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2006 Grand Prix (snooker)
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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.

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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.

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Main draw

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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

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Group 2B

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Group 2C

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Group 2D

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Group 2E

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Group 2F

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Group 2G

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Group 2H

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Knockout stage

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Last 16
Best of 9 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
 
              
 
26 October
 
 
 Alan McManus (SCO)5
 
27 October
 
 Mark Selby (ENG)1
 
Scotland Alan McManus5
 
26 October
 
England Ian McCulloch3
 
 Ryan Day (WAL)3
 
28 October
 
 Ian McCulloch (ENG)5
 
Scotland Alan McManus2
 
25 October
 
Australia Neil Robertson6
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)5
 
27 October
 
 David Gray (ENG)2
 
England Ronnie O'Sullivan1
 
25 October
 
Australia Neil Robertson5
 
 Neil Robertson (AUS)5
 
29 October
 
 Andrew Norman (ENG)3
 
Australia Neil Robertson9
 
26 October
 
England Jamie Cope5
 
 Matthew Stevens (WAL)4
 
27 October
 
 John Higgins (SCO)5
 
Scotland John Higgins2
 
26 October
 
England Mark King5
 
 Stephen Lee (ENG)3
 
28 October
 
 Mark King (ENG)5
 
England Mark King3
 
25 October
 
England Jamie Cope6
 
 Robert Milkins (ENG)0
 
27 October
 
 Jamie Cope (ENG)5
 
England Jamie Cope5
 
25 October
 
England Joe Perry4
 
 Joe Perry (ENG)5
 
 
 Ken Doherty (IRL)0
 
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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
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Qualifying

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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.[1]

Group 1A

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Group 1B

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Group 1C

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Group 1D

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Group 1E

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Group 1F

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Group 1G

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Group 1H

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Century breaks

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Qualifying stage centuries

Televised stage centuries

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Notes

  1. Jamie Cope 2nd due to win against Michael Holt, David Roe is 6th due to loss against Marco Fu.
  2. Neil Robertson 1st due to win against Ken Doherty, Paul Davison 6th due to loss against Judd Trump.
  3. Mark Williams withdrew due to wrist injury thus all his results are expunged.

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