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Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 5

Players Tour Championship 2011/2012
Event 5

Tournament information
Dates	21–25 September 2011 (2011-09-21 – 2011-09-25)
Venue	World Snooker Academy
City	Sheffield
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Minor-ranking event
Total prize fund	£50,000
Winner's share	£10,000
Highest break	David Gilbert (ENG) (141)
Final
Champion	Andrew Higginson (ENG)
Runner-up	John Higgins (SCO)
Score	4–1
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The Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 5 was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 21 and 25 September 2011 at the World Snooker AcademyinSheffield, England.

Andrew Higginson won his first professional title by defeating John Higgins 4–1 in the final.^[1][2]

Prize fund and ranking points[edit]

The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:^[3][4]

• ¹ Only professional players can earn ranking points.

Main draw[edit]

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Preliminary rounds[edit]

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Round 1[edit]

Best of 7 frames

Sam Harvey 4–2 Shane Castle Phil O'Kane 0–4 Sydney Wilson David Gray 4–2 Michael Wild Joel Walker 4–3 Shaun Wilkes Marc Harman 1–4 James Murdoch Bash Maqsood 3–4 Mike Hallett Jonathan Birch 4–1 Clark Lillyman Rogelio Esteiro 0–4 Antony Parsons Matthew Day 3–4 Martin O'Donnell Michael Leslie w/o–w/d Terry Challenger Chen Zhe 4–3 Alex Davies Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 4–2 Martin Ball Kishan Hirani 4–3 Steve Ventham Duane Jones 4–1 Ian Stark John Whitty 4–0 Kashif Khan Jamie Curtis-Barrett 1–4 Stephen Craigie Stephen John Barton 0–4 Ben Harrison James Silverwood w/d–w/o Justin Astley Jamie Green 0–4 Chris Norbury Gareth Allen 2–4 Les Dodd Zak Surety 4–2 Dessie Sheehan Robert Tickner 1–4 James Hill Robert James 4–1 David Singh

Jordan Winbourne 4–1 Ross Jones Jamie O'Neill 4–0 Hasan Khan Patrick Wallace 4–1 James Cahill Alan Edmonds 2–4 Eden Sharav Saqib Nasir 2–4 Marc Davis Michael Wasley 4–1 Jamie Clarke Sachin Plaha 3–4 Nico Elton Mitchell Travis 4–3 Oliver Lines Hans Blanckaert 4–1 Oliver Brown Kyren Wilson 4–0 Ashley Carty John Sutton 4–0 Brent Kolbeck Richard King 3–4 Tom Maxfield James Brown 2–4 Lee Page Zhang Anda 4–2 Alex Taubman Brian Morgan 1–4 Allan Taylor Lee Farebrother 4–3 David Birley Danny Brindle 1–4 Nick Jennings Douglas Hogan 4–1 Nikolas Charalambous Mitchell Mann w/o–w/d Tony Knowles Elliot Slessor 3–4 Najmur Khan Liam Monk 1–4 Ian Glover Omer Butt 1–4 Sean Hopkin George Marter 2–4 Ricky Norris

Round 2[edit]

Best of 7 frames

Sam Harvey 4–2 Sydney Wilson David Gray 4–3 Joel Walker James Murdoch 1–4 Mike Hallett Ian Burns 4–0 Jonathan Birch Jake Nicholson 3–4 Antony Parsons Martin O'Donnell 4–0 Michael Leslie Chen Zhe 1–4 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Ryan Causton 0–4 Kishan Hirani Duane Jones 4–3 John Whitty Stephen Craigie 4–0 Ben Harrison Justin Astley 2–4 Chris Norbury Les Dodd 4–2 Zak Surety Jak Jones 4–3 James Hill Robert James 4–3 Jordan Winbourne

Jamie O'Neill 1–4 Patrick Wallace Eden Sharav 4–2 Marc Davis Michael Wasley 4–0 Nico Elton Reanne Evans 2–4 Mitchell Travis Hans Blanckaert 2–4 Kyren Wilson Andrew Milliard 2–4 John Sutton James McGouran 4–1 Tom Maxfield Lee Page 0–4 Zhang Anda Allan Taylor 4–1 Lee Farebrother Nick Jennings 3–4 Douglas Hogan Mitchell Mann 4–1 Najmur Khan Ashley Wright 4–3 Ian Glover Sean O’Sullivan 4–2 Sean Hopkin Christopher Keogan 4–1 Ricky Norris

Main rounds[edit]

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Top half[edit]

Section 1[edit]

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Ronnie O'Sullivan		4
	Mark Williams		1			Ronnie O'Sullivan		2
	Peter Lines		4			Peter Lines		4
	Sam Harvey		1								Peter Lines		3
	Andy Hicks		2								Jack Lisowski		4
	Jack Lisowski		4			Jack Lisowski		4
	Mark Davis		0			Andrew Norman		3
	Andrew Norman		4													Jack Lisowski		4
	Ding Junhui		4													David Gilbert		3
	David Gray		3			Ding Junhui		3
	David Gilbert		4			David Gilbert		4
	Mike Hallett		1								David Gilbert		4
	Sam Craigie		4								Ian Burns		1
	Cao Yupeng		1			Sam Craigie		1
	James Wattana		2			Ian Burns		4
	Ian Burns		4

Section 2[edit]

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Passakorn Suwannawat		4
	Paul Davison		3			Passakorn Suwannawat		3
	Robbie Williams		w/o			Robbie Williams		4
	Lucky Vatnani		w/d								Robbie Williams		2
	Jamie Cope		0								Jamie Burnett		4
	Antony Parsons		4			Antony Parsons		0
	Jamie Burnett		4			Jamie Burnett		4
	Martin O'Donnell		1													Jamie Burnett		4
	Mark Joyce		1													Anthony Hamilton		2
	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon		4			Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon		3
	Gary Wilson		3			Shaun Murphy		4
	Shaun Murphy		4								Shaun Murphy		2
	Simon Bedford		4								Anthony Hamilton		4
	Barry Pinches		3			Simon Bedford		0
	Stephen Hendry		3			Anthony Hamilton		4
	Anthony Hamilton		4

Section 3[edit]

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Joe Perry		4
	Kishan Hirani		0			Joe Perry		4
	Stephen Maguire		2			Peter Ebdon		0
	Peter Ebdon		4								Joe Perry		4
	Mike Dunn		3								Ricky Walden		3
	Gerard Greene		4			Gerard Greene		1
	Ricky Walden		4			Ricky Walden		4
	Duane Jones		0													Joe Perry		2
	Graeme Dott		4													Dave Harold		4
	Stephen Craigie		0			Graeme Dott		4
	Joe Jogia		w/o			Joe Jogia		3
	Robin Hull		w/d								Graeme Dott		0
	Dave Harold		4								Dave Harold		4
	Chris Norbury		3			Dave Harold		4
	Stephen Lee		4			Stephen Lee		3
	Adam Wicheard		1

Section 4[edit]

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Marcus Campbell		1
	Ian McCulloch		4			Ian McCulloch		4
	Nigel Bond		4			Nigel Bond		1
	Les Dodd		0								Ian McCulloch		4
	Tom Ford		4								Tom Ford		2
	David Hogan		2			Tom Ford		4
	Jimmy Robertson		4			Jimmy Robertson		3
	Jak Jones		2													Ian McCulloch		0
	Xiao Guodong		4													Andrew Higginson		4
	Robert James		1			Xiao Guodong		0
	Andrew Higginson		4			Andrew Higginson		4
	Joe Meara		0								Andrew Higginson		4
	Ben Woollaston		4								Ben Woollaston		1
	Patrick Wallace		0			Ben Woollaston		4
	Yu Delu		2			Liu Song		0
	Liu Song		4

Bottom half[edit]

Section 5[edit]

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Judd Trump		4
	Marco Fu		2			Judd Trump		4
	Mark King		4			Mark King		1
	Adrian Gunnell		1								Judd Trump		1
	Tony Drago		1								Li Yan		4
	Liu Chuang		4			Liu Chuang		3
	Li Yan		4			Li Yan		4
	Kacper Filipiak		0													Li Yan		3
	Craig Steadman		2													Neil Robertson		4
	Scott MacKenzie		4			Scott MacKenzie		4
	Dominic Dale		3			Joe Swail		1
	Joe Swail		4								Scott MacKenzie		2
	Ali Carter		0								Neil Robertson		4
	Aditya Mehta		4			Aditya Mehta		3
	Neil Robertson		4			Neil Robertson		4
	Eden Sharav		0

Section 6[edit]

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	John Higgins		4
	David Grace		0			John Higgins		4
	Ken Doherty		2			Michael Wasley		2
	Michael Wasley		4								John Higgins		4
	Liam Highfield		3								Alan McManus		1
	Mitchell Travis		4			Mitchell Travis		0
	Alan McManus		4			Alan McManus		4
	Alfie Burden		2													John Higgins		4
	Mark Allen		4													Ryan Day		2
	Tian Pengfei		3			Mark Allen		2
	Rory McLeod		2			Rod Lawler		4
	Rod Lawler		4								Rod Lawler		0
	Matthew Stevens		1								Ryan Day		4
	Kyren Wilson		4			Kyren Wilson		1
	Ryan Day		4			Ryan Day		4
	Kurt Maflin		0

Section 7[edit]

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Michael White		4
	John Sutton		3			Michael White		4
	Anthony McGill		4			Anthony McGill		2
	James McGouran		1								Michael White		4
	Dechawat Poomjaeng		4								Dechawat Poomjaeng		1
	Daniel Wells		3			Dechawat Poomjaeng		4
	Sam Baird		4			Sam Baird		2
	Zhang Anda		3													Michael White		3
	Fergal O'Brien		4													Barry Hawkins		4
	Allan Taylor		1			Fergal O'Brien		1
	Stuart Bingham		4			Stuart Bingham		4
	Stuart Carrington		0								Stuart Bingham		3
	Barry Hawkins		4								Barry Hawkins		4
	Douglas Hogan		1			Barry Hawkins		4
	Matthew Selt		3			Liang Wenbo		2
	Liang Wenbo		4

Section 8[edit]

	Last 128 Best of 7 frames					Last 64 Best of 7 frames					Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames
	Jimmy White		4
	Andrew Pagett		2			Jimmy White		4
	Jamie Jones		2			Matthew Couch		3
	Matthew Couch		4								Jimmy White		0
	Luca Brecel		4								Martin Gould		4
	Mitchell Mann		1			Luca Brecel		1
	Martin Gould		4			Martin Gould		4
	Ashley Wright		2													Martin Gould		1
	Steve Davis		4													Michael Holt		4
	Sean O’Sullivan		1			Steve Davis		4
	Adam Duffy		4			Adam Duffy		0
	David Morris		3								Steve Davis		1
	Michael Holt		4								Michael Holt		4
	Christopher Keogan		1			Michael Holt		4
	Mark Selby		2			Robert Milkins		2
	Robert Milkins		4

Finals[edit]

	Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames					Semi-finals Best of 7 frames					Final Best of 7 frames
	Jack Lisowski		4
	Jamie Burnett		3			Jack Lisowski		1
	Dave Harold		2			Andrew Higginson		4
	Andrew Higginson		4								Andrew Higginson		4
	Neil Robertson		1								John Higgins		1
	John Higgins		4			John Higgins		4
	Barry Hawkins		4			Barry Hawkins		1
	Michael Holt		2

Century breaks[edit]

Only from last 128 onwards.^[9]

References[edit]