Snooker Grand Prix 2008

The 2008 Snooker GP took place in the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre from 11th October to 19th October, 2008.

Winner John Higgins defeated Ryan Day by 2 frames, score resulting in 9 - 7. The champion, John Higgins took home £75,000, whilst runner-up Ryan Day walked away with £35,000 of the prize fund.


Defending champion Marco Fu was eliminated from the tournament in round 2 by his opponent Ronnie O'Sullivan with a comfortable win by 4 frames, score resulting in 5 - 1.

Highest break of the tournament was 139 scored by defending champion Marco Fu which bagged him £4,000 of the prize fund.

Round 1 Fixtures & Results

• Saturday, 11th October 2008 Session One

Table 1: Scottish, John Higgins, defeats the English, Anthony Hamilton, 5 frames to nil.
Table 2: English, Joe Perry, defeats the English, Barry Hawkins, 5 frames to 3.

• Sunday, 12th October 2008 Session One

Table 1: Scottish, Steven Hendry, defeats the English, David Gilbert, 5 frames to 4.
Table 2: English, Steve Davis, defeats the Australian, Neil Robertson, 5 frames to 4.

• Sunday, 12th October 2008 Session Two

Table 1: Defending champion, Marco Fu, defeats the English, Jimmy Michie, 5 frames to 2.
Table 2: English, Michael Holt, defeats the Irish Mark Allen, 5 frames to 1.

• Sunday, 12th October 2008 Session Three

Table 1: English, Judd Trump, benifits from the withdrawal of the Scottish, Graeme Dott.
Table 2: Welsh, Ryan Day, defeats the English, Ricky Walden, 5 frames to 4.

• Monday, 13th October 2008 Session One

Table 1: English, Jamie Cope, defeats the Scottish, Steven Maguire, 5 frames to 1.
Table 2: Chinese, Ding Junhui, defeats the Scottish, Jamie Burnett, 5 frames to nil.

• Monday, 13th October 2008 Session Two

Table 1: English, Mark Selby, defeats the English, Andrew higginson, 5 frames to nil.
Table 2: English, Peter Ebdon, defeats the English, Simon Bedford, 5 frames to 1.

• Tuesday, 14th October 2008 Session One

Table 1: English, Ronnie O'Sullivan, defeats the Chinese, Liang Wenbo, 5 frames to 2.
Table 2: English, Allister Carter, defeats the English, Dave Harold, 5 frames to 4.

• Tuesday, 14th October 2008 Session Two

Table 1: English, Adrian Gunell, defeats the English, Shaun Murphy, 5 frames to 3.
Table 2: English, John Parrott, defeats the English, Mark King, 5 frames to 3.

Round 2 Fixtures & Results

• Wednesday, 15th October 2008 Session One

Table 1: Scottish, John Higgins, defeats the Scottish, Steven Hendry, 5 frames to 2.
Table 2: Chinese, Ding Junhui, defeats the English, Michael Holt, 5 frames to 2.

• Wednesday, 15th October 2008 Session Two

Table 1: English, Steve Davis, defeats the English, Adrian Gunell, 5 frames to 4.
Table 2: English, Judd Trump, defeats the English, Joe Perry, 5 frames to 2.

• Thursday, 16th October 2008 Session One

Table 1: English, Ronnie O'Sullivan, defeats the defending champion, Marco Fu, 5 frames to 1.
Table 2: English, Jamie Cope, defeats the English, Peter Ebdon, 5 frames to 4.

• Thursday, 16th October 2008 Session Two

Table 1: Welsh, Ryan Day, defeats the English, Mark Selby, 5 frames to 4.
Table 2: English, Allister Carter, defeats the English, John Parrott, 5 frames to nil.

Quarter Finals Fixtures & Results

• Friday, 17th October 2008 Session One

Table 1: English, Judd Trump, defeats the English, Ronnie O'Sullivan, 5 frames to 4.
Table 2: English, Allister Carter, defeats the English, Steve Davis, 5 frames to 3.

• Friday, 17th October 2008 Session Two

Table 1: Scottish, John Higgins, defeats the Chinese, Ding Junhui, 5 frames to 3.
Table 2: Welsh, Ryan Day, defeats the English, Jamie Cope, 5 frames to 1.

Semi Finals Fixtures and Results

• Saturday, 18th October 2008 Session One

Table 1: Scottish, John Higgins, defeats the English, Judd Trump, 6 frames to 4.

• Saturday, 18th October 2008 Session Two

Table 1: Welsh, Ryan Day, defeats the English, Allister Carter, 6 frames to 5.

Finals Fixtures and Results

• Sunday, 19th October 2008

Scottish, John Higgins, defeats the Welsh, Ryan Day, 9 frames to 7.