 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6–12 March 2017 |
| Venue | Venue Cymru |
| City | Llandudno |
| Country | Wales |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £380,000 |
| Winner's share | £125,000 |
| Highest break | 
Judd Trump (
ENG) (136) |
| Final | |
| Champion |
Judd Trump (
ENG) |
| Runner-up | 
Marco Fu (
HKG) |
| Score | 10–8 |
←
2016
2018 → | |
The 2017 Players Championship (officially the 2017 Ladbrokes Players Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament 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]
Prior to this season, this tournament was part of the Players Tour Championship: however, that minor-ranking series was cancelled for this season, and the "Grand Final" event at the end was renamed to be its own ranking event called the Players Championship. [3] It was 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: [5]
| Rank | Player | Total points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mark Selby (
ENG)
|
384,550 |
| 2 |
Judd Trump (
ENG)
|
208,250 |
| 3 |
Barry Hawkins (
ENG)
|
205,725 |
| 4 |
Stuart Bingham (
ENG)
|
181,087 |
| 5 | 
Ding Junhui (
CHN)
|
178,025 |
| 6 |
Ali Carter (
ENG)
|
173,025 |
| 7 |
Ronnie O'Sullivan (
ENG)
|
153,750 |
| 8 |
Marco Fu (
HKG)
|
152,650 |
| 9 | 
Anthony McGill (
SCO)
|
141,800 |
| 10 |
Liang Wenbo (
CHN)
|
140,400 |
| 11 |
Shaun Murphy (
ENG)
|
129,375 |
| 12 |
John Higgins (
SCO)
|
124,025 |
| 13 |
Anthony Hamilton (
ENG)
|
119,925 |
| 14 | 
Neil Robertson (
AUS)
|
114,125 |
| 15 |
Mark King (
ENG)
|
109,325 |
| 16 | 
Ryan Day (
WAL)
|
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 (
ENG)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 |
Ryan Day (
WAL)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 |
Mark Selby
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 |
Marco Fu
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 |
Marco Fu (
HKG)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 |
Anthony McGill (
SCO)
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 |
Marco Fu
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 |
Ding Junhui
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 |
Ding Junhui (
CHN)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 |
John Higgins (
SCO)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 |
Ding Junhui
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 |
Anthony Hamilton
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 |
Stuart Bingham (
ENG)
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 |
Anthony Hamilton (
ENG)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 |
Marco Fu
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 |
Judd Trump
| 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 |
Barry Hawkins (
ENG)
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 |
Neil Robertson (
AUS)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 |
Neil Robertson
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 |
Ali Carter
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 |
Ali Carter (
ENG)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 |
Shaun Murphy (
ENG)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 |
Ali Carter
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 |
Judd Trump
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 |
Ronnie O'Sullivan (
ENG)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 |
Liang Wenbo (
CHN)
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 |
Ronnie O'Sullivan
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 |
Judd Trump
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 |
Judd Trump (
ENG)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 |
Mark King (
ENG)
| 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 [9]
|
References
- ^ "Cazoo Players Championship". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Calendar 2021/2022 | World Snooker Live Scores". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com.
- ^ "2016/17 calendar" (PDF).
- ^ "Every Pound Counts... Snooker Race Set to Start". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ a b "1 Year Ranking List". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Mark Allen beats Ricky Walden in Players Championship final". Sky Sports.
- ^ "Judd Top Trump in Llandudno". World Snooker. 12 March 2017. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020.
-
^
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from
the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) - ^ "Centuries | World Snooker Live Scores". Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
|
| |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6–12 March 2017 |
| Venue | Venue Cymru |
| City | Llandudno |
| Country | Wales |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £380,000 |
| Winner's share | £125,000 |
| Highest break |
Judd Trump (
ENG) (136) |
| Final | |
| Champion |
Judd Trump (
ENG) |
| Runner-up |
Marco Fu (
HKG) |
| Score | 10–8 |
←
2016
2018 → | |
The 2017 Players Championship (officially the 2017 Ladbrokes Players Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament 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]
Prior to this season, this tournament was part of the Players Tour Championship: however, that minor-ranking series was cancelled for this season, and the "Grand Final" event at the end was renamed to be its own ranking event called the Players Championship. [3] It was 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: [5]
| Rank | Player | Total points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mark Selby (
ENG)
|
384,550 |
| 2 |
Judd Trump (
ENG)
|
208,250 |
| 3 |
Barry Hawkins (
ENG)
|
205,725 |
| 4 |
Stuart Bingham (
ENG)
|
181,087 |
| 5 |
Ding Junhui (
CHN)
|
178,025 |
| 6 |
Ali Carter (
ENG)
|
173,025 |
| 7 |
Ronnie O'Sullivan (
ENG)
|
153,750 |
| 8 |
Marco Fu (
HKG)
|
152,650 |
| 9 |
Anthony McGill (
SCO)
|
141,800 |
| 10 |
Liang Wenbo (
CHN)
|
140,400 |
| 11 |
Shaun Murphy (
ENG)
|
129,375 |
| 12 |
John Higgins (
SCO)
|
124,025 |
| 13 |
Anthony Hamilton (
ENG)
|
119,925 |
| 14 |
Neil Robertson (
AUS)
|
114,125 |
| 15 |
Mark King (
ENG)
|
109,325 |
| 16 |
Ryan Day (
WAL)
|
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 (
ENG)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 |
Ryan Day (
WAL)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 |
Mark Selby
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 |
Marco Fu
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 |
Marco Fu (
HKG)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 |
Anthony McGill (
SCO)
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 |
Marco Fu
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 |
Ding Junhui
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 |
Ding Junhui (
CHN)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 |
John Higgins (
SCO)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 |
Ding Junhui
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 |
Anthony Hamilton
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 |
Stuart Bingham (
ENG)
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 |
Anthony Hamilton (
ENG)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 |
Marco Fu
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 |
Judd Trump
| 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 |
Barry Hawkins (
ENG)
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 |
Neil Robertson (
AUS)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 |
Neil Robertson
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 |
Ali Carter
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 |
Ali Carter (
ENG)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 |
Shaun Murphy (
ENG)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 |
Ali Carter
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 |
Judd Trump
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 |
Ronnie O'Sullivan (
ENG)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 |
Liang Wenbo (
CHN)
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 |
Ronnie O'Sullivan
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 |
Judd Trump
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 |
Judd Trump (
ENG)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 |
Mark King (
ENG)
| 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 [9]
|
References
- ^ "Cazoo Players Championship". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Calendar 2021/2022 | World Snooker Live Scores". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com.
- ^ "2016/17 calendar" (PDF).
- ^ "Every Pound Counts... Snooker Race Set to Start". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ a b "1 Year Ranking List". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Mark Allen beats Ricky Walden in Players Championship final". Sky Sports.
- ^ "Judd Top Trump in Llandudno". World Snooker. 12 March 2017. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020.
-
^
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from
the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) - ^ "Centuries | World Snooker Live Scores". Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.