Players Tour Championship 2011/2012

The Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 was a series of snooker tournaments which started on 18 June 2011 and ended on 18 March 2012 with events held in England and Europe. European events were no longer called Euro Players Tour Championship (EPTC) and were included alongside other PTC events. The twelve regular events were minor-ranking events, which were concluded with the Finals.

Schedule

Date[n 1]			Tournament Name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner–up	Score[1][2]	References
06–18	06–22	ENG	Players Tour Championship – Event 1	World Snooker Academy	Sheffield	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Joe Perry	4–0	[3]
08–06	08–10	ENG	Players Tour Championship – Event 2	South West Snooker Academy	Gloucester	Judd Trump	Ding Junhui	4–0	[4]
08–17	08–21	ENG	Players Tour Championship – Event 3	World Snooker Academy	Sheffield	Ben Woollaston	Graeme Dott	4–2	[5]
08–25	08–28	GER	Players Tour Championship – Event 4[n 2]	Stadthalle	Fürth	Mark Selby	Mark Davis	4–0	[6]
09–21	09–25	ENG	Players Tour Championship – Event 5	World Snooker Academy	Sheffield	Andrew Higginson	John Higgins	4–1	[7]
09–29	10–02	POL	Players Tour Championship – Event 6[n 3]	Arena Ursynów	Warsaw	Neil Robertson	Ricky Walden	4–1	[8]
10–05	10–09	ENG	Players Tour Championship – Event 7[n 4]	South West Snooker Academy	Gloucester	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Matthew Stevens	4–2	[9]
10–20	10–23	IRL	Players Tour Championship – Event 8[n 5]	Killarney Convention Centre	Killarney	Neil Robertson	Judd Trump	4–1	[10]
11–10	11–13	BEL	Players Tour Championship – Event 9[n 6]	Lotto Arena	Antwerp	Judd Trump	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4–3	[11]
11–27	11–30	ENG	Players Tour Championship – Event 10	World Snooker Academy	Sheffield	Michael Holt	Dominic Dale	4–2	[12]
12–17	12–19	ENG	Players Tour Championship – Event 11	English Institute of Sport	Sheffield	Tom Ford	Martin Gould	4–3	[13]
12–15	12–16	ENG	Players Tour Championship – Event 12[n 7]	World Snooker Academy	Sheffield	Stephen Maguire	Joe Perry	4–2	[14]
01–06	01–08	GER		Event Forum	Fürstenfeldbruck
03–14	03–18	IRL	Players Tour Championship – Finals[n 8]	Bailey Allen Hall	Galway	Stephen Lee	Neil Robertson	4–0	[15]

Order of Merit

After 12 out of 12 events:^[16][17]

Rank	Player	Total Points	Events Played
			UK	Europe	Total
1.	Judd Trump	30,400	6	5	11
2.	Ronnie O'Sullivan	29,600	6	3	9
3.	Neil Robertson	28,100	5	5	10
4.	Michael Holt	17,500	6	6	12
5.	Mark Selby	17,100	6	4	10
6.	Graeme Dott	16,700	6	5	11
7.	Andrew Higginson	16,700	6	6	12
8.	Stephen Maguire	16,200	6	5	11
9.	Ben Woollaston	15,500	6	6	12
10.	Martin Gould	14,600	6	6	12
11.	Joe Perry	14,300	6	6	12
12.	Tom Ford	14,000	6	6	12
13.	John Higgins	13,100	6	5	11
14.	Stephen Lee	11,800	6	6	12
15.	Ricky Walden	11,600	6	6	12
16.	Mark Davis	10,500	6	6	12
17.	Matthew Stevens	9,600	6	6	12
18.	Xiao Guodong	9,100	6	6	12
19.	Fergal O'Brien	8,000	6	6	12
20.	Dominic Dale	7,600	6	6	12
21.	Barry Hawkins	7,600	6	6	12
22.	Ding Junhui	7,600	4	3	7
23.	Jamie Jones	7,300	6	6	12
24.	Jack Lisowski	7,100	6	6	12

(Top 24 players out of 563)

Finals

The Finals of the Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 took place between 14–18 March 2012 at the Bailey Allen Hall in Galway, Ireland. It was contested by the top 24 players of the Order of Merit, who have played in at least 6 events (3 in the UK and 3 in Europe).

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Bailey Allen Hall, Galway, Ireland, 18 March 2012.
Stephen Lee (14)  England	4–0	Neil Robertson (3)  Australia
65–48, 62–23 (52), 63–25, 73–66 (Lee 66)
66	Highest break	35
0	Century breaks	0
2	50+ breaks	0

Notes

1. Dates use the month day format
2. Event also known as the 2011 Paul Hunter Classic.
3. Event also known as the 2011 Warsaw Classic.
4. Event also known as the 2011 Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy.
5. Event also known as the 2011 Alex Higgins International Trophy.
6. Event also known as the 2011 Antwerp Open.
7. Event also known as the 2012 FFB Snooker Open and the 2012 Arcaden Shopping Open.
8. Event also known as the 2012 Players Tour Championship Grand Finals.

References

1. "Tournament Calendar 2011/2012". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
2. "Finals (2011/2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
3. "Players Tour Championship Event One (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
4. "Players Tour Championship Event Two (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
5. "Players Tour Championship Event Three (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
6. "Players Tour Championship Event Four (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
7. "Players Tour Championship Event Five (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
8. "Players Tour Championship Event Six (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
9. "Players Tour Championship Event Seven (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
10. "Players Tour Championship Event Eight (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
11. "Players Tour Championship Event Nine (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
12. "Players Tour Championship Event Ten (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
13. "Players Tour Championship Event Eleven (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
14. "Players Tour Championship Twelve (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
15. "Players Tour Championship Final (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
16. "PTC Order of Merit after PTC12". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
17. "Order of Merit". Snooker.org. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.