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tournament that took place from 19 to 25 August 2024 at the Qujiang Esports Centre in

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, China. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament. The second

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of the 202425 season, it followed the 2024 Championship League. The winner received £177,000 from a total prize fund of £850,000. Qualifiers took place from 25 to 27 July 2024 at the

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, England. Qualifying matches featuring the reigning

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(

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); the world's top ranked player (

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); the two highest ranked Chinese players (

Ding Junhui Ding Junhui (; born 1 April 1987) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He is the most successful Asian player in the history of the sport. Throughout his career, he has won 15 major ranking titles, including three UK Championships (2005 ...

and

Zhang Anda Zhang Anda (; born 25 December 1991) is a Chinese professional snooker player, who made his debut on the Main Tour for the 2009–10 season. He qualified by winning the ACBS Asian Under-21 Championship. In November 2023 he won his first world ...

); four Chinese wildcards (Zhou Jinhao, Cao Jin, Wang Xinbo, and Ma Shaojun); and

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were held over to be played in Xi'an. Kyren Wilson won the tournament, beating

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108 in the final to claim the seventh ranking title of his career. The tournament produced 93

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s, of which 66 were made in the main stage and 27 in qualifying. The highest break was a 140 by Mark Williams in qualifying.

Format

The tournament, the inaugural edition of the Xi'an Grand Prix, took place from 19 to 25 August 2024 at the Qujiang Esports Centre in

, China. It was the second

of the 202425 season, following the 2024 Championship League. The tournament was organised by the

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and sponsored by . All matches up to and including the quarterfinals were the best of nine frames. The semifinals were the best of 11 frames, and the final was the best of 19 frames. The qualifying matches were broadcast by the WST

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page, and by

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. The main stage of the tournament was broadcast by CCTV5 and Huya in China, Sportcast in Taiwan,

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in Hong Kong, and Matchroom Sport for all other territories.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below: * Winner: £177,000 * Runner-up: £76,000 * Semi-final: £34,500 * Quarter-final: £22,350 * Last 16: £14,000 * Last 32: £9,400 * Last 64: £5,350 * Highest break: £5,000 * Total: £850,000

Summary

An opening ceremony was held on 18 August 2024.

Qualifying round

Both

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and the 2023 World Champion

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failed to arrive at the venue in time for their qualifying matches, and so their opponents,

Scott Donaldson Scott Donaldson (born 19 March 1994) is a Scottish professional snooker player. Donaldson turned professional in 2012 after winning the 2012 EBSA European Snooker Championship and gained a two-year tour card for the 2012–13 and 2013–14 ...

and

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respectively, were awarded

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Early rounds

Held-over qualifying matches

The held over qualifying matches were played on 19 August 2024. Jamie Clarke

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ed wildcard player Cao Jin, and

whitewashed Wang Yuchen.

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beat the 8th seed

54.

defeated

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52.

Last 64

The last 64 matches were played on 19 and 20 August 2024. Scott Donaldson withdrew and so

Barry Hawkins Barry Hawkins (born 23 April 1979) is an English professional snooker player from Ditton, Kent. He turned professional in 1996, but only rose to prominence in the 2004–05 snooker season when he reached the last 16 of the 2004 UK Championship, ...

was awarded a walkover into the last 32. Gong Chenzhi beat 13th seed

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51.

Sunny Akani Akani Songsermsawad (; born 10 September 1995), better known as Sunny Akani, is a Thai professional snooker player. Career Early career Akani, a regular in amateur Thai snooker events since 2011, first came to international attention with a 5–2 ...

defeated 16th seed

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54. Top seed

beat

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52, and

Shaun Murphy Shaun Peter Murphy (born 10 August 1982) is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Snooker Championship, 2005 World Championship and has completed the Triple Crown (snooker), Triple Crown. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murp ...

whitewashed Jamie Clarke in 55 minutes with three

s. O'Sullivan defeated Bulcsú Révész 52, and

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whitewashed Aaron Hill.

Yuan Sijun Yuan Sijun (; born 29 May 2000) is a Chinese professional snooker player. Career Yuan started to play snooker at the age of 10 and played as a wildcard in many professional tournaments between ages of 13 and 16. Yuan first drew attention in 201 ...

beat

Neil Robertson Neil Alexander Robertson (born 11 February 1982) is an Australian professional snooker player, who is a former List of World Snooker Championship winners, world champion and former List of world number one snooker players, world number one. He ...

52, and

Graeme Dott Graeme Dott (born 12 May 1977) is a Scottish professional snooker player and snooker coach from Larkhall. He turned professional in 1994 and first entered the top 16 in 2001. He has won two ranking titles, the 2006 World Snooker Championship ...

defeated 12th seed

52.

Last 32

The last 32 matches were played on 21 August 2024. Graeme Dott withdrew and so

Hossein Vafaei Hossein Vafaei (; born 15 October 1994) is an Iranian professional snooker player. He is the first professional player from Iran. He won his first ranking title at the 2022 Snooker Shoot Out, beating Mark Williams 1–0 (71–0) in the final. ...

was awarded a walkover into the last 16. Mark Allen beat

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52, and Gong Chenzhi defeated

Si Jiahui Si Jiahui ( ; born 11 July 2002) is a Chinese professional snooker player. After training at the Wiraka Billiard Academy in Foshan, he moved to the United Kingdom aged 16 and earned a two-year tour card through the 2019 Q School for the 2019 ...

53. Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Yuan Sijun 51, and

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defeated Shaun Murphy 52.

Last 16

The last 16 matches were played on 22 August 2024. In the afternoon session,

beat

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51, although Jones made the only century break (136) of the match, and

Xu Si Xu Si (; born 24 January 1998) is a Chinese professional snooker player. Career Xu Si first started playing snooker aged 12 at his local club in Jieyang during the school holidays. After a few weeks he became determined to become a snooker pla ...

defeated Mark Williams 54, making a 109 break in the deciding frame. Barry Hawkins beat Mark Allen 53, although Allen made the only century break (104) of the match.

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defeated Gong Chenzhi 54. In the evening session, Ronnie O'Sullivan whitewashed Hossein Vafaei making two century breaks, and Daniel Wells beat Dominic Dale 51. Kyren Wilson defeated Jimmy Robertson 54 and David Gilbert beat Mark Selby 54, although Selby made the only century break (116) of the match.

Later rounds

Quarter-finals

The quarter finals were played on 23 August 2024. In the afternoon session Kyren Wilson beat Xu Si 51, making a break of 115 in the last frame, and Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Matthew Selt 54, although Selt made two century breaks. In the evening session, Judd Trump beat David Gilbert 52, and Daniel Wells beat Barry Hawkins 53.

Semi-finals

The semi finals were played on 24 August 2024 as the best of 11 frames. In the afternoon session Kyren Wilson defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 64, making a break of 102 in the last frame. In the evening session Judd Trump beat Daniel Wells 61. This win meant that Trump had overtaken Mark Allen as world number one.

Final

The final was played on 25 August 2024 as the best of 19 over two . Kyren Wilson played Judd Trump. At the end of the afternoon session, Wilson led Trump 54. Wilson went on to win the match 108.

Main draw

The draw for the tournament is shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players, and players in bold denote match winners.

Top half

:Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover

Bottom half

:Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover

Final

Qualifying

Qualification for the tournament took place from 25 to 27 July 2024 at the

. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players, and players in bold denote match winners. :Note: n/s=no-show (did not arrive in time for the match); w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover

Xi'an

Qualifying matches featuring the reigning

(Kyren Wilson); the world's top ranked player (Mark Allen); the two highest ranked Chinese players (Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda); four Chinese wildcards (Zhou Jinhao, Cao Jin, Wang Xinbo, and Ma Shaojun); and Ronnie O'Sullivan were held over to be played in Xi'an. Results as follows: * 5–0 * 5–2 * 5–3 * 5–1 * 5–2 * 5–1 * 5–0 * 5–2 * 4–5

Leicester

The results of the qualifying matches played in

were as follows:

25 July

* 3–5 * 5–2 * w/o–n/s * 5–2 * 5–4 * 5–3 * 2–5 * 5–3 * 4–5 * 5–4 * 0–5 * 5–2 * 3–5 * 5–2 * 5–1 * 2–5 * 5–1 * 5–2 * 5–1 * 5–0 * 5–4

26 July

* 5–4 * 5–0 * 5–1 * 5–0 * 5–0 * 5–4 * 4–5 * 3–5 * 5–3 * 2–5 * 5–4 * 5–3 * 5–2 * n/s–w/o * 5–3 * 5–3 * 5–2 * 5–1 * 4–5 * 5–0

27 July

* 5–0 * 5–3 * 5–3 * 5–1 * 5–1 * 5–2 * 4–5 * 5–1 * 5–4 * 5–2 * 5–2 * 3–5 * 5–4 * 5–1

Century breaks

Main stage centuries

A total of 66 century breaks were made during the main stage of the tournament in

. * 138, 108

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* 137

Ricky Walden Ricky Walden (born 11 November 1982) is an English professional snooker player from Chester. Walden turned professional in 2000 and it took him eight years to win his first ranking title at the Shanghai Masters. He has since won the 2012 Wuxi ...

* 136, 134

* 136, 116, 115, 113, 111

* 135, 115, 108, 103, 102, 100

* 135

Amir Sarkhosh Amir Sarkhosh (born 30 May 1991) is an Iranian snooker player from Karaj who has won the Asian Snooker Championship three times. Career Amateur career Since 2004, Sarkhosh regularly participated in international tournaments, initially with only ...

* 134

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* 133, 131, 112, 111, 104

* 128, 103, 103, 100, 100

* 128 Gary Wilson * 126, 124, 111

Jack Lisowski Jack Lisowski (born 25 June 1991) is an English professional snooker player from Churchdown, Gloucestershire. He turned professional in 2010 by finishing first in the 2009/2010 International Open Series, PIOS rankings. A left-handed player, he ...

* 120, 109, 104

* 118, 118, 117 Jimmy Robertson * 114, 104

* 111, 110

Stuart Bingham Stuart Bingham (born 21 May 1976) is an English professional snooker player who is a former World Champion and Masters winner. Bingham won the 1996 World Amateur Championship but enjoyed little sustained success in the early part of his pro ...

* 111, 103

Lyu Haotian Lyu Haotian (; born 29 November 1997) is a Chinese professional snooker player, notable for being one of the youngest snooker players to have played in professional tournaments, aged only 14. He reached the quarter-finals of the 2012 Internatio ...

* 111

Anthony McGill Anthony McGill (born 5 February 1991) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He is a practice partner of retired snooker player Alan McManus. McGill turned professional in 2010, after finishing fourth in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings. He ...

* 110

* 109, 104, 103

* 108 Jamie Clarke * 107

Chris Wakelin Chris Wakelin (born 16 March 1992) is an English professional snooker player from Rugby, Warwickshire. He turned professional in 2013 and won his first ranking title at the 2023 Snooker Shoot Out. Career Early career Wakelin started playing s ...

* 105, 102

* 104, 102

* 104

* 103 Ryan Day * 103

* 102, 101, 100 Mark Williams * 102

* 102

Noppon Saengkham Noppon Saengkham (; born 15 July 1992) is a Thai professional snooker player. Since turning professional in 2010, he has reached one ranking final (the 2023 Scottish Open) in which he finished as runner-up to Gary Wilson. Career Early years I ...

* 101

Qualifying stage centuries

A total of 27 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in

. * 140, 104 Mark Williams * 137, 131

* 135, 112

* 130, 127, 101

* 126, 116

Wu Yize Wu Yize (; born 14 October 2003) is a Chinese professional snooker player. In May 2022 he was named the World Snooker Tour’s ‘Rookie of the Year’. Career Wu Yize won the IBSF U-21 World Championship in 2018 when he was just fourteen year ...

* 122 Jamie Jones * 116, 103, 100

Cheung Ka Wai Cheung Ka Wai (; born 17 February 1999), also known as Ka Wai Cheung, is a professional snooker player from Hong Kong. In February 2024 he won the 2024 WSF Open Championship, earning a two-year tour card on the World Snooker Tour starting with th ...

* 115

* 113, 100 David Gilbert * 113

* 111

* 108 Gary Wilson * 106

Robbie McGuigan Robbie McGuigan (born 7 July 2004) is a professional snooker player from Northern Ireland. In 2023, he became a three-time Northern Ireland Amateur champion, whilst still a teenager. Early life From County Antrim, McGuigan attended Antrim Gr ...

* 102

* 102 Joe Perry * 102

* 100 Paul Deaville * 100

Fan Zhengyi Fan Zhengyi (; born 27 January 2001) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He won the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship in 2017, and turned professional in 2018. He had a breakthrough season in 2021–22 when he reached his first ra ...

Notes

References

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