2012 Players Tour Championship Grand Final
Snooker tournament
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The 2012 Players Tour Championship Grand Final (officially the 2012 Betfair Players Tour Championship Grand Final)[1] was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14 and 18 March 2012 at the Bailey Allen Hall in Galway, Ireland.[2]
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14–18 March 2012 |
| Venue | Bailey Allen Hall |
| City | Galway |
| Country | Ireland |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £250,000 |
| Winner's share | £70,000 |
| Highest break |  Neil Robertson (AUS) (131) Ricky Walden (ENG) (131) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Stephen Lee (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Neil Robertson (AUS) |
| Score | 4–0 |
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Shaun Murphy was the defending champion,[3][4] but he finished 37th on the Order of Merit,[5][6] and didn't qualify.[7]
Stephen Lee won his fifth ranking title by defeating Neil Robertson 4–0 in the final. It was Lee's first ranking title for six years, and Robertson's first defeat in a televised final.[8]
It was also the final tournament Lee won in his professional snooker career, before he was given a 12-year ban from the sport later that year, after his suspicious match-fixing and betting patterns arose.[9]
Prize fund and ranking points
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).[6]
| Rank | Player | Total points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judd Trump (ENG) |
30,400 |
| 2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
29,600 |
| 3 | Neil Robertson (AUS) |
28,100 |
| 4 | Michael Holt (ENG) |
17,500 |
| 5 | Mark Selby (ENG) |
17,100 |
| 6 |  Graeme Dott (SCO) |
16,700 |
| 7 | Andrew Higginson (ENG) |
16,700 |
| 8 | Stephen Maguire (SCO) |
16,200 |
| 9 | Ben Woollaston (ENG) |
15,500 |
| 10 | Martin Gould (ENG) |
14,600 |
| 11 | Joe Perry (ENG) |
14,300 |
| 12 | Tom Ford (ENG) |
14,000 |
| 13 | John Higgins (SCO) |
13,100 |
| 14 | Stephen Lee (ENG) |
11,800 |
| 15 | Ricky Walden (ENG) |
11,600 |
| 16 | Mark Davis (ENG) |
10,500 |
| 17 |  Matthew Stevens (WAL) |
9,600 |
| 18 |  Xiao Guodong (CHN) |
9,100 |
| 19 |  Fergal O'Brien (IRL) |
8,000 |
| 20 | Dominic Dale (WAL) |
7,600 |
| 21 | Barry Hawkins (ENG) |
7,600 |
| 22 | Ding Junhui (CHN) |
7,600 |
| 23 | Jamie Jones (WAL) |
7,300 |
| 24 | Jack Lisowski (ENG) |
7,100 |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Bailey Allen Hall, Galway, Ireland, 18 March 2012.[13] | ||
| Stephen Lee (14) England |
4–0 | Neil Robertson (3) Australia |
| 65–48, 62–25 (52), 63–25, 73–66 (Lee 66) | ||
| 66 | Highest break | 35 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 0 |
Century breaks
- 131, 130, 104 – Ricky Walden
- 131, 110 – Neil Robertson
- 123, 105 – Ding Junhui
- 123 – John Higgins
- 120, 104 – Andrew Higginson
- 114, 102 – Stephen Lee
- 100 – Xiao Guodong
- 100 – Joe Perry