Players Tour Championship 2012/2013 – Finals

Players Tour Championship 2012/2013
Finals
Tournament information
Dates 12–17 March 2013
Venue Bailey Allen Hall
City Galway
Country Ireland
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £301,000
Winner's share £100,000
Highest break 147
Final
Champion China Ding Junhui
Runner-up Australia Neil Robertson
Score 4–3
← ET6
Last →

The Players Tour Championship 2012/2013 – Finals (also known as the 2013 Dafabet Players Tour Championship Grand Finals for sponsorship purposes[1]) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12–17 March 2013 at the Bailey Allen Hall in Galway, Ireland. It was the ninth ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.[2]

Stephen Lee was the defending champion,[3] but he couldn't compete due to his suspension from professional snooker.[4]

Ding Junhui won his sixth ranking title by defeating Neil Robertson 4–3 in the final.[5][6] Ding also made the 97th official maximum break during his quarter-final match against Mark Allen. This was Ding's fifth 147 break and the ninth in the 2012/2013 season.[7][8]

Prize fund and ranking points

The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:[9][10]

Prize fund Ranking points
Winner £100,000 3,000
Runner-up £40,000 2,400
Semi-finalist £20,000 1,920
Quarter-finalist £9,500 1,500
Last 16 £5,000 1,140
Last 32 £2,500 840
Highest break £2,000 –
Maximum break[7] £1,000 –
Total £301,000 –

Seeding list

The players competed in 13 minor-ranking tournaments to earn points for the PTC and APTC Order of Merits. The seeding list of the Finals was based on the combined list from the earnings of both Order of Merits.[11]

Rank Player PTC[12][13] APTC[14][15] Total
1 England Mark Selby 34,900 0 34,900
2 England Stuart Bingham 4,950 20,600 25,550
3 China Ding Junhui 18,100 7,100 25,200
4 England Judd Trump 22,250 0 22,250
5 Scotland Stephen Maguire 20,100 200 20,300
6 Scotland John Higgins 19,150 0 19,150
7 Australia Neil Robertson 19,050 0 19,050
8 England Rod Lawler 16,400 0 16,400
9 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 16,050 0 16,050
10 England Martin Gould 15,950 0 15,950
11 England Ben Woollaston 11,300 2,500 13,800
12 England Barry Hawkins 9,550 1,500 11,050
13 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 9,400 1,500 10,900
14 Scotland Graeme Dott 10,500 0 10,500
15 England Robert Milkins 5,400 5,000 10,400
16 Hong Kong Marco Fu 8,100 2,200 10,300
17 Wales Mark Williams 8,100 2,000 10,100
18 England Andrew Higginson 9,850 200 10,050
19 Scotland Jamie Burnett 9,950 0 9,950
20 England Jack Lisowski 9,850 0 9,850
21 Scotland Anthony McGill 9,400 0 9,400
22 England Joe Perry 8,300 1,000 9,300
23 England Tom Ford 4,700 4,500 9,200
24 England Mark Davis 7,550 1,200 8,750
25 Northern Ireland Joe Swail 8,600 0 8,600
26 England Ali Carter 8,550 0 8,550
27 England Alfie Burden 7,550 200 7,750
28 Norway Kurt Maflin 7,550 0 7,550
29 China Xiao Guodong 3,850 3,700 7,550
30 England Mark Joyce 7,400 0 7,400
31 China Cao Yupeng 2,050 4,200 6,250
32 China Li Hang 0 5,400 5,400

Main draw

[16][17][18][19]

Last 32
Best of 7 frames 		Last 16
Best of 7 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames 		Final
Best of 7 frames
               
1 England Mark Selby 3
20 England Jack Lisowski 4
20 England Jack Lisowski 3
23 England Tom Ford 4
10 England Martin Gould 2
23 England Tom Ford 4
23 England Tom Ford 4
16 Hong Kong Marco Fu 1
16 Hong Kong Marco Fu 4
30 England Mark Joyce 2
16 Hong Kong Marco Fu 4
26 England Ali Carter 1
6 Scotland John Higgins 2
26 England Ali Carter 4
23 England Tom Ford 3
7 Australia Neil Robertson 4
7 Australia Neil Robertson 4
19 Scotland Jamie Burnett 2
7 Australia Neil Robertson 4
12 England Barry Hawkins 1
12 England Barry Hawkins 4
32 China Li Hang 0
7 Australia Neil Robertson 4
29 China Xiao Guodong 1
14 Scotland Graeme Dott 1
29 China Xiao Guodong 4
29 China Xiao Guodong 4
27 England Alfie Burden 2
4 England Judd Trump 3
27 England Alfie Burden 4
7 Australia Neil Robertson 3
3 China Ding Junhui 4
3 China Ding Junhui 4
18 England Andrew Higginson 3
3 China Ding Junhui 4
21 Scotland Anthony McGill 3
15 England Robert Milkins 2
21 Scotland Anthony McGill 4
3 China Ding Junhui 4
9 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 3
9 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 4
24 England Mark Davis 0
9 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 4
25 Northern Ireland Joe Swail 0
5 Scotland Stephen Maguire 3
25 Northern Ireland Joe Swail 4
3 China Ding Junhui 4
28 Norway Kurt Maflin 0
8 England Rod Lawler 4
31 China Cao Yupeng 2
8 England Rod Lawler 3
28 Norway Kurt Maflin 4
13 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 2
28 Norway Kurt Maflin 4
28 Norway Kurt Maflin 4
11 England Ben Woollaston 3
11 England Ben Woollaston 4
17 Wales Mark Williams 3
11 England Ben Woollaston 4
22 England Joe Perry 3
2 England Stuart Bingham 2
22 England Joe Perry 4

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb.
Bailey Allen Hall, Galway, Ireland, 17 March 2013.[19][20]
Neil Robertson (7)
 Australia		 3–4 Ding Junhui (3)
 China
88–45 (88), 80–0 (58), 72–55 (60, 51), 0–122 (52, 70), 0–130 (130), 44–70, 7–98 (98)
88 Highest break 130
0 Century breaks 1
3 50+ breaks 5

Century breaks

[21]

References

  1. ↑ "Dafabet Sponsor PTC Grand Finals". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Tournament Calendar 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Lee downs Robertson to end title drought". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  4. ↑ Hayes, Roy (12 October 2012). "Stephen Lee suspended from snooker over 'suspicious' betting patterns". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Snooker – Ding downs Robertson to win £100k at PTC Grand Finals". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Ding Is King At PTC Finals". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Maximum Man Ding Beats Allen In Classic". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  8. ↑ "China's Ding Junhui makes 147 maximum break in Galway". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  9. ↑ "Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  10. ↑ "The Tour Ranking Points Schedule 2012/2013 Season". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (DOC) on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  11. ↑ "The Players Tour Championship 2012/2013 season qualifying criteria" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  12. ↑ "Order of Merit issued after Munich Open 2013 (ET6)" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  13. ↑ "Order of Merit 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  14. ↑ "Asian Order of Merit after APTC3" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  15. ↑ "Asian Order of Merit 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  16. ↑ "PTC Grand Final draw" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  17. ↑ "PTC Grand Final Provisional Format of Play" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  18. ↑ "2013 Dafabet PTC Grand Final results". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  19. 1 2 "Dafabet Players Tour Championship Finals (2013)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  20. ↑ "Final – Match 31 – Neil Robertson v Ding Junhui". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  21. ↑ "Dafabet PTC Grand Final Century Breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
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