Euro Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 – Event 5 Explained

Tournament Name:	Euro Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 Event 5
Venue:	Sparkassen Arena
Location:	Hamm
Country:	Germany
Organisation:	World Snooker
Format:	Minor-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:	€50,000
Winners Share:	€10,000
Highest Break:	(139)
Score:	4–2
Previous:	EPTC4
Next:	EPTC6

The Euro Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 – Event 5 (also known as the 2010 Ruhr Championship) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12–14 November 2010 at the Sparkassen Arena in Hamm, Germany.^[1]

John Higgins won in the final 4–2 against Shaun Murphy.^[2]

Prize fund and ranking points

The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:^{[3] [4]}

width=110px	!	width=110px align="right"	Prize fund !	width=110px align="right"	Ranking points^1
Winner	€10,000	2,000
Runner-up	€5,000	1,600
Semi-finalist	€2,500	1,280
Quarter-finalist	€1,400	1,000
Last 16	€1,000	760
Last 32	€500	560
Last 64	€200	360
Plate winner^2	€1,500	–
Plate runner-up^2	€500	–
Total	€50,000	–

• ¹ Only professional players can earn ranking points.
• ² Prize money earned from the Plate competition does not qualify for inclusion in the Order of Merit.

Main draw

^{[5] [6] [7]}

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Finals

Century breaks

• 139, 135, 133 Joe Perry
• 136 Paul Davison
• 133, 129 Graeme Dott
• 132, 107, 107, 101 John Higgins
• 130, 105, 100 Shaun Murphy
• 126 Adam Wicheard
• 121 Rory McLeod
• 120, 105 Mark Allen
• 119, 102 Andy Hicks
• 118, 107 Judd Trump
• 118, 100 Anthony Hamilton
• 113 Daniel Wells
• 112 Mark Selby
• 108, 103 Tom Ford
• 108 Mark Davis
• 107 Peter Ebdon
• 107 Liu Song
• 106, 103 Mark Williams
• 106, 101 Stuart Bingham
• 106 Marcus Campbell
• 104 Stephen Lee
• 104, 100 Dominic Dale
• 103 Kurt Maflin
• 100 Michael White

External links

• Facebook: EPTC5 - Day 2
• Facebook: ETPC5 - Day 3

Notes and References

1. Web site: PTC helps form Snooker's 'brave new world'. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 21 May 2010. 22 May 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100527164800/http://www.worldsnooker.com/PTC1_news%28Player_Tour_Championship_Helps_Form_Snooker%26rsquo%3Bs_%26lsquo%3BBrave_New_World%26rsquo%3B%29-2211.htm?tid=166. 27 May 2010.
2. Web site: John Higgins wins comeback beating Shaun Murphy. 2010-11-14. BBC Sport. 2010-11-30.
3. Web site: Ranking points and prize money. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 23 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20101114084804/http://www.worldsnooker.com/eptc5_money.htm. 14 November 2010. dead.
4. Web site: The Tour Provisional Ranking Points Schedule 2010/2011 Season. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. DOC. 27 December 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100821055932/http://www.worldsnooker.com/files/Tour%20Points%20Schedule.doc. 21 August 2010.
5. Web site: Euro PTC 5. Snooker.org. 20 November 2010.
6. Web site: Euro Players Tour Championship – Event Five. Global Snooker. 14 November 2010. 14 November 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101115004830/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-eptc-5-results.asp. 15 November 2010.
7. Web site: EPTC5 Hamm, Germany. Snooker Stars. 29 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120322075320/http://www.snookerstars.de/content/attachments/084_EPTC5%20Draw.pdf. 22 March 2012. dead.