2017 Players Championship (snooker)

2017 Ladbrokes Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates6–12 March 2017 (2017-03-06 – 2017-03-12)
VenueVenue Cymru
CityLlandudno
CountryWales
OrganisationWorld Snooker
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£380,000
Winner's share£125,000
Highest break Judd Trump (ENG) (136)
Final
Champion Judd Trump (ENG)
Runner-up Marco Fu (HKG)
Score10–8
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The 2017 Players Championship (officially the 2017 Ladbrokes Players Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament played between 6–12 March 2017 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. It was the 17th ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.[1][2]

Prior to this season, this tournament was part of the Players Tour Championship: however, that minor-ranking series was cancelled for this season, and the "Grand Final" event at the end was renamed to be its own ranking event called the Players Championship.[3] It was played between the top 16 players on a one-year ranking list.[4][5]

Mark Allen was the defending champion, but he did not qualify for this year's tournament.[6]

Judd Trump won the tournament, beating Marco Fu 10–8 in the final.[7]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money is shown below.[8]

Prize fund
Winner £125,000
Runner-up £50,000
Semi-finalist £30,000
Quarter-finalist £15,000
Last 16 £10,000
Highest break £5,000
Total £380,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £25,000.

Seeding list

The seedings were conducted on the basis of the 1-year ranking list up to and including the 2017 Gibraltar Open:[5]

Rank Player Total points
1  Mark Selby (ENG) 384,550
2  Judd Trump (ENG) 208,250
3  Barry Hawkins (ENG) 205,725
4  Stuart Bingham (ENG) 181,087
5  Ding Junhui (CHN) 178,025
6  Ali Carter (ENG) 173,025
7  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 153,750
8  Marco Fu (HKG) 152,650
9  Anthony McGill (SCO) 141,800
10  Liang Wenbo (CHN) 140,400
11  Shaun Murphy (ENG) 129,375
12  John Higgins (SCO) 124,025
13  Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 119,925
14  Neil Robertson (AUS) 114,125
15  Mark King (ENG) 109,325
16  Ryan Day (WAL) 101,362

Main draw

Last 16
Best of 9 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 19 frames
            
1  Mark Selby (ENG) 5
16  Ryan Day (WAL) 4
1 England Mark Selby 2
8 Hong Kong Marco Fu 5
8  Marco Fu (HKG) 5
9  Anthony McGill (SCO) 1
8 Hong Kong Marco Fu 6
5 China Ding Junhui 5
5  Ding Junhui (CHN) 5
12  John Higgins (SCO) 4
5 China Ding Junhui 5
13 England Anthony Hamilton 2
4  Stuart Bingham (ENG) 1
13  Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 5
8 Hong Kong Marco Fu 8
2 England Judd Trump 10
3  Barry Hawkins (ENG) 0
14  Neil Robertson (AUS) 5
14 Australia Neil Robertson 3
6 England Ali Carter 5
6  Ali Carter (ENG) 5
11  Shaun Murphy (ENG) 4
6 England Ali Carter 4
2 England Judd Trump 6
7  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 5
10  Liang Wenbo (CHN) 1
7 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 3
2 England Judd Trump 5
2  Judd Trump (ENG) 5
15  Mark King (ENG) 2

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore.
Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 12 March 2017.
Marco Fu (8)
 Hong Kong 		8–10 Judd Trump (2)
 England
Afternoon: 0–89 (83), 69–26 (53), 73–9 (73), 8–78, 82–0 (67), 87–8, 83–0 (83), 0–136 (136), 0–115 (115)
Evening: 34–90, 24–110 (110), 0–92 (63), 9–77 (76), 66–33, 63–52 (Fu 52), 0–102 (102), 69–22 (58), 0–102 (53)
83 Highest break 136
0 Century breaks 4
6 50+ breaks 8

Century breaks

Total: 18[9]

References

  1. ^ "Cazoo Players Championship". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Calendar 2021/2022 | World Snooker Live Scores". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com.
  3. ^ "2016/17 calendar" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Every Pound Counts... Snooker Race Set to Start". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  5. ^ a b "1 Year Ranking List". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Mark Allen beats Ricky Walden in Players Championship final". Sky Sports.
  7. ^ "Judd Top Trump in Llandudno". World Snooker. 12 March 2017. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Centuries | World Snooker Live Scores". Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.