Pro Challenge Series – Event 3

Pro Challenge Series – Event 3

Tournament information
Dates	9 – 11 November 2009
Venue	Willie Thorne Snooker Centre
City	Leicester
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	£5000
Highest break	140
Final
Champion	Robert Milkins
Runner-up	Joe Jogia
Score	5–3
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The Pro Challenge Series – Event 3 was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 9 and 11 November 2009 at the Willie Thorne Snooker Centre in Leicester, England.

Robert Milkins won in the final 5–3 against Joe Jogia.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[1]

• Winner: £5,000
• Runner-up: £2,500
• Semi-final: £1,500
• Quarter-final: £500
• Last 16: £250

• Highest break: £500

Representation from different countries

Number of players by country^*

35:    England	2:    Scotland	5:    Wales
2:    Ireland	2:    Northern Ireland	3:    Thailand
2:    China	1:    Malta

^* In snooker, as in many other sports, some non-sovereign sub-national entities of the United Kingdom are treated as separate countries for sport governance purposes.

Main draw

^[1][2]

Round 1

Best of 7 frames

Michael Holt 3–4 Joe Perry Mark Williams 1–4 Jamie Cope Ricky Walden 4–0 Mike Dunn James Wattana 3–4 Craig Steadman Chris Norbury w/d-w/o Gerard Greene Joe Jogia 4–2 Stephen Lee Nigel Bond 4–2 Atthasit Mahitthi Peter Lines 4–0 Andrew Higginson Graeme Dott w/d-w/o Barry Pinches Anthony Hamilton 1–4 Fergal O'Brien

Ben Woollaston 4–3 Andrew Norman Mark Davis 4–1 Paul Davies Noppadol Sangnil 1–4 Mark Joyce Simon Bedford 2–4 Judd Trump Joe Swail 3–4 Mark King Matthew Couch 2–4 Andy Hicks Stuart Bingham 4–2 Ryan Day Lee Spick 2–4 Ken Doherty Robert Milkins 4–2 Zhang Anda Dave Harold 4–3 Barry Hawkins

Round 2 to final

	Round 2 Best of 7 frames					Round 3 Best of 7 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames					Semi-finals Best of 7 frames					Final Best of 9 frames
		Joe Perry	3
		Jamie Cope	4
							Jamie Cope	1
							Ricky Walden	4
		Jimmy Robertson	0
		Ricky Walden	4
												Ricky Walden	4
												Liu Song	2
		Tom Ford	2
		Craig Steadman	4
							Craig Steadman	3
							Liu Song	4
		Liu Song	4
		Gerard Greene	1
																	Ricky Walden	0
																	Joe Jogia	5
		Michael White	2
		Joe Jogia	4
							Joe Jogia	4
							Rod Lawler	3
		Rod Lawler	4
		Nigel Bond	2
												Joe Jogia	4
												Peter Lines	2
		Tony Drago	2
		Peter Lines	4
							Peter Lines	4
							Barry Pinches	3
		Adrian Gunnell	w/d
		Barry Pinches	w/o
																						Joe Jogia	3
																						Robert Milkins	5
		Marcus Campbell	3
		Fergal O'Brien	4
							Fergal O'Brien	1
							Mark Davis	4
		Ben Woollaston	0
		Mark Davis	4
												Mark Davis	0
												Judd Trump	4
		Sam Baird	4
		Mark Joyce	3
							Sam Baird	3
							Judd Trump	4
		Judd Trump	4
		Mark King	1
																	Judd Trump	4
																	Robert Milkins	5
		Matthew Selt	4
		Andy Hicks	2
							Matthew Selt	4
							Stuart Bingham	3
		Stuart Bingham	4
		Ken Doherty	0
												Matthew Selt	3
												Robert Milkins	4
		Daniel Wells	1
		Robert Milkins	4
							Robert Milkins	4
							Dave Harold	3
		Martin Gould	1
		Dave Harold	4

Final

Final: Best of 9 frames Willie Thorne Snooker Centre, Leicester, England, 11 November 2009.[1][2]
Joe Jogia  England	3–5	Robert Milkins  England
0–137 (137), 67–15 (55), 0–92 (92), 60–55 (55 Jogia, 55 Milkins), 0–78, 70–0 (69), 8–126 (118), 22–62
69	Highest break	137
0	Century breaks	2
3	50+ breaks	4

Century breaks

^[1][2]

• 140, 105, 103, 102, 102, 100 Ricky Walden
• 137, 118 Robert Milkins
• 137 Simon Bedford
• 137 Craig Steadman
• 129 Jamie Cope
• 125, 104 Stuart Bingham
• 123, 116, 102 Judd Trump
• 121 Rod Lawler
• 120 Ken Doherty
• 113, 103 Sam Baird
• 113 Liu Song
• 110 Mark King
• 107 Matthew Couch
• 102 Joe Jogia

References