THE 2024 World Grand Prix snooker event is being held at Leicester’s Morningside Enviornment between January 15 and 21.
However what number of gamers are competing within the occasion, what’s the prize cash and how will you watch the motion?
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What’s the prize cash for the winner of the World Grand Prix?
There’s a whole prize fund of £380,000 for the 2024 World Grand Prix.
The breakdown of the pot as follows:
- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-up: £40,000
- Semi-final: £20,000
- Quarter-final: £12,500
- Final 16: £7,500
- Final 32: £5,000
- Highest break: £10,000
What number of gamers are in snooker World Grand Prix?
The draw for the World Grand Prix options the highest 32 gamers within the phrase, with the highest seed enjoying the underside.
Within the 2024 version of the event the highest seed is Judd Trump and the underside seed, ranked 32 on the planet, is Jamie Jones — that means the 2 play one another.
Spherical one of many draw is as follows:
Mark Allen defeated Judd Trump in a final-frame decider in 2023.
After his victory The Pistol mentioned: “I do not find out about nerves, however I used to be shaking like a s***ting canine there.
“I truly mentioned to Judd on the finish, he had me utterly gone. It isn’t typically I’m going, I really feel I’m good underneath strain.
“However I used to be utterly gone. Among the balls he potted there have been ridiculous at occasions.
“I had him in hassle at 8-5, and there was a shot most gamers would get one in a thousand, however Judd appears to get them rather a lot.
“He put me underneath all types of strain there, and I fell over the road. It might have been heartbreaking to lose after being 7-2 up.
“Judd is a superb competitor and got here again. He began wanting so snug on the market, so I’m proud to recover from the road.
“However I’ve felt higher.”
Is the snooker World Grand Prix a rating occasion?
The World Grand Prix has been on the tour since 2015 — however in its first 12 months it wasn’t a rating occasion.
Nevertheless, since 2016 it has been contested as a rating event.
Rating occasions are these on the calendar which provide rating factors to the skilled snooker gamers competing in them, with these factors getting used to find out seeding for tournaments on the World Snooker Tour and computerized qualification for the highest-ranked gamers at sure occasions.
The right way to watch the World Grand Prix
All of the motion from the 2024 World Grand Prix is accessible throughout ITV platforms.
You’ll be able to watch the boys on the baize between 1pm and 7pm day by day on ITV4.
The matches can even be proven reside on ITVX.