The 2017 Players Championship (officially the 2017 Ladbrokes Players Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament played between 6–12 March 2017 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. It was the 17th ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.
Prior to this season, this tournament was part of the Players Tour Championship: however, that minor-ranking series was cancelled for this season, and the "Grand Final" event at the end was renamed to be its own ranking event called the Players Championship. It was played between the top 16 players on a one-year ranking list.
Mark Allen was the defending champion, but he did not qualify for this year's tournament.
Judd Trump won the tournament, beating Marco Fu 10–8 in the final.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money is shown below. Prize fund Winner £125,000 Runner-up £50,000 Semi-finalist £30,000 Quarter-finalist £15,000 Last 16 £10,000 Highest break £5,000 Total £380,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £25,000.
Seeding list The seedings were conducted on the basis of the 1-year ranking list up to and including the 2017 Gibraltar Open:
Rank Player Total points1 384,5502 208,2503 205,7254 181,0875 178,0256 173,0257 153,7508 152,6509 141,80010 140,40011 129,37512 124,02513 119,92514 114,12515 109,32516 101,362
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore.Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales, 12 March 2017. Marco Fu (8) 8–10 Judd Trump (2) Afternoon: 0–89 (83), , , , , , , , Evening: 34–90, , , , , , , , 83 Highest break 136 0 Century breaks 4 6 50+ breaks 8
Century breaks Total: 18
136, 132, 115, 113, 110, 102, 101 Judd Trump 131, 105 Anthony Hamilton 123 Neil Robertson 118, 109, 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan 115, 107 Ali Carter 110 Shaun Murphy 107 Ding Junhui 106 Marco Fu
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