Players Championship (Snooker)
Players Championship
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| Tournament status | |
| Ranking tournament: | since 2017 (from 2011 to 2016 under a different name) |
| Minor ranking tournament: | - |
| Invitation tournament: | - |
| Current tournament dates | |
| Defending champion: |
 Judd Trump
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| Attendees: | 16 |
| Venue: | Southport Waterfront, Southport , England |
| Prize money (total): | £ 385,000 |
| Prize money (winner): | £ 125,000 |
| Frames in the final: | Best of 19 |
| Records | |
| Most wins: |
Ronnie O'Sullivan Judd Trump (2 ×)
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| Highest Break: |
147 Ding Junhui (2013)
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| Venue (s) on the map | |
The Players Championship is a ranking tournament of the Snooker Main Tour . In 2004, today's Scottish Open was held under this name, but they were not a forerunner of this tournament.
history
In 2011 the Players Tour Championship was established as the main tour ranking tournament and the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals was held at The Helix in Dublin , and in 2012 and 2013 in Galway . In 2014 it was renamed the Players Championship Grand Final . The venue changed over the next three years. 2014 Preston in England , 2015 Bangkok in Thailand and 2016 Manchester in England. In 2017 and 2018 the tournament was held under its current name in Llandudno , Wales , in 2019 it was again in Preston and in 2020 in Southport .
| year | venue | winner | Result | finalist | season | |
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| Players Tour Championship Grand Finals - Ranked tournament status | ||||||
| 2011 | Dublin - The Helix |
Shaun Murphy
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4-0 |
Martin Gould
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2010/11 | |
| 2012 |
Galway Bailey Allen Hall ( NUI ) |
Stephen Lee
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4-0 |
 Neil Robertson
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2011/12 | |
| 2013 |
Ding Junhui
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4: 3 |
Neil Robertson
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2012/13 | ||
| Players Championship Grand Final - Ranked tournament status | ||||||
| 2014 | Preston - Preston Guild Hall |
Barry Hawkins
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4-0 |
 Gerard Greene
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2013/14 | |
| 2015 | Bangkok - Montien Riverside Hotel |
Joe Perry
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4: 3 |
 Mark Williams
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2014/15 | |
| 2016 | Manchester - Event City |
Mark Allen
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10: 6 |
Ricky Walden
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2015/16 | |
| Players Championship - Ranked tournament status | ||||||
| 2017 |
Llandudno Venue Cymru |
Judd Trump
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10: 8 |
 Marco Fu
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2016/17 | |
| 2018 |
Ronnie O'Sullivan
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10: 4 |
Shaun Murphy
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2017/18 | ||
| 2019 | Preston - Preston Guild Hall |
Ronnie O'Sullivan
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10: 4 |
Neil Robertson
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2018/19 | |
| 2020 | Southport - Southport Waterfront |
Judd Trump
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10: 4 |
Yan Bingtao
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2019/20 | |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tour calendar 2016/17. (PDF) Worldsnooker , accessed on December 10, 2017 (English).
