Players Tour Championship 2012/2013 – Event 4 Explained

Tournament Name:Players Tour Championship
2012/2013
Event 4
Venue:South West Snooker Academy
Location:Gloucester
Country:England
Organisation:World Snooker
Format:Minor-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:£50,000
Winners Share:£10,000
Highest Break: (145)
Score:4–2
Previous:APTC3
Next:ET4

The Players Tour Championship 2012/2013 – Event 4 (also known as the 2012 Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy and the 2012 Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 14 November 2012 at the South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester, England.[1] [2] On 12 August 2012 it was announced, that this will be the last professional event held at the venue.[3]

Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion,[4] but he withdrew from the competition on 6 November 2012.[5]

John Higgins won his 40th professional title by defeating Judd Trump 4–2 in the final.[6] [7]

Prize fund and ranking points

The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:[8] [9] [10]

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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

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Preliminary rounds

Round 1

Best of 7 frames

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2–4 Adam Edge
3–4 Shane Castle
Fraser Patrick 4–0 Feng Yijun
Michael Wild 4–0 Ross Higgins
George Marter 4–3 Liam Monk
Zak Surety 4–3 Manish Jain
Gareth Allen 4–2 Joe Steele
Jak Jones 4–0 Mitchell Mann
1–4 Justin Astley
2–4 James Cahill
Hassan Miah 1–4 John Whitty
Ben Jones 4–2 Christopher Keogan
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Joe O'Connor 4–0 Richard Remelie
Henry Roper 4–0 Eric Pei
Ian Glover 4–1 Adam Bobat
Stuart Carrington 4–0 Robert Tickner
Kamal Chawla 4–1 Jack Bradford
Andrew Greaves 4–1 Gareth Green
1–4 Matthew Day
Greg Davis w/d–w/o Darren Bond
Duane Jones 4–2 Brandon Sargeant
Ben Fortey 0–4 Dylan Craig
1–4 Kyren Wilson

Round 2

Best of 7 frames

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Scott Bell 1–4 Adam Edge
1–4 Shane Castle
Gavin Lewis 3–4 Fraser Patrick
1–4 Michael Wild
0–4 George Marter
Ryan Causton 4–3 Marc Davis
2–4 Oliver Brown
Billy Brown 0–4 Zak Surety
3–4 Gareth Allen
Geoff Williams 1–4 Jak Jones
Ricky Norris 1–4 Justin Astley
0–4 James Cahill
Anthony Harris 2–4 John Whitty
Adam Wicheard 4–0 Benjamin Finch
2–4 Ben Jones
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Andy Marriott w/d–w/o Joe O'Connor
Dylan Mitchell 4–2 Sean James Riach
Francisco Domingues 4–3 Henry Roper
1–4 Ian Glover
James Cullen 0–4 Stuart Carrington
Andrew Milliard 2–4 Kamal Chawla
James Gillespie 4–1 Toby Simpson
Kishan Hirani 4–0 Andrew Greaves
Franky McGovern 0–4 Matthew Day
1–4 Darren Bond
1–4 Duane Jones
Elliot Slessor 4–3 Dylan Craig
w/d–w/o Callum Downing
3–4 Kyren Wilson

Main rounds

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Finals

Century breaks

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gloucester To Host PTC Events. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. worldsnooker.com. 24 April 2012.
  2. Web site: Tournament Calendar 2012/2013 . Snooker.org . 4 June 2012.
  3. Web site: South West Snooker Academy – Media Statement. South West Snooker Academy. 15 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131012020449/http://southwestsnookeracademy.com/news/2012/08/12/south-west-snooker-academy-media-statement/. 12 October 2013. dead.
  4. Web site: O'Sullivan Wins Second PTC Title. worldsnooker.com. 9 October 2011 . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 9 October 2011.
  5. Web site: World Snooker Statement – Ronnie O'Sullivan. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 6 November 2012.
  6. Web site: Higgins trumps Trump in UK PTC4 final. Eurosport UK. 14 November 2012.
  7. Web site: John Higgins triumphs over Judd Trump to land Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy. This Is Gloucestershire. 28 November 2012. https://archive.today/20130421111807/http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/John-Higgins-triumphs-Judd-Trump-land-Kay-Suzanne/story-17328754-detail/story.html. 21 April 2013. dead.
  8. Web site: Players Tour Championship 2012/2013 – Entry pack for events 1-4. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130415054624/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/11/b4/0,,13165~177169,00.pdf. dead. 15 April 2013.
  9. Web site: Prize Money. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 7 August 2012.
  10. Web site: The Tour Ranking Points Schedule 2012/2013 Season. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. DOC. 23 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130616122820/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/67/b3/0,,13165~176999,00.doc. dead. 16 June 2013.
  11. Web site: UK PTC 4 results. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 November 2012.
  12. Web site: UK PTC 4 draw and schedule. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 24 October 2012.
  13. Web site: UK PTC4 draw draw. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 7 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305045017/http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/afe73521b008c47648f876a1cfdfeac4c_Print.pdf. dead. 5 March 2016.
  14. Web site: UK Players Tour Championship Event Four (2012). Snooker.org. 14 November 2012.
  15. Web site: UKPTC4 centuries. worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 November 2012. https://archive.today/20121114213827/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=12985. 14 November 2012. live.