2011 Players Tour Championship Grand Final
 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16–20 March 2011 |
| Venue | The Helix |
| City | Dublin |
| Country | Ireland |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £200,000 |
| Winner's share | £60,000 |
| Highest break |  Mark Williams (WAL) (143) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Shaun Murphy (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Martin Gould (ENG) |
| Score | 4–0 |
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The 2011 Players Tour Championship Grand Final (officially the 2011 PartyCasino.com Players Tour Championship Grand Final)[1]) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 20 March 2011 at The Helix in Dublin, Ireland.[2] The tournament was broadcast by Eurosport.
Shaun Murphy won his fourth ranking title by defeating Martin Gould 4–0 in the final.[3][4]
Prize fund and ranking points
The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:[5][6]
| Prize fund | Ranking points | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | £60,000 | 3,000 |
| Runner-up | £25,000 | 2,400 |
| Semi-finalist | £15,000 | 1,920 |
| Quarter-finalist | £7,500 | 1,500 |
| Last 16 | £4,000 | 1,140 |
| Last 24 | £2,500 | 840 |
| Highest break | £3,000 | – |
| Total | £200,000 | – |
Seeding list
The leading 24 players in the PTC Order of Merit qualified for the event, provided that they had played in at least 6 events (3 in the UK and 3 in Europe). John Higgins and Ding Junhui were in the top 24 but failed to play in the minimum number of events.
| Rank | Player | Total points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shaun Murphy (ENG)
|
23,200 |
| 2 | Mark Selby (ENG)
|
21,300 |
| 3 | Barry Pinches (ENG)
|
19,100 |
| 4 |  Marcus Campbell (SCO)
|
17,700 |
| 5 | Judd Trump (ENG)
|
17,600 |
| 6 | Mark Williams (WAL)
|
17,100 |
| 7 | Dominic Dale (WAL)
|
16,800 |
| 8 | Stephen Lee (ENG)
|
16,200 |
| 9 | Tom Ford (ENG)
|
15,000 |
| 10 | Stephen Maguire (SCO)
|
14,400 |
| 11 | Michael Holt (ENG)
|
10,900 |
| 12 |  Liang Wenbo (CHN)
|
10,700 |
| 13 | Martin Gould (ENG)
|
10,600 |
| 14 |  Marco Fu (HKG)
|
10,100 |
| 15 | Ricky Walden (ENG)
|
10,100 |
| 16 | Anthony Hamilton (ENG)
|
9,900 |
| 17 | Stuart Bingham (ENG)
|
9,800 |
| 18 | Jack Lisowski (ENG)
|
9,600 |
| 19 | Jamie Jones (WAL)
|
9,400 |
| 20 | Andrew Higginson (ENG)
|
8,700 |
| 21 | Mark Davis (ENG)
|
8,300 |
| 22 | Matthew Stevens (WAL)
|
8,300 |
| 23 |  Gerard Greene (NIR)
|
7,700 |
| 24 | Joe Jogia (ENG)
|
7,500 |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb. The Helix, Dublin, Ireland, 20 March 2011.[9] | ||
| Shaun Murphy England
|
4–0 | Martin Gould England
|
| 70–18, 66–46, 59–44 (53), 51–34 | ||
| 53 | Highest break | 45 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 1 | 50+ breaks | 0 |
Century breaks
- 143, 111 – Mark Williams
- 133 – Anthony Hamilton
- 128 – Andrew Higginson
- 126 – Marcus Campbell
- 116 – Shaun Murphy
- 113 – Judd Trump
- 110, 102 – Michael Holt
- 106, 100 – Martin Gould
- 103, 100 – Stephen Lee
References
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- ^ "Shaun Murphy wins PTC Grand Final in Dublin". worldsnooker.com. WPBSA. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
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- ^ "Euro Players Tour Championship 2–6 Entry Pack" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. WPBSA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
- ^ "The Tour Provisional Ranking Points Schedule 2010/2011 Season". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (DOC) on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
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- ^ a b "PartyCasino.com Players Tour Championship Finals (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
- ^ "Players Tour Championship Grand Finals 2011". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
- ^ "2010 PTC Centuries". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ "2011 PTC Final Century Breaks" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. WPBSA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2011.