Premier League Snooker 2011

Premier League Snooker 2011
winner	Ronnie O'Sullivan
venue	Great Britain
opening	August 18, 2011
Endgame	November 27, 2011
Highest break	140 Neil Robertson

The Premier League Snooker 2011 was a snooker tournament that was held from August 18 to November 27, 2011 in various locations in Great Britain.

In the final, Ronnie O'Sullivan from England defeated the Chinese Ding Junhui 7-1 and won his tenth title at this tournament.

format

The 2011 Premier League was an invitation tournament with no impact on the world rankings . The mode of the tournament has changed compared to previous years. Instead of the previous seven, it was played for the first time in 2011 with ten players. There were a total of ten Premier League events in different cities in Great Britain. Four players were used at each of these events. It was played in the best of 5 mode , i.e. on three winning frames. Three matches were played per event; first player 1 against player 2 and player 3 against player 4 and finally the two winners against each other.

The best four players in this group stage then played in the final round to win the tournament in knockout mode.

The following players were eligible to participate:

	player	qualified over
1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Defending champion
2	Mark J. Williams	Winner German Masters 2011
3	John Higgins	Winner UK Championship 2010 , Welsh Open 2011 and Snooker World Championship 2011
4th	Ding Junhui	Winner Masters 2011
5	Neil Robertson	Winner World Open 2010
6th	Ali Carter	Winner Shanghai Masters 2010
7th	Shaun Murphy	Winner Players Tour Championship 2010/11 - Grand Finals
8th	Judd Trump	Winner China Open 2011
9	Matthew Stevens	Winner Championship League 2011
10	Jimmy White	Winner World Seniors Championship 2010

Prize money

• Winner: £ 60,000
• Finalist: £ 30,000
• Semi-finalists: £ 20,000
• 5th place: £ 17,500
• 6th place: £ 15,000
• 7th place: £ 12,500
• 8th place: £ 10,000
• 9th place: £ 8,000
• 10th place: £ 6,000

• Highest Break: £ 1,000 (per evening)
• Maximum break: £ 25,000

• Total: £ 210,000

Group stage

(50+ breaks are shown in brackets; century breaks are shown in bold.)

date	place	Player 1	Result	Player 2	Frame sequence
18th of August	Skegness	John Higgins	3 : 0	Jimmy White	61-36, ( 105 ) -5, 71-69
18th of August	Skegness	Neil Robertson	0: 3	Matthew Stevens	18–63, 44–76, 13– (82)
18th of August	Skegness	John Higgins	0: 3	Matthew Stevens	18- (91), 0- (95), 10-65
September 1	Guildford	Jimmy White	0: 3	Mark Williams	1– ( 105 ), 30–61, 5–82 (60)
September 1	Guildford	Ronnie O'Sullivan	2: 3	Shaun Murphy	63–48, 45–71, 68–49, 6– ( 115 ), 0–91 (85)
September 1	Guildford	Mark Williams	3 : 1	Shaun Murphy	67- (65), 14-66, 62-47, ( 101 ) 118-6
September 22	Motherwell	John Higgins	0: 3	Neil Robertson	14-126 (57, 69), 0-93 (87), 35-95
September 22	Motherwell	Ding Junhui	3 : 2	Shaun Murphy	(92) 124-7, 36- (98), 8-117 (98), (87) 102-21, (80) -0
September 22	Motherwell	Neil Robertson	3 : 1	Ding Junhui	56-63, ( 140 ) -0, ( 109 ) 118-0, 54-42
September 29th	Doncaster	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3 : 0	Matthew Stevens	70-0, (94) -0, 77-12
September 29th	Doncaster	Ding Junhui	0: 3	Ali Carter	9-82, 14-120 (50.70), 0-92 (91)
September 29th	Doncaster	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3 : 1	Ali Carter	9-82, 14-120 (50.70), 0-92 (91)
October 6th	Weston-super-Mare	Mark Williams	1: 3	Judd Trump	0-79 (64), 76-14, 0-79 (50), 23-71
October 6th	Weston-super-Mare	John Higgins	2: 3	Matthew Stevens	5- ( 104 ), 68-87, (57) 61-1, 68-67 (67), 0-51
October 6th	Weston-super-Mare	Judd Trump	3 : 0	Matthew Stevens	72-43, (81) -0, 67-30
October 21	Stoke-on-Trent	Mark Williams	2: 3	Ali Carter	27-69, 66-41, 45-63, ( 115 ) 131-1, 0-84
October 21	Stoke-on-Trent	Jimmy White	2: 3	Ding Junhui	(52) 87-39, (59) -66, (52) 72- (56), 24-115 (78), 20-59
October 21	Stoke-on-Trent	Ali Carter	1: 3	Ding Junhui	(96) -0, 7-67, 51-72, 1-72 (66)
28th of October	Exeter	Ali Carter	1: 3	Judd Trump	(78) –0, 14–62, 16– ( 111 ), 31–57 (53)
28th of October	Exeter	Shaun Murphy	1: 3	Neil Robertson	37-66 (60), (53) 74-41, 35-83 (52), 49-68
28th of October	Exeter	Judd Trump	3 : 1	Neil Robertson	55–54, 38–76, 74–0 (59), 79–0 (76)
November 3rd	Southampton	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3 : 2	Judd Trump	0- ( 139 ), (53) 94-32, (89) -22, 46-64 (58), (70) 78-4
November 3rd	Southampton	Neil Robertson	2: 3	Ding Junhui	59–72, 14– (61), (66) 72–17, (55) 70–46, 7–100 (58)
November 3rd	Southampton	Ronnie O'Sullivan	1: 3	Ding Junhui	(77) 82-0, 1-74, 58-68, 17-79 (76)
November 10th	Banbury	John Higgins	3 : 1	Ali Carter	36-52, ( 101 ) 117-13, (79) 95-0, 67-38
November 10th	Banbury	Mark Williams	3 : 0	Matthew Stevens	63-28, 76-5, ( 105 ) -0
November 10th	Banbury	John Higgins	3 : 1	Mark Williams	( 125 ) 130-1, 44-77, (89) -24, 69-22
November 17th	Grimsby	Judd Trump	0: 3	Shaun Murphy	1–75, 0– ( 122 ), 14–111 ( 100 )
November 17th	Grimsby	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3 : 0	Jimmy White	87-29, 75-6, ( 103 ) 120-6
November 17th	Grimsby	Shaun Murphy	1: 3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	16– (82), 35– (78), (52) 83–0, 40– ( 100 )

table

The best 4 players qualified for the final round.

space	Surname	Frames	Games	Points
1	Ronnie O'Sullivan	18-10	5–2	18th
2	Ding Junhui	16-14	5–2	16
3	Judd Trump	14-9	4-2	14th
4th	Mark J. Williams	13-10	3–3	13
5	Neil Robertson	12-11	3–3	12
6th	John Higgins	11-11	3–3	11
7th	Shaun Murphy	11-14	2-4	11
8th	Ali Carter	10-14	2-4	10
9	Matthew Stevens	9-11	3–3	9
10	Jimmy White	2-12	0-4	2

Final round

	Semi-finals (Best of 9) November 26, 2011 Hopton-on-Sea					Final (Best of 13) November 27, 2011 Hopton-on-Sea
	1	Ronnie O'Sullivan *	5
	4th	Mark J. Williams	2
							Ronnie O'Sullivan ***	7th
							Ding Junhui	1
	2	Ding Junhui	5
	3	Judd Trump **	3

Frame sequence

* 0-66, 70-33, ( 109 ) -3, 34-59, (55) 96-0, (84) 85-0, (88) 92-9
** 89-37, 28-53, 15 -74 (58), (59) 68-17, ( 139 ) -0, 69-58, 14-70, (75) -25
*** (52) 68-31, (92) 96-16, ( 56) 80-24, 57-43, 33-70, 79-52, (63) -61 (60), (77) -0

Century breaks

Neil Robertson 140, 109 Judd Trump 139, 111 Ding Junhui 139 John Higgins 125, 105, 101 Shaun Murphy 122, 115, 100 Mark J. Williams 115, 105, 105, 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan 109, 103, 100 Matthew Stevens 104

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 PartyPoker.com Premier League Snooker - 17/11/2011 ( Memento from November 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

• Premierleaguesnooker.com ( Memento of January 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive )