2014 Players Tour Championship Grand Final

The 2014 Players Tour Championship Grand Final (officially the 2014 Wyldecrest Parks Players Tour Championship Grand Final)^[1] was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 and 29 March 2014 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. It was the tenth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.^[2]

2014 Wyldecrest Parks Players Tour Championship Grand Final

Tournament information
Dates	25–29 March 2014 (2014-03-25 – 2014-03-29)
Venue	Preston Guild Hall
City	Preston
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£300,000
Winner's share	£100,000
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (140)
Final
Champion	Barry Hawkins (ENG)
Runner-up	Gerard Greene (NIR)
Score	4–0
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It was originally planned, that the event would take place in Bangkok, Thailand,^[3] but due to the political unrest in the country the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association decided to relocate the event.^[4] This was the first professional tournament at the Guild Hall since the 2005 Grand Prix.^[5]

Ding Junhui was the defending champion,^[6] but he lost 3–4 against Ben Woollaston in the last 32.^[7]

Barry Hawkins won his second ranking title by defeating Gerard Greene 4–0 in the final.^[8] This was Greene's first ranking final.^[9]

Prize fund and ranking points

The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:^[10][11]

	Prize fund	Ranking points
Winner	£100,000	3,000
Runner-up	£38,000	2,400
Semi-finalist	£20,000	1,920
Quarter-finalist	£10,000	1,500
Last 16	£5,000	1,140
Last 32	£2,500	840
Highest break	£2,000	–
Total	£300,000	–

Seeding list

The players competed in 12 minor-ranking tournaments to earn points for the European Tour and Asian Tour Order of Merits. The seeding list of the Finals was based on the combined list from the earnings of both Order of Merits.^[12]

Rank	Player	European Tour[13][14]	Asian Tour[15][16]	Total points[17]
1	Mark Allen (NIR)	45,250	0	45,250
2	Mark Selby (ENG)	37,516	5,200	42,716
3	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	38,616	0	38,616
4	Mark Williams (WAL)	30,683	0	30,683
5	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	29,499	0	29,499
6	John Higgins (SCO)	26,350	1,200	27,550
7	Ricky Walden (ENG)	25,100	0	25,100
8	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	12,783	10,200	22,983
9	Ding Junhui (CHN)	18,333	2,600	20,933
10	Liang Wenbo (CHN)	2,783	17,700	20,483
11	Judd Trump (ENG)	20,249	0	20,249
12	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)	17,199	0	17,199
13	Sam Baird (ENG)	16,351	0	16,351
14	Joe Perry (ENG)	5,682	10,000	15,682
15	Marco Fu (HKG)	15,100	200	15,300
16	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	14,766	0	14,766
17	Neil Robertson (AUS)	14,083	0	14,083
18	Gerard Greene (NIR)	12,783	600	13,383
19	Jamie Jones (WAL)	13,100	200	13,300
20	Gary Wilson (ENG)	10,032	3,200	13,232
21	Ben Woollaston (ENG)	10,516	2,400	12,916
22	David Gilbert (ENG)	12,883	0	12,883
23	Ju Reti (CHN)	0	12,200	12,200
24	Ryan Day (WAL)	10,950	600	11,550
25	Scott Donaldson (SCO)	6,699	4,700	11,399
26	Michael Holt (ENG)	6,215	5,000	11,215
27	Jimmy Robertson (ENG)	10,516	200	10,716
28	Mark Davis (ENG)	10,450	200	10,650
29	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	10,234	0	10,234
30	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	9,683	0	9,683
31	Yu Delu (CHN)	1,600	4,400	6,000
32	Lyu Haotian (CHN)	0	5,600	5,600

Main draw

^[18][19][20]

	Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames					Semi-finals Best of 7 frames					Final Best of 7 frames
	1	Mark Allen (NIR)	4
	19	Jamie Jones (WAL)	2
						1	Mark Allen	4
						12	Fergal O'Brien	1
	12	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)	4
	26	Michael Holt (ENG)	3
											1	Mark Allen	2
											18	Gerard Greene	4
	13	Sam Baird (ENG)	3
	29	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	4
						29	Anthony Hamilton	3
						18	Gerard Greene	4
	7	Ricky Walden (ENG)	1
	18	Gerard Greene (NIR)	4
																18	Gerard Greene	4
																15	Marco Fu	2
	6	John Higgins (SCO)	4
	27	Jimmy Robertson (ENG)	2
						6	John Higgins	4
						21	Ben Woollaston	2
	9	Ding Junhui (CHN)	3
	21	Ben Woollaston (ENG)	4
											6	John Higgins	1
											15	Marco Fu	4
	15	Marco Fu (HKG)	4
	20	Gary Wilson (ENG)	0
						15	Marco Fu	4
						4	Mark Williams	2
	4	Mark Williams (WAL)	4
	32	Lyu Haotian (CHN)	1
																					18	Gerard Greene	0
																					30	Barry Hawkins	4
	3	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	4
	25	Scott Donaldson (SCO)	0
						3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3
						31	Yu Delu	4
	10	Liang Wenbo (CHN)	2
	31	Yu Delu (CHN)	4
											31	Yu Delu	1
											30	Barry Hawkins	4
	16	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	0
	30	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	4
						30	Barry Hawkins	4
						24	Ryan Day	3
	8	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	3
	24	Ryan Day (WAL)	4
																30	Barry Hawkins	4
																11	Judd Trump	1
	5	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	4
	17	Neil Robertson (AUS)	2
						5	Shaun Murphy	0
						11	Judd Trump	4
	11	Judd Trump (ENG)	4
	23	Ju Reti (CHN)	1
											11	Judd Trump	4
											14	Joe Perry	2
	14	Joe Perry (ENG)	4
	28	Mark Davis (ENG)	3
						14	Joe Perry	4
						22	David Gilbert	1
	2	Mark Selby (ENG)	0
	22	David Gilbert (ENG)	4

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Olivier Marteel. Guild Hall, Preston, England, 29 March 2014.[20][21]
Gerard Greene (18)  Northern Ireland	0–4	Barry Hawkins (30)  England
0–119 (117), 0–75 (75), 35–61 (50), 15–62
34	Highest break	117
0	Century breaks	1
0	50+ breaks	3

Century breaks

^[22]

• 140, 109 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 136, 113, 107 – Mark Allen
• 133, 128, 123, 121 – Joe Perry
• 131, 117 – Barry Hawkins
• 130 – Jimmy Robertson
• 126 – Anthony Hamilton
• 121, 102 – Marco Fu
• 111 – John Higgins
• 102 – Yu Delu

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External links

• Players Championship Grand Final 2014 – Day 1 at Facebook
• Players Championship Grand Final 2014 – Day 2 at Facebook
• Players Championship Grand Final 2014 – Day 3 at Facebook
• Players Championship Grand Final 2014 – Day 4 at Facebook
• Players Championship Grand Final 2014 – Day 5 at Facebook