2011 Premier League Snooker

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PartyPoker.com Premier League Snooker
Tournament information
Dates 18 August–27 November 2011
Country United Kingdom
Organisation(s) Matchroom Sport
Format Non-ranking event
Total prize fund £210,000
Winner's share £60,000
Highest break 140
Final
Champion England Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up China Ding Junhui
Score 7–1
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The 2011 PartyPoker.com Premier League Snooker was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 18 August to 27 November 2011.

Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, and he won his 10th Premier League Snooker title by defeating Ding Junhui 7–1.

Format

All evenings in the league stage featured three matches: two semi-finals and a final. All matches were best of 5 frames, with no dead frames played, points were awarded for every frame won. Meaning that the maximum number of points a player could obtain was 24 and the minimum was 0. All frames were subjected to a 20 second shot clock and there were two 20 second extensions available for each player in every frame. All frames were subject to a 20-second shot clock and the miss rule was changed; meaning that a player had three attempts to make legal contact with a ball or otherwise ball in hand was given to the incoming player anywhere on the table. The final frame of any match was played under shoot out rules. Each player appeared on 4 nights and were seeded to determine who they face. The play-offs were played to the rules used in previous editions.This meant that the top 4 after the league phase qualified for the Semi-Finals.As in other years 1st played 4th and 2nd played 3rd in the Semi-Finals.[1]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[2]

  • Winner: £60,000
  • Runner-up: £30,000
  • Semi-final: £20,000
  • 5th Place: £17,500
  • 6th Place: £15,000
  • 7th Place: £12,500
  • 8th Place: £10,000
  • 9th Place: £8,000
  • 10th Place: £6,000
  • Highest break (per night): £1,000
  • Maximum break: £25,000
  • Total: £210,000

Players

Players were seeded according to their world rankings apart from the defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan who was the number one seed.[1]

Seed Player Qualified via
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan Defending champion
2 Wales Mark Williams German Masters champion
3 Scotland John Higgins UK, Welsh Open and World Champion
4 China Ding Junhui Masters champion
5 Australia Neil Robertson World Open champion
6 England Ali Carter Shanghai Masters champion
7 England Shaun Murphy PTC Finals champion
8 England Judd Trump China Open champion
9 Wales Matthew Stevens Championship League champion
10 England Jimmy White World Seniors Champion

League phase

Ranking Name Frames
W–L		 Match
W–L		 Pld–Pts
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 18–10 5–2 7–18
2 China Ding Junhui 16–14 5–2 7–16
3 England Judd Trump 14–9 4–2 6–14
4 Wales Mark Williams 13–10 3–3 6–13
5 Australia Neil Robertson 12–11 3–3 6–12
6 Scotland John Higgins 11–11 3–3 6–11
7 England Shaun Murphy 11–14 2–4 6–11
8 England Ali Carter 10–14 2–4 6–10
9 Wales Matthew Stevens 9–11 3–3 6–9
10 England Jimmy White 2–12 0–4 4–2

Top four qualified for the play-offs. The order of players was decided on most frames won, and than least frames lost. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)[3][4][5]

  • 18 August – Embassy Theatre, Skegness, England[6]
    • Semi-finals:
      • John Higgins 3–0 Jimmy White → 61–36, (105)–5, 71–69[7]
      • Neil Robertson 0–3 Matthew Stevens → 18–63, 44–76, 13–(82)[8]
    • Final: John Higgins 0–3 Matthew Stevens → 18–(91), 0–(95), 10–65[9]
  • 1 September – Guildford Spectrum, Guildford, England[10]
    • Semi-finals:[11]
      • Jimmy White 0–3 Mark Williams → 1–(105), 30–61, 5–82 (60)
      • Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–3 Shaun Murphy → 63–48, 45–71, 68–49, 6–(115), 0–91 (85)
    • Final: Mark Williams 3–1 Shaun Murphy → 67–(65), 14–66, 62–47, (101) 118–6[12]
  • 22 September – Ravenscraig Sports Facility, Motherwell, Scotland[13]
    • Semi-finals:
      • John Higgins 0–3 Neil Robertson → 14–126 (57, 69), 0–93 (87), 35–95[14]
      • Ding Junhui 3–2 Shaun Murphy → (92) 124–7, 36–(98), 8–117 (98), (87) 102–21, (80)–0[15]
    • Final: Neil Robertson 3–1 Ding Junhui → 56–63, (140)–0, (109) 118–0, 54–42[16]
  • 29 September – The Dome, Doncaster, England[17]
    • Semi-finals:
      • Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–0 Matthew Stevens → 70–0, (94)–0, 77–12[18]
      • Ding Junhui 0–3 Ali Carter → 9–82, 14–120 (50,70), 0–92 (91)[19]
    • Final: Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–1 Ali Carter → 41–54, 52–42, (68) 72–21, 36–6[20]
  • 6 October – Hutton Moor Leisure Centre, Weston-super-Mare, England[21]
    • Semi-finals:
      • Mark Williams 1–3 Judd Trump → 0–79 (64), 76–14, 0–79 (50), 23–71[22]
      • John Higgins 2–3 Matthew Stevens → 5–(104), 68–87, (57) 61–1, 68–67 (67), 0–51[23]
    • Final: Judd Trump 3–0 Matthew Stevens → 72–43, (81)–0, 67–30[24]
  • 13 October – Biddulph Leisure Centre, Stoke-on-Trent, England[25]
    • Semi-finals:
      • Mark Williams 2–3 Ali Carter → 27–69, 66–41, 45–63, (115) 131–1, 0–84[26]
      • Jimmy White 2–3 Ding Junhui → (52) 87–39, (59)–66, (52) 72–(56), 24–115 (78), 20–59[27]
    • Final: Ali Carter 1–3 Ding Junhui → (96)–0, 7–67, 51–72, 1–72 (66)[28]
  • 20 October – Riverside Leisure Centre, Exeter, England[29]
    • Semi-finals:
      • Ali Carter 1–3 Judd Trump → (78)–0, 14–62, 16–(111), 31–57 (53)[30]
      • Shaun Murphy 1–3 Neil Robertson → 37–66 (60), (53) 74–41, 35–83 (52), 49–68[31]
    • Final: Judd Trump 3–1 Neil Robertson → 55–54, 38–76, 74–0 (59), 79–0 (76)[32]
  • 3 November – Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, England[33]
    • Semi-finals:
      • Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2 Judd Trump → 0–(139), (53) 94–32, (89)–22, 46–64 (58), (70) 78–4[34]
      • Neil Robertson 2–3 Ding Junhui → 59–72, 14–(61), (66) 72–17, (55) 70–46, 7–100 (58)[35]
    • Final: Ronnie O'Sullivan 1–3 Ding Junhui → (77) 82–0, 1–74, 58–68, 17–79 (76)[36]
  • 10 November – Spiceball Leisure Centre, Banbury, England[37]
    • Semi-finals:
      • John Higgins 3–1 Ali Carter → 36–52, (101) 117–13, (79) 95–0, 67–38[38]
      • Mark Williams 3–0 Matthew Stevens → 63–28, 76–5, (105)–0[39]
    • Final: John Higgins 3–1 Mark Williams → (125) 130–1, 44–77, (89)–24, 69–22[40]
  • 17 November – Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, England[41]
    • Semi-finals:
      • Judd Trump 0–3 Shaun Murphy 1–75, 0–(122), 14–111 (100)[42]
      • Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–0 Jimmy White → (65) 87–29, 75–6, (103) 120–6[43]
    • Final: Shaun Murphy 1–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan → 16–(82), 35–(78), (52) 83–0, 40–(100)[44]

Play-offs

26–27 November, Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, England[3][4]

Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames		 Final
Best of 13 frames
           
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan* 5
4 Wales Mark Williams 2
1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan*** 7
2 China Ding Junhui 1
2 China Ding Junhui** 5
3 England Judd Trump 3

* 0–66, 70–33, 109(109)–3, 34–59, 96(55)–0, 85(84)–0, 92(88)–9[45]
** 89–37, 28–53, 15–74 (58), 68(59)–17, 139(139)–0, 69–58,14–70,75(75)–25[46]
*** 68(52)–31, 96(92)–16, 80(56)–24, 57–43, 33–70, 79–52, 63(63)–61(60), 77(77)–0[47]

Qualifiers

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Main article: 2011 Championship League

The qualification for this tournament, the Championship League was played in eight groups from 3 January to 24 March 2011.

Century breaks

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References

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