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Spreadex World Grand Prix

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 15-21 Jan 2024; Venue: Morningside Arena , Leicester, England; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Mark Allen; Twitter: #WorldGrandPrix; Notes: WST reference; See also results (31)
Final
(Winner: £100,000; Runner-up: £40,000)
England Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] 10-7 England Judd Trump [1] Head to head Details 

Session 1:
0-74 (74), 1-102, 52-72, 15-85 (69), 85-18
114-15 (60, 54), 28-102 (61), 96-33 (63)

Session 2:
45-81 (66), 114-12 (58,56), 74-0 (74), 64-57
87-0 (52), 58-48 (51), 72-62, 0-112 (73), 79-40 (52)

Referee: Olivier Marteel

This was O'Sullivan's third World Grand Prix title. It's his record-extending 41st ranking win and second of the season.

Semifinals
(Losers receive £20,000)
England Judd Trump [1] 6-2 China Cao Yupeng [28] Head to head Details 
Cao won frame 4 after a re-spotted black.

80-7 (70), 106-4 (106), 83-4 (61), 55-62
7-79, 77-18, 80-24, 69-36 (60)

England Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] 6-1 China Ding Junhui [6] Head to head Details 

135-0 (135), 0-91 (85), 129-0 (128), 88-32 (79)
90-28 (90), 128-8 (128), 138-0 (124)

Quarterfinals
(Losers receive £12,500)
England Judd Trump [1] 5-1 England Mark Selby [9] Head to head Details 
China Cao Yupeng [28] 5-4 Wales Mark J Williams [4] Head to head Details 
Cao came back from 3-0 down
China Ding Junhui [6] 5-2 China Zhang Anda [3] Head to head Details 
England Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] 5-1 England Gary Wilson [10] Head to head Details 
Round 2
(Last 16; Losers receive £7,500)
1 England Judd Trump [1] 4-0 China Lyu Haotian [16]   Details 
2 England Mark Selby [9] 4-3 England Ali Carter [8] Head to head Details 
3 China Cao Yupeng [28] 4-0 England Shaun Murphy [21] Head to head Details 
4 Wales Mark J Williams [4] 4-1 Iran Hossein Vafaei [13] Head to head Details 

Three strange episodes in the match: 1) Vafaei miscalculated in the second frame thinking he only needed pink. 2) Williams receiving a seven-point penalty in the final frame for picking up the cue ball as a joke. 3) Vafaei refusing to shake Williams' hand after the match because he slapped his thigh when missing a pink.

5 China Zhang Anda [3] 4-2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [14] Head to head Details 
6 China Ding Junhui [6] 4-1 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [11] Head to head Details 
7 England Gary Wilson [10] 4-2 England Tom Ford [7] Head to head Details 
8 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] 4-3 China Zhou Yuelong [15] Head to head Details 
Round 1
(Last 32; Losers receive £5,000)
1 England Judd Trump [1] 4-2 Wales Jamie Jones [32] Head to head Details 
2 China Lyu Haotian [16] 4-3 England Chris Wakelin [17] Head to head Details 
3 England Mark Selby [9] 4-3 China Yuan Sijun [24] Head to head Details 
4 England Ali Carter [8] 4-3 China Wu Yize [25] Head to head Details 
5 China Cao Yupeng [28] 4-3 England Barry Hawkins [5] Head to head Details 
6 England Shaun Murphy [21] 4-0 Scotland John Higgins [12] Head to head Details 

Murphy's 145 in frame 1 was the highest break of the event

7 Iran Hossein Vafaei [13] 4-3 England Matthew Selt [20] Head to head Details 
8 Wales Mark J Williams [4] 4-3 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [29] Head to head Details 
Un-Nooh went in-off on the 13th black in a maximum attempt in frame 5.
9 China Zhang Anda [3] 4-2 Wales Dominic Dale [30] Head to head Details 
10 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [14] 4-2 England Jack Lisowski [19] Head to head Details 
11 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [11] 4-1 China Xiao Guodong [22] Head to head Details 
12 China Ding Junhui [6] 4-3 England Ricky Walden [27] Head to head Details 
Ding won frame 2 after having needed two snookers
13 England Tom Ford [7] 4-1 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [26] Head to head Details 
14 England Gary Wilson [10] 4-2 England David Gilbert [23] Head to head Details 
15 China Zhou Yuelong [15] 4-1 Scotland Stephen Maguire [18] Head to head Details 
16 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] 4-2 China Pang Junxu [31] Head to head Details