2008 Grand Prix (snooker)

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. (Seedings in parentheses. All times are BST.) Round one • Saturday, 11 October – 12:00 • John Higgins (6) 5–0 Anthony Hamilton • Joe Perry (13) 5–3 Barry Hawkins • Sunday, 12 October – 13:00 • Stephen Hendry (7) 5– 4 David Gilbert • Neil Robertson (11) 4–5 Steve Davis • Sunday, 12 October – not before 15:00 • Marco Fu (1) 5–2 Jimmy Michie • Mark Allen (16) 1–5 Michael Holt • Sunday, 12 October – 19:00 • Graeme Dott (14) w/d-w/o Judd Trump • Ryan Day (9) 5–4 Ricky Walden • Monday, 13 October – 13:30 • Stephen Maguire (3) 1–5 Jamie Cope • Ding Junhui (12) 5–0 Jamie Burnett • Monday, 13 October – 19:00 • Mark Selby (5) 5–0 Andrew Higginson • Peter Ebdon (10) 5–1 Simon Bedford • Tuesday, 14 October – 13:30 • '''Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) 5'''–2 Liang Wenbo • Ali Carter (8) 5–4 Dave Harold • Tuesday, 14 October – 19:00 • Shaun Murphy (4) 3–5 Adrian Gunnell • Mark King (15) 3–5 John Parrott Round two • Wednesday, 15 October – 14:00 • John Higgins (6) 5–2 Stephen Hendry (7) • Ding Junhui (12) 5–2 Michael Holt • Wednesday, 15 October – 19:00 • Adrian Gunnell 4–5 Steve Davis • Judd Trump 5–2 Joe Perry (13) • Thursday, 16 October – 13:30 • Marco Fu (1) 1–5 '''Ronnie O'Sullivan''' (2) • Jamie Cope 5–4 Peter Ebdon (10) • Thursday, 16 October – 19:00 • Mark Selby (5) 4–5 Ryan Day (9) • John Parrott 0–5 Ali Carter (8) Quarter-finals • Friday, 17 October – 13:30 • Judd Trump 5–4 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) • Steve Davis 3–5 Ali Carter (8) • Friday, 17 October – 19:00 • Ding Junhui (12) 3–5 John Higgins (6) • Ryan Day (9) 5–1 Jamie Cope Semi-finals • Saturday, 18 October – 13:00 • John Higgins (6) 6–4 Judd Trump • Saturday, 18 October – 19:30 • Ryan Day (9) 6–5 Ali Carter (8) ==Final==

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

Qualifying stage centuries • 140 Aditya Mehta • 135 Peter Lines • 128 David Grace • 121 Anthony Hamilton • 116 Alan McManus • 114, 102 James McBain • 114 Jin Long • 114 David Gilbert • 113, 100 Adrian Gunnell • 113 Supoj Saenla • 113 Rory McLeod • 112 Jimmy White • 109 Paul Davies • 109 Liang Wenbo • 105, 102 Michael Holt • 104, 102 Simon Bedford • 104 Andrew Higginson • 103 Andrew Pagett • 102 Scott MacKenzie • 101 Rodney Goggins • 100 Tom Ford Televised stage centuries • 139, 116 Marco Fu • 135, 102, 100 Mark Selby • 134, 127 John Higgins • 129, 120, 115, 112, 104 Ryan Day • 129 Ding Junhui • 126 Shaun Murphy • 123 David Gilbert • 122, 100 Peter Ebdon • 111, 107, 107 Ali Carter • 105 Michael Holt • 105 Adrian Gunnell • 104 Dave Harold • 104 Stephen Hendry • 104, 103 Ronnie O'Sullivan • 103 Ricky Walden ==References==