Tour Championship 2020

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Tour Championship 2020
Coral Tour Championship 2020
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Tournament type: World ranking tournament
Attendees: 8th
Venue: Milton Keynes , England
Opening: June 20, 2020
Endgame: June 26, 2020

Winner: ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire
Finalist: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen
Highest Break: 139 ( Stephen Maguire ) ScotlandScotland
← 2019
 

The 2020 Coral Tour Championship was a snooker tournament of the 2019/20 Main Tour season that was held in Milton Keynes , England . The tournament was the final of a series of three tournaments for which the players qualified via the one-year rankings. During World Grand Prix the 32 best and when were Players Championship , the 16 best players competed, the Tour Championship disputed the top eight players.

Corona pandemic

The original plan was to host the tournament from March 17-22, 2020 in Llandudno , Wales . When sporting events across Europe were canceled or suspended due to the corona pandemic , the Tour Championship was also canceled shortly before the start. The tournament was originally supposed to be postponed to the fourth week of July, when the situation eased earlier, it was brought forward to the week of June 20-26. In addition, a more suitable venue was found with the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England . The Championship League was held there as a preparatory tournament at the beginning of June and the location and compliance with the protective measures were tested.

To protect against infection, the participating players went into quarantine before and during the tournament and did not leave the sports facility or the directly adjacent accommodation. Virus tests were also carried out constantly. The audience was excluded and distance and protective measures were in place during the games.

Last year's winner was the Englishman Ronnie O'Sullivan , who could not qualify this year. Actually, the participation of all 8 top players in the one-year ranking was planned, but due to the circumstances, Ding Junhui refrained from traveling from China and did not participate in the tournament. His place in the schedule was taken by number 9 in the ranking, the Scot Stephen Maguire . who finished the tournament as the winner.

Prize money

The total prize money rose to £ 380,000 because the premium for the highest break was increased from £ 5,000 to £ 10,000, the other prizes remained the same and were distributed as follows:

Prize money
winner £ 150,000
finalist £ 60,000
Semi-finalist £ 40,000
Quarter finalist £ 20,000
Highest break £ 10,000
All in all £ 380,000

Seeding list

The seeding list was determined based on the one-year ranking up to and including the Gibraltar Open 2020 .

rank player Prize amount ( £ )
1 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 665,500
2 EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 383,000
3 EnglandEngland Mark Selby 282,500
4th AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 274,500
5 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui a 261,250
6th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Bingtao 223,500
7th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 165,500
8th ScotlandScotland John Higgins 158,500
9 ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire a 152,000
a Ding Junhui canceled his participation, the next player in the ranking after the top 8, Stephen Maguire, replaced him directly in the tournament schedule.

Coral Cup

The Scot Stephen Maguire - nominated as a replacement for the Chinese Ding Junhui, who did not travel to England due to the corona restrictions - also secured the overall victory in the Coral Cup with the prize of £ 150,000 and received an additional bonus of £ 100,000.

player World Grand Prix Players Championship Tour Championship Total
ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 0 30,000 150,000 180,000
EnglandEngland Judd Trump 7,500 125,000 40,000 172,500
AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 100,000 0 0 100,000
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 0 15,000 60,000 75,000
EnglandEngland Mark Selby 0 15,000 40,000 55,000
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Bingtao 0 50,000 0 50,000
ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 40,000 0 0 40,000
EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 0 30,000 0 30,000
ScotlandScotland John Higgins 12,500 15,000 0 27,500
EnglandEngland Joe Perry 12,500 15,000 0 27,500
EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 20,000 0 0 20,000
EnglandEngland Tom Ford 20,000 0 0 20,000

Tournament schedule

The eight participants from the one-year ranking will determine the tournament winner in three rounds:

  Quarter Finals (Best of 17 Frames)
20. – 23. June 		Semi-finals (Best of 17 Frames)
24./25. June 		Finale (best of 19 frames)
June 26th
                           
  1 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 9        
8th ScotlandScotland John Higgins 4th  
1 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 6th
  R. ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 9  
4th AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 5
R. ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 9  
R. ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 10
  7th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 6th
3 EnglandEngland Mark Selby 9    
6th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Bingtao 6th  
3 EnglandEngland Mark Selby 2
  7th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 9  
2 EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 8th
  7th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 9  

final

Final: Best of 19 frames
Referee: Rob Spencer . Marshall Arena,  Milton Keynes , England 26th June 2020 EnglandEngland
Stephen Maguire ScotlandScotland 10 : 6 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen
Afternoon session: 19: 69 (50), 0: 76 (76), 89 : 1 (89), 75 : 50 (Maguire 69, Allen 50), 56 : 45, 0: 125 (125), 31: 62 , 71 : 18

Evening session; 139 : 0 (139) 77 : 23, 38: 69 (64) 74 : 36, 78 -9 (78) 73 : 0 (53) 0: 107 (107) 80 : 72

139 Highest break 125
1 Century breaks 2
4th 50+ breaks 4th

Century breaks

6 players achieved a total of 22 century breaks .

ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 139, 135, 132, 117, 115, 111, 108, 103
EnglandEngland Judd Trump 135
EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 131, 117, 116, 110, 100, 100
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 125, 107, 100
EnglandEngland Mark Selby 119, 105
AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 103, 100

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