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2007 Grand Prix (snooker)

Royal London Watches Grand Prix
Royal London Watches Grand Prix logo.jpg
Tournament information
Dates 13–21 October 2007
Venue A.E.C.C.
City Aberdeen
Country Scotland
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £470,500
Winner's share £75,000
Highest break England Tom Ford (147)
Final
Champion Hong Kong Marco Fu
Runner-up England Ronnie O'Sullivan
Score 9–6
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The 2007 Royal London Watches Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13 and 21 October 2007 at the A.E.C.C. in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Dave Harold made 14 consecutive foul and misses during his round-robin stage match against Liu Song. This is the most consecutive foul and misses made in any professional event.

Marco Fu won the title by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–6 in the final.

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

The breakdown of ranking points for this year is shown below:

The first round used a round-robin format like last season. 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. Matches in the round-robins were the best of seven frames.

Tom Ford made a maximum break in his match against Steve Davis. For this feat he won £24,000.

Qualifying for the 2007 Grand Prix was held between 17 September and 23 September 2007 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. All matches at this stage were played over the best of seven frames.


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