Players Tour Championship 2011/12 - Event 5

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Players Tour Championship 2011/12 - Event 5
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Tournament type: Minor ranking tournament
Attendees: 197
Venue: World Snooker Academy, Sheffield , England
Opening: September 23, 2011
Endgame: September 25, 2011

Winner: EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson
Finalist: ScotlandScotland John Higgins
Highest Break: 141 ( David Gilbert ) EnglandEngland
Event 4
 
Event 6

The Players Tour Championship 2011/12 - Event 5 was a snooker tournament that took place in Sheffield from September 21-25, 2011 .

In the final, Andrew Higginson beat John Higgins 4-1 .

All games were played in best-of-7 mode.

Preliminary round

Preliminary round 1

game Result game Result
1 EnglandEngland Sam Harvey 4 : 2 EnglandEngland Shane Castle 24 EnglandEngland Jordan Winbourne 4 : 1 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ross Jones
2 EnglandEngland Phil O'Kane 0: 4 EnglandEngland Sydney Wilson 25th EnglandEngland Jamie O'Neill 4 : 0 PakistanPakistan Hasan Khan
3 EnglandEngland David Gray 4 : 2 EnglandEngland Michael Wild 26th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Patrick Wallace 4 : 1 EnglandEngland James Cahill
4th EnglandEngland Joel Walker 4 : 3 EnglandEngland Shaun Wilkes 27 EnglandEngland Alan Edmonds 2: 4 ScotlandScotland Eden Sharav
5 EnglandEngland Marc Harman 1: 4 EnglandEngland James Murdoch 28 EnglandEngland Saqib Nasir 2: 4 ScotlandScotland Marc J. Davis
6th EnglandEngland Bash Maqsood 3: 4 EnglandEngland Mike Hallett 29 EnglandEngland Michael Wasley 4 : 1 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Rhys Clarke
7th EnglandEngland Jonathan Birch 4 : 1 EnglandEngland Clark Lillyman 30th EnglandEngland Sachin Plaha 3: 4 EnglandEngland Nico Elton
8th EnglandEngland Rogelio Esteiro 0: 4 EnglandEngland Antony Parsons 31 EnglandEngland Mitchell Travis 4 : 3 EnglandEngland Oliver Lines
9 EnglandEngland Matthew Day 3: 4 EnglandEngland Martin O'Donnell 32 BelgiumBelgium Hans Blanckaert 4 : 1 EnglandEngland Oliver Brown
10 ScotlandScotland Michael Leslie kl. EnglandEngland Terry Challenger 33 EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 4 : 0 EnglandEngland Ashley Carty
11 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Chen Zhe 4 : 3 EnglandEngland Alex Davies 34 IrelandIreland John Sutton 4 : 0 CanadaCanada Brent Kolbeck
12 ThailandThailand Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 4 : 2 EnglandEngland Martin Ball 35 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Richard William King 3: 4 EnglandEngland Tom Maxfield
13 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Kishan Hirani 4 : 3 EnglandEngland Steve Ventham 36 EnglandEngland James Brown 2: 4 EnglandEngland Lee Page
14th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Duane Jones 4 : 1 EnglandEngland Ian Stark 37 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Anda 4 : 2 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Alex Taubman
15th EnglandEngland John Whitty 4 : 0 EnglandEngland Kashif Khan 38 EnglandEngland Brian Morgan 1: 4 EnglandEngland Allan Taylor
16 EnglandEngland Jamie Barrett 1: 4 EnglandEngland Stephen Craigie 39 EnglandEngland Lee L. Farebrother 4 : 3 EnglandEngland David Birley
17th EnglandEngland Stephen John Barton 0: 4 EnglandEngland Ben Harrison 40 EnglandEngland Danny Brindle 1: 4 EnglandEngland Nick Jennings
18th EnglandEngland James Silverwood kl. EnglandEngland Justin Astley 41 IrelandIreland Douglas Hogan 4 : 1 EnglandEngland Nikolas Charalambous
19th EnglandEngland Jamie Green 0: 4 EnglandEngland Chris Norbury 42 EnglandEngland Mitchell Mann kl. EnglandEngland Tony Knowles
20th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gareth Allen 2: 4 EnglandEngland Les Dodd 43 EnglandEngland Elliot Slessor 3: 4 PakistanPakistan Najmur Khan
21st EnglandEngland Zak Surety 4 : 2 IrelandIreland Dessie Sheehan 44 EnglandEngland Liam Monk 1: 4 EnglandEngland Ian Glover
22nd EnglandEngland Robert Tickner 1: 4 EnglandEngland James Hill 45 PakistanPakistan Omer Butt 1: 4 EnglandEngland Sean Hopkin
23 EnglandEngland Rob M. James 4 : 1 IndiaIndia David Singh 46 EnglandEngland George Marter 2: 4 EnglandEngland Ricky Norris

Preliminary round 2

game Result game Result
47 EnglandEngland Sam Harvey 4 : 2 EnglandEngland Sydney Wilson 61 EnglandEngland Jamie O'Neill 1: 4 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Patrick Wallace
48 EnglandEngland David Gray 4 : 3 EnglandEngland Joel Walker 62 ScotlandScotland Eden Sharav 4 : 2 ScotlandScotland Marc J. Davis
49 EnglandEngland James Murdoch 2: 4 EnglandEngland Mike Hallett 63 EnglandEngland Michael Wasley 4 : 0 EnglandEngland Nico Elton
50 EnglandEngland Ian Burns 4 : 0 EnglandEngland Jonathan Birch 64 EnglandEngland Reanne Evans 2: 4 EnglandEngland Mitchell Travis
51 EnglandEngland Jake Nicholson 3: 4 EnglandEngland Antony Parsons 65 BelgiumBelgium Hans Blanckaert 2: 4 EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson
52 EnglandEngland Martin O'Donnell 4 : 0 ScotlandScotland Michael Leslie 66 EnglandEngland Andrew Billion 2: 4 IrelandIreland John Sutton
53 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Chen Zhe 1: 4 ThailandThailand Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 67 EnglandEngland James McGouran 4 : 1 EnglandEngland Tom Maxfield
54 EnglandEngland Ryan Causton 0: 4 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Kishan Hirani 68 EnglandEngland Lee Page 0: 4 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Anda
55 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Duane Jones 4 : 3 EnglandEngland John Whitty 69 EnglandEngland Allan Taylor 4 : 1 EnglandEngland Lee L. Farebrother
56 EnglandEngland Stephen Craigie 4 : 0 EnglandEngland Ben Harrison 70 EnglandEngland Nick Jennings 3: 4 IrelandIreland Douglas Hogan
57 EnglandEngland Justin Astley 2: 4 EnglandEngland Chris Norbury 71 EnglandEngland Mitchell Mann 4 : 1 PakistanPakistan Najmur Khan
58 EnglandEngland Les Dodd 4 : 2 EnglandEngland Zak Surety 72 EnglandEngland Ashley Wright 4 : 3 EnglandEngland Ian Glover
59 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jak Jones 4 : 3 EnglandEngland James Hill 73 EnglandEngland Sean O'Sullivan 4 : 2 EnglandEngland Sean Hopkin
60 EnglandEngland Rob M. James 4 : 3 EnglandEngland Jordan Winbourne 74 EnglandEngland Christopher Keogan 4 : 1 EnglandEngland Ricky Norris

Finals

Among the first prominent losers in the main tournament were number one and two in the preliminary world rankings, Mark Selby and Mark Williams . The latter lost the top game of the first round against Ronnie O'Sullivan , who then failed in round two. Ali Carter added another defeat to the season opener against Tour returnee Aditya Mehta from India. Jamie Cope suffered a clear 4-0 defeat against English amateur Antony Parsons.

David Gilbert put in a 141 break in his first round match, which should not be outbid in this tournament. He made it to the last sixteen, where he lost to Jack Lisowski . The youngster, who had his best results on the PTC tour so far, then also won against Jamie Burnett and met Andrew Higginson , who had come through the tournament with only three frame losses. In the second semifinals, world champion John Higgins , who had defeated Neil Robertson in the top game in the quarterfinals , met Barry Hawkins . Hawkins reached the semifinals for the second time after Event 3 of the tour at the same venue, but again a Scot was better: Higgins won 4-1, with the same result Higginson beat young Lisowski. For Higginson it was only the second final after the Welsh Open 2007 in a tournament that was about world ranking points. He crowned his good tournament performance with a clear 4-1 win and his first tournament win on the Main Tour.

Round 1 to the round of 16

  Round 1 round 2 Round 3 Round of 16
 EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 4th  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 1      EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 2  
 EnglandEngland Peter Lines 4th      EnglandEngland Peter Lines 4th  
 EnglandEngland Sam Harvey 1        EnglandEngland Peter Lines 3  
 EnglandEngland Andy Hicks 2        EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski 4th  
 EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski 4th      EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski 4th  
 EnglandEngland Mark Davis 0      EnglandEngland Andrew Norman 3  
 EnglandEngland Andrew Norman 4th        EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski 4th
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 4th        EnglandEngland David Gilbert 3
 EnglandEngland David Gray 3      China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 3  
 EnglandEngland David Gilbert 4th      EnglandEngland David Gilbert 4th  
 EnglandEngland Mike Hallett 1        EnglandEngland David Gilbert 4th  
 EnglandEngland Sam Craigie 4th        EnglandEngland Ian Burns 1  
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Cao Yupeng 1      EnglandEngland Sam Craigie 1       
 ThailandThailand James Wattana 2      EnglandEngland Ian Burns 4th       
 EnglandEngland Ian Burns 4th  
  Round 1 round 2 Round 3 Round of 16
 ThailandThailand Passakorn Suwannawat 4th  
 EnglandEngland Paul Davison 3      ThailandThailand Passakorn Suwannawat 3  
 EnglandEngland Robbie Williams kl.      EnglandEngland Robbie Williams 4th  
 IndiaIndia Lucky Vatnani -        EnglandEngland Robbie Williams 2  
 EnglandEngland Jamie Cope 0        ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett 4th  
 EnglandEngland Antony Parsons 4th      EnglandEngland Antony Parsons 0  
 ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett 4th      ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett 4th  
 EnglandEngland Martin O'Donnell 1        ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett 4th
 EnglandEngland Mark Joyce 1        EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 2
 ThailandThailand Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 4th      ThailandThailand Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 3  
 EnglandEngland Gary Wilson 3      EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 4th  
 EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 4th        EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 2  
 EnglandEngland Simon Bedford 4th        EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 4th  
 EnglandEngland Barry Pinches 3      EnglandEngland Simon Bedford 0       
 ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 3      EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 4th       
 EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 4th  
  Round 1 round 2 Round 3 Round of 16
 EnglandEngland Joe Perry 4th  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Kishan Hirani 0      EnglandEngland Joe Perry 4th  
 ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 2      EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 0  
 EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 4th        EnglandEngland Joe Perry 4th  
 EnglandEngland Mike Dunn 3        EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 3  
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene 4th      Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene 1  
 EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 4th      EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 4th  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Duane Jones 0        EnglandEngland Joe Perry 2
 ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 4th        EnglandEngland Dave Harold 4th
 EnglandEngland Stephen Craigie 0      ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 4th  
 EnglandEngland Joe Jogia kl.      EnglandEngland Joe Jogia 3  
 FinlandFinland Robin Hull -        ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 0  
 EnglandEngland Dave Harold 4th        EnglandEngland Dave Harold 4th  
 EnglandEngland Chris Norbury 3      EnglandEngland Dave Harold 4th       
 EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 4th      EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 3       
 EnglandEngland Adam Wicheard 1  
  Round 1 round 2 Round 3 Round of 16
 ScotlandScotland Marcus Campbell 1  
 EnglandEngland Ian McCulloch 4th      EnglandEngland Ian McCulloch 4th  
 EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 4th      EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 1  
 EnglandEngland Les Dodd 0        EnglandEngland Ian McCulloch 4th  
 EnglandEngland Tom Ford 4th        EnglandEngland Tom Ford 2  
 IrelandIreland David Hogan 2      EnglandEngland Tom Ford 4th  
 EnglandEngland Jimmy Robertson 4th      EnglandEngland Jimmy Robertson 3  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jak Jones 2        EnglandEngland Ian McCulloch 0
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xiao Guodong 4th        EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson 4th
 EnglandEngland Robert James 1      China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xiao Guodong 0  
 EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson 4th      EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson 4th  
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Meara 0        EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson 4th  
 EnglandEngland Ben Woollaston 4th        EnglandEngland Ben Woollaston 1  
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Patrick Wallace 0      EnglandEngland Ben Woollaston 4th       
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yu Delu 2      China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liu Song 0       
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liu Song 4th  
  Round 1 round 2 Round 3 Round of 16
 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 4th  
 Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 2      EnglandEngland Judd Trump 4th  
 EnglandEngland Mark King 4th      EnglandEngland Mark King 1  
 EnglandEngland Adrian Gunnell 1        EnglandEngland Judd Trump 1  
 MaltaMalta Tony Drago 1        China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Yan 4th  
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liu Chuang 4th      China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liu Chuang 3  
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Yan 4th      China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Yan 4th  
 PolandPoland Kacper Filipiak 0        China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Yan 3
 EnglandEngland Craig Steadman 2        AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 4th
 ScotlandScotland Scott MacKenzie 4th      ScotlandScotland Scott MacKenzie 4th  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 3      Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 1  
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 4th        ScotlandScotland Scott MacKenzie 2  
 EnglandEngland Ali Carter 0        AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 4th  
 IndiaIndia Aditya Mehta 4th      IndiaIndia Aditya Mehta 3       
 AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 4th      AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 4th       
 ScotlandScotland Eden Sharav 0  
  Round 1 round 2 Round 3 Round of 16
 ScotlandScotland John Higgins 4th  
 EnglandEngland David Grace 0      ScotlandScotland John Higgins 4th  
 IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 2      EnglandEngland Michael Wasley 2  
 EnglandEngland Michael Wasley 4th        ScotlandScotland John Higgins 4th  
 EnglandEngland Liam Highfield 3        ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 1  
 EnglandEngland Mitchell Travis 4th      EnglandEngland Mitchell Travis 0  
 ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 4th      ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 4th  
 EnglandEngland Alfred Burden 2        ScotlandScotland John Higgins 4th
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 4th        WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 2
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Tian Pengfei 3      Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 2  
 EnglandEngland Rory McLeod 2      EnglandEngland Rod Lawler 4th  
 EnglandEngland Rod Lawler 4th        EnglandEngland Rod Lawler 0  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 1        WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 4th  
 EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 4th      EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 1       
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 4th      WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 4th       
 NorwayNorway Kurt Maflin 0  
  Round 1 round 2 Round 3 Round of 16
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White 4th  
 IrelandIreland John Sutton 3      WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White 4th  
 ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill 4th      ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill 2  
 EnglandEngland James McGouran 1        WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White 4th  
 ThailandThailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 4th        ThailandThailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 1  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Daniel Wells 3      ThailandThailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 4th  
 EnglandEngland Sam Baird 4th      EnglandEngland Sam Baird 2  
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Anda 3        WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White 3
 IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 4th        EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 4th
 EnglandEngland Allan Taylor 1      IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 1  
 EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 4th      EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 4th  
 EnglandEngland Stuart Carrington 0        EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 3  
 EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 4th        EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 4th  
 IrelandIreland Douglas Hogan 1      EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 4th       
 EnglandEngland Matthew Selt 3      China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo 2       
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo 4th  
  Round 1 round 2 Round 3 Round of 16
 EnglandEngland Jimmy White 4th  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Andrew Pagett 2      EnglandEngland Jimmy White 4th  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Jones 2      EnglandEngland Matthew Couch 3  
 EnglandEngland Matthew Couch 4th        EnglandEngland Jimmy White 0  
 BelgiumBelgium Luca Brecel 4th        EnglandEngland Martin Gould 4th  
 EnglandEngland Mitchell Mann 1      BelgiumBelgium Luca Brecel 1  
 EnglandEngland Martin Gould 4th      EnglandEngland Martin Gould 4th  
 EnglandEngland Ashley Wright 2        EnglandEngland Martin Gould 1
 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 4th        EnglandEngland Michael Holt 4th
 EnglandEngland Sean O'Sullivan 1      EnglandEngland Steve Davis 4th  
 EnglandEngland Adam Duffy 4th      EnglandEngland Adam Duffy 0  
 IrelandIreland David Morris 3        EnglandEngland Steve Davis 1  
 EnglandEngland Michael Holt 4th        EnglandEngland Michael Holt 4th  
 EnglandEngland Christopher Keogan 1      EnglandEngland Michael Holt 4th       
 EnglandEngland Mark Selby 2      EnglandEngland Robert Milkins 2       
 EnglandEngland Robert Milkins 4th  

Quarter-finals to finals

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
       
  EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski   4th
  ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett   3  
  EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski   1
      EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson   4th  
  EnglandEngland Dave Harold   2
  EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson   4th  
  EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson   4th
   
    ScotlandScotland John Higgins  1
  AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson   1
  ScotlandScotland John Higgins   4th  
  ScotlandScotland John Higgins   4th  
      EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins   1  
  EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins   4th
  EnglandEngland Michael Holt   2  
 
Finale:
September 25, 2011
Best of 7 frames
EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson 4 : 1 ScotlandScotland John Higgins
73 : 65, 63 (63): 78 (78), 95 (78): 32, 75 : 0, 69 : 56 (55)
0 Century Breaks 0
2 50+ breaks 2

Century breaks

EnglandEngland David Gilbert 141, 105
AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 138, 128, 112, 107
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liu Song 137
EnglandEngland Dave Harold 137
EnglandEngland Mark King 135, 129
EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 133, 115, 107
EnglandEngland Michael Holt 132, 108
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White 132
EnglandEngland Martin Gould 128, 112
EnglandEngland Jimmy Robertson 126, 113
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 125, 100
ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill 125
EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 125
ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 117, 105
EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson 117
EnglandEngland Robert Milkins 115, 102
ThailandThailand Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 114
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liu Chuang 114
EnglandEngland Robbie Williams 113
IrelandIreland John Sutton 113
IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 110, 102
ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett 110
EnglandEngland Paul Davison 108
EnglandEngland Tom Ford 106, 100
EnglandEngland Matthew Selt 106
ScotlandScotland John Higgins 105, 105, 103
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 105
EnglandEngland Rory McLeod 104
EnglandEngland Judd Trump 103
EnglandEngland Sam Baird 102
EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 102
ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 101
EnglandEngland Barry Pinches 101
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene 100

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