Royal London Watches Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates13–21 October 2007 (2007-10-13 2007-10-21)
VenueA.E.C.C.
CityAberdeen
CountryScotland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£470,500
Winner's share£75,000
Highest break Tom Ford (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion Marco Fu (HKG)
Runner-up Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Score9–6
2006
2008

The 2007 Royal London Watches Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13 and 21 October 2007 at the A.E.C.C. in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Dave Harold made 14 consecutive foul and misses during his round-robin stage match against Liu Song. This is the most consecutive foul and misses made in any professional event.[1]

Marco Fu won the title by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–6 in the final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[2]

Ranking points

The breakdown of ranking points for this year is shown below:[2]

Main draw

Round-robin stage

The first round used a round-robin format like last season. 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. Matches in the round-robins were the best of seven frames.[2][3]

Tom Ford made a maximum break in his match against Steve Davis.[4] For this feat he won £24,000.

Group 2A

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 Joe Swail (NIR) 541811+7
 Joe Perry (ENG) 541612+4
 Jimmy Michie (ENG) 5214140
 Neil Robertson (AUS) 5214140
 Stephen Lee (ENG) 521316−3
 Mark Davis (ENG) 51917−8

Group 2B

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 55206+14
 Gerard Greene (NIR) 54189+9
 Tom Ford (ENG) 521715+2
 Dominic Dale (WAL) 521117−6
 Steve Davis (ENG) 52918−9
 Mark Joyce (ENG) 501020−10

Group 2C

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 Peter Ebdon (ENG) 552012+8
 Liu Song (CHN) 531612+4
 Matthew Stevens (WAL) 5314140
 Mark Selby (ENG) 5214140
 Dave Harold (ENG) 521315−2
 Joe Delaney (IRL) 501020−10

Group 2D

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 Shaun Murphy (ENG) 541911+8
 Marco Fu (HKG) 541914+5
 Stuart Pettman (ENG) 531613+3
 Stuart Bingham (ENG) 5213130
 Ding Junhui (CHN) 521314−1
 Ben Woollaston (ENG) 50520−15

Group 2E

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 Ali Carter (ENG) 55204+16
 Marcus Campbell (SCO) 541614+2
 Michael Holt (ENG) 531514+1
 Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 521413+1
 Fergal O'Brien (IRL) 511018−8
 Graeme Dott (SCO) 50820−12

Group 2F

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 Ricky Walden (ENG) 541810+8
 Michael Judge (IRL) 541814+4
 Mark Allen (NIR) 5315150
 Mark Williams (WAL) 521417−3
 Ken Doherty (IRL) 511317−4
 Ian McCulloch (ENG) 511419−5

Group 2G

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 Stephen Maguire (SCO) 54179+8
 Barry Hawkins (ENG) 531613+3
 Stephen Hendry (SCO) 531716+1
 Rory McLeod (ENG) 531615+1
 Paul Davies (WAL) 521318−5
 Jamie Cope (ENG) 501220−8

Group 2H

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 John Higgins (SCO) 55206+14
 Ryan Day (WAL) 531710+7
 Nigel Bond (ENG) 521214−2
 Mark King (ENG) 521113−2
 Tian Pengfei (CHN) 521217−5
 Andrew Norman (ENG) 51719−12

Knockout stage

[5][6]

 
Last 16
Best of 9 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
 
              
 
 
 
 
 Joe Swail (NIR)5
 
 
 
 Marcus Campbell (SCO)2
 
Northern Ireland Joe Swail3
 
 
 
England Ronnie O'Sullivan5
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)5
 
 
 
 Michael Judge (IRL)2
 
England Ronnie O'Sullivan6
 
 
 
England Shaun Murphy5
 
 Peter Ebdon (ENG)5
 
 
 
 Barry Hawkins (ENG)2
 
England Peter Ebdon3
 
 
 
England Shaun Murphy5
 
 Shaun Murphy (ENG)5
 
 
 
 Ryan Day (WAL)3
 
England Ronnie O'Sullivan6
 
 
 
Hong Kong Marco Fu9
 
 Ali Carter (ENG)3
 
 
 
 Joe Perry (ENG)5
 
England Joe Perry3
 
 
 
Northern Ireland Gerard Greene5
 
 Ricky Walden (ENG)0
 
 
 
 Gerard Greene (NIR)5
 
Northern Ireland Gerard Greene5
 
 
 
Hong Kong Marco Fu6
 
 Stephen Maguire (SCO)3
 
 
 
 Liu Song (CHN)5
 
China Liu Song0
 
 
 
Hong Kong Marco Fu5
 
 John Higgins (SCO)4
 
 
 Marco Fu (HKG)5
 

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas.
Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland, 21 October 2007.[5]
Ronnie O'Sullivan
 England
6–9 Marco Fu
 Hong Kong
Afternoon: 21–100 (78), 104–35 (85), 0–110 (110), 18–84 (74), 127–0 (127), 75–0 (75), 64–33
Evening: 67–5, 0–99, 4–95 (94), 5–121 (117), 0–82 (62), 66–44 (65), 58–60 (52, 60), 0–76 (76)
127 Highest break 117
1 Century breaks 2
5 50+ breaks 8

Qualifying

Qualifying for the 2007 Grand Prix was held between 17 September and 23 September 2007 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. All matches at this stage were played over the best of seven frames.[2][7]

Group 1A

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 Mark Davis (ENG) 752515+10
 Mark Joyce (ENG) 742517+8
 Jimmy White (ENG) 7421210
 Robert Milkins (ENG) 742022−2
 Jimmy Robertson (ENG) 732322+1
 Supoj Saenla (THA) 731820−2
 Alex Davies (ENG) 731524−9
 Scott MacKenzie (SCO) 722026−6

Group 1B

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 Tom Ford (ENG) 762510+15
 Jimmy Michie (ENG) 742214+8
 Tony Drago (MLT) 742019+1
 James McBain (SCO) 7418180
 Andrew Higginson (ENG) 732017+3
 James Wattana (THA) 731719−2
 Gareth Coppack (WAL) 72922−13
 Michael White (WAL) 711426−12

Group 1C

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 Joe Delaney (IRL) 752516+9
 Ben Woollaston (ENG) 752319+4
 Barry Pinches (ENG) 741915+4
 David Gilbert (ENG) 742017+3
 Issara Kachaiwong (THA) 731922−3
 David Gray (ENG) 731923−4
 Leo Fernandez (IRL) 721723−6
 Lee Spick (ENG) 721724−7

Group 1D

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 Stuart Pettman (ENG) 772812+16
 Liu Song (CHN) 752316+7
 Andy Hicks (ENG) 742217+5
 Xiao Guodong (CHN) 731920−1
 Jamie Burnett (SCO) 732023−3
 Mike Dunn (ENG) 731723−6
 Kurt Maflin (NOR) 722021−1
 Ashley Wright (ENG) 71926−17

Group 1E

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 Fergal O'Brien (IRL) 762612+14
 Michael Judge (IRL) 762513+12
 Joe Jogia (ENG) 742118+3
 David Roe (ENG) 742118+3
 Matthew Selt (ENG) 7320200
 Rodney Goggins (IRL) 721722−5
 Drew Henry (SCO) 721325−12
 Kevin Van Hove (BEL) 711126−15

Group 1F

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 Ricky Walden (ENG) 762516+9
 Marcus Campbell (SCO) 752312+11
 Robin Hull (FIN) 742319+4
 Munraj Pal (ENG) 742320+3
 Martin Gould (ENG) 742119+2
 David Morris (IRL) 732421+3
 Steve Mifsud (AUS) 711327−14
 John Parrott (ENG) 71826−18

Group 1G

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 Paul Davies (WAL) 752511+14
 Tian Pengfei (CHN) 752420+4
 Fraser Patrick (SCO) 742120+1
 Ian Preece (WAL) 7317170
 Lee Walker (WAL) 731719−2
 Alan McManus (SCO) 731923−4
 Adrian Gunnell (ENG) 731422−8
 Liu Chuang (CHN) 721823−5

Group 1H

Player MP MW FW FL FD
 Andrew Norman (ENG) 762512+13
 Rory McLeod (ENG) 752314+9
 Liang Wenbo (CHN) 752219+3
 Patrick Wallace (NIR) 742219+3
 Alfred Burden (ENG) 731517−2
 Judd Trump (ENG) 731922−3
 Rod Lawler (ENG) 711925−6
 Jamie O'Neill (ENG) 711727−10

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

[7]

Televised stage centuries

[3][5]

References

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