2019 Players Championship (snooker)

The 2019 Players Championship (officially the 2019 Coral Players Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 4–10 March 2019 in Preston, Lancashire, England.^[1] It was the sixteenth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season and a part of the newly created Coral Cup.^[2]

2019 Coral Players Championship

Tournament information
Dates	4–10 March 2019 (2019-03-04 – 2019-03-10)
Venue	Preston Guild Hall
City	Preston, Lancashire
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£380,000
Winner's share	£125,000
Highest break	Neil Robertson (AUS) (140)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Runner-up	Neil Robertson (AUS)
Score	10–4
← 2018 2020 →

Ronnie O'Sullivan successfully defended his 2018 title by defeating Neil Robertson 10–4 in the final.^[3] This was O'Sullivan's 35th ranking title, one away from Stephen Hendry's record of 36 ranking titles.^[4] O'Sullivan made 3 centuries during the final, including one in the final match-winning frame; this was his 1,000th century break in competitive play, becoming the first player ever to reach that mark.^[5]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[6]

Winner: £125,000 Runner-up: £50,000 Semi-final: £30,000 Quarter-final: £15,000 Last 16: £10,000

Highest break: £5,000 Total: £380,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £5,000

Seeding list

The seedings were conducted on the basis of the one-year ranking list up to and including the 2019 Snooker Shoot Out.^[7]

Rank	Player	Total points
1	Mark Allen (NIR)	364,000
2	Judd Trump (ENG)	277,000
3	Neil Robertson (AUS)	255,500
4	Mark Selby (ENG)	236,500
5	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	228,500
6	Mark Williams (WAL)	208,500
7	Kyren Wilson (ENG)	177,500
8	David Gilbert (ENG)	170,000
9	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	167,000
10	Jack Lisowski (ENG)	138,000
11	Ali Carter (ENG)	113,000
12	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	112,000
13	John Higgins (SCO)	111,000
14	Joe Perry (ENG)	107,500
15	Jimmy Robertson (ENG)	107,225
16	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	105,500

Main draw

The following shows the full results for the tournament. Players listed in bold denote match winners.^[8]

	Last 16 Best of 11 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames					Semi-finals Best of 11 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	Mark Allen (NIR)	6
	16	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	2
						1	Mark Allen	6
						9	Stuart Bingham	4
	8	David Gilbert (ENG)	4
	9	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	6
											1	Mark Allen	0
											5	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
	5	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	6
	12	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	4
						5	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
						13	John Higgins	4
	4	Mark Selby (ENG)	4
	13	John Higgins (SCO)	6
																5	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
																3	Neil Robertson	4
	3	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6
	14	Joe Perry (ENG)	3
						3	Neil Robertson	6
						6	Mark Williams	4
	6	Mark Williams (WAL)	6
	11	Ali Carter (ENG)	2
											3	Neil Robertson	6
											2	Judd Trump	4
	7	Kyren Wilson (ENG)	4
	10	Jack Lisowski (ENG)	6
						10	Jack Lisowski	5
						2	Judd Trump	6
	2	Judd Trump (ENG)	6
	15	Jimmy Robertson (ENG)	0

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri Preston Guild Hall, Preston, England, 10 March 2019.
Ronnie O'Sullivan (5)  England	10–4	Neil Robertson (3)  Australia
Afternoon: 73–1, 118–0, 70–9, 90–25, 50–71, 116–7 (116), 71–14, 29–78, 105–6 (105) Evening: 0–120 (120), 90–5, 0–71, 80–24, 134–7 (134)
134	Highest break	120
3	Century breaks	1

Century breaks

Total: 24^[9]

• 140, 120, 107, 101 – Neil Robertson
• 134, 116, 116, 106, 105, 101 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 131, 118 – Mark Williams
• 121, 110 – Jack Lisowski
• 121 – Mark Selby
• 115, 113, 106, 105, 104, 100 – Judd Trump
• 110, 104 – Barry Hawkins
• 108 – Mark Allen