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.

Main draw

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

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'''Alan McManus.png" />Alan McManus|SCO

Group 2B

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'''Ryan Day|WAL

Group 2C

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'''Ronnie O'Sullivan.png" />Ronnie O'Sullivan|ENG

Group 2D

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'''Neil Robertson.png" />Neil Robertson|AUS

Group 2E

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'''Matthew Stevens.png" />Matthew Stevens|WAL

Group 2F

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'''Stephen Lee|ENG

Group 2G

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'''Robert Milkins.png" />Robert Milkins|ENG

Group 2H

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'''Joe Perry|ENG

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

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'''Issara Kachaiwong.png" />Issara Kachaiwong|THA

Group 1B

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'''Michael Judge.png" />Michael Judge|IRL

Group 1C

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'''Jamie Cope.png" />Jamie Cope|ENG

Group 1D

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'''Judd Trump.png" />Judd Trump|ENG

Group 1E

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'''Liang Wenbo.png" />Liang Wenbo|CHN

Group 1F

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'''Robin Hull.png" />Robin Hull|FIN

Group 1G

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'''Ben Woollaston.png" />Ben Woollaston|ENG

Group 1H

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'''Mark Allen|NIR

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

Televised stage centuries