The Players Tour Championship 2013/2014 was a series of snooker tournaments which started on 6 June 2013 and ended on 29 March 2014, with events held across Europe and Asia. In this season the European events formed the European Tour and events held in Asia the Asian Tour. The twelve regular minor-ranking events concluded with the Finals.
Schedule DateDates use the month day format Tournament Name Venue City Winner Runner–up References06–0606–09European Tour – Event 1Event also known as the 2013 Bulgarian Open.Universiada HallSofia John Higgins Neil Robertson4–1 06–1106–15Asian Tour – Event 1Event also known as the 2013 Yixing Open.Yixing Sports CentreYixing Joe Perry Mark Selby4–1 07–1807–21European Tour – Event 2Event also known as the 2013 Rotterdam Open.Topsport CentrumRotterdam Mark Williams Mark Selby4–3 08–1408–17European Tour – Event 3Event also known as the 2013 Bluebell Wood Open.Doncaster DomeDoncaster Ricky Walden Marco Fu4–3 08–2208–25StadthalleFürth Gerard Greene4–0 09–2309–27Asian Tour – Event 2Event also known as the 2013 Zhangjiagang Open.Zhangjiagang Sports CenterZhangjiagang Ju Reti Michael Holt4–1 10–0310–06European Tour – Event 5Event also known as the 2013 Ruhr Open.RWE-SporthalleMülheim Mark Allen Ding Junhui4–1 10–2010–24Asian Tour – Event 3Event also known as the 2013 Zhengzhou Open.Guanhua Grand HotelZhengzhou Liang Wenbo Lyu Haotian4–0 11–0711–10European Tour – Event 6Event also known as the 2013 Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup.The Capital VenueGloucester Mark Allen Judd Trump4–1 11–1411–17European Tour – Event 7Event also known as the 2013 Antwerp Open.Lotto ArenaAntwerp Mark Selby4–3 02–0602–09European Tour – Event 8Event also known as the 2014 Gdynia Open.Gdynia Sports ArenaGdynia Shaun Murphy Fergal O'Brien4–1 03–0403–08Dongguan Stuart Bingham Liang Wenbo4–1 03–2503–29Guild HallPreston Barry Hawkins Gerard Greene4–0
Order of Merit
European Tour The calculation method of the European Tour Order of Merit was changed this season. The previously used £1=€1 system was changed to accommodate the increasing prize money of the continental European events. World Snooker decided to use the £1=€1.2 conversation rate.
Player qualified for the Finals through the Asian Tour Order of Merit
After 8 out of 8 events:
Rank Player Total Points Events Played1 Mark Allen45,25052 Ronnie O'Sullivan38,61663 Mark Selby37,51654 Mark Willams30,68375 Shaun Murphy29,49976 John Higgins26,35077 Ricky Walden25,10068 Judd Trump20,24989 Ding Junhui18,333410 Fergal O'Brien17,199811 Sam Baird16,351812 Marco Fu15,100613 Stephen Maguire14,766614 Neil Robertson14,083615 Jamie Jones13,100816 David Gilbert12,883817 Stuart Bingham12,783718 Gerard Greene12,783819 Ryan Day10,950820 Jimmy Robertson10,516721 Ben Woollaston10,516822 Mark Davis10,450823 Anthony Hamilton10,234824 Gary Wilson10,032825 Barry Hawkins9,6837(Top 25 players out of 515)
Asian Tour Player qualified for the Finals through the European Tour Order of Merit
After 4 out of 4 events: Rank Player Total Points Events Played1 Liang Wenbo17,70042 Ju Reti12,20043 Stuart Bingham10,20024 Joe Perry10,00015 Lyu Haotian5,60036 Mark Selby5,20027 Michael Holt5,00028 Scott Donaldson4,70049 Yu Delu4,4004(Top 9 players out of 202)
Finals
The Finals of the Players Tour Championship 2013/2014 took place between 25–29 March 2014 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. It was contested by the top 24 players on the European Tour Order of Merit, and the top eight from the Asian Tour Order of Merit. If a player qualified from both Order of Merits, then the highest position counted and the next player on the other list qualified. If a player finished on both lists on the same place, then the European Tour Order of Merit took precedence and the next player from the Asian Tour 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: Olivier Marteel.Guild Hall, Preston, England, 29 March 2014. Gerard Greene (18) 0–4 Barry Hawkins (30) 0–119 (117), 0–75 (75), , 34 Highest break 117 0 Century breaks 1 0 50+ breaks 3
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