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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, Republic of Ireland.[2]
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14–18 March 2012 |
| Venue | Bailey Allen Hall |
| City | Galway |
| Country | Republic of 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]
The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:[7][9]
| Prize fund | Ranking points | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | £70,000 | 3,000 |
| Runner-up | £35,000 | 2,400 |
| Semi-finalist | £20,000 | 1,920 |
| Quarter-finalist | £10,000 | 1,500 |
| Last 16 | £5,000 | 1,140 |
| Last 24 | £2,750 | 840 |
| Highest break | £3,000 | – |
| Total | £250,000 | – |
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 |
| Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Bailey Allen Hall, Galway, Ireland, 18 March 2012.[12] | ||
| 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 |
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