Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 – Event 1 Explained

Tournament Name:Players Tour Championship 2010/2011
Event 1
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: (147)
Score:4–0
Previous:First
Next:PTC2

The Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 – Event 1 (also known as Star Xing Pai Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 – Event 1 for sponsorship purposes) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place over 24–27 June 2010 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. It was contested by 75 professional players and 73 amateurs.[1]

Kurt Maflin made the 71st official maximum break during his last 128 match against Michał Zieliński. This was Maflin's first official 147.[2] [3]

Mark Williams won the final 4–0 against Stephen Maguire.[4]

Prize fund and ranking points

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

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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

[7] [8]

Preliminary round

Best of 7 frames

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Greg Davis David Gray
1–4 Aditya Mehta
Mitchell Travis 2–4 Sam Craigie
3–4 Stephen Ormerod
David Craggs 4–0 Jamie Walker
Charlie Walters 2–4 Stephen Craigie
Kamran Ashraf 4–2 Richard Somauroo
Mark Miller 0–4 Sharrukh Nasir
Jake Nicholson 1–4 Jordan Brown
Robert Redmond 4–0 Jack Culligan
Sam Harvey 0–4 Shaun Parkes
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Nick Jennings 4–1 Stephen Groves
Damian Wilks 1–4 Andrew Norman
Martin O'Donnell 4–2 Jeff Cundy
3–4 Michał Zieliński
0–4 Hugh Abernethy
0–4 Andy Lee
Michael Wild 4–1 James Silverwood
Jordan Rimmer 0–4 Daniel Wells
Marc Davis Ejler Hame
0–4 Ashik Nathwani
Jamie Brown 0–4 Stuart Carrington

Main rounds

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Finals

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames.
World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England, 27 June 2010.
Mark Williams
4–0Stephen Maguire
75–0 (75), 69–0 (64),,
82Highest break
0Century breaks0
450+ breaks0

Century breaks

[9]

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: Turner. Chris. Maximum Breaks. https://web.archive.org/web/20130210111304/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Max.html. 10 February 2013. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. 2 April 2010.
  3. Web site: Maflin the Maximum Man. Global Snooker. 23 July 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101227174307/http://www.global-snooker.com/Global-Snooker-News-Maflin-Maximum-100625.asp. 27 December 2010.
  4. News: Williams Takes First PTC Title. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 June 2010. 23 July 2011.
  5. News: Prize Money and Ranking Points. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 27 June 2010. 27 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100626203801/http://www.worldsnooker.com/ptc1_money.htm?tid=166. 26 June 2010.
  6. 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.
  7. Web site: Star Xing Pai PTC 1. Snooker.org. 26 February 2011.
  8. News: Players Tour Championship – Event One. Global Snooker. 27 June 2010. 27 June 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100628005525/http://www.global-snooker.com/2010-PTC-1-Scores-and-Results.asp. 28 June 2010.
  9. News: 2010 PTC Centuries. Global Snooker. 27 June 2010. 27 June 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120609231242/http://www.global-snooker.com/2010-PTC-Centuries.asp. 9 June 2012.