Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 4

Players Tour Championship 2011/2012
Event 4
Tournament information
Dates	25–28 August 2011
Venue	Stadthalle
City	Fürth
Country	Germany
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Minor-ranking event
Total prize fund	€52,260
Winner's share	€10,000
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion	Mark Selby (ENG)
Runner-up	Mark Davis (ENG)
Score	4–0
	← PTC3 PTC5 →

The Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 4 (also known as the 2011 Paul Hunter Classic^[1]) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 and 28 August 2011 in Fürth, Germany. Some of the preliminary round matches were held in Nürnberg.^[1] It was the first PTC event outside of the Grand Finals to be broadcast on television, as one table was screened on Eurosport.^[1]

Ronnie O'Sullivan made the 78th official maximum break during his last 32 match against Adam Duffy. This was O'Sullivan's 11th record 147 break.^[2]

Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he lost 3–4 in the last 32 against Andrew Higginson.

Mark Selby won in the final 4–0 against Mark Davis.^[3]

Prize fund and ranking points[edit]

The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:^[1]^[4]

	Prize fund	Ranking points¹
Winner	€10,000	2,000
Runner-up	€5,000	1,600
Semi-finalist	€2,500	1,280
Quarter-finalist	€1,500	1,000
Last 16	€1,000	760
Last 32	€600	560
Last 64	€200	360
Maximum break^[2]	€2,260	–
Total	€52,260	–

¹ Only professional players can earn ranking points.

Main draw[edit]

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Preliminary rounds[edit]

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Round 1[edit]

Best of 7 frames


Hendrik Henschke	2–4	Roland Hanisch
Chen Zhe	4–0	Norbert Eckstein
Norbert Hofheinz	4–2	Stephanus Klitzke
Hendrik Glax	0–4	Soner Sari
Christopher Henry	4–0	Andreas Hartung
Stephen Ellis	3–4	Chris McBreen
Baghi Ebrahim	4–1	Pavel Leyk
Reanne Evans	1–4	Phil Barnes
Sharam Changezi	w/d–w/o	Julian Treiber
Allan Taylor	4–0	Dirk Hochheim


Ben Harrison	4–0	Laurin Winters
Julian Gärtner	4–0	Bernd Strnad
Thomas Cesal	1–4	Sanjin Kusan
Douglas Hogan	4–2	James Cahill
Thomas Valentin	4–0	Oliver Metzger
Wilhelm Braunwald	1–4	Jörg Petersen
Alex Taubman	2–4	Ian Glover
Ronny Buchholz	1–4	Zen Beechey
David Gray	w/d–w/o	Mirko Groß
Diana Schuler	0–4	Kyren Wilson

Round 2[edit]

Best of 7 frames


Stefan Gerst	4–3	Roland Hanisch
Sanderson Lam	4–2	Shane Castle
Liam Monk	4–0	Ralf Günzel
Michael Wasley	4–0	Paul Schopf
Zafir Dilji	0–4	Chen Zhe
Christian Pesch	0–4	Norbert Hofheinz
Gerrit bij de Leij	4–2	Soner Sari
Naresh Samarawickrama	0–4	Steve Judd
Ricky Norris	2–4	Lee Page
Ron Florax	1–4	Andreas Ploner
Ole Steiner	0–4	Christopher Henry
Kishan Hirani	4–1	Chris McBreen
Chris Norbury	4–0	Baghi Ebrahim
Jörg Schneidewindt	w/d–w/o	Rüdiger Fehrmann
Tomasz Skalski	3–4	Phil Barnes
Tony Knowles	w/d–w/o	Lasse Münstermann
Klaus Wuscher	1–4	Hans Blanckaert
Gerhard Engelschalk	w/o–w/d	Charlie Walters
Ronni Beniesch	2–4	Julian Treiber
Stefan Joachim	w/o–w/d	Andrew Milliard
Özyurt Aksoy	1–4	Allan Taylor
Felix Pleschek	0–4	Ben Harrison
Michael Betzinger	w/o–w/d	Robert Valiant
Mitchell Travis	4–0	Mario Wehrmann
Gareth Allen	4–1	Julian Gärtner
Mitchell Mann	2–4	Joe Delaney
Sean O'Sullivan	4–1	Oliver Brown
Markus Pfistermüller	1–4	Markus Stocker^[8]
Alexander Ursenbacher	4–2	Sanjin Kusan
Sam Harvey	4–0	Jan Leichs
Andy Lee	0–4	Andreas Pesch
Phil O’Kane	4–0	Stefan Merkel


Brian Cox	4–0	Harald Kloss
Anja Vucicevic	3–4	Oliver Kremp
Craig Steadman	4–0	Rita Jakisch
Jak Jones	w/o–w/d	Hans-Jürgen Bins
Maurice Le Duc	4–0	Anne-Kathrin Hirsch
Ashley Wright	4–0	Douglas Hogan
Christof Biniarsch	w/o–w/d	Steve Ventham
Patrick Rossmann	w/o–w/d	Ryan Causton
Michael Judge	w/d–w/o	Ian Burns
Leo Fernandez	w/d–w/o	Robert Sax
Brent Kolbeck	w/d–w/o	Declan Bristow
Rogier van der Kamp	0–4	Jamie Walker
Marc Davis	4–0	Thomas Valentin
Stephen Craigie	4–0	Rüdiger Nickel
Gary Wilson	4–1	Thomas Wacker
Lee Farebrother	w/d–w/o	Jörg Petersen
Jonathan Fulcher	0–4	Jamie O'Neill
Martin Rösler	0–4	Ian Glover
Christian Ozim	4–0	Ralph Enax
James Welsh	4–1	Zen Beechey
Angelo Losi	1–4	Xander van Rossum
Frank Schröder	1–4	Martin O'Donnell
Nick Jennings	4–0	Bernd Friedrich
Nick Pearce	w/d–w/o	Stevo Vucicevic
Stéphane Ochoïski	1–4	Robbie Williams
Patrick Einsle	4–0	Mirko Groß
Robert Drahn	0–4	Michael Wild
Michael Peyr	0–4	Zhang Anda
Nicole Breitenstein	0–4	Jörg Vortkort
Lothar Kempgens	0–4	Ali Kirim
Florian Moederscheim	2–4	Kyren Wilson
Saqib Nasir	w/d–w/o	Sydney Wilson

Round 3[edit]

Best of 7 frames


Stefan Gerst	1–4	Sanderson Lam
Liam Monk	4–1	Michael Wasley
Chen Zhe	4–0	Norbert Hofheinz
Gerrit bij de Leij	0–4	Steve Judd
Lee Page	4–1	Andreas Ploner
Christopher Henry	0–4	Kishan Hirani
Chris Norbury	4–0	Rüdiger Fehrmann
Phil Barnes	4–3	Lasse Münstermann
Hans Blanckaert	4–1	Gerhard Engelschalk
Julian Treiber	0–4	Stefan Joachim
Allan Taylor	2–4	Ben Harrison
Michael Betzinger	0–4	Mitchell Travis
Gareth Allen	2–4	Joe Delaney
Sean O'Sullivan	4–0	Markus Stocker
Alexander Ursenbacher	0–4	Sam Harvey
Andreas Pesch	0–4	Phil O’Kane


Brian Cox	4–0	Oliver Kremp
Craig Steadman	4–3	Jak Jones
Maurice Le Duc	1–4	Ashley Wright
Christof Biniarsch	4–1	Patrick Rossmann^[8]
Ian Burns	4–0	Robert Sax
Declan Bristow	1–4	Jamie Walker
Marc Davis	1–4	Stephen Craigie
Gary Wilson	4–0	Jörg Petersen
Jamie O'Neill	4–2	Ian Glover
Christian Ozim	1–4	James Welsh
Xander van Rossum	0–4	Martin O'Donnell
Nick Jennings	4–0	Stevo Vucicevic
Robbie Williams	4–0	Patrick Einsle
Michael Wild	0–4	Zhang Anda
Jörg Vortkort	3–4	Ali Kirim
Kyren Wilson	w/o–w/d	Sydney Wilson

Main rounds[edit]

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Top half[edit]

Section 1[edit]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Mark Williams	4
Sanderson Lam	0	Mark Williams	1
Gerard Greene	1	Passakorn Suwannawat	4
Passakorn Suwannawat	4			Passakorn Suwannawat	4
Ken Doherty	4			Ken Doherty	2
Liam Monk	0	Ken Doherty	4
Liu Song	4	Liu Song	2
Chen Zhe	1					Passakorn Suwannawat	4
Mike Dunn	4					Jamie Jones	2
Kacper Filipiak	1	Mike Dunn	2
Liam Highfield	w/d	Ben Woollaston	4
Ben Woollaston	w/o			Ben Woollaston	1
Jamie Jones	4			Jamie Jones	4
Cao Yupeng	2	Jamie Jones	4
Jack Lisowski	4	Jack Lisowski	3
Steve Judd	1

Section 2[edit]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Mark Joyce	4
Lee Page	2	Mark Joyce	4
Barry Pinches	0	Tian Pengfei	2
Tian Pengfei	4			Mark Joyce	4
Mark King	4			Mark King	3
Kishan Hirani	2	Mark King	4
Matthew Stevens	4	Matthew Stevens	1
Paul Davison	1					Mark Joyce	2
Neil Robertson	4					Neil Robertson	4
Chris Norbury	0	Neil Robertson	4
Tony Drago	w/d	David Hogan	2
David Hogan	w/o			Neil Robertson	4
Peter Lines	4			Peter Lines	1
David Gilbert	3	Peter Lines	4
Ali Carter	w/d	Andrew Norman	2
Andrew Norman	w/o

Section 3[edit]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Jimmy White	4
Kurt Maflin	0	Jimmy White	2
Mark Davis	w/o	Mark Davis	4
Bjorn Haneveer	w/d			Mark Davis	4
Marco Fu	3			Jamie Cope	2
Sam Baird	4	Sam Baird	2
Jamie Cope	4	Jamie Cope	4
Phil Barnes	2					Mark Davis	4
Adrian Gunnell	4					Matthew Selt	2
Hans Blanckaert	0	Adrian Gunnell	0
Matthew Selt	4	Matthew Selt	4
David Grace	3			Matthew Selt	4
Joe Perry	4			Dominic Dale	2
Stefan Joachim	0	Joe Perry	3
Dominic Dale	4	Dominic Dale	4
David Morris	1

Section 4[edit]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Shaun Murphy	w/o
Lucky Vatnani	w/d	Shaun Murphy	3
Liang Wenbo	w/d	Michael White	4
Michael White	w/o			Michael White	4
Martin Gould	4			Martin Gould	1
Ben Harrison	1	Martin Gould	4
Nigel Bond	2	Dechawat Poomjaeng	1
Dechawat Poomjaeng	4					Michael White	2
Rod Lawler	4					Fergal O'Brien	4
Mitchell Travis	1	Rod Lawler	1
Fergal O'Brien	4	Fergal O'Brien	4
Joe Delaney	3			Fergal O'Brien	4
Ding Junhui	4			Ding Junhui	3
Sean O'Sullivan	1	Ding Junhui	4
Marcus Campbell	4	Marcus Campbell	1
Scott MacKenzie	2

Bottom half[edit]

Section 5[edit]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Mark Selby	4
Sam Harvey	0	Mark Selby	4
Rory McLeod	4	Rory McLeod	0
Phil O’Kane	2			Mark Selby	4
Barry Hawkins	4			Craig Steadman	0
Brian Cox	0	Barry Hawkins	1
Ian McCulloch	3	Craig Steadman	4
Craig Steadman	4					Mark Selby	4
Peter Ebdon	3					Andrew Higginson	0
James Wattana	4	James Wattana	1
Judd Trump	4	Judd Trump	4
Ashley Wright	0			Judd Trump	3
Liu Chuang	w/o			Andrew Higginson	4
Joe Meara	w/d	Liu Chuang	2
Andrew Higginson	4	Andrew Higginson	4
Adam Wicheard	1

Section 6[edit]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Mark Allen	4
Christof Biniarsch	0	Mark Allen	2
Joe Jogia	4	Joe Jogia	4
Daniel Wells	2			Joe Jogia	4
Ryan Day	1			Aditya Mehta	3
Aditya Mehta	4	Aditya Mehta	4
Stuart Bingham	w/d	Simon Bedford	0
Simon Bedford	w/o					Joe Jogia	1
Stephen Lee	4					Stephen Lee	4
Ian Burns	0	Stephen Lee	4
Alan McManus	2	Jamie Walker	1
Jamie Walker	4			Stephen Lee	4
Ricky Walden	4			Ricky Walden	0
Stuart Carrington	2	Ricky Walden	4
Alfie Burden	3	Stephen Craigie	2
Stephen Craigie	4

Section 7[edit]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Steve Davis	4
Gary Wilson	0	Steve Davis	4
Dave Harold	0	Jamie O'Neill	3
Jamie O'Neill	4			Steve Davis	2
Graeme Dott	w/d			Yu Delu	4
James Welsh	w/o	James Welsh	1
Tom Ford	2	Yu Delu	4
Yu Delu	4					Yu Delu	4
Andrew Pagett	4					Jimmy Robertson	2
Luca Brecel	2	Andrew Pagett	4
Robert Milkins	4	Robert Milkins	2
Martin O'Donnell	1			Andrew Pagett	2
Jimmy Robertson	4			Jimmy Robertson	4
Nick Jennings	1	Jimmy Robertson	4
Matthew Couch	0	Robbie Williams	2
Robbie Williams	4

Section 8[edit]

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames

Anthony Hamilton	2
Adam Duffy	4	Adam Duffy	4
Joe Swail	4	Joe Swail	0
Zhang Anda	3			Adam Duffy	0
Ronnie O'Sullivan	4			Ronnie O'Sullivan	4
Ali Kirim	0	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4
Anthony McGill	4	Anthony McGill	1
Kyren Wilson	2					Ronnie O'Sullivan	4
Xiao Guodong	4					Li Yan	2
Bash Maqsood	1	Xiao Guodong	0
Michael Holt	3	Li Yan	4
Li Yan	4			Li Yan	4
Stephen Hendry	w/o			John Higgins	3
Robin Hull	w/d	Stephen Hendry	0
John Higgins	4	John Higgins	4
Sam Craigie	1

Finals[edit]

Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames		Semi-finals Best of 7 frames		Final Best of 7 frames

Passakorn Suwannawat	1
Neil Robertson	4	Neil Robertson	2
Mark Davis	4	Mark Davis	4
Fergal O'Brien	0			Mark Davis	0
Mark Selby	4			Mark Selby	4
Stephen Lee	1	Mark Selby	4
Yu Delu	3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3
Ronnie O'Sullivan	4

Century breaks[edit]

Only from last 128 onwards.^[11]

147, 107, 103, 102 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
142, 124 – John Higgins
139, 103 – Ding Junhui
135 – Mark Davis
135 – Liu Song
134, 117, 102 – Neil Robertson
131, 106 – Steve Davis
129, 105, 102 – Jimmy Robertson
129 – Jamie Cope
126, 119 – Mark Selby
121 – Adam Duffy
120 – Jimmy White
112, 108, 100 – Yu Delu

111 – Andrew Higginson
110 – Zhang Anda
109 – David Gilbert
108 – Robbie Williams
105 – Marcus Campbell
104 – Shaun Murphy
104 – Matthew Stevens
103 – Sam Craigie
103 – Fergal O'Brien
102 – Alfie Burden
102 – Mike Dunn
102 – Mark King
101 – Sam Baird

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 Entry Pack for Events 1–4" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Rocket Hits Max At PTC". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
^ "Superb Selby storms to win in Germany". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
^ "The Tour Provisional Ranking Points Schedule 2011/2012 Season". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (DOC) on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
^ "Players Tour Championship Event Four (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
^ "Players Tour Championship 4 (The Paul Hunter Classic) Rounds 1 to 3" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
^ "PHC 2011 Preliminary rounds" (PDF). Snooker Stars. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Ploner: fast Wildcard für German Masters". Österreichischer Snooker- und Billiards Verband. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
^ "Players Tour Championship 4 (The Paul Hunter Classic) Rounds 4 to Final" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
^ "PHC 2011 Main rounds" (PDF). Snooker Stars. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
^ "Century breaks". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 28 August 2011.

External links[edit]

Ronnie O'Sullivan 147 – Paul Hunter Classic 2011 – 11th 147 by Rocket – HD on YouTube

[Entry_pack-1] "Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 Entry Pack for Events 1–4" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2011.

[Maximum_break-2] "Rocket Hits Max At PTC". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 27 August 2011.

[3] "Superb Selby storms to win in Germany". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2011.

[4] "The Tour Provisional Ranking Points Schedule 2011/2012 Season". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (DOC) on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2011.

[5] "Players Tour Championship Event Four (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.

[6] "Players Tour Championship 4 (The Paul Hunter Classic) Rounds 1 to 3" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 28 June 2011.

[7] "PHC 2011 Preliminary rounds" (PDF). Snooker Stars. Retrieved 23 August 2011.

[GMWC-8] "Ploner: fast Wildcard für German Masters". Österreichischer Snooker- und Billiards Verband. Retrieved 26 November 2011.

[9] "Players Tour Championship 4 (The Paul Hunter Classic) Rounds 4 to Final" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 28 June 2011.

[10] "PHC 2011 Main rounds" (PDF). Snooker Stars. Retrieved 23 August 2011.

[11] "Century breaks". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 28 August 2011.

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