Players Tour Championship 2015/2016

The Players Tour Championship 2015/2016 was a series of snooker tournaments which started on 29 July 2015 and ended on 27 March 2016, with events held across Europe and Asia. In this season the European events form the European Tour and events held in Asia the Asian Tour. This season there were seven regular minor-ranking events down from nine the previous season concluding with the finals which held full Ranking event status.

Schedule DateDates use the month day format Tournament Name Venue City Winner Runner–up References 07–29 08–02 European Tour – Event 1Event also known as the 2015 Riga Open. Arena Riga Riga 4–1 08–26 08–30 European Tour – Event 2Event also known as the 2015 Paul Hunter Classic. Stadthalle Fürth Ali Carter 4–3 10–07 10–11 European Tour – Event 3Event also known as the 2015 Ruhr Open. Mülheim Rory McLeod Tian Pengfei 4–2 10–19 10–23 Asian Tour – Event 1Event also known as the 2015 Haining Open. Haining Ding Junhui Ricky Walden 4–3 11–04 11–08 European Tour – Event 4Event also known as the 2015 Bulgarian Open. Universiada Hall Sofia Mark Allen Ryan Day 4–0 12–09 12–13 European Tour – Event 5Event also known as the 2015 Gibraltar Open. Gibraltar Marco Fu Michael White 4–1 02–23 02–28 European Tour – Event 6Event also known as the 2015 Gdynia Open. Gdynia Sports Arena Gdynia Mark Selby Martin Gould 4–1 EventCity Manchester Mark Allen Ricky Walden 10–6

Order of Merit The prize money collected at each PTC tournament is summed up to obtain the European and Asian Tour Order of Merit. The top 24 from the European Tour Order of Merit, the top 2 from the Asian Tour Order of Merit plus six more from a combination of both lists will qualify for the PTC finals in Manchester.

European Tour

After 6 out of 6 events:

Rank Player Total Points Events Played1 Mark Selby26,62562 Barry Hawkins25,27543 Marco Fu23,17544 Mark Allen22,20045 Rory McLeod22,20066 Ali Carter20,55037 Shaun Murphy15,97568 Ryan Day14,47569 Mark King13,200610 Michael White13,200611 Tom Ford13,050612 Mark Williams12,225613 Tian Pengfei11,700514 Martin Gould10,425415 Andrew Higginson10,275616 Mike Dunn9,975617 Kyren Wilson9,900618 Ben Woollaston9,750619 Michael Holt8,700620 Liang Wenbo8,550621 Judd Trump8,250622 Dominic Dale8,025623 Alan McManus7,950624 David Gilbert7,3506

Asian Tour After 1 out of 1 events:

Rank Player Total Points Events Played1 Ding Junhui13,50012 Ricky Walden6,5001

Both After 7 out of 7 events:

Rank Player Total Points Events Played1 Jimmy Robertson8,00072 Sam Baird7,27563 Luca Brecel6,67564 Graeme Dott6,45055 Robert Milkins6,20076 Mark Davis6,1505(Top 6 players of all 7 PTC events who haven't already qualified)

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