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]
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6–12 March 2017 |
| Venue | Venue Cymru |
| City | Llandudno |
| Country | Wales |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking 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) |
| Score | 10–8 |
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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
editThe 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
editThe 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 | 384,550 | |
| 2 | 208,250 | |
| 3 | 205,725 | |
| 4 | 181,087 | |
| 5 | 178,025 | |
| 6 | 173,025 | |
| 7 | 153,750 | |
| 8 | 152,650 | |
| 9 | 141,800 | |
| 10 | 140,400 | |
| 11 | 129,375 | |
| 12 | 124,025 | |
| 13 | 119,925 | |
| 14 | 114,125 | |
| 15 | 109,325 | |
| 16 | 101,362 |
Main draw
edit| Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Final
edit| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore. Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 12 March 2017. | ||
| Marco Fu (8) |
8–10 | Judd Trump (2) |
| 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
editTotal: 18[9]
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References
edit- ^ "Cazoo Players Championship". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Calendar 2021/2022 | World Snooker Live Scores". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com.
- ^ "2016/17 calendar" (PDF).
- ^ "Every Pound Counts... Snooker Race Set to Start". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ a b "1 Year Ranking List". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Mark Allen beats Ricky Walden in Players Championship final". Sky Sports.
- ^ "Judd Top Trump in Llandudno". World Snooker. 12 March 2017. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020.
- ^ "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) - ^ "Centuries | World Snooker Live Scores". Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.