Neil Robertson claims World Grand Prix glory after whitewash final victory in Hong Kong

It is only the fourth time in professional snooker history that a multi-session ranking event final has been won via whitewash. Robertson has now inflicted two of those, his first coming against Zhou Yuelong, 9-0, at the 2020 European Masters in Austria.

Australia's Robertson claims the World Grand Prix title for the second time in his career, and collects his 25th ranking accolade overall which puts him into seventh on the all-time list of most decorated winners - going one clear of Mark Selby (24) and one behind Mark Williams (26).

His second trophy of the season after his success at the English Open in September, Robertson pockets £180,000, and his run in Hong Kong this week means he will surely be a seed for next month's World Championship and therefore not need to qualify like last year when he failed to reach snooker's biggest stage for the first time since 2004.

In terms of his current world ranking position, Robertson goes back into the elite top 16 bracket as he moves from 19th up to 11th.

Robertson started the final as favourite, but surely no-one envisaged a heavily one-sided final such as this, especially given that former World Champion Bingham - who was in his first ranking final since 2019 - had eliminated world number one Judd Trump in the semi-finals the day before.

Breaks of 87, 104, 71 and 59 helped 'The Thunder from Down Under' establish a 4-0 profit at the first scheduled mid-session interval. On resumption, Robertson extended his lead further by taking frame five on the final black and frame six on the final pink, before a run of 78 in frame seven put him 7-0 up.

It seemed like Bingham was going to stop the rot and get on the board in frame eight, but his effort of 63 came up short, as a relentless Robertson counter-cleared with a 66 to pinch it on the final black and finish the afternoon session in complete control at 8-0 up.

A few hours later when the players returned, it was the same story, as Bingham appeared to be opening his account only to miss a blue when nearing the finishing line. After several exchanges, Robertson later cleared from brown to black to take it and reach the hill.

And a struggling Bingham - who did so well to make the final this week with victories over Mark Williams, Wu Yize, Mark Selby and Trump - was soon put out of his misery, as 43-year-old Robertson completed the clean sweep in frame 10.

Besides Robertson’s efforts, the other two whitewash wins in multi-session ranking event finals arrived at the 1989 Grand Prix when Steve Davis defeated Dean Reynolds 10-0 - the first result of its kind - and Zhao Xintong producing a 9-0 victory over Yan Bingtao at the 2022 German Masters.

After dropping just one frame across his opening two victories at the Kai Tak, Robertson came back from 3-1 down to defeat Xiao Guodong 5-3 in the quarter-finals.

In a high-quality and thrilling semi-final with Shaun Murphy, Robertson - who made three century breaks during the tie - recovered from two down with three to play against the reigning Masters Champion, not conceding a single point during those final three frames.

Next up for the World Snooker Tour is the 2025 Players Championship ranking event which takes place at the Telford International Centre between March 17-23.

The second of three Players Series events this term, only the top 16 players from the one-year ranking list have been invited.

For all the results from the 2025 World Grand Prix, please visit our tournament information centre here.