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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 13–19 December 2021 (2021-12-13 – 2021-12-19) |
| Venue | Coventry Building Society Arena |
| City | Coventry |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £380,000 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Highest break |  Stephen Maguire (SCO) (139) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
| Runner-up |  Neil Robertson (AUS) |
| Score | 10–8 |
| ← 2020 (Dec) 2023 → | |
The 2021 World Grand Prix (officially the 2021 Cazoo World Grand Prix) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 13 to 19 December 2021 at the Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry, England. The event was the first of three events to make up the Cazoo Cup in the 2021–22 snooker season.
The defending champion was Judd Trump, who overcame Jack Lisowski 10–7 in the previous year's final. However, he lost 3–4 in the round of 16 to Tom Ford.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won the tournament for a second time, defeating Neil Robertson 10–8 in the final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:
- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-up: £40,000
- Semi-final: £20,000
- Quarter-final: £12,500
- Last 16: £7,500
- Last 32: £5,000
- Highest break: £10,000
- Total: £380,000
Seeding list
The top 32 players on the one-year ranking list, up to and including the 2021 Scottish Open, qualified for the tournament. Seedings were based on the order of the player in that list.
| Seed | Player | Total points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Zhao Xintong (CHN)
|
206,000 |
| 2 |  Luca Brecel (BEL)
|
170,000 |
| 3 |  Mark Williams (WAL)
|
116,000 |
| 4 | John Higgins (SCO)
|
109,000 |
| 5 |  Mark Allen (NIR)
|
108,000 |
| 6 | David Gilbert (ENG)
|
86,000 |
| 7 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
|
75,000 |
| 8 | Neil Robertson (AUS)
|
74,000 |
| 9 | Kyren Wilson (ENG)
|
66,000 |
| 10 | Gary Wilson (ENG)
|
63,500 |
| 11 | Ricky Walden (ENG)
|
53,000 |
| 12 | Barry Hawkins (ENG)
|
51,000 |
| 13 | Judd Trump (ENG)
|
50,500 |
| 14 | Anthony McGill (SCO)
|
48,500 |
| 15 | Jimmy Robertson (ENG)
|
46,000 |
| 16 | Yan Bingtao (CHN)
|
45,500 |
| 17 | Mark King (ENG)
|
44,000 |
| 18 | Matthew Selt (ENG)
|
37,000 |
| 19 | Stephen Maguire (SCO)
|
36,500 |
| 20 | Ben Woollaston (ENG)
|
33,500 |
| 21 | Mark Selby (ENG)
|
32,000 |
| 22 | Stuart Bingham (ENG)
|
31,500 |
| 23 |  Hossein Vafaei (IRN)
|
31,000 |
| 24 | Anthony Hamilton (ENG)
|
31,000 |
| 25 |  Noppon Saengkham (THA)
|
31,000 |
| 26 | Andy Hicks (ENG)
|
30,500 |
| 27 | Ali Carter (ENG)
|
30,500 |
| 28 | Cao Yupeng (CHN)
|
29,000 |
| 29 | Tom Ford (ENG)
|
28,500 |
| 30 | Jack Lisowski (ENG)
|
28,500 |
| 31 | Jordan Brown (NIR)
|
27,000 |
| 32 | Martin Gould (ENG)
|
25,000 |
Tournament draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, England, 19 December 2021 | ||
| Neil Robertson (8) Australia
|
8–10 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (7) England
|
| Afternoon: 73–1, 75–33, 50–62, 49–81, 71–12, 87–0, 12–115, 66–72 Evening: 66–5, 37–91, 128–0 (128), 88–49, 0–90, 32–80, 0–77, 8–77, 83–0, 7–77 | ||
| 128 | Highest break | 90 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |
Century breaks
A total of 23 century breaks were made by 15 players during the tournament.
- 139 – Stephen Maguire
- 133, 130 – Tom Ford
- 128, 117, 108, 100 – Neil Robertson
- 128 – Jack Lisowski
- 124, 105 – Stuart Bingham
- 119 – Hossein Vafaei
- 117 – Mark Williams
- 114 – Mark Allen
- 114 – Kyren Wilson
- 112, 107 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 112, 104 – Mark Selby
- 111 – Yan Bingtao
- 106 – Jimmy Robertson
- 105, 100 – Luca Brecel
- 101 – Zhao Xintong
References
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