2017 Players Championship (snooker)

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2017 Ladbrokes Players Championship
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Tournament information
Dates6–12 March 2017 (2017-03-06 2017-03-12)
Venue Venue Cymru
City Llandudno
Country Wales
Organisation World Snooker
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £380,000
Winner's share£125,000
Highest breakFlag of England.svg  Judd Trump  (ENG) (136)
Final
ChampionFlag of England.svg  Judd Trump  (ENG)
Runner-upFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Marco Fu  (HKG)
Score10–8
2016
2018

The 2017 Players Championship (officially the 2017 Ladbrokes Players Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament played between 6–12 March 2017 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. It was the 17th ranking event of the 2016/2017 season. [1] [2]

Contents

Prior to this season, this tournament was part of the Players Tour Championship: however, that minor-ranking series was cancelled for this season, and the "Grand Final" event at the end was renamed to be its own ranking event called the Players Championship. [3] It was played between the top 16 players on a one-year ranking list. [4] [5]

Mark Allen was the defending champion, but he did not qualify for this year's tournament. [6]

Judd Trump won the tournament, beating Marco Fu 10–8 in the final. [7]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money is shown below. [8]

Prize fund
Winner £125,000
Runner-up£50,000
Semi-finalist£30,000
Quarter-finalist£15,000
Last 16£10,000
Highest break£5,000
Total£380,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £25,000.

Seeding list

The seedings were conducted on the basis of the 1-year ranking list up to and including the 2017 Gibraltar Open: [5]

RankPlayerTotal points
1Flag of England.svg  Mark Selby  (ENG)384,550
2Flag of England.svg  Judd Trump  (ENG)208,250
3Flag of England.svg  Barry Hawkins  (ENG)205,725
4Flag of England.svg  Stuart Bingham  (ENG)181,087
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ding Junhui  (CHN)178,025
6Flag of England.svg  Ali Carter  (ENG)173,025
7Flag of England.svg  Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)153,750
8Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Marco Fu  (HKG)152,650
9Flag of Scotland.svg  Anthony McGill  (SCO)141,800
10Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liang Wenbo  (CHN)140,400
11Flag of England.svg  Shaun Murphy  (ENG)129,375
12Flag of Scotland.svg  John Higgins  (SCO)124,025
13Flag of England.svg  Anthony Hamilton  (ENG)119,925
14Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Neil Robertson  (AUS)114,125
15Flag of England.svg  Mark King  (ENG)109,325
16Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Ryan Day  (WAL)101,362

Main draw

Last 16
Best of 9 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 19 frames
            
1 Flag of England.svg  Mark Selby  (ENG)5
16 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Ryan Day  (WAL)4
1 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 2
8 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Marco Fu 5
8 Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Marco Fu  (HKG)5
9 Flag of Scotland.svg  Anthony McGill  (SCO)1
8 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Marco Fu 6
5 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 5
5 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ding Junhui  (CHN)5
12 Flag of Scotland.svg  John Higgins  (SCO)4
5 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 5
13 Flag of England.svg Anthony Hamilton 2
4 Flag of England.svg  Stuart Bingham  (ENG)1
13 Flag of England.svg  Anthony Hamilton  (ENG)5
8 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Marco Fu 8
2 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 10
3 Flag of England.svg  Barry Hawkins  (ENG)0
14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Neil Robertson  (AUS)5
14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 3
6 Flag of England.svg Ali Carter 5
6 Flag of England.svg  Ali Carter  (ENG)5
11 Flag of England.svg  Shaun Murphy  (ENG)4
6 Flag of England.svg Ali Carter 4
2 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 6
7 Flag of England.svg  Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)5
10 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liang Wenbo  (CHN)1
7 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 3
2 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 5
2 Flag of England.svg  Judd Trump  (ENG)5
15 Flag of England.svg  Mark King  (ENG)2

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore.
Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 12 March 2017.
Marco Fu (8)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
8–10 Judd Trump (2)
Flag of England.svg  England
Afternoon: 0–89 (83), 69–26 (53), 73–9 (73), 8–78, 82–0 (67), 87–8, 83–0 (83), 0–136 (136), 0–115 (115)
Evening: 34–90, 24–110 (110), 0–92 (63), 9–77 (76), 66–33, 63–52 (Fu 52), 0–102 (102), 69–22 (58), 0–102 (53)
83Highest break136
0Century breaks4
650+ breaks8

Century breaks

Total: 18 [9]

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