2020 Players Championship (snooker)
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2020) |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 24 February – 1 March 2020 |
| Venue | Southport Theatre and Convention Centre |
| City | Southport |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £385,000 |
| Winner's share | £125,000 |
| Highest break |  Neil Robertson (140) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Judd Trump |
| Runner-up |  Yan Bingtao |
| Score | 10–4 |
← 2019 | |
The 2020 Coral Players Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 24 February to 1 March 2020 in Southport, England.[1] It was the 14th ranking event of the 2019–20 snooker season and the second leg of the Coral Series.[2]
Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion after beating Neil Robertson 10–4 in the 2019 final, but he failed to qualify for the 2020 event. The top 16 players on the one-year ranking list qualified, but O'Sullivan was placed 18th at the cut-off date.
Judd Trump won his second Players Championship, defeating Yan Bingtao 10–4 in the final. It was the 16th ranking title of Trump's career, and his fifth ranking title of the season. With it, he equalled the record held jointly by Stephen Hendry, Ding Junhui, Mark Selby and O'Sullivan for the most ranking titles in a single season.[3]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for the 2020 tournament is shown below:
Seeding list
The seedings were conducted on the basis of the one-year ranking list up to and including the 2020 Snooker Shoot Out.[4]
The following players qualified for the event.[5]
| Rank | Player | Total Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judd Trump
|
531,500 |
| 2 | Shaun Murphy
|
353,000 |
| 3 | Neil Robertson
|
274,500 |
| 4 | Mark Selby
|
267,500 |
| 5 | Ding Junhui
|
261,250 |
| 6 | Yan Bingtao
|
156,500 |
| 7 |  Mark Allen
|
150,500 |
| 8 |  John Higgins
|
143,500 |
| 9 | Graeme Dott
|
136,250 |
| 10 |  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
|
131,000 |
| 11 | Kyren Wilson
|
130,000 |
| 12 | Stephen Maguire
|
122,000 |
| 13 |  Mark Williams
|
113,250 |
| 14 | Joe Perry
|
112,000 |
| 15 | David Gilbert
|
104,000 |
| 16 | Michael Holt
|
102,000 |
Main draw
The draw for the event is shown below.[6][7]
| Last 16 Best of 11 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Judd Trump (ENG)
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Michael Holt (ENG)
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Judd Trump
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | John Higgins
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | John Higgins (SCO)
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Graeme Dott (SCO)
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Judd Trump
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Stephen Maguire
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Ding Junhui (CHN)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Stephen Maguire (SCO)
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Stephen Maguire
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Mark Selby
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Mark Selby (ENG)
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Mark Williams (WAL)
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Judd Trump
| 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Yan Bingtao
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Neil Robertson (AUS)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Joe Perry (ENG)
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Joe Perry
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Yan Bingtao
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Yan Bingtao (CHN)
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Kyren Wilson (ENG)
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Yan Bingtao
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Shaun Murphy
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mark Allen (NIR)
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mark Allen
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Shaun Murphy
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Shaun Murphy (ENG)
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | David Gilbert (ENG)
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee:  Desislava Bozhilova.Waterfront, Southport, England, 1 March 2020. | ||
| Judd Trump (1) England
|
10–4 | Yan Bingtao (6) China
|
| Afternoon: 76–74 (Yan 70), 6–86 (55), 75–0 (75), 62–31, 122–0 (122), 76–8 (50), 75–0 (75), 27–101 (95) Evening: 0–85 (77), 19–69, 109–9 (108), 72–0 (68), 88–36, 97–16 (60) | ||
| 122 | Highest break | 95 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 4 |
Century breaks
There was a total of 18 century breaks made during the tournament, the highest of which was a 140 made by Neil Robertson.[8]
- 140, 127, 119 Neil Robertson
- 132, 130, 122, 108 Judd Trump
- 132, 129, 123 Mark Allen
- 128 Michael Holt
- 123 John Higgins
- 122 David Gilbert
- 106, 104, 100 Yan Bingtao
- 103 Mark Selby
- 103 Shaun Murphy
References
- ^ "2018/19 Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ "Coral To Sponsor New Snooker Series". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ "Trump beats Yan Bingtao to win Players Championship". BBC Sport. 2020-03-01. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- ^ "1 Year Ranking List". World Snooker.
- ^ "Coral Players Championship Draw". World Snooker. February 24, 2020.
- ^ Ardalen, Hermund. "Results (2020 Players Championship)". snooker.org.
- ^ "Coral Players Championship 2020 Waterfront" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- ^ "Centuries | World Snooker Live Scores". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com.