# 2012 Players Tour Championship Grand Final

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 he won in his professional snooker career, before Stephen 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 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

| Last 24 Best of 7 frames | Last 24 Best of 7 frames | Last 24 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Last 16 Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 7 frames | Final Best of 7 frames | Final Best of 7 frames | Final Best of 7 frames |
| | | | 1 | Judd Trump (ENG) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Xiao Guodong (CHN) | 4 | 18 | Xiao Guodong | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Xiao Guodong (CHN) | 4 | 18 | Xiao Guodong | 4 | 18 | Xiao Guodong | 1 | | | | |
| 20 | Dominic Dale (WAL) | 2 | | | | 18 | Xiao Guodong | 1 | | | | |
| 20 | Dominic Dale (WAL) | 2 | | | | 7 | Andrew Higginson | 4 | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Andrew Higginson (ENG) | 4 | 7 | Andrew Higginson | 4 | | | | |
| 13 | John Higgins (SCO) | 3 | 23 | Jamie Jones | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 13 | John Higgins (SCO) | 3 | 23 | Jamie Jones | 3 | | | | 7 | Andrew Higginson | 2 | |
| 23 | Jamie Jones (WAL) | 4 | | | | | | | 7 | Andrew Higginson | 2 | |
| 23 | Jamie Jones (WAL) | 4 | | | | | | | 14 | Stephen Lee | 4 | |
| | | | 5 | Mark Selby (ENG) | 4 | | | | 14 | Stephen Lee | 4 | |
| 9 | Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 2 | 22 | Ding Junhui | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 2 | 22 | Ding Junhui | 1 | 5 | Mark Selby | 0 | | | | |
| 22 | Ding Junhui (CHN) | 4 | | | | 5 | Mark Selby | 0 | | | | |
| 22 | Ding Junhui (CHN) | 4 | | | | 14 | Stephen Lee | 4 | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Michael Holt (ENG) | 1 | 14 | Stephen Lee | 4 | | | | |
| 10 | Martin Gould (ENG) | 1 | 14 | Stephen Lee | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Martin Gould (ENG) | 1 | 14 | Stephen Lee | 4 | | | | | | | 14 | Stephen Lee | 4 |
| 14 | Stephen Lee (ENG) | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 14 | Stephen Lee | 4 |
| 14 | Stephen Lee (ENG) | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Neil Robertson | 0 |
| | | | 3 | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | Neil Robertson | 0 |
| 21 | Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 3 | 24 | Jack Lisowski | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 3 | 24 | Jack Lisowski | 1 | 3 | Neil Robertson | 4 | | | | | | |
| 24 | Jack Lisowski (ENG) | 4 | | | | 3 | Neil Robertson | 4 | | | | | | |
| 24 | Jack Lisowski (ENG) | 4 | | | | 11 | Joe Perry | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Graeme Dott (SCO) | 2 | 11 | Joe Perry | 1 | | | | | | |
| 19 | Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 0 | 11 | Joe Perry | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 | Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 0 | 11 | Joe Perry | 4 | | | | 3 | Neil Robertson | 4 | | | |
| 11 | Joe Perry (ENG) | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | Neil Robertson | 4 | | | |
| 11 | Joe Perry (ENG) | 4 | | | | | | | 8 | Stephen Maguire | 0 | | | |
| | | | 8 | Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 4 | | | | 8 | Stephen Maguire | 0 | | | |
| 16 | Mark Davis (ENG) | 4 | 16 | Mark Davis | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Mark Davis (ENG) | 4 | 16 | Mark Davis | 2 | 8 | Stephen Maguire | 4 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Tom Ford (ENG) | 1 | | | | 8 | Stephen Maguire | 4 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Tom Ford (ENG) | 1 | | | | 15 | Ricky Walden | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | w/d | 15 | Ricky Walden | 3 | | | | | | |
| 15 | Ricky Walden (ENG) | 4 | 15 | Ricky Walden | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Matthew Stevens (WAL) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Final

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Bailey Allen Hall, Galway, Ireland, 18 March 2012. :
| 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