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. It was the sixteenth ranking event of the 2018/2019 season and a part of the newly created Coral Cup.
Ronnie O'Sullivan successfully defended his 2018 title by defeating Neil Robertson 10–4 in the final. This was O'Sullivan's 35th ranking title, one away from Stephen Hendry's record of 36 ranking titles. 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.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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.
Rank Player Total points1 364,0002 277,0003 255,5004 236,5005 228,5006 208,5007 177,5008 170,0009 167,00010 138,00011 113,00012 112,00013 111,00014 107,50015 107,22516 105,500
Main draw The following shows the full results for the tournament. Players listed in bold denote match winners.
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Terry CamilleriPreston Guild Hall, Preston, England, 10 March 2019. Ronnie O'Sullivan (5) 10–4 Neil Robertson (3) Afternoon: 73–1, , , , , , , , Evening: 0–120 (120), , , , 134 Highest break 120 3 Century breaks 1
Century breaks Total: 24
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
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