Asian Players Tour Championship 2012/2013 – Event 2

Asian Players Tour Championship 2012/2013
Event 2

Tournament information
Dates	23–27 September 2012
Venue	Yixing Sports Centre
City	Yixing
Country	China
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Minor-ranking event
Total prize fund	£50,000
Winner's share	£10,000
Highest break	137
Final
Champion	Stephen Lee
Runner-up	Ding Junhui
Score	4–0
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The Guotai Liquor Asian Players Tour Championship 2012/2013 – Event 2 was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 23–27 September 2012 at the Yixing Sports Centre in Yixing, China.^[1]

Stephen Lee won his ninth professional title by defeating Ding Junhui 4–0 in the final.^[2] This win also guaranteed Lee a place in this season's Players Tour Championship Grand Finals,^[3][4] but he couldn't participate due to his suspension from professional snooker.^[5]

Prize fund and ranking points

The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:^[6][7][8]

	Prize fund	Ranking points^1
Winner	£10,000	2,000
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
Total	£50,000	–

• ¹ Only professional players can earn ranking points.

Main draw

^[9][10][11]

Top half

Section 1

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
						Stuart Bingham		4
	Chou Hon Man		2			Wang Yuchen		0
	Wang Yuchen		4								Stuart Bingham		3
	Mark King		0								Niu Zhuang		4
	Niu Zhuang		4			Niu Zhuang		4
	Au Chi-wai		0			Cui Ming		1
	Cui Ming		4													Niu Zhuang		2
																Jin Long		4
						Li Yan		4
	Hu Hao		4			Hu Hao		2
	Ryan Day		2								Li Yan		1
	Michael Holt		4								Jin Long		4
	A Bulajiang		0			Michael Holt		2
						Jin Long		4

Section 2

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
						Li Yuan		4
	Chen Bo		2			Hossein Vafaei		2
	Hossein Vafaei		4								Li Yuan		1
	Cao Yupeng		4								Cao Yupeng		4
	Jeya Selvan		0			Cao Yupeng		4
						Xu Xinjian		1
																Cao Yupeng		4
																Mark Williams		3
						Wang Linhan		4
	Xie Bin		1			Guan Zhen		1
	Guan Zhen		4								Wang Linhan		2
	Ju Reti		4								Mark Williams		4
	Lin Shuai		2			Ju Reti		0
						Mark Williams		4

Section 3

Last 128 Best of 7 frames

Last 64 Best of 7 frames

Last 32 Best of 7 frames

Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Ding Junhui

4

Oliver Brown

4

Oliver Brown

3

Zhong Weihao

0

Ding Junhui

4

Pa Ruke

4

Tang Jun

1

Leong Man Hoi

2

Pa Ruke

2

Tang Jun

4

Ding Junhui

4

Tom Ford

1

Yu Delu

3

Huang Hooyong

0

Ricky Walden

4

Ricky Walden

4

Ricky Walden

1

Aditya Mehta

w/d

Tom Ford

4

Andy Lee

w/o

Andy Lee

w/d

Tom Ford

w/o

Section 4

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
						Cai Jianzhong		0
	Wan Nansen Sin Man		2			Liang Wenbo		4
	Liang Wenbo		4								Liang Wenbo		2
	Matthew Stevens		4								Matthew Stevens		4
	Chen Feilong		1			Matthew Stevens		4
						Lin Yongzhi		1
																Matthew Stevens		3
																Marcus Campbell		4
						Marcus Campbell		4
	Zhao Xintong		4			Zhao Xintong		1
	Zhang Dongtao		0								Marcus Campbell		4
	Zhou Yuelong		4								Zhou Yuelong		2
	Lin Tang Ho Alan		0			Zhou Yuelong		4
						Zhang Anda		1

Bottom half

Section 5

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
						Chen Zhe		4
	Liu Fan		2			Wang Heng		0
	Wang Heng		4								Chen Zhe		3
	Shi Hanqing		4								Shi Hanqing		4
	Luo Guangsheng		1			Shi Hanqing		4
	Li Yujin		4			Li Yujin		2
	Ben Judge		2													Shi Hanqing		2
																Barry Hawkins		4
						Rouzi Maimaiti		2
	Yuan Sijun		0			Barry Hawkins		4
	Barry Hawkins		4								Barry Hawkins		4
	Rory McLeod		4								Zhang Yang		0
	Ma Tingpeng		2			Rory McLeod		3
						Zhang Yang		4

Section 6

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
						Mei Xiwen		4
	Zhang Yong		1			Paul Davison		1
	Paul Davison		4								Mei Xiwen		1
	Li Hang		4								Marco Fu		4
	Sun Hongrui		2			Li Hang		2
						Marco Fu		4
																Marco Fu		1
																Xiao Guodong		4
						Cao Xinlong		4
	Zhang Zihao		1			Lu Ning		2
	Lu Ning		4								Cao Xinlong		1
	Xiao Guodong		4								Xiao Guodong		4
	Wang Zepeng		0			Xiao Guodong		4
						Tian Pengfei		3

Section 7

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
						Ben Woollaston		4
	Liu Yiqi		2			Lyu Haotian		2
	Lyu Haotian		4								Ben Woollaston		4
	Ma Bing		w/d								Pan Weixing		3
	Wang Bo		w/o			Wang Bo		2
						Pan Weixing		4
																Ben Woollaston		1
																Robert Milkins		4
						Mark Davis		4
	Lei Zhen		1			Liu Chuang		3
	Liu Chuang		4								Mark Davis		3
	Daniel Wells		4								Robert Milkins		4
	Fang Xiongman		0			Daniel Wells		0
						Robert Milkins		4

Section 8

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
						Zhu Yinghui		1
	Pu Jingsong		2			Jamie Jones		4
	Jamie Jones		4								Jamie Jones		2
	Joe Perry		4								Joe Perry		4
	Long Wang		0			Joe Perry		4
						Lu Chenwei		1
																Joe Perry		0
	Chen Ruifu		4													Stephen Lee		4
	Long Yun		0			Chen Ruifu		4
	Li Wei		4			Li Wei		3
	Da Hailin		2								Chen Ruifu		1
	Zhou Jun		3								Stephen Lee		4
	Zhang Yi		4			Zhang Yi		1
						Stephen Lee		4

Finals

	Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames					Semi-finals Best of 7 frames					Final Best of 7 frames
	Jin Long		2
	Cao Yupeng		4			Cao Yupeng		2
	Ding Junhui		4			Ding Junhui		4
	Marcus Campbell		2								Ding Junhui		0
	Barry Hawkins		3								Stephen Lee		4
	Xiao Guodong		4			Xiao Guodong		2
	Robert Milkins		1			Stephen Lee		4
	Stephen Lee		4

Century breaks

^[12]

• 137 Matthew Stevens
• 113 Stephen Lee
• 111 Ricky Walden
• 110, 102 Xiao Guodong
• 107, 105, 102 Ding Junhui
• 104 Hossein Vafaei

References

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