Following the completion of the German Masters, the full draw for the World Grand Prix 2019 is now know and Worldsnooker has published the format for the last 32.
The draw and format for the Coral World Grand Prix in Cheltenham has now been confirmed.
The tournament at Cheltenham Racecourse runs from February 4 to 10 and it’s the first in the season’s Coral Series.
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The draw is (seeding numbers in brackets):
Mark Allen (1) v Gary Wilson (32)
Martin O’Donnell (16) v Ali Carter (17)
Jack Lisowski (9) v Ding Junhui (24)
David Gilbert (8) v Yan Bingtao (25)
Neil Robertson (5) v Xiao Guodong (28)
Jimmy Robertson (12) v Mark Davis (21)
Stephen Maguire (13) v Mark King (20)
Mark Williams (4) v Yuan SiJun (29)
Mark Selby (3) v Shaun Murphy (30)
John Higgins (14) v Noppon Saengkham (19)
Joe Perry (11) v Tom Ford (22)
Judd Trump (6) v Stuart Carrington (27)
Kyren Wilson (7) v Matthew Stevens (26)
Stuart Bingham (10) v Zhao Xintong (23)
Barry Hawkins (15) v Ryan Day (18)
Ronnie O’Sullivan (2) v Marco Fu (31)And the first round schedule is:
Monday February 4
7pm
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Marco Fu
Mark Allen vs Gary Wilson
Barry Hawkins vs Ryan Day
Stuart Bingham vs Zhao XintongTuesday February 5
1pm
Martin O’Donnell vs Ali Carter
Jimmy Robertson vs Mark Davis
Mark Williams vs Yuan Sijun
Neil Robertson vs Xiao Guodong7pm
Joe Perry vs Tom Ford
Stephen Maguire vs Mark King
Judd Trump vs Stuart Carrington
Jack Lisowski vs Ding JunhuiWednesday February 6
1pm
Mark Selby vs Shaun Murphy
John Higgins vs Noppon Saengkham
David Gilbert vs Yan Bingtao
Kyren Wilson vs Matthew Stevens
Ronnie is the Defending Champion, but that doesn’t matter when it comes to this tournament. He’s not been handed an easy draw! He’s got Marco Fu in last 32, should he win, Barry Hawkins or Ryan Day in last 16, then possibly Kyren Wilson in QF, and Judd Trump or Mark Selby in SF! Last 32 is only best of 7.
The tournament starts tonight, and Ronnie plays at 7pm UK time.
Ronnie O'Sullivan 
Terrible, this tournament has had so little press! I actually didn’t know that Ronnie was going to play….never happened to me before…I just see that he’s lost already…unbelievable, truly shocking…not that he lost, that I didn’t know! It’s like they didn’t do the normal commercial stuff for the match
It’s an ITV tournament, not a Eurosport tournament. I only found out yesterday that Eurosport was showing it.
also, this one used to be in March! so confusing
It’s a tricky way because we’ll get British Eurosport feed (with studio analysis) and the British ES really doesn’t show upcoming ITV events (this one, Players Championship, Tour Championship) and they’re not advertising it because they are really don’t show it!
But the others Eurosports (Belgium, France, Spain, Romania, Germany, Hungary, etc…) will show them!
I watch from Hungary and still missed it…so mad!
Thought that was wrong. Yuks, I’ve lost an hours sleep !
If I read it well, it says 7 UK time, which must be 8 European time.
Thank you Csilla, you are right of course.