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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6–12 March 2017 (2017-03-06 –2017-03-12) |
| 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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The2017 Players Championship (officially the2017 Ladbrokes Players Championship) was a professionalrankingsnooker tournament played between 6–12 March 2017 at theVenue Cymru inLlandudno,Wales. It was the 17th ranking event of the2016/2017 season.[1][2]
Prior to this season, this tournament was part of thePlayers 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 thePlayers 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, beatingMarco Fu 10–8 in the final.[7]
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 amaximum break stood at £25,000.
The seedings were conducted on the basis of the 1-year ranking list up to and including the2017 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 |  Neil Robertson (AUS) | 114,125 |
| 15 | Mark King (ENG) | 109,325 |
| 16 |  Ryan Day (WAL) | 101,362 |
| 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: 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 |
Total: 18[9]
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