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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14–18 March 2012 (2012-03-14 – 2012-03-18) |
| Venue | Bailey Allen Hall |
| City | Galway |
| Country | Republic of Ireland |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £250,000 |
| Winner's share | £70,000 |
| Highest break |  Neil Robertson (AUS) (131) Ricky Walden (ENG) (131) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Stephen Lee (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Neil Robertson (AUS) |
| Score | 4–0 |
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The 2012 Players Tour Championship Grand Final (officially the 2012 Betfair Players Tour Championship Grand Final) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14 and 18 March 2012 at the Bailey Allen Hall in Galway, Republic of Ireland.
Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but he finished 37th on the Order of Merit, and didn't qualify.
Stephen Lee won his fifth ranking title by defeating Neil Robertson 4–0 in the final. It was Lee's first ranking title for six years, and Robertson's first defeat in a televised final.
Prize fund and ranking points
The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:
| Prize fund | Ranking points | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | £70,000 | 3,000 |
| Runner-up | £35,000 | 2,400 |
| Semi-finalist | £20,000 | 1,920 |
| Quarter-finalist | £10,000 | 1,500 |
| Last 16 | £5,000 | 1,140 |
| Last 24 | £2,750 | 840 |
| Highest break | £3,000 | – |
| Total | £250,000 | – |
Seeding list
The leading 24 players in the PTC Order of Merit qualified for the event, provided that they had played in at least 6 events (3 in the UK and 3 in Europe).
| Rank | Player | Total points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judd Trump (ENG)
|
30,400 |
| 2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
|
29,600 |
| 3 | Neil Robertson (AUS)
|
28,100 |
| 4 | Michael Holt (ENG)
|
17,500 |
| 5 | Mark Selby (ENG)
|
17,100 |
| 6 |  Graeme Dott (SCO)
|
16,700 |
| 7 | Andrew Higginson (ENG)
|
16,700 |
| 8 | Stephen Maguire (SCO)
|
16,200 |
| 9 | Ben Woollaston (ENG)
|
15,500 |
| 10 | Martin Gould (ENG)
|
14,600 |
| 11 | Joe Perry (ENG)
|
14,300 |
| 12 | Tom Ford (ENG)
|
14,000 |
| 13 | John Higgins (SCO)
|
13,100 |
| 14 | Stephen Lee (ENG)
|
11,800 |
| 15 | Ricky Walden (ENG)
|
11,600 |
| 16 | Mark Davis (ENG)
|
10,500 |
| 17 |  Matthew Stevens (WAL)
|
9,600 |
| 18 |  Xiao Guodong (CHN)
|
9,100 |
| 19 |  Fergal O'Brien (IRL)
|
8,000 |
| 20 | Dominic Dale (WAL)
|
7,600 |
| 21 | Barry Hawkins (ENG)
|
7,600 |
| 22 | Ding Junhui (CHN)
|
7,600 |
| 23 | Jamie Jones (WAL)
|
7,300 |
| 24 | Jack Lisowski (ENG)
|
7,100 |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Bailey Allen Hall, Galway, Ireland, 18 March 2012. | ||
| Stephen Lee (14) England
|
4–0 | Neil Robertson (3) Australia
|
| 65–48, 62–25 (52), 63–25, 73–66 (Lee 66) | ||
| 66 | Highest break | 35 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 0 |
Century breaks
- 131, 130, 104 – Ricky Walden
- 131, 110 – Neil Robertson
- 123, 105 – Ding Junhui
- 123 – John Higgins
- 120, 104 – Andrew Higginson
- 114, 102 – Stephen Lee
- 100 – Xiao Guodong
- 100 – Joe Perry
References
- "Betfair to sponsor PTC Grand Finals". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- "Snooker's elite are all cued up for Galway". Galway City Tribune. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
- "Shaun Murphy wins PTC Grand Final in Dublin". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- "Shaun Murphy wins inaugural Players Championship final". BBC Sport. 20 March 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- "PTC Order of Merit after PTC12" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ^ "Order of Merit". Snooker.org. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ "Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 Entry Pack for Event 11 and 12" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- "Lee downs Robertson to end title drought". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- "The Tour Provisional Ranking Points Schedule 2011/2012 Season". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (DOC) on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- "Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 Grand Final Draw" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- "Results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ^ "Betfair Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- "Century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
External links
- PTC Grand Finals 2012: Day 1 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook
- PTC Grand Finals 2012: Day 2 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook
- PTC Grand Finals 2012: Day 3 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook
- PTC Grand Finals 2012: Day 4 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook
- PTC Grand Finals 2012: Day 5 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook
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