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The inaugural Saudi Arabia Masters was played in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 30th of August to 7th of September, in the Green Hall, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The price money of offer was the highest ever in snooker, bar the World Championship. The event was played from start to finish at the main venue which is how it should always be. The event was won by Judd Trump who narrowly beat Mark Williams by 10-9 in the final. The decider went to the last black!
All Grove players had entered the …
Ding Junhui, Luca Brecel, Mark Selby, Neil Robertson, Tournament news, Wu Yize »
The 2024 Xi’an Grand Prix was played in Xi’an, China, from 19 to 25 August 2024. This was the first instalment of this event, therefore there was no defending champion. The event was won by Kyren Wilson, the reigning World Champion who defeated Judd Trump, the current World Number One, by 1-8 in an excellent final.
All Grove players were involved albeit not all of them made it to the venue. Round 1 matches had been played in Leicester during the last week of July and two of the Grove …
Ding Junhui, Luca Brecel, Mark Selby, Tournament news »
The 2024 Shanghai Masters was played, in Shanghai, China, from July 15, 2024 to July 21, 2024. Ronnie O’Sullivan was the defending Champion. The event was won by Judd Trump who defeated Shaun Murphy in the final (11-5).
All detailed results are available on snooker.org.
This being an invitational event, the field was limited at 24 players, but three Grove players had been invited: Mark Selby, Luca Brecel and Ding Junhui.
Luca lost to Si Jiahui in the last 16 (6-2). Ding reached the quarter-finals where he lost to the defending Champion, Ronnie …
Ding Junhui, Luca Brecel, Mark Selby, Neil Robertson »
The 2024 World Snooker Championship took place at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield (England) from the 20th of April to the 6th of May 2024. Luca Brecel was the defending Champion. The event was won by Kyren Wilson who beat Jak Jones – a qualifier – by 18-14 in the final.
It was a pretty miserable event for the Grove players.
Neil Robertson needed to qualify but didn’t manage it. He was narrowly beaten by Jamie Jones in the last round of qualifiers (10-9).
Luca Brecel, Mark Selby, and Ding all …
Ding Junhui, Luca Brecel, Mark Selby, Neil Robertson »
The 2024 World Open (officially the 2024 Huading Nylon World Open) took place from 18 to 24 March 2024 at the Yushan Sport Centre in Yushan, China. Judd Trump was the defending champion, having won the event in the last, pre-covid, edition in 2019. He successfully defended his title. He beat Ding by 10-4 in the final.
There were two rounds of qualifiers for this event and all Grove players negotiated them successfully. Luca though lost in last 32 to Stephen Maguire (5-1). Mark Selby went one better losing to Jackson …
Ding Junhui, Luca Brecel, Mark Selby, Tournament news »
The 2024 Riyadh Season World Masters was the first-ever professional tournament played in Saudi Arabia. It was an invitational event for the top ten players in the World plus two local wild cards and took place at the Global Theater, Boulevard City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 4 to 6 March 2024. Grove was represented by Mark Selby, Ding Junhui, and Luca Brecel.
Ding lost narrowly to Ali Carter in the first round proper (4-3). Mark was seeded in the quarter-finals, where he lost to Mark Allen in the deciding frame …
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The 2024 Players Championship took place in Telford International Centre, England, from 19 to 25 February 2024. Shaun Murphy was the defending champion but failed to qualify for the event, not being in the top 16 of the season’s list. The event was won by Mark Allen who beat Zhang Anda by 10-8 in the final.
From Grove, only Ding Junhui and Mark Selby played in this event. Ding lost in the first round to John Higgins (6-4). Mark Selby reached the semi-finals where he lost to Zhang Anda in the …
Ding Junhui, Luca Brecel, Mark Selby, Neil Robertson, Tournament news »
The 2024 Welsh Open was played from 12 to 18 February 2024 in Venue Cymru, in Llandudno, Wales. Robert Milkins was the defending champion. The event was won by Gary Wilson who beat Martin O’Donnell by 9-4 in the final.
All Grove players qualified for the main venue but Ding Junhui and Mark Selby lost in the last 64, the first round in Berlin. Neil Robertson went one better. Luca Brecel reached the quarter-finals where he lost by 5-3 to the eventual runner-up, Martin O’Donnell. This was actually the first …
Ding Junhui, Luca Brecel, Mark Selby, Neil Robertson »
The 2024 German Masters was played in Berlin from 29 January and 4 February 2024, at the legendary Tempodrom. Ali Carter was the defending champion. The event was won by Judd Trump who beat Si Jiahui by 1-5 in the Final.
The event wasn’t a a great one for the Grove players as only Neil Robertson managed to qualify for the main event. He lost in the last 16 to Kyren Wilson. All results are available on snooker.org.
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The 2024 World Grand Prix was played from 15 to 21 January 2024 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. Mark Allen was the defending champion. The event was won by Ronnie O’Sullivan, who beat Judd Trump by 10-7 in the Final.
This event is for the 32 highest-ranked players in the current season list. From the Grove, only Mark Selby and Ding Junhui had qualified.
Mark lost to Judd Trump in the quarter-finals (5-1) and Ding lost to Ronnie O’Sullivan in the semi-finals (6-1).
All detailed results are available on snooker.org.