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]
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25–29 March 2014 |
| 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
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
- 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
References
External links
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