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Duration | 28 July 2009 β 18 February 2010 |
Tournaments | 4 |
The Pro Challenge Series was a series of non-ranking snooker tournaments held during the 2009β10 snooker season. The events were open to all players on the main tour and were intended to give tour players more playing opportunities. [1] Seven events were planned but only four took place before the series was cancelled, due to low player participation. [2] The series was not repeated and was replaced by the Players Tour Championship, which started the following season.
Except for event 2, events had a prize fund of Β£15,000 with the winner receiving Β£5,000. [3] Event 2, which was played using the six-red format, had a prize fund of Β£10,000 with the winner receiving Β£3,000. In event 2 the Β£500 break prize went to the player with the fastest maximum break. [4]
The schedule for the Events 1 to 5 is listed below. Event 4 was cancelled and event 5 was the final tournament played. Event 2 was played using the six-red format. Events 6 and 7 were cancelled. [2]
Date | Country | Tournament | Venue | City | Field | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Ref. | |
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28 Jul | 30 Jul | ENG | Event 1 | Northern Snooker Centre | Leeds | 40 | Stephen Maguire ( SCO) | Alan McManus ( SCO) | 5β2 | [5] |
31 Aug | 1 Sep | WAL | Event 2 | Pontins | Prestatyn | 47 | Ken Doherty ( IRL) | Martin Gould ( ENG) | 6β2 | [6] |
9 Nov | 11 Nov | ENG | Event 3 | Willie Thorne Snooker Centre | Leicester | 52 | Robert Milkins ( ENG) | Joe Jogia ( ENG) | 5β3 | [7] |
Event 4 | Cancelled | [8] | ||||||||
16 Feb | 18 Feb | ENG | Event 5 | George Scott Snooker Club | Liverpool | 39 | Barry Hawkins ( ENG) | Michael Holt ( ENG) | 5β1 | [9] |
The first event took place at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, from 28 to 30 July 2009. Stephen Maguire beat Alan McManus 5β2 in the final. [3] [10] Dave Harold made the highest break of 128. [5] Results are given below.
The second event took place at Pontins, Prestatyn, on 31 August and 1 September 2009, using the six-red format. Ken Doherty beat Martin Gould 6β2 in the final. [4] [11] Stuart Pettman took the prize for the fastest maximum break. [6] Results are given below.
Note: a maximum break in six-red snooker is 75 points. [4] [11]
The third event took place at the Willie Thorne Snooker Centre in Leicester, from 9 to 11 November 2009. Robert Milkins beat Joe Jogia 5β3 in the final. Ricky Walden made the highest break of 140. [7] [12] Results are given below.
Event 5 took place at the George Scott Snooker Club in Liverpool, from 16 to 18 February 2010. Barry Hawkins beat Michael Holt 5β1 in the final. Judd Trump made the highest break of 138. [9] [13] Results are given below.
Details | |
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Duration | 28 July 2009 β 18 February 2010 |
Tournaments | 4 |
The Pro Challenge Series was a series of non-ranking snooker tournaments held during the 2009β10 snooker season. The events were open to all players on the main tour and were intended to give tour players more playing opportunities. [1] Seven events were planned but only four took place before the series was cancelled, due to low player participation. [2] The series was not repeated and was replaced by the Players Tour Championship, which started the following season.
Except for event 2, events had a prize fund of Β£15,000 with the winner receiving Β£5,000. [3] Event 2, which was played using the six-red format, had a prize fund of Β£10,000 with the winner receiving Β£3,000. In event 2 the Β£500 break prize went to the player with the fastest maximum break. [4]
The schedule for the Events 1 to 5 is listed below. Event 4 was cancelled and event 5 was the final tournament played. Event 2 was played using the six-red format. Events 6 and 7 were cancelled. [2]
Date | Country | Tournament | Venue | City | Field | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Ref. | |
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28 Jul | 30 Jul | ENG | Event 1 | Northern Snooker Centre | Leeds | 40 | Stephen Maguire ( SCO) | Alan McManus ( SCO) | 5β2 | [5] |
31 Aug | 1 Sep | WAL | Event 2 | Pontins | Prestatyn | 47 | Ken Doherty ( IRL) | Martin Gould ( ENG) | 6β2 | [6] |
9 Nov | 11 Nov | ENG | Event 3 | Willie Thorne Snooker Centre | Leicester | 52 | Robert Milkins ( ENG) | Joe Jogia ( ENG) | 5β3 | [7] |
Event 4 | Cancelled | [8] | ||||||||
16 Feb | 18 Feb | ENG | Event 5 | George Scott Snooker Club | Liverpool | 39 | Barry Hawkins ( ENG) | Michael Holt ( ENG) | 5β1 | [9] |
The first event took place at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, from 28 to 30 July 2009. Stephen Maguire beat Alan McManus 5β2 in the final. [3] [10] Dave Harold made the highest break of 128. [5] Results are given below.
The second event took place at Pontins, Prestatyn, on 31 August and 1 September 2009, using the six-red format. Ken Doherty beat Martin Gould 6β2 in the final. [4] [11] Stuart Pettman took the prize for the fastest maximum break. [6] Results are given below.
Note: a maximum break in six-red snooker is 75 points. [4] [11]
The third event took place at the Willie Thorne Snooker Centre in Leicester, from 9 to 11 November 2009. Robert Milkins beat Joe Jogia 5β3 in the final. Ricky Walden made the highest break of 140. [7] [12] Results are given below.
Event 5 took place at the George Scott Snooker Club in Liverpool, from 16 to 18 February 2010. Barry Hawkins beat Michael Holt 5β1 in the final. Judd Trump made the highest break of 138. [9] [13] Results are given below.