2006 Grand Prix (snooker)
The 2006 Royal London Watches Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 21 and 29 October 2006 at the A.E.C.C. in Aberdeen, Scotland.
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| Dates | 21–29 October 2006 |
| Venue | A.E.C.C. |
| City | Aberdeen |
| Country | Scotland |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £455,750 |
| Winner's share | £60,000 |
| Highest break |  Jamie Cope (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Neil Robertson |
| Runner-up | Jamie Cope |
| Score | 9–5 |
← 2005 2007 → | |
Neil Robertson won his first ranking title by defeating Jamie Cope 9–5 in the final.
Earlier on Jamie Cope compiled a 147 maximum break in his round robin win over Michael Holt.
Main draw
Round-robin stage
The first round used a round-robin format. 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.
Group 2A
| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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 Alan McManus |
5 | 4 | 13 | 6 | +7 |
| John Higgins |
5 | 4 | 13 | 7 | +6 |
 Issara Kachaiwong |
5 | 4 | 13 | 8 | +5 |
| Barry Hawkins |
5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Dominic Dale |
5 | 1 | 8 | 12 | -4 |
| James Wattana |
5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | -14 |
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Group 2B
| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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| Ryan Day |
5 | 4 | 12 | 4 | +8 |
| Mark King |
5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 |
| Shaun Murphy |
5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 |
| Ali Carter |
5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 |
| Jamie Jones |
5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | -4 |
 Michael Judge |
5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | -10 |
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Group 2C
| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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| Ronnie O'Sullivan |
5 | 5 | 15 | 4 | +11 |
| Jamie Cope[n 1] |
5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Michael Holt[n 1] |
5 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 |
| Steve Davis |
5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -1 |
 Marco Fu[n 1] |
5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | -7 |
| David Roe[n 1] |
5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | -5 |
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Group 2D
| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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| Neil Robertson[n 2] |
5 | 4 | 14 | 7 | +7 |
| Ken Doherty[n 2] |
5 | 4 | 14 | 6 | +8 |
 Joe Swail |
5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Nigel Bond |
5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | -4 |
| Judd Trump[n 2] |
5 | 1 | 8 | 14 | -6 |
| Paul Davison[n 2] |
5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | -5 |
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Group 2E
| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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| Matthew Stevens |
5 | 4 | 12 | 5 | +7 |
| Mark Selby |
5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | +5 |
| Fergal O'Brien |
5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 |
 Liang Wenbo |
5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 |
| Andy Hicks |
5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | -9 |
| Stephen Hendry |
5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | -7 |
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Group 2F
| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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| Stephen Lee |
4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 |
| Ian McCulloch |
4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | +5 |
 Robin Hull |
4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 |
| Gerard Greene |
4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 |
| Stuart Bingham |
4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | -8 |
| Mark Williams[n 3] |
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Group 2G
| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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| Robert Milkins |
5 | 5 | 15 | 7 | +8 |
| David Gray |
5 | 4 | 13 | 6 | +7 |
| Peter Ebdon |
5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -1 |
| Tom Ford |
5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -2 |
| Ben Woollaston |
5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -3 |
| Anthony Hamilton |
5 | 0 | 6 | 15 | -9 |
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Group 2H
| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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| Joe Perry |
5 | 4 | 14 | 4 | +10 |
| Andrew Norman |
5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | +3 |
| Stephen Maguire |
5 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 |
| Ding Junhui |
5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -1 |
| Graeme Dott |
5 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -3 |
| Mark Allen |
5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | -12 |
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Knockout stage
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 26 October | ||||||||||||||
| Alan McManus | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 27 October | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Selby | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Alan McManus | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 26 October | ||||||||||||||
| Ian McCulloch | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Ryan Day | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 28 October | ||||||||||||||
| Ian McCulloch | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Alan McManus | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 25 October | ||||||||||||||
| Neil Robertson | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5 | |||||||||||||
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| David Gray | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 25 October | ||||||||||||||
| Neil Robertson | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Neil Robertson | 5 | |||||||||||||
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| Andrew Norman | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Neil Robertson | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 26 October | ||||||||||||||
| Jamie Cope | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Matthew Stevens | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 27 October | ||||||||||||||
| John Higgins | 5 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 26 October | ||||||||||||||
| Mark King | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Lee | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 28 October | ||||||||||||||
| Mark King | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Mark King | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 25 October | ||||||||||||||
| Jamie Cope | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Robert Milkins | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 27 October | ||||||||||||||
| Jamie Cope | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Jamie Cope | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 25 October | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Perry | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Perry | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty | 0 | |||||||||||||
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland, 29 October 2006. | ||
| Neil Robertson Australia |
9–5 | Jamie Cope England |
| Afternoon: 40–67, 100–8 (100), 78–0 (78), 60–59 (Robertson 59), 61–2, 35–70 (55), 59–3 Evening: 63–38, 64–31, 98–9 (68), 0–105 (105), 42–69, 27–57, 70–1 (55) | ||
| 100 | Highest break | 105 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
Qualifying
Qualifying was held between 30 September and 4 October 2006 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.[1]
Group 1A
| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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| Issara Kachaiwong |
7 | 6 | 18 | 9 | +9 |
| Jamie Jones |
7 | 5 | 18 | 11 | +7 |
| Ricky Walden |
7 | 5 | 18 | 9 | +9 |
| Jimmy Michie |
7 | 4 | 15 | 11 | +4 |
| Matthew Couch |
7 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -3 |
| Marcus Campbell |
7 | 2 | 14 | 19 | -5 |
| Tian Pengfei |
7 | 2 | 9 | 19 | -10 |
| Joe Delaney |
7 | 1 | 8 | 19 | -11 |
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Group 1B
| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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| Michael Judge |
7 | 5 | 18 | 13 | +5 |
| Dominic Dale |
7 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 |
 Shokat Ali |
7 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 |
| Sean Storey |
7 | 4 | 16 | 15 | +1 |
| Andrew Higginson |
7 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -1 |
| James Leadbetter |
7 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -2 |
| Jamie Burnett |
7 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -2 |
 Roy Stolk |
7 | 1 | 7 | 18 | -11 |
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Group 1C
| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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| Jamie Cope |
7 | 6 | 19 | 6 | +13 |
| Paul Davison |
7 | 4 | 16 | 11 | +5 |
| Chris Melling |
7 | 4 | 16 | 13 | +3 |
| Rory McLeod |
7 | 4 | 14 | 13 | +1 |
 Tony Drago |
7 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| Rod Lawler |
7 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -2 |
| Mark Boyle |
7 | 2 | 9 | 19 | -10 |
| Passakorn Suwannawat |
7 | 1 | 10 | 20 | -10 |
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Group 1D
| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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| Judd Trump |
7 | 6 | 19 | 6 | +13 |
| David Roe |
7 | 5 | 18 | 10 | +8 |
| Ian Preece |
7 | 4 | 15 | 11 | +4 |
| John Parrott |
7 | 4 | 15 | 13 | +2 |
| Dermot McGlinchey |
7 | 3 | 11 | 18 | -7 |
| David Gilbert |
7 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Drew Henry |
7 | 2 | 11 | 18 | -7 |
| Jeff Cundy |
7 | 1 | 7 | 20 | -13 |
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Group 1E
| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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| Liang Wenbo |
7 | 5 | 18 | 9 | +9 |
| Gerard Greene |
7 | 4 | 16 | 12 | +4 |
| David Morris |
7 | 4 | 14 | 11 | +3 |
| Peter Lines |
7 | 4 | 14 | 13 | +1 |
| Scott MacKenzie |
7 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -1 |
| Barry Pinches |
7 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -4 |
| Mike Dunn |
7 | 2 | 12 | 16 | -4 |
| Paul Wykes |
7 | 2 | 9 | 17 | -8 |
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Group 1F
| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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| Robin Hull |
7 | 6 | 20 | 10 | +10 |
| Fergal O'Brien |
7 | 6 | 20 | 8 | +12 |
| Adrian Gunnell |
7 | 5 | 17 | 14 | +3 |
| Chris Norbury |
7 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 |
 Mohammed Shehab |
7 | 3 | 15 | 16 | -1 |
| Stuart Pettman |
7 | 2 | 9 | 17 | -8 |
| Alex Borg |
7 | 2 | 9 | 17 | -8 |
| Liu Song |
7 | 1 | 10 | 19 | -9 |
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Group 1G
| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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| Ben Woollaston |
7 | 7 | 21 | 7 | +14 |
| Andrew Norman |
7 | 5 | 17 | 12 | +5 |
| Mark Davis |
7 | 5 | 16 | 10 | +6 |
| Dave Harold |
7 | 4 | 14 | 11 | +3 |
| Paul Davies |
7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Robert Stephen |
7 | 2 | 9 | 15 | -6 |
| Mark Joyce |
7 | 2 | 10 | 17 | -7 |
| Lee Page |
7 | 0 | 6 | 21 | -15 |
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Group 1H
| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
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| Mark Allen |
6 | 4 | 15 | 12 | +3 |
| Tom Ford |
6 | 4 | 14 | 12 | +2 |
| Lee Spick |
6 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 |
| Jimmy White |
6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Alfie Burden |
6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
 Patrick Einsle |
6 | 2 | 11 | 15 | -4 |
| Joe Jogia |
6 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -2 |
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Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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Notes
- Jamie Cope 2nd due to win against Michael Holt, David Roe is 6th due to loss against Marco Fu.
- Neil Robertson 1st due to win against Ken Doherty, Paul Davison 6th due to loss against Judd Trump.
- Mark Williams withdrew due to wrist injury thus all his results are expunged.
References
- "2006 Grand Prix". globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 3 September 2007.
- "2006 Grand Prix Order of Play". globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 3 September 2007.
- "2006 Grand Prix results". Sporting Life. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- "Grand Prix". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
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