| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 8–13 March 2016 | 
| Venue | Venue Cymru | 
| City | Llandudno | 
| Country | Wales | 
| Organisation | World Snooker | 
| Format | Ranking event | 
| Total prize fund | £300,000 | 
| Winner's share | £100,000 | 
| Highest break |  Joe Perry (ENG) (133) | 
| Final | |
| Champion |  Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 
| Runner-up |  Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 
| Score | 10–9 | 
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The 2016 World Grand Prix (officially the 2016 Ladbrokes World Grand Prix) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8 and 13 March 2016 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. It was the seventh ranking event of the 2015/2016 season.
The defending champion Judd Trump lost 2–4 against Stuart Bingham in the last 16. Shaun Murphy beat Stuart Bingham 10–9 in the final to win the £100,000 first prize. The tournament was broadcast in the UK on ITV4.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break was won at the previous ranking event, the Welsh Open, and so stood at £5,000. The sponsor pledged to double the prize for a 147 break and so the prize was £10,000.[1]
Seeding list
The top 32 players on a one-year ranking system running from the 2015 Australian Goldfields Open until the 2016 Gdynia Open qualified for the tournament.[2]
Source:[3]
| Rank | Player | Total points | 
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| 1 |  John Higgins | 201,975 | 
| 2 | .svg.png.webp) Neil Robertson | 197,500 | 
| 3 |  Martin Gould | 127,425 | 
| 4 |  Kyren Wilson | 126,900 | 
| 5 |  Mark Selby | 106,375 | 
| 6 |  Liang Wenbo | 98,850 | 
| 7 | .svg.png.webp) Mark Allen | 91,200 | 
| 8 |  David Gilbert | 85,350 | 
| 9 |  Judd Trump | 73,250 | 
| 10 |  Marco Fu | 69,975 | 
| 11 |  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 61,500 | 
| 12 | .svg.png.webp) Luca Brecel | 59,925 | 
| 13 |  Joe Perry | 55,250 | 
| 14 |  Shaun Murphy | 53,975 | 
| 15 |  Ben Woollaston | 50,750 | 
| 16 |  Matthew Selt | 49,500 | 
| 17 |  Ryan Day | 48,975 | 
| 18 |  Ding Junhui | 45,425 | 
| 19 |  Michael White | 45,200 | 
| 20 |  Barry Hawkins | 45,025 | 
| 21 |  Ali Carter | 44,550 | 
| 22 |  Michael Holt | 44,450 | 
| 23 |  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 43,275 | 
| 24 |  Mark Williams | 43,225 | 
| 25 |  Stuart Bingham | 42,175 | 
| 26 |  David Grace | 41,250 | 
| 27 |  Graeme Dott | 40,450 | 
| 28 |  Tom Ford | 37,850 | 
| 29 |  Jamie Jones | 37,400 | 
| 30 |  Tian Pengfei | 37,000 | 
| 31 |  Peter Ebdon | 34,425 | 
| 32 |  Stephen Maguire | 33,250 | 
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Greg Coniglio. Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 13 March 2016. | ||
| Stuart Bingham (25)  England | 9–10 | Shaun Murphy (14)  England | 
| Afternoon: 13–76, 50–66, 96–20 (68), 26–74, 4–93 (58), 77–62, 61–29 (55), 101–5 (93), 80–56 (74) Evening: 69–6 (68), 40–62 (52), 19–72, 85–2, 0–94 (94), 23–79, 65–54, 0–120 (120), 84–2, 0–72 | ||
| 93 | Highest break | 120 | 
| 0 | Century breaks | 1 | 
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 4 | 
Century breaks
Total: 15[4]
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References
- ↑ "Rolling 147 Prizes For Ladbrokes World Grand Prix and Ladbrokes Players Championship". World Snooker. 29 February 2016.
- ↑ "Llandudno To Stage World Grand Prix". World Snooker. 27 July 2015.
- ↑ "World Grand Prix List - World Snooker". worldsnooker.com. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015.
- ↑ "World Grand Prix: centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.