2015 Players Tour Championship Grand Final

2015 Players Tour Championship Grand Final

Tournament information
Dates	24–28 March 2015 (2015-03-24 – 2015-03-28)
Venue	Montien Riverside Hotel
City	Bangkok
Country	Thailand
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£350,000
Winner's share	£100,000
Highest break	Neil Robertson  (AUS) (138)
Final
Champion	Joe Perry  (ENG)
Runner-up	Mark Williams  (WAL)
Score	4–3
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The 2015 Players Tour Championship Grand Final was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 and 28 March 2015 at the Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. It was the ninth ranking event of the 2014/2015 season. ^[1]

Barry Hawkins was the defending champion, ^[2] but he lost 2–4 against Mark King in the last 32. ^[3]

Joe Perry won his first ranking event by defeating Mark Williams 4–3 in the final. ^{[4] [5]}

Prize fund

The total prize money of the event was raised to £350,000 from the previous year's £300,000. ^{[6] [7]} The breakdown of prize money of the event is shown below: ^{[8] [9]}

	Prize fund
Winner	£100,000
Runner-up	£38,000
Semi-finalist	£20,000
Quarter-finalist	£12,500
Last 16	£7,000
Last 32	£4,000
Highest break	£2,000
Total	£350,000

Seeding list

The players competed in 9 minor-ranking tournaments to earn points for the European Tour and Asian Tour Order of Merits. The seeding list of the Finals was based on the combined list from the earnings of both Order of Merits. ^{[10] [11]}

Rank	Player	European Tour [12] [13]	Asian Tour [14] [15]	Total points [16]
1	Shaun Murphy  (ENG)	48,249	0	48,249
2	Mark Allen  (NIR)	31,833	0	31,833
3	Stephen Maguire  (SCO)	29,333	200	29,533
4	Mark Selby  (ENG)	28,499	0	28,499
5	Neil Robertson  (AUS)	27,249	0	27,249
6	Judd Trump  (ENG)	26,916	0	26,916
7	Joe Perry  (ENG)	9,166	12,000	21,166
8	Robert Milkins  (ENG)	17,750	2,500	20,250
9	Mark Williams  (WAL)	16,250	2,900	19,150
10	Matthew Selt  (ENG)	15,500	2,900	18 400
11	Stuart Bingham  (ENG)	6,334	10,600	16,934
12	Jimmy Robertson  (ENG)	10,083	3,500	13,583
13	Peter Ebdon  (ENG)	11,833	1,500	13,333
14	Mark Davis  (ENG)	12,416	600	13,016
15	Martin Gould  (ENG)	12,500	0	12,500
16	Barry Hawkins  (ENG)	12,000	0	12,000
17	Ding Junhui  (CHN)	0	11,500	11,500
18	Oliver Lines  (ENG)	4,500	6,000	10,500
19	Rod Lawler  (ENG)	10,499	0	10,499
20	Luca Brecel  (BEL)	9,832	0	9,832
21	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh  (THA)	3,332	6,200	9,532
22	Ricky Walden  (ENG)	9,083	200	9,283
23	Alan McManus  (SCO)	9,084	0	9,084
24	Michael Holt  (ENG)	3,583	5,000	8,583
25	Michael White  (WAL)	8,583	0	8,583
26	Mark King  (ENG)	7,000	1,400	8,400
27	Marco Fu  (HKG)	7,416	600	8,016
28	Anthony McGill  (SCO)	8,000	0	8,000
29	Ryan Day  (WAL)	3,749	4,000	7,749
30	Chris Wakelin  (ENG)	7,416	0	7,416
31	John Higgins  (SCO)	6,583	200	6,783
32	Dominic Dale  (WAL)	6,583	0	6,583

Tournament draw

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	Last 32 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	Shaun Murphy  (ENG)	4
	19	Rod Lawler  (ENG)	2
						1	Shaun Murphy	2
						15	Martin Gould	4
	15	Martin Gould  (ENG)	4
	25	Michael White  (WAL)	3
											15	Martin Gould	2
											6	Judd Trump	4
	16	Barry Hawkins  (ENG)	2
	26	Mark King  (ENG)	4
						26	Mark King	2
						6	Judd Trump	4
	6	Judd Trump  (ENG)	4
	20	Luca Brecel  (BEL)	0
																6	Judd Trump	2
																9	Mark Williams	4
	8	Robert Milkins  (ENG)	0
	30	Chris Wakelin  (ENG)	4
						30	Chris Wakelin	2
						10	Matthew Selt	4
	10	Matthew Selt  (ENG)	4
	18	Oliver Lines  (ENG)	1
											10	Matthew Selt	3
											9	Mark Williams	4
	9	Mark Williams  (WAL)	4
	21	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh  (THA)	1
						9	Mark Williams	4
						4	Mark Selby	3
	4	Mark Selby  (ENG)	4
	32	Dominic Dale  (WAL)	0
																					9	Mark Williams	3
																					7	Joe Perry	4
	3	Stephen Maguire  (SCO)	4
	31	John Higgins  (SCO)	3
						3	Stephen Maguire	3
						24	Michael Holt	4
	12	Jimmy Robertson  (ENG)	2
	24	Michael Holt  (ENG)	4
											24	Michael Holt	1
											7	Joe Perry	4
	13	Peter Ebdon  (ENG)	1
	28	Anthony McGill  (SCO)	4
						28	Anthony McGill	3
						7	Joe Perry	4
	7	Joe Perry  (ENG)	4
	17	Ding Junhui  (CHN)	1
																7	Joe Perry	4
																11	Stuart Bingham	1
	5	Neil Robertson  (AUS)	4
	27	Marco Fu  (HKG)	3
						5	Neil Robertson	1
						14	Mark Davis	4
	14	Mark Davis  (ENG)	4
	22	Ricky Walden  (ENG)	2
											14	Mark Davis	1
											11	Stuart Bingham	4
	11	Stuart Bingham  (ENG)	4
	23	Alan McManus  (SCO)	1
						11	Stuart Bingham	4
						2	Mark Allen	2
	2	Mark Allen  (NIR)	4
	29	Ryan Day  (WAL)	3

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Montien Riverside Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, 28 March 2015. [19]
Mark Williams (9)   Wales	3–4	Joe Perry (7)   England
73–22 (64), 80–0 (57), 103–30 (103), 15–64, 0–68 (50), 21–59 (56), 7–78 (54)
103	Highest break	56
1	Century breaks	0
3	50+ breaks	3

Century breaks

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• 138 – Neil Robertson
• 119 – Peter Ebdon
• 118, 106, 103 – Mark Williams
• 115 – Stephen Maguire
• 102 – Judd Trump
• 101 – Mark Allen
• 101 – Stuart Bingham

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