2019 Players Championship (snooker)
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The 2019 Players Championship (officially the 2019 Coral Players Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 4–10 March 2019 in Preston, Lancashire, England. It was the sixteenth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season and a part of the newly created Coral Cup.
Ronnie O'Sullivan successfully defended his 2018 title by defeating Neil Robertson 10–4 in the final. This was O'Sullivan's 35th ranking title, one away from Stephen Hendry's record of 36 ranking titles. O'Sullivan made 3 centuries during the final, including one in the final match-winning frame; this was his 1,000th century break in competitive play, becoming the first player ever to reach that mark.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
| Winner: £125,000 Runner-up: £50,000 Semi-final: £30,000 Quarter-final: £15,000 Last 16: £10,000 | Highest break: £5,000 Total: £380,000 |
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £5,000
Seeding list
The seedings were conducted on the basis of the one-year ranking list up to and including the 2019 Snooker Shoot Out.
| Rank | Player | Total points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Allen (NIR) | 364,000 |
| 2 | Judd Trump (ENG) | 277,000 |
| 3 | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 255,500 |
| 4 | Mark Selby (ENG) | 236,500 |
| 5 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 228,500 |
| 6 | Mark Williams (WAL) | 208,500 |
| 7 | Kyren Wilson (ENG) | 177,500 |
| 8 | David Gilbert (ENG) | 170,000 |
| 9 | Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 167,000 |
| 10 | Jack Lisowski (ENG) | 138,000 |
| 11 | Ali Carter (ENG) | 113,000 |
| 12 | Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 112,000 |
| 13 | John Higgins (SCO) | 111,000 |
| 14 | Joe Perry (ENG) | 107,500 |
| 15 | Jimmy Robertson (ENG) | 107,225 |
| 16 | Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 105,500 |
Main draw
The following shows the full results for the tournament. Players listed in bold denote match winners.
| Last 16 Best of 11 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mark Allen (NIR) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Northern Ireland Mark Allen | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | England Stuart Bingham | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | David Gilbert (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Northern Ireland Mark Allen | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | England Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | England Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Scotland John Higgins | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Mark Selby (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | John Higgins (SCO) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | England Ronnie O'Sullivan | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Australia Neil Robertson | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Joe Perry (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Australia Neil Robertson | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Wales Mark Williams | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Mark Williams (WAL) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Ali Carter (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Australia Neil Robertson | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | England Judd Trump | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Kyren Wilson (ENG) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Jack Lisowski (ENG) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | England Jack Lisowski | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | England Judd Trump | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Judd Trump (ENG) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Jimmy Robertson (ENG) | 0 |
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri Preston Guild Hall, Preston, England, 10 March 2019. | ||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (5) England | 10–4 | Neil Robertson (3) Australia |
| Afternoon: 73–1, 118–0, 70–9, 90–25, 50–71, 116–7 (116), 71–14, 29–78, 105–6 (105) Evening: 0–120 (120), 90–5, 0–71, 80–24, 134–7 (134) | ||
| 134 | Highest break | 120 |
| 3 | Century breaks | 1 |
Century breaks
Total: 24
- 140, 120, 107, 101 – Neil Robertson
- 134, 116, 116, 106, 105, 101 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 131, 118 – Mark Williams
- 121, 110 – Jack Lisowski
- 121 – Mark Selby
- 115, 113, 106, 105, 104, 100 – Judd Trump
- 110, 104 – Barry Hawkins
- 108 – Mark Allen