2020 Players Championship (snooker)

The 2020 Coral Players Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 24 February to 1 March 2020 in Southport, England.[1] It was the 14th ranking event of the 2019–20 snooker season and the second leg of the Coral Series.[2]

Coral Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates24 February – 1 March 2020
VenueSouthport Theatre and Convention Centre
CitySouthport
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£385,000
Winner's share£125,000
Highest break Neil Robertson (140)
Final
Champion Judd Trump
Runner-up Yan Bingtao
Score10–4
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Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion after beating Neil Robertson 10–4 in the 2019 final, but he failed to qualify for the 2020 event. The top 16 players on the one-year ranking list qualified, but O'Sullivan was placed 18th at the cut-off date.

Judd Trump won his second Players Championship, defeating Yan Bingtao 10–4 in the final. It was the 16th ranking title of Trump's career, and his fifth ranking title of the season. With it, he equalled the record held jointly by Stephen Hendry, Ding Junhui, Mark Selby and O'Sullivan for the most ranking titles in a single season.[3]

Prize fund
Interior of the Southport Theatre and Convention Centre on the first day of the tournament

The breakdown of prize money for the 2020 tournament is shown below:

  • Winner: £125,000
  • Runner-up: £50,000
  • Semi-final: £30,000
  • Quarter-final: £15,000
  • Last 16: £10,000 (Prize money at this stage did not count towards prize money rankings)
  • Highest break: £10,000
  • Total: £385,000

Seeding list

The seedings were conducted on the basis of the one-year ranking list up to and including the 2020 Snooker Shoot Out.[4]

The following players qualified for the event.[5]

Rank Player Total Points
1 Judd Trump 531,500
2 Shaun Murphy 353,000
3 Neil Robertson 274,500
4 Mark Selby 267,500
5 Ding Junhui 261,250
6 Yan Bingtao 156,500
7 Mark Allen 150,500
8 John Higgins 143,500
9 Graeme Dott 136,250
10 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 131,000
11 Kyren Wilson 130,000
12 Stephen Maguire 122,000
13 Mark Williams 113,250
14 Joe Perry 112,000
15 David Gilbert 104,000
16 Michael Holt 102,000

Tournament Draw
Last 16
Best of 11 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 19 frames
            
1  Judd Trump (ENG) 6
16  Michael Holt (ENG) 3
1 Judd Trump 6
8 John Higgins 3
8  John Higgins (SCO) 6
9  Graeme Dott (SCO) 2
1 Judd Trump 6
12 Stephen Maguire 5
5  Ding Junhui (CHN) 5
12  Stephen Maguire (SCO) 6
12 Stephen Maguire 6
4 Mark Selby 5
4  Mark Selby (ENG) 6
13  Mark Williams (WAL) 0
1 Judd Trump 10
6 Yan Bingtao 4
3  Neil Robertson (AUS) 4
14  Joe Perry (ENG) 6
14 Joe Perry 5
6 Yan Bingtao 6
6  Yan Bingtao (CHN) 6
11  Kyren Wilson (ENG) 2
6 Yan Bingtao 6
2 Shaun Murphy 1
7  Mark Allen (NIR) 6
10  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) 3
7 Mark Allen 2
2 Shaun Murphy 6
2  Shaun Murphy (ENG) 6
15  David Gilbert (ENG) 5

Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Desislava Bozhilova
Waterfront, Southport, England, 1 March 2020
Judd Trump (1)
 England		 10–4 Yan Bingtao (6)
 China
Afternoon: 76–74 (Yan 70), 6–86 (55), 75–0 (75), 62–31, 122–0 (122), 76–8 (50), 75–0 (75), 27–101 (95)
Evening: 0–85 (77), 19–69, 109–9 (108), 72–0 (68), 88–36, 97–16 (60)
122 Highest break 95
2 Century breaks 0
7 50+ breaks 4

Century breaks

There was a total of 18 century breaks made during the tournament, the highest of which was a 140 made by Neil Robertson.[6]

References
  1. "2018/19 Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  2. "Coral To Sponsor New Snooker Series". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  3. "Trump beats Yan Bingtao to win Players Championship". BBC Sport. 2020-03-01. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  4. "1 Year Ranking List". World Snooker.
  5. "Coral Players Championship Draw". World Snooker. February 24, 2020.
  6. "Centuries | World Snooker Live Scores". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com.
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