# 2017 Players Championship (snooker)

The 2017 Players Championship (officially the 2017 Ladbrokes Players Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament played between 6–12 March 2017 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. It was the 17th ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.
Prior to this season, this tournament was part of the Players Tour Championship: however, that minor-ranking series was cancelled for this season, and the "Grand Final" event at the end was renamed to be its own ranking event called the Players Championship. It was played between the top 16 players on a one-year ranking list.
Mark Allen was the defending champion, but he did not qualify for this year's tournament.
Judd Trump won the tournament, beating Marco Fu 10–8 in the final.

## Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money is shown below.
| | Prize fund |
| Winner | £125,000 |
| Runner-up | £50,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £30,000 |
| Quarter-finalist | £15,000 |
| Last 16 | £10,000 |
| Highest break | £5,000 |
| Total | £380,000 |
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £25,000.

## Seeding list

The seedings were conducted on the basis of the 1-year ranking list up to and including the 2017 Gibraltar Open:
| Rank | Player | Total points |
| 1 | Mark Selby (ENG) | 384,550 |
| 2 | Judd Trump (ENG) | 208,250 |
| 3 | Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 205,725 |
| 4 | Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 181,087 |
| 5 | Ding Junhui (CHN) | 178,025 |
| 6 | Ali Carter (ENG) | 173,025 |
| 7 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 153,750 |
| 8 | Marco Fu (HKG) | 152,650 |
| 9 | Anthony McGill (SCO) | 141,800 |
| 10 | Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 140,400 |
| 11 | Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 129,375 |
| 12 | John Higgins (SCO) | 124,025 |
| 13 | Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 119,925 |
| 14 | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 114,125 |
| 15 | Mark King (ENG) | 109,325 |
| 16 | Ryan Day (WAL) | 101,362 |

## Main draw

| Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | | Final Best of 19 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | Final Best of 19 frames |
| 1 | Mark Selby (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Ryan Day (WAL) | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Ryan Day (WAL) | 4 | 1 | Mark Selby | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Marco Fu | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Marco Fu (HKG) | 5 | 8 | Marco Fu | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Anthony McGill (SCO) | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Anthony McGill (SCO) | 1 | | | | 8 | Marco Fu | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Ding Junhui | 5 | | | | |
| 5 | Ding Junhui (CHN) | 5 | | | | | | | 5 | Ding Junhui | 5 | | | | |
| 12 | John Higgins (SCO) | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | John Higgins (SCO) | 4 | 5 | Ding Junhui | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 13 | Anthony Hamilton | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 1 | 13 | Anthony Hamilton | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | | | 8 | Marco Fu | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Judd Trump | 10 |
| 3 | Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Judd Trump | 10 |
| 14 | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 5 | 14 | Neil Robertson | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Ali Carter | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Ali Carter (ENG) | 5 | 6 | Ali Carter | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 4 | | | | 6 | Ali Carter | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Judd Trump | 6 | | | | |
| 7 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | | 2 | Judd Trump | 6 | | | | |
| 10 | Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 1 | 7 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Judd Trump | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Judd Trump (ENG) | 5 | 2 | Judd Trump | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Mark King (ENG) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore. Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 12 March 2017. :
| Marco Fu (8) Hong Kong | 8–10 | Judd Trump (2) England |
| Afternoon: 0–89 (83), 69–26 (53), 73–9 (73), 8–78, 82–0 (67), 87–8, 83–0 (83), 0–136 (136), 0–115 (115) Evening: 34–90, 24–110 (110), 0–92 (63), 9–77 (76), 66–33, 63–52 (Fu 52), 0–102 (102), 69–22 (58), 0–102 (53) |||
| 83 | Highest break | 136 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 4 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 8 |

## Century breaks

Total: 18