The World Grand Prix has a glamorous new venue in Hong Kong and gets underway on Tuesday as we approach the business end of the snooker season.
The brand new Kai Tak Arena will host the tournament, with up to 5,000 fans able to watch the top 32 players on the one-year ranking list this season.
The event was held in Leicester last year and the move to Hong Kong has seen a huge boost in prize money with the total prize fund up from £380,000 last year to £700,000.
Ronnie O’Sullivan won the World Grand Prix last year but will not be in Hong Kong to defend his title, pulling out of the event on Saturday due to medical reasons.
Number 33 on the one-year ranking list, Hossein Vafaei, takes the Rocket’s place and will take on Si Jiahui in the opening round.
Judd Trump has been runner-up in both the last two editions of the event and would love to get his hands on the trophy this time round after taking up residency in Hong Kong in recent months.
Recent Welsh Open champion Mark Selby and Saturday’s World Open winner John Higgins are also among the high profile field.
World Grand Prix draw and schedule
Tuesday 4 March (UK times)
Round One
5am: Jack Lisowski vs Zhang Anda
5am: Mark Williams vs Stuart Bingham
7am: Chris Wakelin vs David Gilbert
7am: Shaun Murphy vs Stephen Maguire
11.30am: Judd Trump vs Gary Wilson
11.30am: John Higgins vs Ali Carter
1.30pm: Wu Yize vs Pang Junxu
1.30pm: Kyren Wilson vs Matt Selt
Wednesday 5 March
5am: Mark Selby vs Jackson Page
5am: Xiao Guodong vs Jak Jones
7am: Lei Peifan vs Elliot Slessor
7am: Neil Robertson vs Yuan Sijun
11.30am: Si Jiahui vs Hossein Vafaei
11.30am: Barry Hawkins vs Tom Ford
1.30pm: Ding Junhui vs Xu Si
1.30pm: Mark Allen vs Jimmy Robertson
Thu 6 Mar: Last 16
Fri 7 Mar: Quarter-finals
Sat 8 Mar: Semi-finals
Sun 9 Mar: Final
How to watch the World Grand Prix
The tournament will be shown on TNT Sports and Discovery+ in the UK. Full worldwide broadcast details here.
World Grand Prix prize money
Winner: £180,000
Runner-up: £80,000
Semi-final: £35,000
Quarter-final: £20,000
Last 16: £15,000
Last 32: £10,000
Highest break: £10,000
World Grand Prix odds
Judd Trump 3/1
Kyren Wilson 15/2
Mark Selby 8/1
John Higgins 10/1
Mark Allen 10/1
Ding Junhui 12/1
Shaun Murphy 12/1
Neil Robertson 14/1
Barry Hawkins 16/1
Mark Williams 16/1
Xiao Guodong 16/1
Si Jiahui 25/1
Ali Carter 28/1
Wu Yize 28/1
Jack Lisowski 33/1
David Gilbert 40/1
Jak Jones 40/1
Pang Junxu 40/1
Zhang Anda 40/1
Hossein Vafaei 50/1
Chris Wakelin 50/1
Yuan Sijun 50/1
Elliot Slessor 66/1
Stephen Maguire 66/1
Stuart Bingham 66/1
Tom Ford 66/1
Gary Wilson 80/1
Jackson Page 100/1
Lei Peifan 100/1
Matthew Selt 100/1
Jimmy Robertson 125/1
Xu Si 125/1
Odds courtesy of Coral
