2017 Players Championship (snooker)

Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates 6–12 March 2017
Venue Venue Cymru
City Llandudno
Country Wales
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £380,000
Winner's share £125,000
Highest break England Judd Trump (136)
Final
Champion England Judd Trump
Runner-up Hong Kong Marco Fu
Score 10–8
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The 2017 Ladbrokes Players Championship professional ranking snooker tournament was played between 6–12 March 2017 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. It was the 17th ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.[1][2]

In the 2016/17 season the Players Tour Championship was cancelled, and the main event was renamed to Players Championship and moved to Llandudno.[3] It is now being played between the top 16 players on a one-year ranking list.[4][5]

Mark Allen was the defending champion, but he did not qualify for this year's tournament.[6]

Judd Trump won the tournament, beating Marco Fu 10–8 in the final.[7]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money is shown below.[8]

Prize fund
Winner£125,000
Runner-up£50,000
Semi-finalist£30,000
Quarter-finalist£15,000
Last 16£10,000
Highest break£5,000
Total£380,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £25,000.

Seeding list

The seedings were conducted on the basis of the 1-year ranking list up to and including the 2017 Gibraltar Open:[9]

Seeding Player Total Points Event Status
1 England Mark Selby 384,550 Quarter-final lost toHong Kong Marco Fu [8]
2 England Judd Trump 208,250 Champion defeatedHong Kong Marco Fu [8]
3 England Barry Hawkins 205,725 First Round lost toAustralia Neil Robertson [14]
4 England Stuart Bingham 181,087 First Round lost toEngland Anthony Hamilton [13]
5 China Ding Junhui 178,025 Semi-final lost toHong Kong Marco Fu [8]
6 England Ali Carter 173,025 Semi-final lost toEngland Judd Trump [2]
7 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 153,750 Quarter-final lost toEngland Judd Trump [2]
8 Hong Kong Marco Fu 152,650 Runner-up lost toEngland Judd Trump [2]
9 Scotland Anthony McGill 141,800 First Round lost toHong Kong Marco Fu [8]
10 China Liang Wenbo 140,400 First Round lost toEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan [7]
11 England Shaun Murphy 129,375 First Round lost toEngland Ali Carter [6]
12 Scotland John Higgins 124,025 First Round lost toChina Ding Junhui [5]
13 England Anthony Hamilton 119,925 Quarter-final lost toChina Ding Junhui [5]
14 Australia Neil Robertson 114,125 Quarter-final lost toEngland Ali Carter [6]
15 England Mark King 109,325 First Round lost toEngland Judd Trump [2]
16 Wales Ryan Day 101,362 First Round lost toEngland Mark Selby [1]

Main draw

Last 16
Best of 9 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 19 frames
            
1 England Mark Selby 5
16 Wales Ryan Day 4
1 England Mark Selby 2
8 Hong Kong Marco Fu 5
8 Hong Kong Marco Fu 5
9 Scotland Anthony McGill 1
8 Hong Kong Marco Fu 6
5 China Ding Junhui 5
5 China Ding Junhui 5
12 Scotland John Higgins 4
5 China Ding Junhui 5
13 England Anthony Hamilton 2
4 England Stuart Bingham 1
13 England Anthony Hamilton 5
8 Hong Kong Marco Fu 8
2 England Judd Trump 10
3 England Barry Hawkins 0
14 Australia Neil Robertson 5
14 Australia Neil Robertson 3
6 England Ali Carter 5
6 England Ali Carter 5
11 England Shaun Murphy 4
6 England Ali Carter 4
2 England Judd Trump 6
7 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
10 China Liang Wenbo 1
7 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 3
2 England Judd Trump 5
2 England Judd Trump 5
15 England Mark King 2

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: England Brendan Moore.
Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 12 March 2017.
Marco Fu (8)
 Hong Kong		 8–10 Judd Trump (2)
 England
Afternoon: 0–89 (83), 69–26 (53), 73–9 (73), 8–78, 82–0 (67), 87–8, 83–0 (83), 0–136 (136), 0–115 (115)
Evening: 34–90, 24–110 (110), 0–92 (63), 9–77 (76), 66–33, 63–52 (52), 0–102 (102), 69–22 (58), 0–102 (53)
83 Highest break 136
0 Century breaks 4
6 50+ breaks 8

Century breaks

Total: 18[10]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/players-championship-2016/
  2. ↑ http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/?year=2017&month=3
  3. ↑ 2016/17 calendar
  4. ↑ "Every Pound Counts... Snooker Race Set to Start". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  5. ↑ http://www.worldsnooker.com/rankings/1-year-ranking-list/
  6. ↑ http://www.skysports.com/more-sports/snooker/news/12243/10220504/mark-allen-beats-ricky-walden-in-players-championship-final
  7. ↑ http://www.worldsnooker.com/judd-top-trump-llandudno/
  8. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  9. ↑ http://www.worldsnooker.com/rankings/1-year-ranking-list/
  10. ↑ "{title}". Archived from the original on 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
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