Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 – Event 4 Explained

Tournament Name:Players Tour Championship 2010/2011
Event 4
Venue:World Snooker Academy
Location:Sheffield
Country:England
Organisation:World Snooker
Format:Minor-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:£50,000
Winners Share:£10,000
Highest Break: (140)
Score:4–3
Previous:PTC3
Next:EPTC1

The Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 – Event 4 (also known as Star Xing Pai Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 – Event 4 for sponsorship purposes) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14 and 16 August 2010 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.[1] The preliminary rounds took place on 25 July at the same venue.

Barry Pinches won in the final 4–3 against Ronnie O'Sullivan.[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 points1
Winner £10,000 2,000
Runner-up £5,000 1,600
Semi-finalist £2,500 1,280
Quarter-finalist £1,500 1,000
Last 16 £1,000 760
Last 32 £600 560
Last 64 £200 360
Total £50,000

Main draw

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Preliminary rounds

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Round 1

Best of 7 frames

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2–4 Jamie Clarke
Michael Wild 4–1 James Silverwood
Chen Zhe 4–0 Oliver Brown
Shaun Wilkes 2–4 Chris Norbury
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Rogelio Esteiro 0–4 Robert Valiant
David Portman 4–1 Jamie Curtis-Barrett
Paul Metcalf 3–4 Lee Page
Samuel Thistlewhite Mike Hallett

Round 2

Best of 7 frames

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1–4 Jame McGouran
Alex Davies Gareth Green
David Craggs 2–4 Farakh Ajaib
David Grace 4–2 Callum Downing
Ian Burns 4–0 Ashik Nathwani
Hans Blankaert 4–2 Jamie Clarke
Danny Douane w/d–w/o Lee Spick
Jamie Walker 4–1 Lee Farebrother
Antony Parsons 4–3 Mitchell Travis
1–4 Steve Judd
Lee Shanker w/o–w/d Dale Smith
Dane Hall w/d–w/o Michael Wild
Stephen Ormerod 4–3 Jamie Brown
Nick Jennings w/o–w/d Lewis Mayes
w/d–w/o Daniel Skingle
3–4 Chen Zhe
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Martin O'Donnell
James Hill 0–4 Chris Norbury
Sam Baird w/o–w/d Rupesh Thakkar
w/d–w/o Sharrukh Nasir
w/d–w/o Rock Hui
Joel Walker 4–0 Anthony Robson
Mark Smith 1–4 Charlie Walters
Jordan Rimmer0–4 Robert Valiant
Stuart Carrington w/o–w/d Marc Harman
Kamran Ashraf 3–4 David Portman
Adam Duffy 4–0 Craig Barber
1–4 Lee Page
Ian Glover 4–3 Jeff Cundy
Alex Taubman 4–0 Samuel Thistlewhite
Shaun Parkes 3–4 Lucky Vatnani
Jake Nicholson 1–4 Ben Harrison

Main rounds

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Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Finals

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames.
World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England, 16 August 2010.[8]
Ronnie O'Sullivan
3–4Barry Pinches
107–1 (60), 1–76, 83–0 (83),,,,
83Highest break64
0Century breaks0
350+ breaks1

Century breaks

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Notes

Notes and References

  1. News: 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: Pinches claws his way to title. Eurosport UK. 29 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120917081924/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/17082010/58/pinches-claws-way-title.html?order=ratings. live. 17 September 2012.
  3. Web site: Prize Money and Ranking Points. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 11 August 2010. 11 August 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100817192623/http://www.worldsnooker.com/ptc4_money.htm?tid=186. 17 August 2010.
  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: Star Xing Pai PTC 4. Snooker.org. 26 February 2011.
  6. News: Players Tour Championship – Event Four (Amateur Qualifying Results). Global Snooker. 22 July 2010. 22 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100727124746/http://www.global-snooker.com/2010-Players-Tour-Championship-Event-4-Amateur-Results.asp. 27 July 2010. dead.
  7. News: Players Tour Championship – Event Four. Global Snooker. 24 July 2010. 24 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100731192339/http://www.global-snooker.com/2010-Players-Tours-Event-4-results.asp. 31 July 2010. dead.
  8. Web site: CueTracker - Barry Pinches - Season 2010-2011 - Professional Results - Snooker Results & Statistics Database.
  9. News: 2010 PTC Centuries. Global Snooker. 2010-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20120609231242/http://www.global-snooker.com/2010-PTC-Centuries.asp. 2012-06-09. dead.