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:
SeedingPlayerTotal Points
1 Mark Selby384,550
2 Judd Trump208,250
3 Barry Hawkins205,725
4 Stuart Bingham181,087
5 Ding Junhui178,025
6 Ali Carter173,025
7 Ronnie O'Sullivan153,750
8 Marco Fu152,650
9 Anthony McGill141,800
10 Liang Wenbo140,400
11 Shaun Murphy129,375
12 John Higgins124,025
13 Anthony Hamilton119,925
14 Neil Robertson114,125
15 Mark King109,325
16 Ryan Day101,362

Main draw

Final

Century breaks

Total: 18