First round
Losers receiving 640 pts except seeds 1 to 32 who get 427.
Players are English unless stated
STEPHEN HENDRY (SCO) (1) bt Chris Small (SCO) (86) 5-4
STEVE DAVIS (2) bt Terry Murphy (NIR) (91) 5-3
JAMES WATTANA (THA) (3) bt John Read (87) 5-1
JIMMY WHITE (4) bt Paul McPhillips (SCO) (59) 5-2
Tony Chappel (WAL) (53) bt JOHN PARROTT (5) 5-4
ALAN MCMANUS (SCO) (6) bt Nigel Gilbert (49) 5-1
KEN DOHERTY (IRE) (7) bt Ken Owers (122) 5-3
DARREN MORGAN (WAL) (8) bt Cliff Thorburn (CAN) (54) 5-1
RONNIE O'SULLIVAN (9) bt Jason Weston (102) 5-3
PETER EBDON (10) bt Stephen O'Connor (IRE) (68) 5-3
Jimmy Michie (76) bt NIGEL BOND (11) 5-1
JOE SWAIL (NIR) (12) bt Dominic Dale (WAL) (99) 5-2
Steve Newbury (WAL) (62) bt DAVID ROE (13) 5-1
TERRY GRIFFITHS (WAL) (14) bt Steve Judd (85) 5-0
John Higgins (SCO) (51) bt WILLIE THORNE (15) 5-4
TONY DRAGO (MLT) (16) bt Mark Flowerdew (84) 5-1
Jamie Burnett (SCO) (105) bt STEVE JAMES (17) 5-2
MARTIN CLARK (18) bt Stephen Lee (40) 5-4
DAVE HAROLD (19) bt Paul Davies (WAL) (55) 5-3
Wayne Brown (-) bt DENE O'KANE (NZE) (20) 5-2
TONY KNOWLES (21) bt Jason Prince (NIR) (47) 5-3
Andy Hicks (33) bt MIKE HALLETT (22) 5-4
Euan Henderson (SCO) (119) bt DENNIS TAYLOR (NIR) (23) 5-0
Anthony Hamilton (35) bt NEAL FOULDS (24) 5-1
DOUG MOUNTJOY (WAL) (25) bt Karl Payne (78) 5-4
Ian Brumby (101) bt MICK PRICE (26) 5-4
JASON FERGUSON (27) bt Shokat Ali (83) 5-3
DEAN REYNOLDS (28) bt Mark J Williams (WAL) (58) 5-1
Mark King (89) bt GARY WILKINSON (29) 5-4
Rod Lawler (45) bt BRIAN MORGAN (30) 5-3
Joe Johnson (37) bt MARK BENNETT (WAL) (31) 5-0
ALAIN ROBIDOUX (CAN) (32) bt Darren Clarke (97) 5-2
Second round
Losers receiving 855 pts.
HENDRY (1) bt REYNOLDS (28) 5-3
S DAVIS (2) bt Johnson (37) 5-0
WATTANA (3) bt KNOWLES (21) 5-3
Henderson (119) bt WHITE (4) 5-2
MCMANUS (6) bt MOUNTJOY (25) 5-2
DOHERTY (7) bt M King (89) 5-0
HAROLD (19) bt D MORGAN (8) 5-3
O'SULLIVAN (9) bt ROBIDOUX (32) 5-4
EBDON (10) bt Burnett (105) 5-3
SWAIL (12) bt FERGUSON (27) 5-0
Hicks (33) bt GRIFFITHS (14) 5-1
Lawler (45) bt DRAGO (16) 5-2
J Higgins (51) bt CLARK (18) 5-1
Hamilton (35) bt Newbury (62) 5-2
Brown (-) bt Chappel (53) 5-4
Michie (76) bt Brumby (101) 5-4
(Euan Henderson beat Jimmy White 5-2 after breaks of 72, 58, 110, 94
and 56. Jimmy White, the world's number four, hasn't won a ranking
title since 1992.)
Third round
Losers receiving 1140 pts.
HENDRY (1) bt Lawler (45) 5-0
Stephen Hendry needed just 77 minutes to whitewash Rod Lawler. In the
second frame, he made a superb clearance of 133 right after Lawler's
break-off-shot.
S DAVIS (2) bt Hamilton (35) 5-1
J Higgins (51) bt WATTANA (3) 5-3
In the first frame, James Wattana made a brilliant 125 clearance, but
after that he didn't play at his best and made a lot of errors.
HAROLD (19) bt MCMANUS (6) 5-2
Dave Harold made a magnificent break of 140 in the second frame and
followed it up with a 113 in frame four. Harold now faces Stephen
Hendry, to whom he lost 2-13 in the world championship.
O'Sullivan (9) bt DOHERTY (7) 5-3
Michie (76) bt EBDON (10) 5-3
Reigning champion Peter Ebdon surprisingly lost to Jimmy Michie, the
world's number 76. Michie played superbly and made breaks of 90, 83
and two 72's!
SWAIL (12) bt Brown (-) 5-3
Hicks (33) bt Henderson (119) 5-3
Quarter-finals
HAROLD (19) bt HENDRY (1) 5-2
Frame scores: 46-67, 110(109)-8, 88(65)-24, 60-18, 91-38,
22-66(52), 67-51
Hicks (33) bt S DAVIS (2) 5-3
Frame scores: 86(51)-46, 100(100)-0, 115(115)-6, 109(109)-4,
20-67, 4-82(70), 12-57, 56-41
After breaks of 51, 100, 115 and 109, Andy Hicks was 4-0 up after only
48 minutes of play. Steve Davis fought back but he couldn't deny Hicks
a place in the semi-final.
J Higgins (51) bt O'SULLIVAN (9) 5-0
Frame scores: 67-33, 76-54, 85(84)-6, 72(59)-60(52), 97(74)-0
After the match, Ronnie O'Sullivan said: "John was flying and he's
cueing so well I think he can win the tournament."
SWAIL (12) bt Michie (76) 5-4
Frame scores: 48-59, 68-24, 98(75)-13, 7-72, 63(53)-1, 87-1,
63-73, 56-72, 106(106)-16
This means that Higgins will meet Swail in the first semi-final on
Friday. I wonder what the odds for that semi-final-couple was before
the tournament started...
Semi-finals
Losers receiving 1520 pts.
J Higgins (51) bt SWAIL (12) 9-5
Frame scores: 60(41)-63(36), 11-89(55), 100(73)-20, 108(107)-0,
33-67, 82(52)-34(30), 96(96)-0, 58-20, 50-53(42), 76(75)-24,
86(66)-13, 76(76)-0, 32(32)-79(42), 54-47
HAROLD (19) bt Hicks (33) 9-8
Frame scores: 53-18, 62-22, 75(52)-12, 28-92, 47-79(79),
72-45, 45-52, 45-76, 55-64, 75-32, 61-39, 54(54)-59, 27-69(64),
0-130(130), 79(61)-39, 60-49, 73-6
THE FINAL
Loser receiving 2025 pts. Winner receiving 2700.
J Higgins (51) bt HAROLD (19) 9-6
Frame scores: 98-10, 41-64, 82(67)-48, 72-9, 1-75(70),
67-9, 74(62)-0, 93(92)-36, 91-23, 6-123(99), 22-82(72),
118(118)-0, 46-58, 28-77, 82(82)-1
For his win of the Skoda Grand Prix tournament, John Higgins received
a winner's cheque of 60.000 pounds.
Prizes
Winner: �60,000
Runner-up: �32,000
Losing semi-finalists: �16,000
Losing quarter-finalists: �9,050
Last 16 losers: �4,550
Last 32 losers: �2,600
Last 64 losers: �1,900
Highest break: TV Stage
Dave Harold - 140 �2,400
Highest break: Pre-TV
Robin Hull - 145 �1,200
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