2016 Players Tour Championship Final

2016 Ladbrokes Players Tour Championship Grand Final

Tournament information
Dates	22–27 March 2016 (2016-03-22 – 2016-03-27)
Venue	EventCity
City	Manchester
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£350,000
Winner's share	£100,000
Highest break	Ding Junhui (CHN) (143)
Final
Champion	Mark Allen (NIR)
Runner-up	Ricky Walden (ENG)
Score	10–6
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The 2016 Players Tour Championship Grand Final (officially the 2016 Ladbrokes Players Tour Championship Grand Final) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22 and 27 March 2016 at the EventCity in Manchester, England. It was the eighth ranking event of the 2015/2016 season. The tournament was broadcast in the UK on ITV4.

Defending champion Joe Perry failed to qualify for this year finals having finished 51st on the Order of Merit. The tournament was won by Mark Allen who beat Ricky Walden 10–6 in the 19-frame final, winning the £100,000 first prize. It was Allen's third ranking event win and his first in Europe after two wins in China in 2012 and 2013.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money is shown below:

	Prize fund
Winner	£100,000
Runner-up	£38,000
Semi-finalist	£20,000
Quarter-finalist	£12,500
Last 16	£7,000
Last 32	£4,000
Highest break	£2,000
Total	£350,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £10,000. The sponsor pledged to double the prize for a 147 break and so the prize would have been £20,000.[1]

Seeding list

The players competed in 7 minor-ranking tournaments to earn points for the European Tour and Asian Tour Orders of Merit. The top 24 from the European Tour and the top 2 from the Asian Tour qualified for the finals, plus 6 more from a combination of both lists. Mark Selby withdrew for personal reasons and was replaced in the draw by Matthew Selt.[2]

The seeding list of the finals was based on the combined list from the earnings of both Orders of Merit.

Rank	Player	European Tour	Asian Tour	Total points
1	Mark Selby (ENG)	26,625	0	26,625
2	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	25,275	0	25,275
3	Marco Fu (HKG)	23,175	1,300	24,475
4	Mark Allen (NIR)	22,200	0	22,200
5	Rory McLeod (ENG)	22,200	0	22,200
6	Ali Carter (ENG)	20,550	0	20,550
7	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	15,975	0	15,975
8	Ding Junhui (CHN)	1,425	13,500	14,925
9	Mark King (ENG)	13,200	1,300	14,500
10	Ryan Day (WAL)	14,475	0	14,475
11	Tom Ford (ENG)	13,050	800	13,850
12	Michael White (WAL)	13,200	0	13,200
13	Tian Pengfei (CHN)	11,700	1,300	13,000
14	Mark Williams (WAL)	12,225	0	12,225
15	Ben Woollaston (ENG)	9,750	1,750	11,500
16	Martin Gould (ENG)	10,425	0	10,425
17	Andrew Higginson (ENG)	10,275	0	10,275
18	Ricky Walden (ENG)	3,525	6,500	10,025
19	Mike Dunn (ENG)	9,975	0	9,975
20	Kyren Wilson (ENG)	9,900	0	9,900
21	Liang Wenbo (CHN)	8,550	1,300	9,850
22	Dominic Dale (WAL)	8,025	1,300	9,325
23	Michael Holt (ENG)	8,700	0	8,700
24	Judd Trump (ENG)	8,250	0	8,250
25	Jimmy Robertson (ENG)	4,500	3,500	8,000
26	Alan McManus (SCO)	7,950	0	7,950
27	David Gilbert (ENG)	7,350	0	7,350
28	Sam Baird (ENG)	7,275	0	7,275
29	Luca Brecel (BEL)	6,675	0	6,675
30	Graeme Dott (SCO)	6,450	0	6,450
31	Robert Milkins (ENG)	2,700	3,500	6,200
32	Mark Davis (ENG)	6,150	0	6,150
33	Matthew Selt (ENG)	6,000	0	6,000

Main draw

	Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	33	Matthew Selt (ENG)	4
	17	Andrew Higginson (ENG)	1
						33	Matthew Selt	2
						15	Ben Woollaston	4
	15	Ben Woollaston (ENG)	4
	25	Jimmy Robertson (ENG)	3
											15	Ben Woollaston	3
											7	Shaun Murphy	4
	14	Mark Williams (WAL)	3
	22	Dominic Dale (WAL)	4
						22	Dominic Dale	1
						7	Shaun Murphy	4
	7	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	4
	21	Liang Wenbo (CHN)	1
																7	Shaun Murphy	4
																4	Mark Allen	6
	4	Mark Allen (NIR)	4
	32	Mark Davis (ENG)	3
						4	Mark Allen	4
						9	Mark King	2
	9	Mark King (ENG)	4
	28	Sam Baird (ENG)	2
											4	Mark Allen	4
											19	Mike Dunn	1
	10	Ryan Day (WAL)	4
	20	Kyren Wilson (ENG)	1
						10	Ryan Day	2
						19	Mike Dunn	4
	5	Rory McLeod (ENG)	1
	19	Mike Dunn (ENG)	4
																					4	Mark Allen	10
																					18	Ricky Walden	6
	3	Marco Fu (HKG)	4
	26	Alan McManus (SCO)	3
						3	Marco Fu	2
						18	Ricky Walden	4
	11	Tom Ford (ENG)	1
	18	Ricky Walden (ENG)	4
											18	Ricky Walden	4
											6	Ali Carter	1
	16	Martin Gould (ENG)	1
	24	Judd Trump (ENG)	4
						24	Judd Trump	1
						6	Ali Carter	4
	6	Ali Carter (ENG)	4
	30	Graeme Dott (SCO)	1
																18	Ricky Walden	6
																2	Barry Hawkins	3
	8	Ding Junhui (CHN)	4
	27	David Gilbert (ENG)	1
						8	Ding Junhui	4
						12	Michael White	0
	12	Michael White (WAL)	4
	29	Luca Brecel (BEL)	2
											8	Ding Junhui	2
											2	Barry Hawkins	4
	13	Tian Pengfei (CHN)	1
	31	Robert Milkins (ENG)	4
						31	Robert Milkins	3
						2	Barry Hawkins	4
	2	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	4
	23	Michael Holt (ENG)	2

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Colin Humphries. EventCity, Manchester, England, 27 March 2016.
Mark Allen (4)  Northern Ireland	10–6	Ricky Walden (18)  England
Afternoon: 74–0 (59), 0–89 (85), 8–86, 0–107 (85), 73–6 (51), 96–44 (80), 71–44, 73–33 (68), 78–35 (64) Evening: 83–11 (52), 1–68 (62), 0–92 (92), 51–59, 72–38, 87–28 (61), 100–0 (67)
80	Highest break	92
0	Century breaks	0
8	50+ breaks	4

Century breaks

[3]

143, 127, 104 – Ding Junhui 135 – Martin Gould 134, 123, 119 – Mark Allen 119 – Barry Hawkins 114, 112, 111, 104, 103 – Ricky Walden

112 – Ali Carter 107 – Ryan Day 106 – Ben Woollaston 103 – Shaun Murphy

References

1. "Rolling 147 Prizes for Ladbrokes World Grand Prix and Ladbrokes Players Championship". 29 February 2016.
2. "Selby Withdraws from Two Ranking Events". 18 March 2016.
3. "Players Championship: centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.