# 2006 Grand Prix (snooker)

The 2006 Royal London Watches Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 21 and 29 October 2006 at the A.E.C.C. in Aberdeen, Scotland.
John Higgins was the defending champion, however he lost 5-2 in the quarter-finals to Mark King. Neil Robertson won his first ranking title by defeating Jamie Cope 9–5 in the final. Earlier on Cope compiled a maximum break in his round robin win over Michael Holt.

## Main draw
### Round-robin stage

The first round used a round-robin format. 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.

#### Group 2A

| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
| Alan McManus (SCO) | 5 | 4 | 13 | 6 | +7 |
| John Higgins (SCO) | 5 | 4 | 13 | 7 | +6 |
| Issara Kachaiwong (THA) | 5 | 4 | 13 | 8 | +5 |
| Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Dominic Dale (WAL) | 5 | 1 | 8 | 12 | −4 |
| James Wattana (THA) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | −14 |

#### Group 2B

| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
| Ryan Day (WAL) | 5 | 4 | 12 | 4 | +8 |
| Mark King (ENG) | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 |
| Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 |
| Ali Carter (ENG) | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 |
| Jamie Jones (WAL) | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | −4 |
| Michael Judge (IRL) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | −10 |

#### Group 2C

| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 5 | 5 | 15 | 4 | +11 |
| Jamie Cope (ENG) | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Michael Holt (ENG) | 5 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 |
| Steve Davis (ENG) | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 |
| Marco Fu (HKG) | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | −7 |
| David Roe (ENG) | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | −5 |

#### Group 2D

| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
| Neil Robertson (AUS) | 5 | 4 | 14 | 7 | +7 |
| Ken Doherty (IRL) | 5 | 4 | 14 | 6 | +8 |
| Joe Swail (NIR) | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Nigel Bond (ENG) | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | −4 |
| Judd Trump (ENG) | 5 | 1 | 8 | 14 | −6 |
| Paul Davison (ENG) | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | −5 |

#### Group 2E

| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
| Matthew Stevens (WAL) | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 | +7 |
| Mark Selby (ENG) | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | +5 |
| Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 |
| Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 |
| Andy Hicks (ENG) | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | −9 |
| Stephen Hendry (SCO) | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | −7 |

#### Group 2F

| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
| Stephen Lee (ENG) | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 |
| Ian McCulloch (ENG) | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | +5 |
| Robin Hull (FIN) | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 |
| Gerard Greene (NIR) | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 |
| Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | −8 |
| Mark Williams (WAL) | | | | | |

#### Group 2G

| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
| Robert Milkins (ENG) | 5 | 5 | 15 | 7 | +8 |
| David Gray (ENG) | 5 | 4 | 13 | 6 | +7 |
| Peter Ebdon (ENG) | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 |
| Tom Ford (ENG) | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −2 |
| Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 |
| Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 5 | 0 | 6 | 15 | −9 |

#### Group 2H

| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
| Joe Perry (ENG) | 5 | 4 | 14 | 4 | +10 |
| Andrew Norman (ENG) | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | +3 |
| Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 5 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 |
| Ding Junhui (CHN) | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 |
| Graeme Dott (SCO) | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 |
| Mark Allen (NIR) | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | −12 |

### Knockout stage

| Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | | Final Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 17 frames |
| 26 October | 26 October | | | | | | |
| Alan McManus (SCO) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Alan McManus (SCO) | 5 | 27 October | 27 October | | | | | |
| Mark Selby (ENG) | 1 | 27 October | 27 October | | | | |
| Mark Selby (ENG) | 1 | Alan McManus | 5 | | | | |
| 26 October | 26 October | | Alan McManus | 5 | | | | |
| 26 October | 26 October | Ian McCulloch | 3 | | | | |
| Ryan Day (WAL) | 3 | Ian McCulloch | 3 | | | | |
| Ryan Day (WAL) | 3 | | | | 28 October | 28 October | | |
| Ian McCulloch (ENG) | 5 | | | | 28 October | 28 October | |
| Ian McCulloch (ENG) | 5 | | | | Alan McManus | 2 | |
| 25 October | 25 October | | | | | Alan McManus | 2 | |
| 25 October | 25 October | | | | Neil Robertson | 6 | |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 5 | | | | Neil Robertson | 6 | |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 5 | 27 October | 27 October | | | | | |
| David Gray (ENG) | 2 | 27 October | 27 October | | | | |
| David Gray (ENG) | 2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 1 | | | | |
| 25 October | 25 October | | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 1 | | | | |
| 25 October | 25 October | Neil Robertson | 5 | | | | |
| Neil Robertson (AUS) | 5 | Neil Robertson | 5 | | | | |
| Neil Robertson (AUS) | 5 | | | | | | | 29 October | 29 October |
| Andrew Norman (ENG) | 3 | | | | | | | 29 October | 29 October |
| Andrew Norman (ENG) | 3 | | | | | | | Neil Robertson | 9 |
| 26 October | 26 October | | | | | | | | Neil Robertson | 9 |
| 26 October | 26 October | | | | | | | Jamie Cope | 5 |
| Matthew Stevens (WAL) | 4 | | | | | | | Jamie Cope | 5 |
| Matthew Stevens (WAL) | 4 | 27 October | 27 October | | | | | | |
| John Higgins (SCO) | 5 | 27 October | 27 October | | | | | | |
| John Higgins (SCO) | 5 | John Higgins | 2 | | | | | | |
| 26 October | 26 October | | John Higgins | 2 | | | | | | |
| 26 October | 26 October | Mark King | 5 | | | | | | |
| Stephen Lee (ENG) | 3 | Mark King | 5 | | | | | | |
| Stephen Lee (ENG) | 3 | | | | 28 October | 28 October | | | | |
| Mark King (ENG) | 5 | | | | 28 October | 28 October | | | |
| Mark King (ENG) | 5 | | | | Mark King | 3 | | | |
| 25 October | 25 October | | | | | Mark King | 3 | | | |
| 25 October | 25 October | | | | Jamie Cope | 6 | |
| Robert Milkins (ENG) | 0 | | | | Jamie Cope | 6 | |
| Robert Milkins (ENG) | 0 | 27 October | 27 October | | | | | |
| Jamie Cope (ENG) | 5 | 27 October | 27 October | | | | |
| Jamie Cope (ENG) | 5 | Jamie Cope | 5 | | | | |
| 25 October | 25 October | | Jamie Cope | 5 | | | | |
| 25 October | 25 October | Joe Perry | 4 | | | | |
| Joe Perry (ENG) | 5 | Joe Perry | 4 | | | | |
| Ken Doherty (IRL) | 0 | | | | | | |

## Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland, 29 October 2006. :
| Neil Robertson Australia | 9–5 | Jamie Cope England |
| Afternoon: 40–67, 100–8 (100), 78–0 (78), 60–59 (Robertson 59), 61–2, 35–70 (55), 59–3 Evening: 63–38, 64–31, 98–9 (68), 0–105 (105), 42–69, 27–57, 70–1 (55) |||
| 100 | Highest break | 105 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 2 |

## Qualifying

Qualifying was held between 30 September and 4 October 2006 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.

### Group 1A

| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
| Issara Kachaiwong (THA) | 7 | 6 | 18 | 9 | +9 |
| Jamie Jones (WAL) | 7 | 5 | 18 | 11 | +7 |
| Ricky Walden (ENG) | 7 | 5 | 18 | 9 | +9 |
| Jimmy Michie (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 15 | 11 | +4 |
| Matthew Couch (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 13 | 16 | −3 |
| Marcus Campbell (SCO) | 7 | 2 | 14 | 19 | −5 |
| Tian Pengfei (CHN) | 7 | 2 | 9 | 19 | −10 |
| Joe Delaney (IRL) | 7 | 1 | 8 | 19 | −11 |

### Group 1B

| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
| Michael Judge (IRL) | 7 | 5 | 18 | 13 | +5 |
| Dominic Dale (WAL) | 7 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 |
| Shokat Ali (PAK) | 7 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 |
| Sean Storey (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 16 | 15 | +1 |
| Andrew Higginson (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 15 | 16 | −1 |
| James Leadbetter (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 14 | 16 | −2 |
| Jamie Burnett (SCO) | 7 | 3 | 14 | 16 | −2 |
| Roy Stolk (NED) | 7 | 1 | 7 | 18 | −11 |

### Group 1C

| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
| Jamie Cope (ENG) | 7 | 6 | 19 | 6 | +13 |
| Paul Davison (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 16 | 11 | +5 |
| Chris Melling (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 16 | 13 | +3 |
| Rory McLeod (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 14 | 13 | +1 |
| Tony Drago (MLT) | 7 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| Rod Lawler (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 14 | 16 | −2 |
| Mark Boyle (SCO) | 7 | 2 | 9 | 19 | −10 |
| Passakorn Suwannawat (THA) | 7 | 1 | 10 | 20 | −10 |

### Group 1D

| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
| Judd Trump (ENG) | 7 | 6 | 19 | 6 | +13 |
| David Roe (ENG) | 7 | 5 | 18 | 10 | +8 |
| Ian Preece (WAL) | 7 | 4 | 15 | 11 | +4 |
| John Parrott (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 15 | 13 | +2 |
| Dermot McGlinchey (NIR) | 7 | 3 | 11 | 18 | −7 |
| David Gilbert (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Drew Henry (SCO) | 7 | 2 | 11 | 18 | −7 |
| Jeff Cundy (ENG) | 7 | 1 | 7 | 20 | −13 |

### Group 1E

| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
| Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 7 | 5 | 18 | 9 | +9 |
| Gerard Greene (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 16 | 12 | +4 |
| David Morris (IRL) | 7 | 4 | 14 | 11 | +3 |
| Peter Lines (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 14 | 13 | +1 |
| Scott MacKenzie (SCO) | 7 | 4 | 14 | 15 | −1 |
| Barry Pinches (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 12 | 16 | −4 |
| Mike Dunn (ENG) | 7 | 2 | 12 | 16 | −4 |
| Paul Wykes (ENG) | 7 | 2 | 9 | 17 | −8 |

### Group 1F

| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
| Robin Hull (FIN) | 7 | 6 | 20 | 10 | +10 |
| Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 7 | 6 | 20 | 8 | +12 |
| Adrian Gunnell (ENG) | 7 | 5 | 17 | 14 | +3 |
| Chris Norbury (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 |
| Mohammed Shehab (UAE) | 7 | 3 | 15 | 16 | −1 |
| Stuart Pettman (ENG) | 7 | 2 | 9 | 17 | −8 |
| Alex Borg (MLT) | 7 | 2 | 9 | 17 | −8 |
| Liu Song (CHN) | 7 | 1 | 10 | 19 | −9 |

### Group 1G

| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
| Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 7 | 7 | 21 | 7 | +14 |
| Andrew Norman (ENG) | 7 | 5 | 17 | 12 | +5 |
| Mark Davis (ENG) | 7 | 5 | 16 | 10 | +6 |
| Dave Harold (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 14 | 11 | +3 |
| Paul Davies (WAL) | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Robert Stephen (SCO) | 7 | 2 | 9 | 15 | −6 |
| Mark Joyce (ENG) | 7 | 2 | 10 | 17 | −7 |
| Lee Page (ENG) | 7 | 0 | 6 | 21 | −15 |

### Group 1H

| Player | MP | MW | FW | FL | FD |
| Mark Allen (NIR) | 6 | 4 | 15 | 12 | +3 |
| Tom Ford (ENG) | 6 | 4 | 14 | 12 | +2 |
| Lee Spick (ENG) | 6 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 |
| Jimmy White (ENG) | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Alfie Burden (ENG) | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Patrick Einsle (GER) | 6 | 2 | 11 | 15 | −4 |
| Joe Jogia (ENG) | 6 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −2 |