The 2014 Players Tour Championship Grand Final (officially the 2014 Wyldecrest Parks Players Tour Championship Grand Final) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 and 29 March 2014 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. It was the tenth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.
It was originally planned, that the event would take place in Bangkok, Thailand, but due to the political unrest in the country the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association decided to relocate the event. This was the first professional tournament at the Guild Hall since the 2005 Grand Prix.
Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost 3–4 against Ben Woollaston in the last 32.
Barry Hawkins won his second ranking title by defeating Gerard Greene 4–0 in the final. This was Greene's first ranking final.
Prize fund and ranking points The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below: Prize fund Ranking points Winner £100,000 3,000 Runner-up £38,000 2,400 Semi-finalist £20,000 1,920 Quarter-finalist £10,000 1,500 Last 16 £5,000 1,140 Last 32 £2,500 840 Highest break £2,000 – Total £300,000 –
Seeding list The players competed in 12 minor-ranking tournaments to earn points for the European Tour and Asian Tour Order of Merits. The seeding list of the Finals was based on the combined list from the earnings of both Order of Merits.
Rank Player European Tour Asian Tour Total points145,250045,250237,5165,20042,716338,616038,616430,683030,683529,499029,499626,3501,20027,550725,100025,100812,78310,20022,983918,3332,60020,933102,78317,70020,4831120,249020,2491217,199017,1991316,351016,351145,68210,00015,6821515,10020015,3001614,766014,7661714,083014,0831812,78360013,3831913,10020013,3002010,0323,20013,2322110,5162,40012,9162212,883012,88323012,20012,2002410,95060011,550256,6994,70011,399266,2155,00011,2152710,51620010,7162810,45020010,6502910,234010,234309,68309,683311,6004,4006,0003205,6005,600
Main draw
Final
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
Century breaks
140, 109 Ronnie O'Sullivan 136, 113, 107 Mark Allen 133, 128, 123, 121 Joe Perry 131, 117 Barry Hawkins 130 Jimmy Robertson 126 Anthony Hamilton 121, 102 Marco Fu 111 John Higgins 102 Yu Delu
References
External links Players Championship Grand Final 2014 – Day 1 at Facebook Players Championship Grand Final 2014 – Day 2 at Facebook Players Championship Grand Final 2014 – Day 3 at Facebook Players Championship Grand Final 2014 – Day 4 at Facebook Players Championship Grand Final 2014 – Day 5 at Facebook