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2013 Players Tour Championship Grand Final
The 2013 Players Tour Championship Grand Final (officially the 2013 Dafabet Players Tour Championship Grand Final)[1] was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12 and 17 March 2013 at the Bailey Allen Hall in Galway, Republic of Ireland. It was the ninth ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.[2]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 12–17 March 2013 |
| Venue | Bailey Allen Hall |
| City | Galway |
| Country | Republic of Ireland |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £301,000 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Highest break | Ding Junhui (CHN) (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Ding Junhui (CHN) |
| Runner-up | Neil Robertson (AUS) |
| Score | 4–3 |
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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] This was the 250th ranking event to be staged in snooker.
Prize fund and ranking points edit
The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:[9][10]
Seeding list edit
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 points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Selby (ENG) | 34,900 | 0 | 34,900 |
| 2 | Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 4,950 | 20,600 | 25,550 |
| 3 | Ding Junhui (CHN) | 18,100 | 7,100 | 25,200 |
| 4 | Judd Trump (ENG) | 22,250 | 0 | 22,250 |
| 5 | Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 20,100 | 200 | 20,300 |
| 6 | John Higgins (SCO) | 19,150 | 0 | 19,150 |
| 7 | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 19,050 | 0 | 19,050 |
| 8 | Rod Lawler (ENG) | 16,400 | 0 | 16,400 |
| 9 | Mark Allen (NIR) | 16,050 | 0 | 16,050 |
| 10 | Martin Gould (ENG) | 15,950 | 0 | 15,950 |
| 11 | Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 11,300 | 2,500 | 13,800 |
| 12 | Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 9,550 | 1,500 | 11,050 |
| 13 | Ken Doherty (IRL) | 9,400 | 1,500 | 10,900 |
| 14 | Graeme Dott (SCO) | 10,500 | 0 | 10,500 |
| 15 | Robert Milkins (ENG) | 5,400 | 5,000 | 10,400 |
| 16 | Marco Fu (HKG) | 8,100 | 2,200 | 10,300 |
| 17 | Mark Williams (WAL) | 8,100 | 2,000 | 10,100 |
| 18 | Andrew Higginson (ENG) | 9,850 | 200 | 10,050 |
| 19 | Jamie Burnett (SCO) | 9,950 | 0 | 9,950 |
| 20 | Jack Lisowski (ENG) | 9,850 | 0 | 9,850 |
| 21 | Anthony McGill (SCO) | 9,400 | 0 | 9,400 |
| 22 | Joe Perry (ENG) | 8,300 | 1,000 | 9,300 |
| 23 | Tom Ford (ENG) | 4,700 | 4,500 | 9,200 |
| 24 | Mark Davis (ENG) | 7,550 | 1,200 | 8,750 |
| 25 | Joe Swail (NIR) | 8,600 | 0 | 8,600 |
| 26 | Ali Carter (ENG) | 8,550 | 0 | 8,550 |
| 27 | Alfie Burden (ENG) | 7,550 | 200 | 7,750 |
| 28 | Kurt Maflin (NOR) | 7,550 | 0 | 7,550 |
| 29 | Xiao Guodong (CHN) | 3,850 | 3,700 | 7,550 |
| 30 | Mark Joyce (ENG) | 7,400 | 0 | 7,400 |
| 31 | Cao Yupeng (CHN) | 2,050 | 4,200 | 6,250 |
| 32 | Li Hang (CHN) | 0 | 5,400 | 5,400 |
Main draw edit
Final edit
| Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb. Bailey Allen Hall, Galway, Republic of 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 edit
- 147, 138, 133, 130, 130, 118, 108, 101 – Ding Junhui
- 134 – Tom Ford
- 125 – Mark Allen
- 118 – John Higgins
- 113 – Alfie Burden
- 105 – Ken Doherty
- 104 – Marco Fu
- 100 – Martin Gould
- 100 – Barry Hawkins
References edit
- ^ "Dafabet Sponsor PTC Grand Finals". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ "Tournament Calendar 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ . Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ^ Hayes, Roy (12 October 2012). "Stephen Lee suspended from snooker over 'suspicious' betting patterns". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ "Snooker – Ding downs Robertson to win £100k at PTC Grand Finals". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ^ "Ding Is King at PTC Finals". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ^ a b "Maximum Man Ding Beats Allen in Classic". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "China's Ding Junhui makes 147 maximum break in Galway". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ^ "Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ "The Tour Ranking Points Schedule 2012/2013 Season" (DOC). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ "The Players Tour Championship 2012/2013 season qualifying criteria" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "Order of Merit issued after Munich Open 2013 (ET6)" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ "Order of Merit 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ^ "Asian Order of Merit after APTC3" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ "Asian Order of Merit 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "PTC Grand Final draw" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "PTC Grand Final Provisional Format of Play" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ^ a b "Dafabet Players Tour Championship Finals (2013)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ . worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ^ . worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
External links edit
- 147 by Ding Junhui – 2013 PTC Grand Finals (v Mark Allen) on YouTube