The 2020 edition of the World Grand Prix was sponsored by the betting company Coral.

The defending champion was Judd Trump, who had beaten Ali Carter 10–6 in the 2019 final.

Neil Robertson won the tournament for the first time (his 18th ranking title) with a 10–8 victory against Graeme Dott in the final.

[5][6] It was the eleventh ranking event of the snooker season, following the German Masters and preceding the Welsh Open.

[10] Three-time world champion Mark Williams defeated Barry Hawkins 4–2, despite an attack of gout.

[12] Second seed and 2019 China Open champion Shaun Murphy lost to Matthew Stevens, 3–4.

[16] Defending champion Judd Trump defeated Li Hang 4–1, which Sporting Life called a "demolition".

[12] The 2020 European Masters champion Neil Robertson defeated Michael Holt 4–3, also on a deciding frame.

[12] Kyren Wilson, John Higgins, Joe Perry, Graeme Dott and Tom Ford were victorious in other matches.

[17] World champion Judd Trump met 16th seed Kyren Wilson in the second round.

[19][20] Gary Wilson defeated Matthew Stevens 4–1; Graeme Dott and Neil Robertson completed 4–0 whitewashes of Xiao Guodong and Mark Williams, respectively.

Although Higgins drew two fouls, Wilson won the match after potting a long brown ball.

Neil Robertson won the first three frames of his match with Kyren Wilson with breaks of 80, 59 and 77.

[26] Dott had not won an event since the 2007 China Open, and last reached a ranking final in 2018.

Dott secured the foul shots to trail 8–9, before Robertson won frame 18 to win the match, 10–8.