LG Cup (snooker)

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The LG Cup is a professional snooker tournament. It is one of the eight ranking tournaments. It has previously been known as the Grand Prix and the Professional Players Tournament.

The tournament was created in 1982 as the Professional Players Tournament by the WPBSA, in order to provide another ranking event. Ray Reardon beat Jimmy White by 10 frames to 5 in the final to win the first prize of �5000.

In 1984 Rothmans started sponsoring the tournament, changed its name to the Rothmans Grand Prix, and moved its venue to the Hexagon Theatre, Reading. The tournament has had various sponsors and venues since. The current sponsor, LG Electronics, took over in 2001 and changed the tournament's name, again, to the LG Cup. The tournament is currently played at the Preston Guild Hall around October, at the start of the snooker season.

Winners

Year	Winner	Opponent	Final score	Season
Professional Players Tournament
1982	Ray Reardon	Jimmy White	10 - 5	1982/83
1983	Tony Knowles	Joe Johnson	9 - 8	1983/84
Rothmans Grand Prix
1984	Dennis Taylor	Cliff Thorburn	10 - 2	1984/85
1985	Steve Davis	Dennis Taylor	10 - 9	1985/86
1986	Jimmy White	Rex Williams	10 - 6	1986/87
1987	Stephen Hendry	Dennis Taylor	10 - 7	1987/88
1988	Steve Davis	Alex Higgins	10 - 6	1988/89
1989	Steve Davis	Dean Reynolds	10 - 0	1989/90
1990	Stephen Hendry	Nigel Bond	10 - 5	1990/91
1991	Stephen Hendry	Steve Davis	10 - 6	1991/92
1992	Jimmy White	Ken Doherty	10 - 9	1992/93
Skoda Grand Prix
1993	Peter Ebdon	Ken Doherty	9 - 6	1993/94
1994	John Higgins	Dave Harold	9 - 6	1994/95
1995	Stephen Hendry	John Higgins	9 - 5	1995/96
Grand Prix
1996	Mark Williams	Euan Henderson	9 - 5	1996/97
1997	Dominic Dale	John Higgins	9 - 6	1997/98
1998	Stephen Lee	Marco Fu	9 - 2	1998/99
1999	John Higgins	Mark Williams	9 - 8	1999/00
2000	Mark Williams	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9 - 5	2000/01
LG Cup
2001	Stephen Lee	Peter Ebdon	9 - 4	2001/02
2002	Chris Small	Alan McManus	9 - 5	2002/03
2003	Mark Williams	John Higgins	9 - 5	2003/04
2004	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Ian McCulloch	9 - 5	2004/05

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