2016 Players Tour Championship Final


The Ladbrokes 2016 Players Tour Championship Final was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22–27 March 2016 at the EventCity in Manchester, England. It was the eighth ranking event of the 2015/2016 season. The tournament was broadcast in the UK on ITV4.
Defending champion Joe Perry failed to qualify for this year finals having finished 51st on the Order of Merit. The tournament was won by Mark Allen
who beat Ricky Walden 10–6 in the 19-frame final, winning the £100,000 first prize. It was Allen's third ranking event win and his first in Europe after two wins in China in 2012 and 2013.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money is shown below:
Prize fund
Winner£100,000
Runner-up£38,000
Semi-finalist£20,000
Quarter-finalist£12,500
Last 16£7,000
Last 32£4,000
Highest break£2,000
Total£350,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £10,000. The sponsor pledged to double the prize for a 147 break and so the prize would have been £20,000.

Seeding list

The players competed in 7 minor-ranking tournaments to earn points for the European Tour and Asian Tour Orders of Merit. The top 24 from the European Tour and the top 2 from the Asian Tour qualified for the finals, plus 6 more from a combination of both lists.
Mark Selby withdrew for personal reasons and was replaced in the draw by Matthew Selt.
The seeding list of the Finals was based on the combined list from the earnings of both Orders of Merit.
RankPlayerEuropean TourAsian TourTotal
1 Mark Selby26,625026,625
2 Barry Hawkins25,275025,275
3 Marco Fu23,1751,30024,475
4 Mark Allen22,200022,200
5 Rory McLeod22,200022,200
6 Ali Carter20,550020,550
7 Shaun Murphy15,975015,975
8 Ding Junhui1,42513,50014,925
9 Mark King13,2001,30014,500
10 Ryan Day14,475014,475
11 Tom Ford13,05080013,850
12 Michael White13,200013,200
13 Tian Pengfei11,7001,30013,000
14 Mark Williams12,225012,225
15 Ben Woollaston9,7501,75011,500
16 Martin Gould10,425010,425
17 Andrew Higginson10,275010,275
18 Ricky Walden3,5256,50010,025
19 Mike Dunn9,97509,975
20 Kyren Wilson9,90009,900
21 Liang Wenbo8,5501,3009,850
22 Dominic Dale8,0251,3009,325
23 Michael Holt8,70008,700
24 Judd Trump8,25008,250
25 Jimmy Robertson4,5003,5008,000
26 Alan McManus7,95007,950
27 David Gilbert7,35007,350
28 Sam Baird7,27507,275
29 Luca Brecel6,67506,675
30 Graeme Dott6,45006,450
31 Robert Milkins2,7003,5006,200
32 Mark Davis6,15006,150
33 Matthew Selt6,00006,000

Main draw

Final

Century breaks