It's not a ranking event because it wasn't open to all players. It's an invitation event with the top 32 players based on prize money won this season (rather than the last two years, like it is for ranking tournaments) taking part.
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Draw for the Players Championship, starting tomorrow:
Shaun Murphy v Rod Lawler Martin Gould v Michael White Barry Hawkins v Mark King Judd Trump v Luca Brecel Robert Milkins v Chris Wakelin Matthew Selt v Oliver Lines Mark Williams v Thepchaiyah Un-Nooh Mark Selby v Dominic Dale Stephen Maguire v John Higgins Jimmy Robertson v Michael Holt Peter Ebdon v Anthony McGill Joe Perry v Ding Junhui Neil Robertson v Marco Fu Mark Davis v Ricky Walden Stuart Bingham v Alan McManus Mark Allen v Ryan Day
The field is based on the top 32 money earners from the Euro and Asian Tour events that have been played throughout the season. The top prize is £100,000 so it could make a very big difference to the world rankings.
Players Championship 1st round: Shaun Murphy 4-2 Rod Lawler Martin Gould 4-3 Michael White Barry Hawkins 2-4 Mark King Judd Trump 4-0 Luca Brecel Robert Milkins 0-4 Chris Wakelin Matthew Selt 4-1 Oliver Lines Mark Williams 4-1 Thepchaiyah Un-Nooh Mark Selby 4-0 Dominic Dale Stephen Maguire 4-3 John Higgins Jimmy Robertson 2-4 Michael Holt Peter Ebdon 1-4 Anthony McGill Joe Perry 4-1 Ding Junhui Neil Robertson 4-3 Marco Fu Mark Davis 4-2 Ricky Walden Stuart Bingham 4-1 Alan McManus Mark Allen 4-3 Ryan Day
2nd round: Shaun Murphy 2-4 Martin Gould Mark King 2-4 Judd Trump Chris Wakelin 2-4 Matthew Selt Mark Williams 4-3 Mark Selby Stephen Maguire 3-4 Michael Holt Anthony McGill 3-4 Joe Perry Neil Robertson 1-4 Mark Davis Stuart Bingham 4-2 Mark Allen
Quarter-finals: Martin Gould v Judd Trump Matthew Selt v Mark Williams Michael Holt v Joe Perry Mark Davis v Stuart Bingham
Players Championship Quarter-finals: Martin Gould 2-4 Judd Trump Matthew Selt 3-4 Mark Williams Michael Holt 1-4 Joe Perry Mark Davis 1-4 Stuart Bingham
Semi-finals: Judd Trump v Mark Williams Joe Perry v Stuart Bingham
Players Championship Semi-finals: Judd Trump 2-4 Mark Williams Joe Perry 4-1 Stuart Bingham
Final: Mark Williams 3-4 Joe Perry
Perry came from 3-0 down in the final to win his first major ranking title. Williams' run to the final pretty much guarantees his place in the World Championship, leaving Stephen Maguire, Michael White, Robert Milkins, Mark Davis and Graeme Dott to battle it out for the final automatic spot at next week's China Open. Maguire has an £11,000 cushion over White, meaning anyone who wants to overtake him will have to reach at least the semi-finals in Beijing to stand any chance.
The China Open started today. It is the last tournament before the World Championship and the top 16 seeds, who qualify automatically for the Crucible, will be confirmed after this event.
Wild card round: Alex Davies 0-5 Zhao Xintong Robin Hull 5-1 Yan Bingtao Peter Lines 5-3 Yuan Sijun Zhou Yuelong 5-2 Zhang Yong
1st round: Ding Junhui 5-1 Marcus Campbell Kyren Wilson 3-5 Mark Davis Mark Williams v Zhao Xintong Joe O'Connor v Michael Leslie John Higgins v Yu Delu Daniel Wells v Graeme Dott Peter Ebdon 5-4 Zhang Anda Andrew Higginson v Judd Trump Barry Hawkins 5-2 Gerard Greene Jimmy Robertson 3-5 Dominic Dale Ryan Day 5-1 Liam Highfield David Morris 1-5 Stephen Maguire Ricky Walden 5-0 Cao Yupeng Gary Wilson 5-3 Liang Wenbo Alan McManus 4-5 Jack Lisowski Dechawat Poomjaeng 5-4 Neil Robertson Ronnie O'Sullivan v Robin Hull (walkover for Hull - O'Sullivan withdrew for health reasons) Jamie Burnett v Mark King Fergal O'Brien 3-5 Mike Dunn Kurt Maflin 5-4 Ali Carter Marco Fu v Ashley Carty Jamie Jones v Matthew Stevens Anthony McGill v Alfie Burden Jamie Cope v Shaun Murphy Stuart Bingham v Peter Lines Ken Doherty v Michael White Joe Swail v Zak Surety Nigel Bond v Robert Milkins Joe Perry v David Gilbert Anthony Hamilton v Zhou Yuelong Elliot Slessor v Matthew Selt Mark Joyce v Mark Selby
China Open 1st round: Ding Junhui 5-1 Marcus Campbell Kyren Wilson 3-5 Mark Davis Mark Williams 5-2 Zhao Xintong Joe O'Connor 1-5 Michael Leslie John Higgins 5-3 Yu Delu Daniel Wells 3-5 Graeme Dott Peter Ebdon 5-4 Zhang Anda Andrew Higginson 3-5 Judd Trump Barry Hawkins 5-2 Gerard Greene Jimmy Robertson 3-5 Dominic Dale Ryan Day 5-1 Liam Highfield David Morris 1-5 Stephen Maguire Ricky Walden 5-0 Cao Yupeng Gary Wilson 5-3 Liang Wenbo Alan McManus 4-5 Jack Lisowski Dechawat Poomjaeng 5-4 Neil Robertson Ronnie O'Sullivan v Robin Hull (walkover for Hull - O'Sullivan withdrew for health reasons) Jamie Burnett 3-5 Mark King Fergal O'Brien 3-5 Mike Dunn Kurt Maflin 5-4 Ali Carter Marco Fu 5-0 Ashley Carty Jamie Jones 5-3 Matthew Stevens Anthony McGill 5-1 Alfie Burden Jamie Cope 1-5 Shaun Murphy Stuart Bingham 5-1 Peter Lines Ken Doherty 4-5 Michael White Joe Swail 4-5 Zak Surety Nigel Bond 3-5 Robert Milkins Joe Perry 3-5 David Gilbert Anthony Hamilton 1-5 Zhou Yuelong Elliot Slessor 5-3 Matthew Selt Mark Joyce 3-5 Mark Selby
2nd round: Ding Junhui 5-1 Mark Davis Mark Williams 5-0 Michael Leslie John Higgins 5-2 Graeme Dott Peter Ebdon 1-5 Judd Trump Barry Hawkins 5-2 Dominic Dale Ryan Day 4-5 Stephen Maguire Ricky Walden 2-5 Gary Wilson Jack Lisowski 0-5 Dechawat Poomjaeng Robin Hull 5-4 Mark King Mike Dunn 3-5 Kurt Maflin Marco Fu 4-5 Jamie Jones Anthony McGill 4-5 Shaun Murphy Stuart Bingham 4-5 Michael White Zak Surety 4-5 Robert Milkins David Gilbert 5-2 Zhou Yuelong Elliot Slessor 0-5 Mark Selby
3rd round: Ding Junhui v Mark Williams John Higgins v Judd Trump Barry Hawkins v Stephen Maguire Gary Wilson v Dechawat Poomjaeng Robin Hull v Kurt Maflin Jamie Jones v Shaun Murphy Michael White v Robert Milkins David Gilbert v Mark Selby
3rd round: Ding Junhui 5-2 Mark Williams John Higgins 5-4 Judd Trump Barry Hawkins 5-3 Stephen Maguire Gary Wilson 5-1 Dechawat Poomjaeng Robin Hull 1-5 Kurt Maflin Jamie Jones 3-5 Shaun Murphy Michael White 1-5 Robert Milkins David Gilbert 2-5 Mark Selby
Quarter-finals: Ding Junhui v John Higgins Barry Hawkins v Gary Wilson Kurt Maflin v Shaun Murphy Robert Milkins v Mark Selby
The exits of Maguire and White make the scenario for the World Championship qualifiers simple. If Robert Milkins gets to the final, he will take the last automatic qualifying spot for the Crucible. Any other result will see Stephen Maguire hold on to the final automatic place.
At the top of the rankings, Ronnie O'Sullivan will move up to #1 if Mark Selby loses to Milkins in the quarter-finals.
Quarter-finals: Ding Junhui 5-4 John Higgins Barry Hawkins 3-5 Gary Wilson Kurt Maflin 5-4 Shaun Murphy Robert Milkins 4-5 Mark Selby
Semi-finals: Ding Junhui v Gary Wilson Kurt Maflin v Mark Selby
For the second year in a row, the China Open sees a player from the north-east of England reach their first ranking semi-final, with Gary Wilson following in the footsteps of Mike Dunn.
Mark Selby's win over Robert Milkins means he will go into the World Championship as the world #1 and also means the automatic qualifiers and seedings for the tournament are confirmed:
1. Mark Selby 2. Ronnie O'Sullivan 3. Ding Junhui 4. Neil Robertson 5. Barry Hawkins 6. Judd Trump 7. Ricky Walden 8. Shaun Murphy 9. Joe Perry 10. Stuart Bingham 11. Marco Fu 12. Mark Allen 13. Ali Carter 14. John Higgins 15. Mark Williams 16. Stephen Maguire
Everyone else will have to go through three rounds of qualifying to reach the Crucible.
Stuart Bingham is the only one of the 16 seeds to have never reached a Crucible semi-final. Of the 15 to have reached the semis, nine have played in the final and six have won the title.
Selby's win means only he, Ding or Robertson can end the season as world #1.
Selby will be aiming to overturn two pieces of history at the World Championship. No first-time Crucible champion has ever successfully defended the title (the "Crucible Curse") and also, since it returned to the calendar in 2005, no China Open winner has gone on to win the World Championship a few weeks later.
The draw for the World Championship qualifiers was published this morning. It features 128 players, who will go through three rounds to determine the 16 qualifiers for the Crucible, joining the 16 seeds, who qualify automatically.
Despite all past world champions being given the option to enter the event, Steve Davis is the only one to have taken that chance. The remaining places have been taken by a number of international wild cards amateurs who've performed well in PTCs and Q School.
Qualifying starts on Wednesday.
1st qualifying round: (world ranking in brackets)
bold = past qualifier silver = past finalist gold = past champion
Michael White (16) v Steven Hallworth (113) Craig Steadman (81) v Rhys Clark (-) Thepchaiyah Un-Nooh (49) v Barry Pinches (91) Jamie Burnett (48) v Alex Borg (99) ------------------------------------------------------- Mark King (33) v Michael Leslie (102) Marcus Campbell (64) v Ivaylo Pekov (-) Cao Yupeng (65) v Ross Muir (95) Anthony McGill (32) v Hossein Vafaei Ayouri (124) ------------------------------------------------------- Martin Gould (24) v Adam Duffy (-) Sam Baird (72) v Tony Drago (94) Rory McLeod (57) v Tian Pengfei (85) Jamie Jones (40) v Ashley Carty (-) ------------------------------------------------------- Gerard Greene (41) v Elliot Slessor (88) Alfie Burden (56) v Mitchell Mann (100) Lu Haotian (74) v Andrew Pagett (83) Alan McManus (23) v Michael Wasley (89) ------------------------------------------------------- Ryan Day (20) v Jamie Rhys Clarke (-) Alex Davies v Michael Georgiou (87) Aditya Mehta (53) v Jak Jones (112) Jack Lisowski (44) v Allan Taylor (103) ------------------------------------------------------- Gary Wilson (37) v Eden Sharav (-) Li Hang (60) v Chris Melling (92) Stuart Carrington (69) v Joel Walker (84) Peter Ebdon (27) v Lu Ning (110) ------------------------------------------------------- Ben Woollaston (28) v Sean O'Sullivan (-) Robin Hull (68) v Martin McCrudden (-) Nigel Bond (61) v Igor Figueiredo (96) Rod Lawler (36) v Michael Tomlinson (-) ------------------------------------------------------- Mike Dunn (45) v Itaro Santos (-) Yu Delu (52) v Hans Blanckaert (-) Fraser Patrick (78) v Brandon Sargeant (-) Graeme Dott (19) v Mark Owens (-) ------------------------------------------------------- Mark Davis (18) v Joe O'Connor (-) Oliver Lines (79) v Ian Glover (111) David Morris (51) v Lee Walker (115) Ken Doherty (46) v Reanne Evans (-) ------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Stevens (35) v Ahmed Saif (116) Peter Lines (62) v Rodion Judin (-) Joe Swail (67) v Alexander Ursenbacher (118) Dominic Dale (29) v John Astley (82) ------------------------------------------------------- Fergal O'Brien (26) v Hammad Miah (97) Chris Wakelin (70) v Nico Elton (-) Jamie Cope (59) v Steve Davis (122) Kurt Maflin (38) v David Grace (107) ------------------------------------------------------- Mark Joyce (43) v Ian Burns (86) Anthony Hamilton (54) v Zhang Anda (98) Zhou Yuelong (76) v Zak Surety (93) Liang Wenbo (21) v Chris Norbury (105) ------------------------------------------------------- Xiao Guodong (22) v Ong Jia Jun (-) Liam Highfield (75) v Oliver Brown (-) Kyren Wilson (55) v Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (114) Jimmy Robertson (42) v Thor Chuan Leong (124) ------------------------------------------------------- Dechawat Poomjaeng (39) v Daniel Wells (-) Robbie Williams (58) v Lee Page (104) Noppon Saengkham (71) v Lukas Kleckers (-) Michael Holt (25) v Sydney Wilson (-) ------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Selt (30) v Lu Chenwei (109) Jimmy White (66) v James Wattana (123) Tom Ford (63) v Andrew Norman (101) David Gilbert (34) v George Pragnall (-) ------------------------------------------------------- Luca Brecel (47) v Saqib Nasir (-) Andrew Higginson (50) v Scott Donaldson (90) James Cahill (80) v Darryl Hill (-) Robert Milkins (17) v William Lemons (-)