2007 Grand Prix (snooker)

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 during his round-robin stage match against Liu Song. This is the most consecutive foul and misses made in any professional event.
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:

Winner: £75,000
Runner-up: £35,000
Semi-final: £20,000
Quarter-final: £11,000
Last 16: £7,000
Main stage:
*3rd in group: £5,200
*4th in group: £5,000
*5th in group: £4,750
*6th in group: £4,500
Qualifying stage:
*3rd–4th in group: £3,000
*5th–6th in group: £500
*7th–8th in group: £250
Qualifying stage highest break: £500
Televised stage highest break: £4,000
Qualifying stage maximum break: £1,000
Televised stage maximum break: £20,000
Total: £470,500

Ranking points

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

Winner: 6,250
Runner-up: 5,000
Semi-final: 4,000
Quarter-final: 3,125
Last 16: 2,376
Main stage:
*3rd–4th in group: 1,750
*5th–6th in group: 719
Qualifying stage:
*1st–2nd in group: 1,438
*3rd–4th in group: 1,125
*5th–6th in group: 813
*7th–8th in group: 250

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

Group 2A

13 October:
*Neil Robertson 2–4 Jimmy Michie
*Stephen Lee 2–4 Joe Swail
*Joe Perry 4–1 Mark Davis
*Neil Robertson 4–2 Mark Davis
*Stephen Lee 3–4 Joe Perry
*Joe Swail 4–3 Jimmy Michie
14 October:
*Neil Robertson 4–0 Joe Perry
*Stephen Lee 0–4 Jimmy Michie
*Joe Swail 4–0 Mark Davis
*Neil Robertson 2–4 Joe Swail
*Stephen Lee 4–2 Mark Davis
*Joe Perry 4–2 Jimmy Michie
16 October:
*Neil Robertson 2–4 Stephen Lee
*Joe Perry 4–2 Joe Swail
*Mark Davis 4–1 Jimmy Michie

Group 2B

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Group 2C

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Group 2D

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Group 2E

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Group 2F

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Group 2G

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Group 2H

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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.