2012 Players Tour Championship Grand Final

2012 Betfair Players Tour Championship Grand Final

Tournament information
Dates	14–18 March 2012 (2012-03-14 – 2012-03-18)
Venue	Bailey Allen Hall
City	Galway
Country	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, 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]

It was also the final tournament he won in his professional snooker career, before Stephen was given a 12-year ban from the sport later that year, after his suspicious match-fixing and betting patterns arose. ^[9]

Prize fund and ranking points

The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below: ^{[7] [10]}

	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

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
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

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	Last 24 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames					Semi-finals Best of 7 frames					Final Best of 7 frames
						1	Judd Trump  (ENG)	2
	18	Xiao Guodong  (CHN)	4			18	Xiao Guodong	4
											18	Xiao Guodong	1
	20	Dominic Dale  (WAL)	2
											7	Andrew Higginson	4
						7	Andrew Higginson  (ENG)	4
	13	John Higgins  (SCO)	3			23	Jamie Jones	3
																7	Andrew Higginson	2
	23	Jamie Jones  (WAL)	4
																14	Stephen Lee	4
						5	Mark Selby  (ENG)	4
	9	Ben Woollaston  (ENG)	2			22	Ding Junhui	1
											5	Mark Selby	0
	22	Ding Junhui  (CHN)	4
											14	Stephen Lee	4
						4	Michael Holt  (ENG)	1
	10	Martin Gould  (ENG)	1			14	Stephen Lee	4
																					14	Stephen Lee	4
	14	Stephen Lee  (ENG)	4
																					3	Neil Robertson	0
						3	Neil Robertson  (AUS)	4
	21	Barry Hawkins  (ENG)	3			24	Jack Lisowski	1
											3	Neil Robertson	4
	24	Jack Lisowski  (ENG)	4
											11	Joe Perry	1
						6	Graeme Dott  (SCO)	2
	19	Fergal O'Brien  (IRL)	0			11	Joe Perry	4
																3	Neil Robertson	4
	11	Joe Perry  (ENG)	4
																8	Stephen Maguire	0
						8	Stephen Maguire  (SCO)	4
	16	Mark Davis  (ENG)	4			16	Mark Davis	2
											8	Stephen Maguire	4
	12	Tom Ford  (ENG)	1
											15	Ricky Walden	3
						2	Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)	w/d
	15	Ricky Walden  (ENG)	4			15	Ricky Walden	w/o
	17	Matthew Stevens  (WAL)	0

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Bailey Allen Hall, Galway, Ireland, 18 March 2012. [13]
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

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• 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

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14. "Century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.

External links

• 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