The 2012 Players Tour Championship Grand Final (officially the 2012 Betfair Players Tour Championship Grand Final)[1] was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14 and 18 March 2012 at the Bailey Allen Hall in Galway, Republic of Ireland.[2]
 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14–18 March 2012 |
| Venue | Bailey Allen Hall |
| City | Galway |
| Country | Republic of Ireland |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £250,000 |
| Winner's share | £70,000 |
| Highest break |  Neil Robertson (AUS) (131) Ricky Walden (ENG) (131) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Stephen Lee (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Neil Robertson (AUS) |
| Score | 4–0 |
← 2011 2013 → | |
Shaun Murphy was the defending champion,[3][4] but he finished 37th on the Order of Merit,[5][6] and didn't qualify.[7]
Stephen Lee won his fifth ranking title by defeating Neil Robertson 4–0 in the final. It was Lee's first ranking title for six years, and Robertson's first defeat in a televised final.[8]
Prize fund and ranking points
editThe breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:[7][9]
| Prize fund | Ranking points | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | £70,000 | 3,000 |
| Runner-up | £35,000 | 2,400 |
| Semi-finalist | £20,000 | 1,920 |
| Quarter-finalist | £10,000 | 1,500 |
| Last 16 | £5,000 | 1,140 |
| Last 24 | £2,750 | 840 |
| Highest break | £3,000 | – |
| Total | £250,000 | – |
Seeding list
editThe leading 24 players in the PTC Order of Merit qualified for the event, provided that they had played in at least 6 events (3 in the UK and 3 in Europe).[6]
| Rank | Player | Total points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judd Trump (ENG)
|
30,400 |
| 2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
|
29,600 |
| 3 | Neil Robertson (AUS)
|
28,100 |
| 4 | Michael Holt (ENG)
|
17,500 |
| 5 | Mark Selby (ENG)
|
17,100 |
| 6 |  Graeme Dott (SCO)
|
16,700 |
| 7 | Andrew Higginson (ENG)
|
16,700 |
| 8 | Stephen Maguire (SCO)
|
16,200 |
| 9 | Ben Woollaston (ENG)
|
15,500 |
| 10 | Martin Gould (ENG)
|
14,600 |
| 11 | Joe Perry (ENG)
|
14,300 |
| 12 | Tom Ford (ENG)
|
14,000 |
| 13 | John Higgins (SCO)
|
13,100 |
| 14 | Stephen Lee (ENG)
|
11,800 |
| 15 | Ricky Walden (ENG)
|
11,600 |
| 16 | Mark Davis (ENG)
|
10,500 |
| 17 |  Matthew Stevens (WAL)
|
9,600 |
| 18 |  Xiao Guodong (CHN)
|
9,100 |
| 19 |  Fergal O'Brien (IRL)
|
8,000 |
| 20 | Dominic Dale (WAL)
|
7,600 |
| 21 | Barry Hawkins (ENG)
|
7,600 |
| 22 | Ding Junhui (CHN)
|
7,600 |
| 23 | Jamie Jones (WAL)
|
7,300 |
| 24 | Jack Lisowski (ENG)
|
7,100 |
Main draw
editFinal
edit| Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Bailey Allen Hall, Galway, Ireland, 18 March 2012.[12] | ||
| Stephen Lee (14) England
|
4–0 | Neil Robertson (3) Australia
|
| 65–48, 62–25 (52), 63–25, 73–66 (Lee 66) | ||
| 66 | Highest break | 35 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 0 |
Century breaks
edit- 131, 130, 104 – Ricky Walden
- 131, 110 – Neil Robertson
- 123, 105 – Ding Junhui
- 123 – John Higgins
- 120, 104 – Andrew Higginson
- 114, 102 – Stephen Lee
- 100 – Xiao Guodong
- 100 – Joe Perry
References
edit- ^ "Betfair to sponsor PTC Grand Finals". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ "Snooker's elite are all cued up for Galway". Galway City Tribune. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
- ^ "Shaun Murphy wins PTC Grand Final in Dublin". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ "Shaun Murphy wins inaugural Players Championship final". BBC Sport. 20 March 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- ^ "PTC Order of Merit after PTC12" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ^ a b "Order of Merit". Snooker.org. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 Entry Pack for Event 11 and 12" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ "Lee downs Robertson to end title drought". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ^ "The Tour Provisional Ranking Points Schedule 2011/2012 Season". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (DOC) on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- ^ "Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 Grand Final Draw" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ "Results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Betfair Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ^ "Century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
External links
edit- PTC Grand Finals 2012: Day 1 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook
- PTC Grand Finals 2012: Day 2 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook
- PTC Grand Finals 2012: Day 3 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook
- PTC Grand Finals 2012: Day 4 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook
- PTC Grand Finals 2012: Day 5 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook