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2011 PartyCasino.com Players Tour Championship Grand Final
Tournament information
Dates16–20 March 2011 (2011-03-16 β€“ 2011-03-20)
Venue The Helix
City Dublin
Country Ireland
Organisation World Snooker
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund Β£200,000
Winner's shareΒ£60,000
Highest break  Mark Williams ( WAL) (143)
Final
Champion  Shaun Murphy ( ENG)
Runner-up  Martin Gould ( ENG)
Score4–0
EPTC6
2012

The 2011 Players Tour Championship Grand Final (officially the 2011 PartyCasino.com Players Tour Championship Grand Final) [1]) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 20 March 2011 at The Helix in Dublin, Ireland. [2] The tournament was broadcast by Eurosport.

Shaun Murphy won his fourth ranking title by defeating Martin Gould 4–0 in the final. [3] [4]

Prize fund and ranking points

The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below: [5] [6]

Prize fund Ranking points
Winner Β£60,000 3,000
Runner-up Β£25,000 2,400
Semi-finalist Β£15,000 1,920
Quarter-finalist Β£7,500 1,500
Last 16 Β£4,000 1,140
Last 24 Β£2,500 840
Highest break Β£3,000 –
Total Β£200,000 –

Seeding list

The leading 24 players in the PTC Order of Merit qualified for the event, provided that they had played in at least 6 events (3 in the UK and 3 in Europe). John Higgins and Ding Junhui were in the top 24 but failed to play in the minimum number of events.

Rank Player Total points
1   Shaun Murphy ( ENG) 23,200
2   Mark Selby ( ENG) 21,300
3   Barry Pinches ( ENG) 19,100
4   Marcus Campbell ( SCO) 17,700
5   Judd Trump ( ENG) 17,600
6   Mark Williams ( WAL) 17,100
7   Dominic Dale ( WAL) 16,800
8   Stephen Lee ( ENG) 16,200
9   Tom Ford ( ENG) 15,000
10   Stephen Maguire ( SCO) 14,400
11   Michael Holt ( ENG) 10,900
12   Liang Wenbo ( CHN) 10,700
13   Martin Gould ( ENG) 10,600
14   Marco Fu ( HKG) 10,100
15   Ricky Walden ( ENG) 10,100
16   Anthony Hamilton ( ENG) 9,900
17   Stuart Bingham ( ENG) 9,800
18   Jack Lisowski ( ENG) 9,600
19   Jamie Jones ( WAL) 9,400
20   Andrew Higginson ( ENG) 8,700
21   Mark Davis ( ENG) 8,300
22   Matthew Stevens ( WAL) 8,300
23   Gerard Greene ( NIR) 7,700
24   Joe Jogia ( ENG) 7,500

Main draw

[7] [8] [9] [10]

Last 24
Best of 7 frames
Last 16
Best of 7 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 7 frames
1  Shaun Murphy ( ENG)4
15  Ricky Walden ( ENG)415 England Ricky Walden2
1 England Shaun Murphy4
12  Liang Wenbo ( CHN)1
8 England Stephen Lee3
8  Stephen Lee ( ENG)4
21  Mark Davis ( ENG)421 England Mark Davis1
1 England Shaun Murphy4
24  Joe Jogia ( ENG)0
22 Wales Matthew Stevens0
7  Dominic Dale ( WAL)1
22  Matthew Stevens ( WAL)422 Wales Matthew Stevens4
22 Wales Matthew Stevens4
23  Gerard Greene ( NIR)2
4 Scotland Marcus Campbell0
4  Marcus Campbell ( SCO)4
17  Stuart Bingham ( ENG)w/o17 England Stuart Bingham3
1 England Shaun Murphy4
10  Stephen Maguire ( SCO)w/d
13 England Martin Gould0
3  Barry Pinches ( ENG)3
14  Marco Fu ( HKG)111 England Michael Holt4
11 England Michael Holt2
11  Michael Holt ( ENG)4
13 England Martin Gould4
5  Judd Trump ( ENG)2
19  Jamie Jones ( WAL)013 England Martin Gould4
13 England Martin Gould4
13  Martin Gould ( ENG)4
2 England Mark Selby3
6  Mark Williams ( WAL)4
16  Anthony Hamilton ( ENG)416 England Anthony Hamilton0
6 Wales Mark Williams3
9  Tom Ford ( ENG)2
2 England Mark Selby4
2  Mark Selby ( ENG)4
20  Andrew Higginson ( ENG)420 England Andrew Higginson0
18  Jack Lisowski ( ENG)1

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb.
The Helix, Dublin, Ireland, 20 March 2011. [9]
Shaun Murphy
  England
4–0 Martin Gould
  England
70–18, 66–46, 59–44 (53), 51–34
53 Highest break 45
0 Century breaks 0
1 50+ breaks 0

Century breaks

[11] [12]

References

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