Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Finals
The Grand Finals of the Players Tour Championship 2011/12 were a snooker tournament, which was held between 14 and 18 March 2012 at the campus of the National University of Ireland ( NUI ) in the western Irish port city of Galway.
Prize money and world ranking points
Finals
Were eligible to the 24 players who had won in the previous twelve tournaments in the PTC series the most prize money. Condition was also to attend at least half of the tournaments, three in the UK and three in Europe. The eight players with the most prize money initially received a bye and went first in the second round at the start. It was played in the all-in - mode Best of 7
Defending champion Shaun Murphy missed as the 37th of prize money ranking the qualifications.
In the first round ensured the No. 51 in the world rankings, Xiao Guodong from China, and the Welshman Jamie Jones surprises. The playing with a broken left hand Chinese beat Dominic Dale 4-2. Jamie Jones was in the first round match against the reigning world champion John Higgins with 1:3 rear, as he started to catch up, the following three frames won and moved into the second round. In his match against Andrew Higginson it looked at the score of 2:3 and 1:59 points after a match ball for the Englishman; but it missed and Jones secured with the Black winning the frames. In the deciding frame of the Welsh had bad luck when it expired at the margin of safety the blacks. Higginson could now decide on an open table the frame and the match itself.
Xiao sat down in a terrific game against the No. 1 -seeded, Judd Trump, with 4-2 and moved for the fourth time in his career in a quarter final on the main tour a. The world number one Mark Selby sat down for a 1-0 lead by Ding Junhui 4-1 against the Chinese through.
The seeded No. 2 Ronnie O'Sullivan had to cancel his first round match because of illness, thus giving the ticket to the quarter-finals to Ricky Walden.
In an interview before his quarter-final match against Stephen Lee Mark Selby was asked how he rated his opponent. Selby said that Lee had again become very strong after weak years, in the current and should not be underestimated. His assessment should prove to be true. Lee Selby swept 4-0 by the table and pulled so as the second player after Stephen Maguire in the semi-finals. In a climate of errors quarterfinal Andrew Higginson sat 4-1 against Xiao Guodong and pulled by an opponent of Stephen Lee semi-finals. The second semi-final was completed by Neil Robertson with his 4-1 victory against Joe Perry.
In the first semi-final of the last tournament day, Andrew Higginson could not prevail against the continued strong playing Stephen Lee ( 2:4 ) despite a Century Breaks of 104, a Century of 102 contributed itself and when it was the first finalist. In the second semi-final match had the winner of the previous PTC Tournament of Furstenfeldbruck and finalists of the German Masters, Stephen Maguire, a tough defeat ( 0-4 ) against the winner of the PTC events 6 & 8, Neil Robertson, plug. Robertson scoring 110 points his second CenturyBreak in this tournament. His strong form presented Stephen Lee in the final test. He dominated in a one-sided final Neil Robertson at will and won the playoff smooth 4-0.
Final
Qualification
The qualification was carried out on the prize money ranking of the previous 12 PTC tournaments.
Century Breaks