The 2012 Players Tour Championship Grand Final (officially the 2012 Betfair Players Tour Championship Grand Final) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14 and 18 March 2012 at the Bailey Allen Hall in Galway, Ireland.
Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but he finished 37th on the Order of Merit, and didn't qualify.
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.
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.
Prize fund and ranking points The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below: 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 –
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). Rank Player Total points130,400229,600328,100417,500517,100616,700716,700816,200915,5001014,6001114,3001214,0001313,1001411,8001511,6001610,500179,600189,100198,000207,600217,600227,600237,300247,100
Main draw
Final
Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Paul Collier.Bailey Allen Hall, Galway, Ireland, 18 March 2012. Stephen Lee (14) 4–0 Neil Robertson (3) 65–48, 62–25 (52), 63–25, 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
References
External links PTC Grand Finals 2012: Day 1 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook PTC Grand Finals 2012: Day 2 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook PTC Grand Finals 2012: Day 3 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook PTC Grand Finals 2012: Day 4 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook PTC Grand Finals 2012: Day 5 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook