Snooker tournament
The Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 122012 FFB Snooker Open [ 1] 2012 Arcaden Shopping Open for sponsorship purposes.[ 2] [ 3] minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 15 and 16 December 2011 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield , England with the first three rounds and 6–8 January 2012 at the Event Forum in Fürstenfeldbruck , Germany from the last 16 onwards.[ 4]
Matthew Stevens made the 82nd official maximum break during his last 128 match against Michael Wasley . This was Stevens' first 147 break. On the same day Ding Junhui made the 83rd official maximum break during his last 128 match against Brandon Winstone . This was Ding's third 147 break. This was the first time that two official maximum breaks have been compiled on the same day.[ 5]
Stephen Maguire won his seventh professional title by defeating Joe Perry 4–2 in the final.[ 6]
Prize fund and ranking points
The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:[ 7] [ 8]
Prize fund
Ranking points1
Winner
€ 10,0002,000
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
Maximum break[ 9]
€606
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Total €50,606 –
1 Only professional players can earn ranking points.
Main draw
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Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Finals
Century breaks
[ 14]
147 , 133 – Ding Junhui 147 – Matthew Stevens 140, 101 – David Gray
139 – Xiao Guodong
137 – Steve Davis
134 – Ricky Walden
133, 127, 120, 113, 105, 105, 100 – Mark Allen
132, 111, 104 – David Gilbert
132 – Stuart Bingham
129 – Nigel Bond
123, 105, 101 – Marco Fu
121, 105 – Stephen Hendry
121 – Mark Davis
120 – Joe Swail
117, 102 – Andrew Higginson
115, 114, 111, 105 – Stephen Maguire
115, 106 – Mike Dunn
References
