Players Tour Championship 2015/2016 – Finals

Players Tour Championship 2015/2016
Finals

Tournament information
Dates	22–27 March 2016
Venue	EventCity
City	Manchester
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£350,000
Winner's share	£100,000
Highest break	Ding Junhui (143)
Final
Champion	Mark Allen
Runner-up	Ricky Walden
Score	10–6
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The Ladbrokes Players Tour Championship 2015/2016 – Finals (also known as the 2016 Players Championship Grand Final) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22–27 March 2016 at the EventCity in Manchester, England. It was the eighth ranking event of the 2015/2016 season. The tournament was broadcast in the UK on ITV4.

Defending champion Joe Perry failed to qualify for this year finals having finished 51st on the Order of Merit. The tournament was won by Mark Allen who beat Ricky Walden 10–6 in the 19-frame final, winning the £100,000 first prize. It was Allen's third ranking event win and his first in Europe after two wins in China in 2012 and 2013.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money is shown below:

	Prize fund
Winner	£100,000
Runner-up	£38,000
Semi-finalist	£20,000
Quarter-finalist	£12,500
Last 16	£7,000
Last 32	£4,000
Highest break	£2,000
Total	£350,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £10,000. The sponsor pledged to double the prize for a 147 break and so the prize would have been £20,000.^[1]

Seeding list

The players competed in 7 minor-ranking tournaments to earn points for the European Tour and Asian Tour Orders of Merit. The top 24 from the European Tour and the top 2 from the Asian Tour qualified for the finals, plus 6 more from a combination of both lists. Mark Selby withdrew for personal reasons and was replaced in the draw by Matthew Selt.^[2]

The seeding list of the Finals was based on the combined list from the earnings of both Orders of Merit.

Rank	Player	European Tour	Asian Tour	Total	Event Status
01	Mark Selby	26,625	0	26,625	Withdrew
02	Barry Hawkins	25,275	0	25,275	Semi-final lost to Ricky Walden [18]
03	Marco Fu	23,175	1,300	24,475	Second Round lost to Ricky Walden [18]
04	Mark Allen	22,200	0	22,200	Champion defeated Ricky Walden [18]
05	Rory McLeod	22,200	0	22,200	First Round lost to Mike Dunn [19]
06	Ali Carter	20,550	0	20,550	Quarter-final lost to Ricky Walden [18]
07	Shaun Murphy	15,975	0	15,975	Semi-final lost to Mark Allen [4]
08	Ding Junhui	1,425	13,500	14,925	Quarter-final lost to Barry Hawkins [2]
09	Mark King	13,200	1,300	14,500	Second Round lost to Mark Allen [4]
10	Ryan Day	14,475	0	14,475	First Round lost to Mike Dunn [19]
11	Tom Ford	13,050	800	13,850	Second Round lost to Ricky Walden [18]
12	Michael White	13,200	0	13,200	Second Round lost to Ding Junhui [8]
13	Tian Pengfei	11,700	1,300	13,000	First Round lost to Robert Milkins [31]
14	Mark Williams	12,225	0	12,225	First Round lost to Dominic Dale [22]
15	Ben Woollaston	9,750	1,750	11,500	Quarter-final lost to Shaun Murphy [7]
16	Martin Gould	10,425	0	10,425	First Round lost to Judd Trump [24]
17	Andrew Higginson	10,275	0	10,275	First Round lost to Matthew Selt [33]
18	Ricky Walden	3,525	6,500	10,025	Runner-up lost to Mark Allen [4]
19	Mike Dunn	9,975	0	9,975	Quarter-final lost to Mark Allen [4]
20	Kyren Wilson	9,900	0	9,900	First Round lost to Ryan Day [10]
21	Liang Wenbo	8,550	1,300	9,850	First Round lost to Shaun Murphy [7]
22	Dominic Dale	8,025	1,300	9,325	Second Round lost to Shaun Murphy [7]
23	Michael Holt	8,700	0	8,700	First Round lost to Barry Hawkins [2]
24	Judd Trump	8,250	0	8,250	Second Round lost to Ali Carter [6]
25	Jimmy Robertson	4,500	3,500	8,000	First Round lost to Ben Woollaston [15]
26	Alan McManus	7,950	0	7,950	First Round lost to Marco Fu [3]
27	David Gilbert	7,350	0	7,350	First Round lost to Ding Junhui [8]
28	Sam Baird	7,275	0	7,275	First Round lost to Mark King [9]
29	Luca Brecel	6,675	0	6,675	First Round lost to Michael White [12]
30	Graeme Dott	6,450	0	6,450	First Round lost to Ali Carter [6]
31	Robert Milkins	2,700	3,500	6,200	Second Round lost to Barry Hawkins [2]
32	Mark Davis	6,150	0	6,150	First Round lost to Mark Allen [4]
33	Matthew Selt	6,000	0	6,000	Second Round lost to Ben Woollaston [15]

Main draw

	Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	33	Matthew Selt	4
	17	Andrew Higginson	1
						33	Matthew Selt	2
						15	Ben Woollaston	4
	15	Ben Woollaston	4
	25	Jimmy Robertson	3
											15	Ben Woollaston	3
											7	Shaun Murphy	4
	14	Mark Williams	3
	22	Dominic Dale	4
						22	Dominic Dale	1
						7	Shaun Murphy	4
	7	Shaun Murphy	4
	21	Liang Wenbo	1
																7	Shaun Murphy	4
																4	Mark Allen	6
	4	Mark Allen	4
	32	Mark Davis	3
						4	Mark Allen	4
						9	Mark King	2
	9	Mark King	4
	28	Sam Baird	2
											4	Mark Allen	4
											19	Mike Dunn	1
	10	Ryan Day	4
	20	Kyren Wilson	1
						10	Ryan Day	2
						19	Mike Dunn	4
	5	Rory McLeod	1
	19	Mike Dunn	4
																					4	Mark Allen	10
																					18	Ricky Walden	6
	3	Marco Fu	4
	26	Alan McManus	3
						3	Marco Fu	2
						18	Ricky Walden	4
	11	Tom Ford	1
	18	Ricky Walden	4
											18	Ricky Walden	4
											6	Ali Carter	1
	16	Martin Gould	1
	24	Judd Trump	4
						24	Judd Trump	1
						6	Ali Carter	4
	6	Ali Carter	4
	30	Graeme Dott	1
																18	Ricky Walden	6
																2	Barry Hawkins	3
	8	Ding Junhui	4
	27	David Gilbert	1
						8	Ding Junhui	4
						12	Michael White	0
	12	Michael White	4
	29	Luca Brecel	2
											8	Ding Junhui	2
											2	Barry Hawkins	4
	13	Tian Pengfei	1
	31	Robert Milkins	4
						31	Robert Milkins	3
						2	Barry Hawkins	4
	2	Barry Hawkins	4
	23	Michael Holt	2

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Colin Humphries. EventCity, Manchester, England, 27 March 2016.
Mark Allen (4)  Northern Ireland	10–6	Ricky Walden (18)  England
Afternoon: 74–0 (59), 0–89 (85), 8–86, 0–107 (85), 73–6 (51), 96–44 (80), 71–44, 73–33 (68), 78–35 (64) Evening: 83–11 (52), 1–68 (62), 0–92 (92), 51–59, 72–38, 87–28 (61), 100–0 (67)
80	Highest break	92
0	Century breaks	0
8	50+ breaks	4

Century breaks

^[3]

143, 127, 104 Ding Junhui 135 Martin Gould 134, 123, 119 Mark Allen 119 Barry Hawkins 114, 112, 111, 104, 103 Ricky Walden

112 Ali Carter 107 Ryan Day 106 Ben Woollaston 103 Shaun Murphy

References

1. http://www.worldsnooker.com/rolling-147-prizes-for-ladbrokes-world-grand-prix-and-ladbrokes-players-championship/
2. http://www.worldsnooker.com/selby-withdraws-from-two-ranking-events/
3. "Players Championship: centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 14 March 2016.