Race to The World Grand Prix Updates
The race to qualify for the upcoming World Grand Prix will be decided this week in Milton Keynes as the Matchroom.Live Scottish Open is played to a conclusion.
The top 32 players on the one-year ranking list will qualify for the event which begins next Monday.
For more information about the state of play prior to the event, view our previous article within which we highlighted some of the highest ranked players at risk of missing out on qualification.
As well as the qualifiers themselves, the draw for the World Grand Prix will also be determined by the finishing positions on the one-year ranking list as set out below.
Provisional WGP Draw (12/12):
Please note that this is strictly provisional and subject to event entries:
Judd Trump (1) v Michael Holt (32)
Stuart Bingham (17) v Li Hang (16)
Martin Gould (9) v Mark Allen (24)
Robbie Williams (25) v Lu Ning (8)
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Ali Carter (28) v Ronnie O’Sullivan (5)
Ricky Walden (21) v Barry Hawkins (12)
David Grace (13) v Yan Bingtao (20)
Kyren Wilson (4) v Kurt Maflin (29)
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Mark Selby (3) v Liang Wenbo (30)
Joe Perry (14) v Anthony McGill (19)
Jak Jones (22) v Ding Junhui (11)
Zhou Yuelong (6) v Hossein Vafaei (27)
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John Higgins (7) v Xiao Guodong (26)
Zhao Xintong (23) v Jamie Jones (10)
Jack Lisowski (18) v Shaun Murphy (15)
Robert Milkins (31) v Neil Robertson (2)
Players are marked in bold once their position can no longer change.
Latest Standings (11/12/2020):
26th – Xiao Guodong – £28,000 (R128)
27th – Hossein Vafaei – £27,500 (R64)
28th – Ali Carter – £27,000 (R64)
29th – Kurt Maflin – £27,000 (R128)
30th – Liang Wenbo – £26,000 (R32)
31st – Robert Milkins – £26,000 (R32)
32nd – Michael Holt – £26,000 (R32)
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32nd – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh – £26,000 (R64)
33rd – Graeme Dott – £26,000 (R128)
34th – Mark Williams – £25,500 (R16)
46th – Lyu Haotian – £20,000 (R16)
61st – Tian Pengfei – £15,500 (R32)
74th – Jamie O’Neill – £12,500 (R16)
90th – Eden Sharav – £7,500 (R32)
Players knocked out of the Scottish Open have been struck out
Players level on prize money have been sorted on countback.
Further players currently with less than £16,000 will be added should they progress deeper into the tournament.
