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 are eight regular minor-ranking events down from nine the previous season concluding with the finals.

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

References