2024 Xi'an Grand Prix

The 2024 Xi'an Grand Prix was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 19 to 25 August 2024 at the Qujiang Esports Centre in Xi'an, China. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament. The second ranking event of the 202425 season, it followed the 2024 Championship League. The winner received £177,000 from a total prize fund of £850,000.
Qualifiers took place from 25 to 27 July 2024 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England. Qualifying matches featuring the reigning World Champion ; the world's top ranked player ; the two highest ranked Chinese players ; four Chinese wildcards ; and Ronnie O'Sullivan were held over to be played in Xi'an.
Kyren Wilson won the tournament, beating Judd Trump 108 in the final to claim the seventh ranking title of his career. The tournament produced 93 century breaks, of which 66 were made in the main stage and 27 in qualifying. The highest break was a 140 by Mark Williams in qualifying.

Format

The tournament, the inaugural edition of the Xi'an Grand Prix, took place from 19 to 25 August 2024 at the Qujiang Esports Centre in Xi'an, China. It was the second ranking event of the 202425 season, following the 2024 Championship League. The tournament was organised by the World Snooker Tour and sponsored by.
All matches up to and including the quarterfinals were the best of nine frames. The semifinals were the best of 11 frames, and the final was the best of 19 frames.
The qualifying matches were broadcast by the WST Facebook page, and by Matchroom Sport. The main stage of the tournament was broadcast by CCTV5 and Huya in China, Sportcast in Taiwan, Now TV in Hong Kong, and Matchroom Sport for all other territories.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:

Winner: £177,000
Runner-up: £76,000
Semi-final: £34,500
Quarter-final: £22,350
Last 16: £14,000
Last 32: £9,400
Last 64: £5,350
Highest break: £5,000
Total: £850,000

Summary

An opening ceremony was held on 18 August 2024.

Qualifying round

Both Lim Kok Leong and the 2023 World Champion Luca Brecel failed to arrive at the venue in time for their qualifying matches, and so their opponents, Scott Donaldson and Hammad Miah respectively, were awarded walkovers.

Early rounds

Held-over qualifying matches

The held over qualifying matches were played on 19 August 2024. Jamie Clarke whitewashed wildcard player Cao Jin, and Ronnie O'Sullivan whitewashed Wang Yuchen. Alfie Burden beat the 8th seed Ding Junhui 54. Mark Allen defeated Liu Hongyu 52.

Last 64

The last 64 matches were played on 19 and 20 August 2024. Scott Donaldson withdrew and so Barry Hawkins was awarded a walkover into the last 32. Gong Chenzhi beat 13th seed Tom Ford 51. Sunny Akani defeated 16th seed John Higgins 54. Top seed Kyren Wilson beat He Guoqiang 52, and Shaun Murphy whitewashed Jamie Clarke in 55 minutes with three century breaks. O'Sullivan defeated Bulcsú Révész 52, and Mark Selby whitewashed Aaron Hill. Yuan Sijun beat Neil Robertson 52, and Graeme Dott defeated 12th seed Zhang Anda 52.

Last 32

The last 32 matches were played on 21 August 2024. Graeme Dott withdrew and so Hossein Vafaei was awarded a walkover into the last 16. Mark Allen beat Xiao Guodong 52, and Gong Chenzhi defeated Si Jiahui 53. Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Yuan Sijun 51, and Dominic Dale defeated Shaun Murphy 52.

Last 16

The last 16 matches were played on 22 August 2024. In the afternoon session, Judd Trump beat Jak Jones 51, although Jones made the only century break of the match, and Xu Si defeated Mark Williams 54, making a 109 break in the deciding frame. Barry Hawkins beat Mark Allen 53, although Allen made the only century break of the match. Matthew Selt defeated Gong Chenzhi 54. In the evening session, Ronnie O'Sullivan whitewashed Hossein Vafaei making two century breaks, and Daniel Wells beat Dominic Dale 51. Kyren Wilson defeated Jimmy Robertson 54 and David Gilbert beat Mark Selby 54, although Selby made the only century break of the match.

Later rounds

Quarter-finals

The quarter finals were played on 23 August 2024. In the afternoon session Kyren Wilson beat Xu Si 51, making a break of 115 in the last frame, and Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Matthew Selt 54, although Selt made two century breaks. In the evening session, Judd Trump beat David Gilbert 52, and Daniel Wells beat Barry Hawkins 53.

Semi-finals

The semi finals were played on 24 August 2024 as the best of 11 frames. In the afternoon session Kyren Wilson defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 64, making a break of 102 in the last frame. In the evening session Judd Trump beat Daniel Wells 61. This win meant that Trump had overtaken Mark Allen as world number one.

Final

The final was played on 25 August 2024 as the best of 19 over two. Kyren Wilson played Judd Trump. At the end of the afternoon session, Wilson led Trump 54. Wilson went on to win the match 108.

Main draw

The draw for the tournament is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players, and players in bold denote match winners.

Qualifying

Qualification for the tournament took place from 25 to 27 July 2024 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players, and players in bold denote match winners.

Xi'an

Qualifying matches featuring the reigning World Champion ; the world's top ranked player ; the two highest ranked Chinese players ; four Chinese wildcards ; and Ronnie O'Sullivan were held over to be played in Xi'an. Results as follows:5–0 5–2 5–3 5–1 5–2 5–1 5–0 5–2