2009 Six-red World Grand Prix

The 2009 Six-red World Grand Prix (often styled the 2009 SangSom 6-red World Grand Prix for sponsorship and marketing purposes) was a six-red snooker tournament held between 7 and 12 July 2009 at the Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.

Twenty-three of the tournament's 48 competitors were on the 2009/10 professional World Snooker tour of the more established 15-red game. A relatively high proportion of competitors were from Asia.

Jimmy White won in the final 8–6 against Barry Hawkins.

Prize money

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

• Winner: 1,000,000 baht
• Runner-up: 500,000 baht
• Semi-finalists: 250,000 baht
• Quarter-finalists: 150,000 baht
• Last 16: 70,000 baht
• Last 32: 35,000 baht
• Total: 3,720,000 baht

Round-robin stage

The top four players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames.

Group A

• Fung Kwok Wai 4–5 Judd Trump
• Mohammed Al-Joakar 2–5 Phaithoon Phonbun
• Ricky Walden 5–1 Daniel Thorp
• Phaithoon Phonbun 2–5 Judd Trump
• Daniel Thorp 1–5 Fung Kwok Wai
• Daniel Thorp 0–5 Mohammed Al-Joakar
• Ricky Walden 5–1 Fung Kwok Wai
• Mohammed Al-Joakar 0–5 Judd Trump
• Fung Kwok Wai 4–5 Phaithoon Phonbun
• Ricky Walden 1–5 Judd Trump
• Daniel Thorp 5–4 Phaithoon Phonbun
• Ricky Walden 5–0 Mohammed Al-Joakar
• Ricky Walden 2–5 Phaithoon Phonbun
• Fung Kwok Wai 5–2 Mohammed Al-Joakar
• Daniel Thorp 1–5 Judd Trump

Group B

• Alex Borg 5–2 Akar Soe Yin
• Aditya Mehta 5–4 James Wattana
• Alex Borg 2–5 Nigel Bond
• Shaun Murphy 5–3 Akar Soe Yin
• James Wattana 5–1 Nigel Bond
• Alex Borg 5–4 Aditya Mehta
• Akar Soe Yin 3–5 Nigel Bond
• Shaun Murphy 5–1 Aditya Mehta
• Shaun Murphy 5–3 James Wattana
• Shaun Murphy 5–2 Alex Borg
• Aditya Mehta 5–1 Nigel Bond
• Akar Soe Yin 1–5 James Wattana
• Shaun Murphy 1–5 Nigel Bond
• Aditya Mehta 1–5 Akar Soe Yin
• Alex Borg 1–5 James Wattana

Group C

• Noppadon Noppachorn 4–5 Matthew Stevens
• John Higgins 0–5 Muhammad Sajjad
• Sascha Lippe 5–3 Habib Subah
• John Higgins 5–1 Matthew Stevens
• Muhammad Sajjad 5–4 Noppadon Noppachorn
• John Higgins 5–2 Noppadon Noppachorn
• Sascha Lippe 3–5 Matthew Stevens
• Habib Subah 5–2 Muhammad Sajjad
• Sascha Lippe 1–5 Muhammad Sajjad
• Habib Subah 1–5 Matthew Stevens
• Sascha Lippe 4–5 Noppadon Noppachorn
• Muhammad Sajjad 2–5 Matthew Stevens
• John Higgins 5–2 Habib Subah
• Habib Subah 2–5 Noppadon Noppachorn
• John Higgins 5–2 Sascha Lippe

Group D

• Ryan Day 5–1 Au Chi Wai
• Ken Doherty 5–3 Supoj Saenla
• Ang Boon Chin 2–5 Michael Holt
• Ken Doherty 5–2 Au Chi Wai
• Ryan Day 3–5 Michael Holt
• Ang Boon Chin 3–5 Supoj Saenla
• Au Chi Wai 3–5 Michael Holt
• Ryan Day 5–4 Ken Doherty
• Au Chi Wai 1–5 Ang Boon Chin
• Supoj Saenla 2–5 Michael Holt
• Au Chi Wai 2–5 Supoj Saenla
• Ken Doherty 5–3 Michael Holt
• Ryan Day 5–0 Ang Boon Chin
• Ryan Day 5–3 Supoj Saenla
• Ken Doherty 5–3 Ang Boon Chin

Group E

• Joe Perry 5–0 Yutaka Fukuda
• Issara Kachaiwong 5–3 Joe Swail
• Jimmy White 5–1 Yutaka Fukuda
• Joe Perry 5–4 Mohammed Shehab
• Jimmy White 1–5 Issara Kachaiwong
• Mohammed Shehab 5–1 Joe Swail
• Yutaka Fukuda 1–5 Issara Kachaiwong
• Joe Perry 3–5 Issara Kachaiwong
• Yutaka Fukuda 1–5 Mohammed Shehab
• Jimmy White 5–4 Joe Swail
• Yutaka Fukuda 0–5 Joe Swail
• Jimmy White 3–5 Mohammed Shehab
• Joe Perry 5–3 Joe Swail
• Mohammed Shehab 2–5 Issara Kachaiwong
• Joe Perry 3–5 Jimmy White

Group F

• Darren Morgan 5–2 Noppadol Sangnil
• Peter Ebdon 5–0 Raees Aslam
• Manan Chandra 1–5 Stuart Bingham
• Darren Morgan 5–2 Stuart Bingham
• Manan Chandra 2–5 Noppadol Sangnil
• Raees Aslam 2–5 Noppadol Sangnil
• Peter Ebdon 1–5 Darren Morgan
• Manan Chandra 5–2 Raees Aslam
• Noppadol Sangnil 5–2 Stuart Bingham
• Peter Ebdon 1–5 Stuart Bingham
• Darren Morgan 5–3 Manan Chandra
• Peter Ebdon 3–5 Manan Chandra
• Raees Aslam 5–1 Stuart Bingham
• Peter Ebdon 5–2 Noppadol Sangnil
• Darren Morgan 5–1 Raees Aslam

Group G

• Mark Williams 2–5 Dave Harold
• Glen Wilkinson 5–4 Wael Talat
• Mohsen Abdul Aziz 3–5 Thepchaiya Un-nooh
• Mark Williams 5–0 Wael Talat
• Glen Wilkinson 0–5 Dave Harold
• Glen Wilkinson 3–5 Mohsen Abdul Aziz
• Wael Talat 2–5 Thepchaiya Un-nooh
• Wael Talat 5–1 Dave Harold
• Mark Williams 5–1 Mohsen Abdul Aziz
• Glen Wilkinson 2–5 Thepchaiya Un-nooh
• Mohsen Abdul Aziz 1–5 Dave Harold
• Thepchaiya Un-nooh 5–2 Dave Harold
• Mark Williams 5–0 Glen Wilkinson
• Wael Talat 5–0 Mohsen Abdul Aziz
• Mark Williams 5–0 Thepchaiya Un-nooh

Group H

• Mohammed Kayat 5–1 Nguyen Nhat Thanh
• Mark King 5–2 Atthasit Mahitthi
• Brendan O’Donnoghue 1–5 Barry Hawkins
• Atthasit Mahitthi 4–5 Barry Hawkins
• Brendan O’Donnoghue 5–0 Nguyen Nhat Thanh
• Brendan O’Donnoghue 5–1 Atthasit Mahitthi
• Nguyen Nhat Thanh 1–5 Barry Hawkins
• Mark King 5–1 Mohammed Kayat
• Mohammed Kayat 0–5 Atthasit Mahitthi
• Mark King 5–1 Brendan O’Donnoghue
• Mark King 5–0 Nguyen Nhat Thanh
• Brendan O’Donnoghue 5–1 Mohammed Kayat
• Mark King 5–3 Barry Hawkins
• Nguyen Nhat Thanh 1–5 Atthasit Mahitthi
• Mohammed Kayat 1–5 Barry Hawkins

Knockout stage

Maximum breaks

(Note a maximum break in six-red snooker is 75)

• Michael Holt
• Ryan Day
• Jimmy White

References