2026 World Grand Prix (snooker)
The 2026 World Grand Prix is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 3 to 8 February 2026 at the Kai Tak Arena, Hong Kong. It will feature the top 32 players on the one-year ranking list. The 12th edition of the tournament since it was first staged in 2015, it will be the 13th ranking event of the 2025–26 snooker season, following the 2026 German Masters and preceding the [2026 Players Championship (snooker)|Players Championship (snooker)|2026 Players Championship]. It will be the first of three events in the Players Series, preceding the 2026 Players Championship and the 2026 Tour Championship. The tournament will be broadcast by TNT Sports and Discovery+ in the United Kingdom and Ireland, by Eurosport in mainland Europe, by local channels in Asia, and by WST Play in all other territories. The winner will receive £180,000 from a total prize fund of £700,000.
Neil Robertson is the defending champion, having defeated Stuart Bingham 10–0 in the 2025 final.
Overview
The World Grand Prix is a professional ranking snooker tournament that was first staged in 2015 as a non-ranking event; the inaugural champion was Judd Trump, who won six consecutive frames as he came from 4–7 behind to defeat Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–7 in the final. The tournament became a ranking event the following year. In 2019, it became one of three tournaments in the Players Series, together with the Players Championship and the Tour Championship. Held in Wales in 2015 and 2016 and in England from 2017 to 2024, the tournament moved to Hong Kong in 2025.The 2026 edition of the tournament—its 12th staging since the inaugural edition in 2015—will take place from 3 to 8 February at the Kai Tak Arena, Hong Kong. It will be the 13th ranking event of the 2025–26 snooker season, following the 2026 German Masters and preceding the 2026 Players Championship. It will be the first of three events in the Players Series, preceding the 2026 Players Championship and the 2026 Tour Championship. Neil Robertson is the defending champion, having defeated Stuart Bingham 10–0 in the 2025 final to win his second World Grand Prix title.
Format
The tournament will feature the top 32 players on the one-year ranking list as it stood after the 2025 Scottish Open. Matches will be played as the best of nine frames up to and including the quarter-finals. The semi-finals will be the best of 11 frames, and the final will be the best of 19 frames, played over two.Seeding list
Unlike other events where the defending champion is seeded first, the reigning World Champion second, and the rest based on the world rankings, the qualification and seedings in the Players Series tournaments are determined by the one-year ranking list. The below list shows the top 32 players who earned the most ranking points from the beginning of the 202526 season until the conclusion of the 2025 Scottish Open:| Seed | Player | Points |
| 1 |  Neil Robertson.png" />Neil Robertson|AUSBroadcastersThe tournament will be broadcast in the United Kingdom and Ireland by TNT Sports and Discovery+. It will be broadcast in mainland Europe by Eurosport, with streaming coverage on Discovery+ in Germany, Italy, and Austria and on HBO Max in other European territories. It will be broadcast in mainland China by, Huya, the CBSA-WPBSA Academy WeChat channel, and CBSA-WPBSA Academy Douyin; in Hong Kong by Now TV; in Malaysia and Brunei by Astro SuperSport; in Taiwan by Sportcast; in Thailand by TrueSports; and in the Philippines by TAP Sports. In territories where no other coverage is available, it will be broadcast by WST Play.Prize fundThe breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:
Tournament drawThe draw for the tournament is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the players' seedings, and players in bold denote match winners. The last-32, last-16 and the quarter-finals matches will be played over the best of nine frames; the semi-finals will be the best of 11 frames, and the final will be the best of 19 frames, played over two. |