Players Tour Championship 2015/2016

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The Players Tour Championship 2015/2016 is a series of snooker tournaments which starts on 29 July 2015 and ends on 26 March 2016, with events held across Europe and Asia. In this season the European events form the European Tour and events held in Asia the Asian Tour. This season there were seven regular minor-ranking events down from nine the previous season concluding with the finals which held full Ranking event status.

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Schedule

Date [n 1] Tournament NameVenueCityWinnerRunner–upScore [1] [2] [3] References
07–2908–02Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT European Tour – Event 1 [n 2] Arena Riga Riga Flag of England.svg Barry Hawkins Flag of England.svg Tom Ford 4–1 [4]
08–2608–30Flag of Germany.svg  GER European Tour – Event 2 [n 3] Stadthalle Fürth Flag of England.svg Ali Carter Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 4–3 [5]
10–0710–11Flag of Germany.svg  GER European Tour – Event 3 [n 4] RWE-Sporthalle Mülheim Flag of England.svg Rory McLeod Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tian Pengfei 4–2 [6]
10–1910–23Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Asian Tour – Event 1 [n 5] Haining Sports Center Haining Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui Flag of England.svg Ricky Walden 4–3 [7]
11–0411–08Flag of Bulgaria.svg  BUL European Tour – Event 4 [n 6] Universiada Hall Sofia Ulster Banner.svg Mark Allen Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ryan Day 4–0 [8]
12–0912–13Flag of Gibraltar.svg  GIB European Tour – Event 5 [n 7] Tercentenary Sports Hall Gibraltar Flag of Hong Kong.svg Marco Fu Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Michael White 4–1 [9]
02–2302–28Flag of Poland.svg  POL European Tour – Event 6 [n 8] Gdynia Sports Arena Gdynia Flag of England.svg Mark Selby Flag of England.svg Martin Gould 4–1 [10]
03–2203–27Flag of England.svg  ENG Players Championship Finals EventCity Manchester Ulster Banner.svg Mark Allen Flag of England.svg Ricky Walden 10–6 [11]

Order of Merit

The prize money collected at each PTC tournament is summed up to obtain the European and Asian Tour Order of Merit. The top 24 from the European Tour Order of Merit, the top 2 from the Asian Tour Order of Merit plus six more from a combination of both lists will qualify for the PTC finals in Manchester. [12]

European Tour

After 6 out of 6 events:

RankPlayerTotal PointsEvents Played
1 Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 26,6256
2 Flag of England.svg Barry Hawkins 25,2754
3 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Marco Fu 23,1754
4 Ulster Banner.svg Mark Allen 22,2004
5 Flag of England.svg Rory McLeod 22,2006
6 Flag of England.svg Ali Carter 20,5503
7 Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 15,9756
8 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ryan Day 14,4756
9 Flag of England.svg Mark King 13,2006
10 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Michael White 13,2006
11 Flag of England.svg Tom Ford 13,0506
12 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams 12,2256
13 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tian Pengfei 11,7005
14 Flag of England.svg Martin Gould 10,4254
15 Flag of England.svg Andrew Higginson 10,2756
16 Flag of England.svg Mike Dunn 9,9756
17 Flag of England.svg Kyren Wilson 9,9006
18 Flag of England.svg Ben Woollaston 9,7506
19 Flag of England.svg Michael Holt 8,7006
20 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Wenbo 8,5506
21 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 8,2506
22 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Dominic Dale 8,0256
23 Flag of Scotland.svg Alan McManus 7,9506
24 Flag of England.svg David Gilbert 7,3506

Asian Tour

After 1 out of 1 events:

RankPlayerTotal PointsEvents Played
1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui 13,5001
2 Flag of England.svg Ricky Walden 6,5001

Both

After 7 out of 7 events:

RankPlayerTotal PointsEvents Played
1 Flag of England.svg Jimmy Robertson 8,0007
2 Flag of England.svg Sam Baird 7,2756
3 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Luca Brecel 6,6756
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Dott 6,4505
5 Flag of England.svg Robert Milkins 6,2007
6 Flag of England.svg Mark Davis 6,1505

(Top 6 players of all 7 PTC events who haven't already qualified)

Notes

  1. Dates use the month day format
  2. Event also known as the 2015 Riga Open.
  3. Event also known as the 2015 Paul Hunter Classic.
  4. Event also known as the 2015 Ruhr Open.
  5. Event also known as the 2015 Haining Open.
  6. Event also known as the 2015 Bulgarian Open.
  7. Event also known as the 2015 Gibraltar Open.
  8. Event also known as the 2015 Gdynia Open.

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  2. "Calendar 2015/2016" . Retrieved 25 July 2015.
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