Tournament Name: | 2011 PartyCasino.com Players Tour Championship Grand Final |
Venue: | The Helix |
Location: | Dublin |
Country: | Ireland |
Organisation: | World Snooker |
Format: | Ranking event |
Total Prize Fund: | £200,000 |
Winners Share: | £60,000 |
Highest Break: | (143) |
Score: | 4–0 |
Previous: | EPTC6 |
Next: | 2012 |
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.
Shaun Murphy won his fourth ranking title by defeating Martin Gould 4–0 in the final.[3] [4]
The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:[5] [6]
width=110px | ! | width=110px align="right" | Prize fund ! | width=110px align="right" | Ranking points |
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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 | – |
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 | 23,200 | ||
2 | 21,300 | ||
3 | 19,100 | ||
4 | 17,700 | ||
5 | 17,600 | ||
6 | 17,100 | ||
7 | 16,800 | ||
8 | 16,200 | ||
9 | 15,000 | ||
10 | 14,400 | ||
11 | 10,900 | ||
12 | 10,700 | ||
13 | 10,600 | ||
14 | 10,100 | ||
15 | 10,100 | ||
16 | 9,900 | ||
17 | 9,800 | ||
18 | 9,600 | ||
19 | 9,400 | ||
20 | 8,700 | ||
21 | 8,300 | ||
22 | 8,300 | ||
23 | 7,700 | ||
24 | 7,500 |
Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb. The Helix, Dublin, Ireland, 20 March 2011. | |||
Shaun Murphy | 4–0 | Martin Gould | |
70–18, 66–46, 59–44 (53), | |||
53 | Highest break | 45 | |
0 | Century breaks | 0 | |
1 | 50+ breaks | 0 |