The Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 – Event 4 (also known as Star Xing Pai Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 – Event 4 for sponsorship purposes) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14 and 16 August 2010 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. The preliminary rounds took place on 25 July at the same venue.
Barry Pinches won in the final 4–3 against Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Prize fund and ranking points The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below: Prize fund Ranking points1 Winner £10,000 2,000 Runner-up £5,000 1,600 Semi-finalist £2,500 1,280 Quarter-finalist £1,500 1,000 Last 16 £1,000 760 Last 32 £600 560 Last 64 £200 360 Total £50,000 – 1 Only professional players can earn ranking points.
Main draw
Preliminary rounds
Round 1 Best of 7 frames
Lasse Münstermann 2–4 Jamie Clarke Michael Wild 4–1 James Silverwood Chen Zhe 4–0 Oliver Brown Shaun Wilkes 2–4 Chris Norbury
Rogelio Esteiro 0–4 Robert Valiant David Portman 4–1 Jamie Curtis-Barrett Paul Metcalf 3–4 Lee Page Samuel Thistlewhite Mike Hallett
Round 2 Best of 7 frames
Andy Lee 1–4 Jame McGouran Alex Davies Gareth Green David Craggs 2–4 Farakh Ajaib David Grace 4–2 Callum Downing Ian Burns 4–0 Ashik Nathwani Hans Blankaert 4–2 Jamie Clarke Danny Douane w/d–w/o Lee Spick Jamie Walker 4–1 Lee Farebrother Antony Parsons 4–3 Mitchell Travis John Whitty 1–4 Steve Judd Lee Shanker w/o–w/d Dale Smith Dane Hall w/d–w/o Michael Wild Stephen Ormerod 4–3 Jamie Brown Nick Jennings w/o–w/d Lewis Mayes Tian Pengfei w/d–w/o Daniel Skingle Andrew Norman 3–4 Chen Zhe
Yu Delu Martin O'Donnell James Hill 0–4 Chris Norbury Sam Baird w/o–w/d Rupesh Thakkar David Gray w/d–w/o Sharrukh Nasir Sam Craigie w/d–w/o Rock Hui Joel Walker 4–0 Anthony Robson Mark Smith 1–4 Charlie Walters Jordan Rimmer 0–4 Robert Valiant Stuart Carrington w/o–w/d Marc Harman Kamran Ashraf 3–4 David Portman Adam Duffy 4–0 Craig Barber Tony Knowles 1–4 Lee Page Ian Glover 4–3 Jeff Cundy Alex Taubman 4–0 Samuel Thistlewhite Shaun Parkes 3–4 Lucky Vatnani Jake Nicholson 1–4 Ben Harrison
Main rounds
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Finals
Final Final: Best of 7 frames. World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England, 16 August 2010. Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–4 Barry Pinches 107–1 (60), 1–76, 83–0 (83), , , , 83 Highest break 64 0 Century breaks 0 3 50+ breaks 1
Century breaks
140 Rory McLeod 137, 109, 104 Marco Fu 136, 116, 113, 108 Ronnie O'Sullivan 135 Joe Perry 134, 105 Barry Pinches 129, 124 Andy Hicks 129 Mark Selby 128, 125 Liu Song 124, 109 Matthew Stevens 124, 107 Mark Davis 121 Stuart Pettman 119 Gerard Greene 116 Barry Hawkins 113, 111 Tony Drago 113 Jamie Walker
110, 105 Alfie Burden 109 Michael Holt 108 Daniel Wells 107 David Gilbert 106 Dominic Dale 104 Graeme Dott 103 Chris Norbury 102 Ian Glover 102 Stephen Maguire 102 Stephen Lee 101 Xiao Guodong 100 Jamie O'Neill 100 Matthew Selt 100 Robert Milkins
Notes
Jimmy White withdrew due to ill health.
References
sv:Players Tour Championship 2010/2011#Players Tour Championship 4