Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 4


The Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 4 was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 and 28 August 2011 in Fürth, Germany. Some of the preliminary round matches were held in Nürnberg. It was the first PTC event outside of the Grand Finals to be broadcast on television, as one table was screened on Eurosport.
Ronnie O'Sullivan made the 78th official maximum break during his last 32 match against Adam Duffy. This was O'Sullivan's 11th record 147 break.
Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he lost 3–4 in the last 32 against Andrew Higginson.
Mark Selby won in the final 4–0 against Mark Davis.

Prize fund and ranking points

The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:
Prize fundRanking points1
Winner€10,0002,000
Runner-up€5,0001,600
Semi-finalist€2,5001,280
Quarter-finalist€1,5001,000
Last 16€1,000760
Last 32€600560
Last 64€200360
Maximum break€2,260–
Total€52,260–

  • 1 Only professional players can earn ranking points.

Main draw

Preliminary rounds

Round 1

Best of 7 frames

Round 2

Best of 7 frames

Round 3

Best of 7 frames

Main rounds

Top half

Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8

Century breaks

Only from last 128 onwards.