Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 1 Explained

Tournament Name:Players Tour Championship 2011/2012
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: (145)
Score:4–0
Previous:First
Next:PTC2

The Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 1 was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 and 22 June 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won his first title carrying ranking points since the 2009 Shanghai Masters 21 months earlier by defeating Joe Perry 4–0 in the final.[1]

Prize fund and ranking points

The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:[2] [3]

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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

[4] [5] [6] [7]

Preliminary rounds

Round 1

Best of 7 frames

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2–4 Oliver Lines
Ian Stark 4–0 Sachin Plaha
3–4 Kyren Wilson
Stephen Ellis 1–4 Kishan Hirani
Joel Walker 4–0 Dessie Sheehan
Brian Cox 3–4 Ben Harrison
Alex Taubman 4–0 Martin Ball
George Marter 1–4 Martin O'Donnell
Jonathan Friel 0–4 Allan Taylor
Shahram Changezi 4–2 Bash Maqsood
Declan Bristow 2–4 Darren Bond
James Murdoch 4–1 Callum Lloyd
Gareth Allen 4–0 Sydney Wilson
Chen Zhe 4–1 James Silverwood
Shaun Wilkes 4–1 Lee Richardson
Grzegorz Biernadski 3–4 Lewis Frampton
Lee Page 4–0 Terry Buchan
Steve Judd
John Sutton 4–1 Phil O'Kane
James Hill 0–4 Mitchell Mann
Sam Harvey 4–3 Saqib Nasir
3–4 Nick Jennings
Liam Monk 4–1 Marc Davis
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Andy Lee 4–3 David Birley
David Bailey 0–4 Michael Wild
Zhang Anda 4–2 Ryan Causton
0–4 Matthew Day
2–4 Reanne Evans
Ian Glover 4–0 Tony Knowles
James Frith Joe Delaney
Sean James Riach 0–4 Andrew Milliard
Damian Wilks 4–1 Oliver Brown
Craig Steadman 4–1 Callum Downing
Elliot Slessor 4–2 Rock Hui
Mike Hallett 4–3 Duane Jones
Jordan Rimmer 4–1 Steve Ventham
2–4 Lee Farebrother
Robert Tickner 0–4 Jamie Barrett
Mohammed Raoof 0–4 David Gray
Robert Valiant 2–4 Les Dodd
Michal Zielinski 4–1 John Woods
Gary Wilson 4–1 Hans Blanckaert
0–4 Chris Norbury
0–4 Farakh Ajaib
Andrew Rogers 4–2 Jake Nicholson
Jack Bradford 0–4 Justin Astley

Round 2

Best of 7 frames

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Mitchell Travis 4–1 Oliver Lines
Ian Stark 0–4 Kyren Wilson
Brian Robertson 3–4 Kishan Hirani
2–4 Ben Harrison
Shane Castle 4–2 Alex Taubman
Ian Burns 4–2 Martin O'Donnell
Allan Taylor 4–2 Shahram Changezi
3–4 Darren Bond
James Murdoch 4–0 Gareth Allen
1–4 Chen Zhe
Shaun Wilkes 4–0 Lewis Frampton
Michael Wasley 4–3 Lee Page
Steve Judd 1–4 John Sutton
Gareth Green 4–3 Mitchell Mann
Robbie Williams 4–3 Sam Harvey
James Welsh 2–4 Nick Jennings
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Liam Monk 2–4 Andy Lee
0–4 Zhang Anda
Jamie Walker 3–4 Matthew Day
2–4 Ian Glover
James McGouran 4–1 James Frith
Andrew Milliard 4–3 Damian Wilks
0–4 Craig Steadman
3–4 Mike Hallett
Sean O'Sullivan 4–1 Jordan Rimmer
Lee Farebrother 2–4 Jamie Barrett
David Gray
Kristian Willetts 2–4 Les Dodd
Michal Zielinski 2–4 Gary Wilson
Danny Brindle 0–4 Chris Norbury
Eden Sharav 4–2 Farakh Ajaib
Andrew Rogers 0–4 Justin Astley

Main rounds

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Finals

Century breaks

Only from last 128 onwards.[8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: O'Sullivan wins first snooker event of season. Eurosport UK. 22 June 2011.
  2. Web site: Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 Entry Pack for Events 1–4. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 15 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121031185954/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/60/72/0,,13165~160352,00.pdf. dead. 31 October 2012.
  3. Web site: The Tour Provisional Ranking Points Schedule 2011/2012 Season. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. DOC. 10 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120509102039/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/87/7d/0,,13165~163207,00.doc. dead. 9 May 2012.
  4. News: Players Tour Championship 1 Drawsheet. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 June 2011. 14 June 2011.
  5. News: PTC1 Results. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 June 2011. 18 June 2011.
  6. Web site: Players Tour Championship Event One (2011). Snooker.org. 15 June 2011.
  7. Web site: PTC 2011/12 Event One. Global Snooker. 15 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110618041600/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-ptc-2011-event-1-draw.asp. 18 June 2011. dead.
  8. Web site: Century breaks. livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 20 June 2011.
  9. Web site: PTC 2011/12 Century Breaks. Global Snooker. 14 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005020940/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-ptc-2011-12-century-breaks.asp. 5 October 2011. dead.