Players Tour Championship 2011/12
The 2011/12 Players Tour Championship was a series of snooker tournaments that took place for the second time in the 2011/12 snooker season . Compared to the other world ranking tournaments of the Snooker Main Tour there were fewer points to be won for the snooker world ranking list . However, the eight most successful participants who had not already qualified for the following season via the snooker world rankings qualified directly for the 2012/13 snooker season .
It was a Pro-Am tournament series, in which Main Tour professionals and amateurs played.
In the previous year, a distinction was made between EPTC and PTC tournaments, depending on whether they belonged to the six European or the six UK tournaments. The name was dropped, but the distinction was retained to promote tournaments on the continent. Only those who had participated in at least three tournaments of the respective assignment were eligible to participate in the PTC final. Unlike last year, Gloucester was not one of the European locations this time. Nevertheless, this time there were only five tournaments outside of England, as no other venue could be found and the eleventh tournament had to be moved to the Snooker Academy in Sheffield . Because of problems with the venue, the first rounds of the twelfth event were also outsourced there.
Tournament overview
# | date | competition | venue | winner | finalist | Result |
1 | June 18 to June 22, 2011 | PTC Event 1 | Sheffield | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Joe Perry | 4-0 |
2 | August 6th to August 10th 2011 | PTC Event 2 | Gloucester | Judd Trump | Ding Junhui | 4-0 |
3 | August 17 to August 21, 2011 | PTC Event 3 | Sheffield | Ben Woollaston | Graeme Dott | 4: 2 |
4th | August 25 to August 28, 2011 | PTC Event 4 - Paul Hunter Classic 2011 | Fuerth E. | Mark Selby | Mark Davis | 4-0 |
5 | September 21 to September 25, 2011 | PTC Event 5 | Sheffield | Andrew Higginson | John Higgins | 4: 1 |
6th | September 29 to October 2, 2011 | PTC Event 6 - Warsaw Classic 2011 | Warsaw E | Neil Robertson | Ricky Walden | 4: 1 |
7th | October 5 to October 9, 2011 | PTC Event 7 - Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy 2011 | Gloucester | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Matthew Stevens | 4: 2 |
8th | October 20 to October 23, 2011 | PTC Event 8 - Alex Higgins International Trophy 2011 | Killarney E. | Neil Robertson | Judd Trump | 4: 1 |
9 | November 10th to November 13th, 2011 | PTC Event 9 - Antwerp Open 2011 | Antwerp E | Judd Trump | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4: 3 |
10 | November 27 to November 30, 2011 | PTC Event 10 | Sheffield | Michael Holt | Dominic Dale | 4: 2 |
11 | December 17 to December 19, 2011 | PTC Event 11 | Sheffield E. | Tom Ford | Martin Gould | 4: 3 |
12 | December 15 to December 16, 2011 January 6 to January 8, 2012 |
PTC Event 12 - FFB Snooker Open 2012 |
Sheffield Furstenfeldbruck E. |
Stephen Maguire | Joe Perry | 4: 2 |
final | March 14th to March 18th, 2012 | Grand Finals | Galway | Stephen Lee | Neil Robertson | 4-0 |
E These tournaments were counted as European tournaments, the other tournaments as UK tournaments
Prize money and ranking points
The prize money for the PTC tournaments in mainland Europe was paid out in euros. The prize money for the PTC tournaments in Great Britain and for the final was paid in sterling.
Prize money | Ranking points 1 | |
---|---|---|
winner | £ 10,000 / € (£ 70,000) |
2,000 (3,000) |
finalist | £ 5,000 / € (£ 35,000) |
1,600 (2,400) |
Semi-finalist | £ 2,500 / € (£ 20,000) |
1,280 (1,920) |
Quarter finalist | £ 1,500 / € (£ 10,000) |
1,000 (1,500) |
Round of 16 | £ 1,000 / € (£ 5,000) |
760 (1,140) |
Last 32 (Last 24) |
£ 600 / € (£ 2,750) |
560 (840) |
Last 64 | £ / € 200 | 360 |
Highest break | ? £ / € (£ 3,000) |
|
Maximum break | £ 500 / € 2 (£ 35,000) |
|
total | £ 50,000 / € (£ 250,000) |
The values in brackets apply to the final.
- 1 Only professional players received ranking points.
- 2 If no maximum break was achieved in a PTC event, the £ / € 500 accumulated to £ 1,000, 1,500, £ 2,000, etc.
Prize money list
(after 12 of 12 tournaments)
Place a | player | Total prize money | Participation | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK b | Europe b | total | |||
1. (1) | Judd Trump | 30,400 | 6th | 5 | 11 |
2. (2) | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 29,600 | 6th | 3 | 9 |
3. (3) | Neil Robertson | 28,100 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
4. (6) | Michael Holt | 17,500 | 6th | 6th | 12 |
5. (4) | Mark Selby | 17,100 | 6th | 4th | 10 |
6. (5) | Graeme Dott | 16,700 | 6th | 5 | 11 |
7. (8) | Andrew Higginson | 16,700 | 6th | 6th | 12 |
8. (26) | Stephen Maguire | 16,200 | 6th | 5 | 11 |
9. (7) | Ben Woollaston | 15,500 | 6th | 6th | 12 |
10. (11) | Martin Gould | 14,600 | 6th | 6th | 12 |
11. (15) | Joe Perry | 14,300 | 6th | 6th | 12 |
12. (9) | Tom Ford | 14,000 | 6th | 6th | 12 |
13. (10) | John Higgins | 13,100 | 6th | 5 | 11 |
14. (12) | Stephen Lee | 11,800 | 6th | 6th | 12 |
15. (13) | Ricky Walden | 11,600 | 6th | 6th | 12 |
16. (14) | Mark Davis | 10,500 | 6th | 6th | 12 |
17. (16) | Matthew Stevens | 9,600 | 6th | 6th | 12 |
18. (17) | Xiao Guodong | 9,100 | 6th | 6th | 12 |
19. (18) | Fergal O'Brien | 8,000 | 6th | 6th | 12 |
20. (19) | Dominic Dale | 7,600 | 6th | 6th | 12 |
21. (20) | Barry Hawkins | 7,600 | 6th | 6th | 12 |
22. (22) | Ding Junhui | 7,600 | 4th | 3 | 7th |
23. (21) | Jamie Jones | 7,300 | 6th | 6th | 12 |
24. (24) | Jack Lisowski | 7,100 | 6th | 6th | 12 |
- a The number in brackets indicates the previous place.
- b Participation in at least three UK and three European tournaments was a prerequisite for participation in the PTC final.
Qualification for the Main Tour
The following players qualified for the Main Tour of the 2012/13 snooker season :
space | player | Prize money | Order of Merit |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Li Yan | 4,400 | 44 |
2 | Passakorn Suwannawat | 3,700 | 54 |
3 | Simon Bedford | 3,400 | 56 |
4th | Dechawat Poomjaeng | 3,400 | 58 |
5 | Craig Steadman | 3,400 | 59 |
6th | Kurt Maflin | 3,200 | 61 |
7th | David Grace | 3,000 | 63 |
8th | Liam Highfield | 3,000 | 65 |
Main Tour player of the 2011/12 season outside the top 64 | |
Amateur player (not on the Main Tour in the 2011/12 season) |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Order of Merit - Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 . Snooker.org. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ↑ a b Order of Merit after Players Tour Championship 2012 - Event 12 (PDF; 338 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . January 9, 2012. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved on January 12, 2012.