The Players Tour Championship 2012/2013 was a series of snooker tournaments which started on 18 June 2012 and ended on 17 March 2013, with events held in England, across Europe and in China. In this season the European events formed the European Tour and events were held in China for the first time under the Asian Players Tour Championship name. The thirteen regular minor-ranking events were concluded with the Finals. The European Tour was sponsored by Betfair.

Schedule DateDates use the month day format Tournament Name Venue City Winner Runner–up References06–1806–22Zhangjiagang Sports CenterZhangjiagang4–307–1807–22Players Tour Championship – Event 1South West Snooker AcademyGloucester4–308–0808–12Players Tour Championship – Event 2South West Snooker AcademyGloucester Martin Gould4–308–2308–26StadthalleFürth Mark Selby Joe Swail4–109–0509–09Players Tour Championship – Event 3South West Snooker AcademyGloucester Rod Lawler Marco Fu4–209–2309–27Yixing Sports CentreYixing Stephen Lee Ding Junhui4–008–1608–18European Tour – Event 2Event also known as the 2012 Gdynia Open.World Snooker AcademySheffield Neil Robertson Jamie Burnett4–310–0510–07Gdynia Sports ArenaGdynia10–1710–21European Tour – Event 3Event also known as the 2012 Antwerp Open and 2012 Belgian Open.Lotto ArenaAntwerp Mark Allen Mark Selby4–111–0511–09Zhengzhou Stuart Bingham Li Hang4–311–1111–14Players Tour Championship – Event 4Event also known as the 2012 Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy and the .South West Snooker AcademyGloucester John Higgins Judd Trump4–211–1511–18European Tour – Event 4Event also known as the 2012 Bulgarian Open.Princess HotelSofia Judd Trump John Higgins4–012–1312–16European Tour – Event 5Event also known as the 2012 Scottish Open.Ravenscraig Sports FacilityRavenscraig Ding Junhui4–211–2611–27European Tour – Event 6Event also known as the 2013 Munich Open and the 2013 FFB Open.World Snooker AcademySheffield Mark Selby Graeme Dott4–301–0401–06Event ForumFürstenfeldbruck03–1203–17Players Tour Championship – FinalsEvent also known as the 2013 Players Tour Championship Grand Finals.Bailey Allen HallGalway Ding Junhui Neil Robertson4–3

Order of Merit

UK/Europe Player already qualified for the Finals through the Asian Order of Merit

After 10 out of 10 events:

Rank Player Total Points Events Played UK Europe Total1 Mark Selby34,9004592 Judd Trump22,2504483 Stephen Maguire20,1004374 John Higgins19,1503585 Neil Robertson19,0502576 Ding Junhui18,1002467 Rod Lawler16,40046108 Mark Allen16,0503589 Martin Gould15,950461010 Ben Woollaston11,300461011 Graeme Dott10,50045912 Jamie Burnett9,95044813 Jack Lisowski9,850461014 Andrew Higginson9,850461015 Barry Hawkins9,550461016 Ken Doherty9,40036917 Anthony McGill9,400461018 Joe Swail8,600461019 Ali Carter8,55044820 Joe Perry8,300461021 Marco Fu8,10044822 Mark Williams8,10044823 Kurt Maflin7,55036924 Mark Davis7,550461025 Alfie Burden7,550461026 Mark Joyce7,4004610(Top 26 players out of 442)

Asian Already qualified for the Finals by winning an APTC event.

After 3 out of 3 events: Rank Player Total Points Events Played1 Stuart Bingham20,60032 Stephen LeeStephen Lee has qualified by winning an APTC event, however, due to his suspension he was replaced by Xiao Guodong.15,00023 Ding Junhui7,10034 Li Hang5,40035 Robert Milkins5,00036 Tom Ford4,50037 Cao Yupeng4,20038 Xiao Guodong3,7003(Top 8 players out of 113)

Finals

The Finals of the Players Tour Championship 2012/2013 took place between 12–17 March 2013 at the Bailey Allen Hall in Galway, Ireland. It was contested by the top 25 players on the Order of Merit, who have played in at least 5 events (2 in the UK and 3 in Europe); the three APTC winners and the top four from the Asian Order of Merit, who didn't win an APTC tournament. If a player qualified from both Order of Merits, than the highest position counted and the next player on the other list qualified. If a player finished on both lists on the same place, than the PTC Order of Merit takes precedence and the next player from the APTC Order of Merit qualified. If an APTC event winner, who qualified through the APTC Tour and finished in the top 25 on the PTC Order of Merit, then the next highest player on the PTC Order of Merit qualified. The seeding list of the Finals was based on the combined list from the earnings of both Order of Merits.

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb.Bailey Allen Hall, Galway, Ireland, 17 March 2013. Neil Robertson (7) 3–4 Ding Junhui (3) 88–45 (88), 80–0 (58), , , , , 88 Highest break 130 0 Century breaks 1 3 50+ breaks 5

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