Players Tour Championship 2014/2015

The Players Tour Championship 2014/2015 was a series of snooker tournaments which started on 17 June 2014 and ended on 28 March 2015, 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 nine regular minor-ranking events concluded with the Finals. Both event five and event six of the European Tour were sponsored by Kreativ Dental.^[1]

Schedule

Date[n 1]			Tournament Name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner–up	Score[2][3][4]	References
06–17	06–21	CHN	Asian Tour – Event 1[n 2]	Yixing Sports Centre	Yixing	Ding Junhui	Michael Holt	4–2	[5]
08–07	08–10	LAT	European Tour – Event 1[n 3]	Arena Riga	Riga	Mark Selby	Mark Allen	4–3	[6]
08–20	08–24	GER	European Tour – Event 2[n 4]	Stadthalle	Fürth	Mark Allen	Judd Trump	4–2	[7]
10–01	10–05	BUL	European Tour – Event 3[n 5]	Universiada Hall	Sofia	Shaun Murphy	Martin Gould	4–2	[8]
10–20	10–24	CHN	Asian Tour – Event 2[n 6]	Haining Sports Center	Haining	Stuart Bingham	Oliver Lines	4–0	[9]
11–19	11–23	GER	European Tour – Event 4[n 7]	RWE-Sporthalle	Mülheim	Shaun Murphy	Robert Milkins	4–0	[10]
12–11	12–14	PRT	European Tour – Event 5[n 8]	Casal Vistoso Sports Centre	Lisbon	Stephen Maguire	Matthew Selt	4–2	[11]
01–20	01–24	CHN	Asian Tour – Event 3[n 9]	Xuzhou Olympic Center	Xuzhou	Joe Perry	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4–1	[12]
02–25	03–01	POL	European Tour – Event 6[n 10]	Gdynia Sports Arena	Gdynia	Neil Robertson	Mark Williams	4–0	[13]
03–24	03–28	THA	Players Tour Championship – Finals[n 11]	Montien Riverside Hotel	Bangkok	Joe Perry	Mark Williams	4–3	[14]

Order of Merit

European Tour

Player qualified for the Finals through the Asian Tour Order of Merit

After 6 out of 6 events:^[15][16][17]

Rank	Player	Total Points	Events Played
01	Shaun Murphy	48,249	6
02	Mark Allen	31,833	3
03	Stephen Maguire	29,333	6
04	Mark Selby	28,499	4
05	Neil Robertson	27,249	5
06	Judd Trump	26,916	6
07	Robert Milkins	17,750	6
08	Mark Williams	16,250	6
09	Matthew Selt	15,500	6
10	Martin Gould	12,500	4
11	Mark Davis	12,416	6
12	Barry Hawkins	12,000	5
13	Peter Ebdon	11,833	5
14	Rod Lawler	10,499	6
15	Jimmy Robertson	10,083	6
16	Luca Brecel	9,832	6
17	Joe Perry	9,166	5
18	Alan McManus	9,084	5
19	Ricky Walden	9,083	5
20	Michael White	8,583	6
21	Anthony McGill	8,000	6
22	Marco Fu	7,416	6
23	Chris Wakelin	7,416	6
24	Mark King	7,000	6
25	Dominic Dale	6,583	6
26	John Higgins	6,583	6

(Top 26 players out of 395)

Asian Tour

After 3 out of 3 events:^{[18][19][16][20]}

Rank	Player	Total Points	Events Played
1	Joe Perry	12,000	3
2	Ding Junhui	11,500	2
3	Stuart Bingham	10,600	2
4	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	6,200	3
5	Oliver Lines	6,000	2
6	Michael Holt	5,000	1
7	Ryan Day	4,000	2
8	Jimmy Robertson	3,500	2

(Top 8 players out of 219)

Finals

The Finals of the Players Tour Championship 2014/2015 took place between 24–28 March 2015 at the Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. 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.^[21]

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Montien Riverside Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, 28 March 2015.[14]
Mark Williams (9)  Wales	3–4	Joe Perry (7)  England
73–22 (64), 80–0 (57), 103–30 (103), 15–64, 0–68 (50), 21–59 (56), 7–78 (54)
103	Highest break	56
1	Century breaks	0
3	50+ breaks	3

Notes

1. Dates use the month day format
2. Event also known as the 2014 Yixing Open.
3. Event also known as the 2014 Riga Open.
4. Event also known as the 2014 Paul Hunter Classic.
5. Event also known as the 2014 Bulgarian Open.
6. Event also known as the 2014 Haining Open.
7. Event also known as the 2014 Ruhr Open.
8. Event also known as the 2014 Lisbon Open.
9. Event also known as the 2015 Xuzhou Open.
10. Event also known as the 2015 Gdynia Open.
11. Event also known as the 2015 Players Championship Grand Final.

References

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18. "Asian Tour Order Of Merit (after APTC-3)". my147.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
19. "2014-2015 APTC Ranking (截止徐州公开赛）Asian Tour Order Of Merit(after APTC-3)" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
20. "Asian Order of Merit 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
21. "Players Championship Grand Final 2014/2015 Season Qualifying Criteria". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.