2014 Players Tour Championship Grand Final Explained

Tournament Name:2014 Wyldecrest Parks Players Tour Championship Grand Final
Venue:Preston Guild Hall
Location:Preston
Country:England
Organisation:World Snooker
Format:Ranking event
Total Prize Fund:£300,000
Winners Share:£100,000
Highest Break: (140)
Score:4–0
Previous:2013
Next:2015

The 2014 Players Tour Championship Grand Final (officially the 2014 Wyldecrest Parks Players Tour Championship Grand Final)[1] was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 and 29 March 2014 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. It was the tenth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.[2]

It was originally planned, that the event would take place in Bangkok, Thailand,[3] but due to the political unrest in the country the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association decided to relocate the event.[4] This was the first professional tournament at the Guild Hall since the 2005 Grand Prix.[5]

Ding Junhui was the defending champion,[6] but he lost 3–4 against Ben Woollaston in the last 32.[7]

Barry Hawkins won his second ranking title by defeating Gerard Greene 4–0 in the final.[8] This was Greene's first ranking final.[9]

Prize fund and ranking points

The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:[10] [11]

width=110px!width=110px align="right"Prize fund !width=110px align="right"Ranking points
Winner £100,000 3,000
Runner-up £38,000 2,400
Semi-finalist £20,000 1,920
Quarter-finalist £10,000 1,500
Last 16 £5,000 1,140
Last 32 £2,500 840
Highest break £2,000 –
Total £300,000 –

Seeding list

The players competed in 12 minor-ranking tournaments to earn points for the European Tour and Asian Tour Order of Merits. The seeding list of the Finals was based on the combined list from the earnings of both Order of Merits.[12]

RankPlayerEuropean Tour[13] [14] Asian Tour[15] [16] Total points[17]
145,250045,250
237,5165,20042,716
338,616038,616
430,683030,683
529,499029,499
626,3501,20027,550
725,100025,100
812,78310,20022,983
918,3332,60020,933
102,78317,70020,483
1120,249020,249
1217,199017,199
1316,351016,351
145,68210,00015,682
1515,10020015,300
1614,766014,766
1714,083014,083
1812,78360013,383
1913,10020013,300
2010,0323,20013,232
2110,5162,40012,916
2212,883012,883
23012,20012,200
2410,95060011,550
256,6994,70011,399
266,2155,00011,215
2710,51620010,716
2810,45020010,650
2910,234010,234
309,68309,683
311,6004,4006,000
3205,6005,600

Main draw

[18] [19] [20]

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Olivier Marteel.
Guild Hall, Preston, England, 29 March 2014.[21]
Gerard Greene (18)
0–4Barry Hawkins (30)
0–119 (117), 0–75 (75),,
34Highest break117
0Century breaks1
050+ breaks3

Century breaks

[22]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wyldecrest Sponsor Players Championship. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 March 2014. 11 March 2014.
  2. Web site: Tournament Calendar 2013/2014. Snooker.org. 14 March 2013.
  3. Web site: Thailand To Host Players Championship. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 26 November 2013. 26 November 2013.
  4. Web site: Players Championship To Change Location. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 10 February 2014. 10 February 2014.
  5. Web site: Top Class Snooker Returns To Preston. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 March 2014. 21 February 2014.
  6. Web site: Snooker – Ding downs Robertson to win £100k at PTC Grand Finals. Eurosport UK. 17 March 2013.
  7. Web site: Players' Championship: Ding Junhui beaten by Ben Woollaston. BBC Sport. 26 March 2014.
  8. Web site: Hawkins breezes past Greene for Preston title. ESPN. 29 March 2014. 29 March 2014.
  9. Web site: Gerard Greene to meet Barry Hawkins in first final. BBC Sport. 29 March 2014.
  10. Web site: Prize Money Breakdowns 2013/14. 1 May 2013. worldsnooker.com. World Snooker. 14 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20131012082213/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~3194469,00.html. 12 October 2013.
  11. Web site: The Tour Ranking Points Schedule 2013/2014 Season. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. PDF. 14 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20130928172152/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/5d/bc/0,,13165~179293,00.pdf. dead. 28 September 2013.
  12. Web site: Asian Tour Championship 2013/2014 – Entry pack for Dongguan Open (AT4). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 29 January 2014. 5 March 2014. PDF. https://www.webcitation.org/6NqMyjUVW?url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/3f/c0/0,,13165~180287,00.pdf. dead. 5 March 2014.
  13. Web site: Order of Merit after the Gdynia Open (ET8) 2014. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 10 February 2014. 14 March 2014. PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20140223112930/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/76/c0/0,,13165~180342,00.pdf. dead. 23 February 2014.
  14. Web site: European Order of Merit 2013/2014. Snooker.org. 14 March 2014.
  15. Web site: Asian Order of Merit 2013/2014. Snooker.org. 14 March 2014.
  16. Web site: Asian Tour Order Of Merit (after APTC-4). my147.com. 8 March 2014. 13 May 2014. zh. https://web.archive.org/web/20140625081504/http://news.my147.com/2014/03/53262.html. 25 June 2014.
  17. Web site: Combined Order of Merit 2013/2014. Snooker.org. 14 March 2014.
  18. Web site: Players Championship 2014 draw & results. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 29 March 2014. 29 March 2014. https://www.webcitation.org/6ORYRiCcn?url=http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/de31780d-a091-472b-a75a-80a2dd69fde2.pdf. dead. 29 March 2014.
  19. Web site: Wyldecrest Parks Players Championship Provisional Format. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140314104955/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/d6/c0/0,,13165~180438,00.pdf. dead. 14 March 2014.
  20. Web site: Wyldecrest Parks Players Championship Grand Final (2014). Snooker.org. 14 March 2014.
  21. Web site: Players Championship: Final – Match 31 – Gerard Greene v Barry Hawkins. worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 29 March 2014. https://archive.today/20140329202108/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Result/13694?matchId=213705. dead. 29 March 2014.
  22. Web site: Players Championship: century breaks. worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 29 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140328114328/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13694. dead. 28 March 2014.

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