2011 Players Tour Championship Grand Final

The 2011 Players Tour Championship Grand Final (officially the 2011 PartyCasino.com Players Tour Championship Grand Final)^[1]) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 20 March 2011 at The Helix in Dublin, Ireland.^[2] The tournament was broadcast by Eurosport.

2011 PartyCasino.com Players Tour Championship Grand Final

Tournament information
Dates	16–20 March 2011 (2011-03-16 – 2011-03-20)
Venue	The Helix
City	Dublin
Country	Ireland
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£200,000
Winner's share	£60,000
Highest break	Mark Williams (WAL) (143)
Final
Champion	Shaun Murphy (ENG)
Runner-up	Martin Gould (ENG)
Score	4–0
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Shaun Murphy won his fourth ranking title by defeating Martin Gould 4–0 in the final.^[3][4]

Prize fund and ranking points

The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:^[5][6]

	Prize fund	Ranking points
Winner	£60,000	3,000
Runner-up	£25,000	2,400
Semi-finalist	£15,000	1,920
Quarter-finalist	£7,500	1,500
Last 16	£4,000	1,140
Last 24	£2,500	840
Highest break	£3,000	–
Total	£200,000	–

Seeding list

The leading 24 players in the PTC Order of Merit qualified for the event, provided that they had played in at least 6 events (3 in the UK and 3 in Europe). John Higgins and Ding Junhui were in the top 24 but failed to play in the minimum number of events.

Rank	Player	Total points
1	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	23,200
2	Mark Selby (ENG)	21,300
3	Barry Pinches (ENG)	19,100
4	Marcus Campbell (SCO)	17,700
5	Judd Trump (ENG)	17,600
6	Mark Williams (WAL)	17,100
7	Dominic Dale (WAL)	16,800
8	Stephen Lee (ENG)	16,200
9	Tom Ford (ENG)	15,000
10	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	14,400
11	Michael Holt (ENG)	10,900
12	Liang Wenbo (CHN)	10,700
13	Martin Gould (ENG)	10,600
14	Marco Fu (HKG)	10,100
15	Ricky Walden (ENG)	10,100
16	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	9,900
17	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	9,800
18	Jack Lisowski (ENG)	9,600
19	Jamie Jones (WAL)	9,400
20	Andrew Higginson (ENG)	8,700
21	Mark Davis (ENG)	8,300
22	Matthew Stevens (WAL)	8,300
23	Gerard Greene (NIR)	7,700
24	Joe Jogia (ENG)	7,500

Main draw

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	Last 24 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	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	4
	15	Ricky Walden (ENG)	4			15	Ricky Walden	2
											1	Shaun Murphy	4
	12	Liang Wenbo (CHN)	1
											8	Stephen Lee	3
						8	Stephen Lee (ENG)	4
	21	Mark Davis (ENG)	4			21	Mark Davis	1
																1	Shaun Murphy	4
	24	Joe Jogia (ENG)	0
																22	Matthew Stevens	0
						7	Dominic Dale (WAL)	1
	22	Matthew Stevens (WAL)	4			22	Matthew Stevens	4
											22	Matthew Stevens	4
	23	Gerard Greene (NIR)	2
											4	Marcus Campbell	0
						4	Marcus Campbell (SCO)	4
	17	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	w/o			17	Stuart Bingham	3
																					1	Shaun Murphy	4
	10	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	w/d
																					13	Martin Gould	0
						3	Barry Pinches (ENG)	3
	14	Marco Fu (HKG)	1			11	Michael Holt	4
											11	Michael Holt	2
	11	Michael Holt (ENG)	4
											13	Martin Gould	4
						5	Judd Trump (ENG)	2
	19	Jamie Jones (WAL)	0			13	Martin Gould	4
																13	Martin Gould	4
	13	Martin Gould (ENG)	4
																2	Mark Selby	3
						6	Mark Williams (WAL)	4
	16	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	4			16	Anthony Hamilton	0
											6	Mark Williams	3
	9	Tom Ford (ENG)	2
											2	Mark Selby	4
						2	Mark Selby (ENG)	4
	20	Andrew Higginson (ENG)	4			20	Andrew Higginson	0
	18	Jack Lisowski (ENG)	1

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb. The Helix, Dublin, Ireland, 20 March 2011.^[9]
Shaun Murphy   England	4–0	Martin Gould   England
70–18, 66–46, 59–44 (53), 51–34
53	Highest break	45
0	Century breaks	0
1	50+ breaks	0

Century breaks

^[11][12]

• 143, 111 – Mark Williams
• 133 – Anthony Hamilton
• 128 – Andrew Higginson
• 126 – Marcus Campbell
• 116 – Shaun Murphy
• 113 – Judd Trump
• 110, 102 – Michael Holt
• 106, 100 – Martin Gould
• 103, 100 – Stephen Lee

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