Players Tour Championship 2015/2016

The Players Tour Championship 2015/2016 is a series of snooker tournaments which starts on 29 July 2015 and ends on 26 March 2016, with events held across Europe and Asia. In this season the European events form the European Tour and events held in Asia the Asian Tour. This season there were seven regular minor-ranking events down from nine the previous season concluding with the finals which held full Ranking event status.

Schedule
Date[n 1] Tournament Name Venue City Winner Runner–up Score[1][2][3] References
07–29 08–02  LAT European Tour – Event 1[n 2] Arena Riga Riga Barry Hawkins Tom Ford 4–1 [4]
08–26 08–30  GER European Tour – Event 2[n 3] Stadthalle Fürth Ali Carter Shaun Murphy 4–3 [5]
10–07 10–11  GER European Tour – Event 3[n 4] RWE-Sporthalle Mülheim Rory McLeod Tian Pengfei 4–2 [6]
10–19 10–23  CHN Asian Tour – Event 1[n 5] Haining Sports Center Haining Ding Junhui Ricky Walden 4–3 [7]
11–04 11–08  BUL European Tour – Event 4[n 6] Universiada Hall Sofia Mark Allen Ryan Day 4–0 [8]
12–09 12–13  GIB European Tour – Event 5[n 7] Tercentenary Sports Hall Gibraltar Marco Fu Michael White 4–1 [9]
02–23 02–28  POL European Tour – Event 6[n 8] Gdynia Sports Arena Gdynia Mark Selby Martin Gould 4–1 [10]
03–22 03–27  ENG Players Championship Finals EventCity Manchester Mark Allen Ricky Walden 10–6 [11]

Order of Merit

The prize money collected at each PTC tournament is summed up to obtain the European and Asian Tour Order of Merit. The top 24 from the European Tour Order of Merit, the top 2 from the Asian Tour Order of Merit plus six more from a combination of both lists will qualify for the PTC finals in Manchester.[12]

European Tour

After 6 out of 6 events:

Rank Player Total Points Events Played
01 Mark Selby 26,625 6
02 Barry Hawkins 25,275 4
03 Marco Fu 23,175 4
04 Mark Allen 22,200 4
05 Rory McLeod 22,200 6
06 Ali Carter 20,550 3
07 Shaun Murphy 15,975 6
08 Ryan Day 14,475 6
09 Mark King 13,200 6
10 Michael White 13,200 6
11 Tom Ford 13,050 6
12 Mark Williams 12,225 6
13 Tian Pengfei 11,700 5
14 Martin Gould 10,425 4
15 Andrew Higginson 10,275 6
16 Mike Dunn 9,975 6
17 Kyren Wilson 9,900 6
18 Ben Woollaston 9,750 6
19 Michael Holt 8,700 6
20 Liang Wenbo 8,550 6
21 Judd Trump 8,250 6
22 Dominic Dale 8,025 6
23 Alan McManus 7,950 6
24 David Gilbert 7,350 6

Asian Tour

After 1 out of 1 events:

Rank Player Total Points Events Played
1 Ding Junhui 13,500 1
2 Ricky Walden 6,500 1

Both

After 7 out of 7 events:

Rank Player Total Points Events Played
1 Jimmy Robertson 8,000 7
2 Sam Baird 7,275 6
3 Luca Brecel 6,675 6
4 Graeme Dott 6,450 5
5 Robert Milkins 6,200 7
6 Mark Davis 6,150 5

(Top 6 players of all 7 PTC events who haven't already qualified)

Notes
  1. Dates use the month day format
  2. Event also known as the 2015 Riga Open.
  3. Event also known as the 2015 Paul Hunter Classic.
  4. Event also known as the 2015 Ruhr Open.
  5. Event also known as the 2015 Haining Open.
  6. Event also known as the 2015 Bulgarian Open.
  7. Event also known as the 2015 Gibraltar Open.
  8. Event also known as the 2015 Gdynia Open.
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References
  1. "2015/16 Calendar". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. "Calendar 2015/2016". Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  3. "Finals 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. "European Tour Event One". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  5. "European Tour Event Two". Snooker.org. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  6. "European Tour Event Three". Snooker.org. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  7. "Asian Tour". Snooker.org. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  8. "European Tour Event Four". Snooker.org. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  9. "European Tour Event Five". Snooker.org. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  10. "European Tour Event Six". Snooker.org. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  11. "Players Championship Grand Final". Snooker.org. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  12. "Bingham Targets Gdynia Success". World Snooker. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
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