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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 12–17 March 2013 (2013-03-12 –2013-03-17) |
| Venue | Bailey Allen Hall |
| City | Galway |
| Country | Ireland |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £301,000 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Highest break |  Ding Junhui (CHN) (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Ding Junhui (CHN) |
| Runner-up |  Neil Robertson (AUS) |
| Score | 4–3 |
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The2013 Players Tour Championship Grand Final (officially the2013 Dafabet Players Tour Championship Grand Final)[1] was a professionalrankingsnooker tournament that took place between 12 and 17 March 2013 at theBailey Allen Hall inGalway,Ireland. It was the ninth ranking event of the2012/2013 season.[2]
Stephen Lee was the defending champion,[3] but he couldn't compete due to his suspension from professional snooker.[4]
Ding Junhui won his sixth ranking title by defeatingNeil Robertson 4–3 in the final.[5][6] Ding also made the 97th officialmaximum break during his quarter-final match againstMark Allen. This was Ding's fifth 147 break and the ninth in the2012/2013 season.[7][8] This was the 250th ranking event to be staged in snooker.
The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:[9][10]
| Prize fund | Ranking points | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | £100,000 | 3,000 |
| Runner-up | £40,000 | 2,400 |
| Semi-finalist | £20,000 | 1,920 |
| Quarter-finalist | £9,500 | 1,500 |
| Last 16 | £5,000 | 1,140 |
| Last 32 | £2,500 | 840 |
| Highest break | £2,000 | – |
| Maximum break[7] | £1,000 | – |
| Total | £301,000 | – |
The players competed in 13 minor-ranking tournaments to earn points for thePTC and APTC Order of Merits. The seeding list of the Finals was based on the combined list from the earnings of both Order of Merits.[11]
| Rank | Player | PTC[12][13] | APTC[14][15] | Total points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mark Selby (ENG) | 34,900 | 0 | 34,900 |
| 2 | Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 4,950 | 20,600 | 25,550 |
| 3 | Ding Junhui (CHN) | 18,100 | 7,100 | 25,200 |
| 4 | Judd Trump (ENG) | 22,250 | 0 | 22,250 |
| 5 |  Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 20,100 | 200 | 20,300 |
| 6 | John Higgins (SCO) | 19,150 | 0 | 19,150 |
| 7 | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 19,050 | 0 | 19,050 |
| 8 | Rod Lawler (ENG) | 16,400 | 0 | 16,400 |
| 9 |  Mark Allen (NIR) | 16,050 | 0 | 16,050 |
| 10 | Martin Gould (ENG) | 15,950 | 0 | 15,950 |
| 11 | Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 11,300 | 2,500 | 13,800 |
| 12 | Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 9,550 | 1,500 | 11,050 |
| 13 |  Ken Doherty (IRL) | 9,400 | 1,500 | 10,900 |
| 14 | Graeme Dott (SCO) | 10,500 | 0 | 10,500 |
| 15 | Robert Milkins (ENG) | 5,400 | 5,000 | 10,400 |
| 16 |  Marco Fu (HKG) | 8,100 | 2,200 | 10,300 |
| 17 |  Mark Williams (WAL) | 8,100 | 2,000 | 10,100 |
| 18 | Andrew Higginson (ENG) | 9,850 | 200 | 10,050 |
| 19 | Jamie Burnett (SCO) | 9,950 | 0 | 9,950 |
| 20 | Jack Lisowski (ENG) | 9,850 | 0 | 9,850 |
| 21 | Anthony McGill (SCO) | 9,400 | 0 | 9,400 |
| 22 | Joe Perry (ENG) | 8,300 | 1,000 | 9,300 |
| 23 | Tom Ford (ENG) | 4,700 | 4,500 | 9,200 |
| 24 | Mark Davis (ENG) | 7,550 | 1,200 | 8,750 |
| 25 | Joe Swail (NIR) | 8,600 | 0 | 8,600 |
| 26 | Ali Carter (ENG) | 8,550 | 0 | 8,550 |
| 27 | Alfie Burden (ENG) | 7,550 | 200 | 7,750 |
| 28 |  Kurt Maflin (NOR) | 7,550 | 0 | 7,550 |
| 29 | Xiao Guodong (CHN) | 3,850 | 3,700 | 7,550 |
| 30 | Mark Joyce (ENG) | 7,400 | 0 | 7,400 |
| 31 | Cao Yupeng (CHN) | 2,050 | 4,200 | 6,250 |
| 32 | Li Hang (CHN) | 0 | 5,400 | 5,400 |
| Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee:Michaela Tabb. Bailey Allen Hall,Galway,Ireland, 17 March 2013.[19][20] | ||
| Neil Robertson (7) Australia | 3–4 | Ding Junhui (3) China |
| 88–45 (88),80–0 (58),72–55 (60, 51),0–122 (52, 70),0–130 (130),44–70,7–98 (98) | ||
| 88 | Highest break | 130 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | 5 |