2017 Players Championship (snooker)
The 2017 Ladbrokes Players Championship professional ranking snooker tournament was played between 6–12 March 2017 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. It was the 17th ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.
In the 2016/17 season the Players Tour Championship was cancelled, and the main event was renamed to Players Championship and moved to Llandudno. It is now being played between the top 16 players on a one-year ranking list.
Mark Allen was the defending champion, but he did not qualify for this year's tournament.
Judd Trump won the tournament, beating Marco Fu 10–8 in the final.Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money is shown below.
| Prize fund |
Winner | £125,000 |
Runner-up | £50,000 |
Semi-finalist | £30,000 |
Quarter-finalist | £15,000 |
Last 16 | £10,000 |
Highest break | £5,000 |
Total | £380,000 |
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £25,000.Seeding list
The seedings were conducted on the basis of the 1-year ranking list up to and including the 2017 Gibraltar Open:
Seeding | Player | Total Points |
1 | Mark Selby | 384,550 |
2 | Judd Trump | 208,250 |
3 | Barry Hawkins | 205,725 |
4 | Stuart Bingham | 181,087 |
5 | Ding Junhui | 178,025 |
6 | Ali Carter | 173,025 |
7 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 153,750 |
8 | Marco Fu | 152,650 |
9 | Anthony McGill | 141,800 |
10 | Liang Wenbo | 140,400 |
11 | Shaun Murphy | 129,375 |
12 | John Higgins | 124,025 |
13 | Anthony Hamilton | 119,925 |
14 | Neil Robertson | 114,125 |
15 | Mark King | 109,325 |
16 | Ryan Day | 101,362 |
Main draw
Final
Total: 18
- 136, 132, 115, 113, 110, 102, 101 Judd Trump
- 131, 105 Anthony Hamilton
- 123 Neil Robertson
- 118, 109, 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 115, 107 Ali Carter
- 110 Shaun Murphy
- 107 Ding Junhui
- 106 Marco Fu