2017 Players Championship (snooker)

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]

Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates6–12 March 2017
VenueVenue Cymru
CityLlandudno
CountryWales
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£380,000
Winner's share£125,000
Highest break Judd Trump (136)
Final
Champion Judd Trump
Runner-up Marco Fu
Score10–8
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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
1 Mark Selby 384,550
2 Judd Trump 208,250
3 Barry Hawkins 205,725
4 Stuart Bingham 181,087
5 Ding Junhui 178,025
6 Ali Carter 173,025
7 Ronnie O'Sullivan 153,750
8 Marco Fu 152,650
9 Anthony McGill 141,800
10 Liang Wenbo 140,400
11 Shaun Murphy 129,375
12 John Higgins 124,025
13 Anthony Hamilton 119,925
14 Neil Robertson 114,125
15 Mark King 109,325
16 Ryan Day 101,362

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 Mark Selby 5
16 Ryan Day 4
1 Mark Selby 2
8 Marco Fu 5
8 Marco Fu 5
9 Anthony McGill 1
8 Marco Fu 6
5 Ding Junhui 5
5 Ding Junhui 5
12 John Higgins 4
5 Ding Junhui 5
13 Anthony Hamilton 2
4 Stuart Bingham 1
13 Anthony Hamilton 5
8 Marco Fu 8
2 Judd Trump 10
3 Barry Hawkins 0
14 Neil Robertson 5
14 Neil Robertson 3
6 Ali Carter 5
6 Ali Carter 5
11 Shaun Murphy 4
6 Ali Carter 4
2 Judd Trump 6
7 Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
10 Liang Wenbo 1
7 Ronnie O'Sullivan 3
2 Judd Trump 5
2 Judd Trump 5
15 Mark King 2

Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: 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 (Fu 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 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. http://www.worldsnooker.com/rankings/1-year-ranking-list/
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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