett