World Open
August 24, 2010
Created in 1982 (as the Professional Players Tournament) in order to provide another ranking event, the World Open is now one of the ‘major’ ranking tournaments.
The tournament has had various sponsors and venues; in 1984 Rothmans (a British tobacco manufacturer) started sponsoring the tournament, and so the name was changed to the Rothmans Grand Prix, and the venue moved to the Hexagon Theatre in Reading. Other sponsors include LG Electronics (who changed the name to the LG Cup, after taking over in 2001), ToteSport (in 2004 and the Grand Prix name was revived), and Royal London Watches (2006 to 2008, no name change).
For 2006 and 2007 it was played in a unique round-robin format, more similar to association football and rugby tournaments than the knock-out systems usually played in snooker.
The knockout format returned for 2008.
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