Tournament information | |
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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 |
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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]
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]
The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below: [7] [9]
Prize fund | Ranking points | |
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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 | – |
The 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 |
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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 |
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 |
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