2008 Grand Prix (snooker)


The 2008 Royal London Watches Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 19 October 2008 at the S.E.C.C. in Glasgow, Scotland.
John Higgins won his first ranking event for 18 months by defeating Ryan Day 9–7 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: £12,000
  • Last 16: £9,500
  • 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
  • Total: £523,100

Main draw

Matches on Sunday 12 October were played on a roll on/roll off basis. Play started at the allocated time each day with a 15-minute interval between matches. The third and fourth match did not start before 3pm. The evening session did not start before the time indicated on the format.
The draw for round one was made on completion of the qualifiers on 26 September 2008. 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 were 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, semi-finals were best of 11 frames and the final was best of 17 frames.

Round one

Saturday, 11 October – 12:00

Round two

Wednesday, 15 October – 14:00

Quarter-finals

Friday, 17 October – 13:30

Semi-finals

Saturday, 18 October – 13:00

Qualifying rounds

These matches took place from 22 to 25 September 2008 at the Pontin's Centre, Prestatyn, Wales.

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

Televised stage centuries