2017 Players Championship (snooker)
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
The 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
The 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 | Mark Selby (ENG) |
384,550 |
| 2 | Judd Trump (ENG) |
208,250 |
| 3 | Barry Hawkins (ENG) |
205,725 |
| 4 | Stuart Bingham (ENG) |
181,087 |
| 5 |  Ding Junhui (CHN) |
178,025 |
| 6 | Ali Carter (ENG) |
173,025 |
| 7 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
153,750 |
| 8 | Marco Fu (HKG) |
152,650 |
| 9 |  Anthony McGill (SCO) |
141,800 |
| 10 | Liang Wenbo (CHN) |
140,400 |
| 11 | Shaun Murphy (ENG) |
129,375 |
| 12 | John Higgins (SCO) |
124,025 |
| 13 | Anthony Hamilton (ENG) |
119,925 |
| 14 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Neil Robertson (AUS) |
114,125 |
| 15 | Mark King (ENG) |
109,325 |
| 16 |  Ryan Day (WAL) |
101,362 |
Main draw
| Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mark Selby (ENG)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Ryan Day (WAL)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mark Selby
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Marco Fu
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Marco Fu (HKG)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Anthony McGill (SCO)
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Marco Fu
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Ding Junhui
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Ding Junhui (CHN)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | John Higgins (SCO)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Ding Junhui
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Anthony Hamilton
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Stuart Bingham (ENG)
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Anthony Hamilton (ENG)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Marco Fu
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Judd Trump
| 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Barry Hawkins (ENG)
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Neil Robertson (AUS)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Neil Robertson
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Ali Carter
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Ali Carter (ENG)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Shaun Murphy (ENG)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Ali Carter
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Judd Trump
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Liang Wenbo (CHN)
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Judd Trump
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Judd Trump (ENG)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Mark King (ENG)
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore. Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 12 March 2017. | ||
| Marco Fu (8) Hong Kong |
8–10 | Judd Trump (2) England |
| 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
Total: 18[9]
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References
- "Cazoo Players Championship". World Snooker.
- "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.
- "1 Year Ranking List". World Snooker.
- "Mark Allen beats Ricky Walden in Players Championship final". Sky Sports.
- "Judd Top Trump in Llandudno". World Snooker. 12 March 2017.
- "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.