John Higgins beat Judd Trump in the final for the second time this season to win the Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy in Gloucester.
Wizard of Wishaw Higgins scored a 4-2 victory over Bristol's Trump in the Players Tour Championship event at the South West Snooker Academy to land the £10,000 top prize plus 2,000 ranking points.
Just two months ago in China, Higgins came from 7-2 down to beat Trump 10-9 in the final of the Shanghai Masters. Trump went on to win the International Championship and climb to No 1 in the world, but still can't get revenge on four-time World Champion Higgins, who also beat Trump in the 2011 Crucible final.
Trump started tonight's final strongly with a break of 102, his tenth century of the tournament. Higgins levelled with a 97 then Trump regained the lead. Higgins got the better of a scrappy fourth frame then stole the fifth on the colours to go ahead. And he sealed victory with a 62 in the next.
"Judd missed a couple of balls in the final and I played well," said 37-year-old Higgins, who failed to win a trophy last season but now has two to his name this term. "It's always great to win a tournament, especially beating Judd in the final.
"I struggled at times today and won three matches 4-3, the conditions were difficult so I just had to scrap through, but I played better in the final. We've got some big events like the UK Championship and the Masters coming up so it's good to build some confidence."
But Higgins wrote off his chances of taking the top spot in the rankings from Trump this season. "I've got a lot of points coming off because of the titles I won two years ago, so it's not a realistic goal," he said. "If I can put myself in a good position it will be something to aim for next year."
The event was named in memory of Kay Suzanne, who sadly died from breast cancer, and players wore pink shirts throughout to raise awareness and funds for Breast Cancer Care.
The Players Tour Championship is a series of ten events, four in the UK and six on the Betfair European Tour, with the top 25 on the final Order of Merit going through to the Grand Finals in March. They will be joined by seven players from the Asian PTC Order of Merit. The next event is Betfair European Tour event four, the Bulgarian Open, from November 16-18 in Sofia.
Results
Sunday November 11
9am
1 Rhys Clark 2-4 Adam Edge
2 Oliver Lines 3-4 Shane Castle
3 Fraser Patrick 4-0 Feng Yijun
4 Michael wild 4-0 Ross Higgins
5 George Marter 4-3 Liam Monk
6 Zak Surety 4-3 Manish Jain
7 Gareth Allen 4-2 Joe Steele
8 Jak Jones 4-0 Mitchell Mann
9 Nico Elton 1-4 Justin Astley
Not before 11am
10 Lee Page 2-4 James Cahill
11 Hassan Miah 1-4 John Whitty
12 Ben Jones 4-2 Chris Keogan
13 Joe O'Connor 4-0 Richard Remelie
14 Henry Roper 4-0 Eric Pei
15 Ian Glover 4-1 Adam Bobat
16 Stuart Carrington 4-0 Robert Tickner
17 Kamal Chawla 4-1 Jack Bradford
18 Andrew Greaves 4-1 Gareth Green
Not before 1pm
19 Reanne Evans 1-4 Matthew Day
20 Greg Davis v Darren Bond w/o
21 Duane Jones 4-2 Brandon Sargeant
22 Ben Fortey 0-4 Dylan Craig
23 Sam Craigie 1-4 Kyren Wilson
24 Scott Bell 1-4 Adam Edge
25 Jamie Clarke 1-4 Shane Castle
26 Gavin Lewis 3-4 Fraser Patrick
Not before 3pm
27 Darrell Whitworth 1-4 Michael Wild
28 Peter Devlin 0-4 George Marter
29 Ryan Causton 4-3 Marc Davis
30 Ashley Carty 2-4 Oliver Brown
31 Billy Brown 0-4 Zak Surety
32 Craig Barber 3-4 Gareth Allen
33 Geoff Williams 1-4 Jak Jones
34 Ricky Norris 1-4 Justin Astley
Not before 5pm
35 Sanderson Lam 0-4 James Cahill
36 Anthony Harris 2-4 John Whitty
37 Adam Wicheard 4-0 Benjamin Finch
38 Louis Heathcote 2-4 Ben Jones
39 Andy Marriott v Joe O'Connor w/o
40 Dylan Mitchell 4-2 Sean Riach
41 Francisco Domingues 4-3 Henry Roper
42 Jamie Barrett 1-4 Ian Glover
Not before 7pm
43 James Cullen 0-4 Stuart Carrington
44 Andrew Milliard 2-4 Kamal Chawla
45 James Gillespie 4-1 Toby Simpson
46 Kishan Hirani 4-0 Andrew Greaves
47 Franky McGovern 0-4 Matthew Day
48 Itaro Santos 1-4 Darren Bond
49 Jeff Cundy 1-4 Duane Jones
50 Elliot Slessor 4-3 Dylan Craig
9pm
51 Steve Ventham v Callum Downing w/o
52 Sam Harvey 3-4 Kyren Wilson
Monday November 12
9am
54 Alfie Burden 4-0 Adam Edge
55 Chris Norbury 2-4 Chen Zhe
56 Dave Harold 4-2 Shane Castle
57 Andrew Norman 1-4 Tony Drago
58 David Grace 4-3 David Gilbert
59 Jack Lisowski 4-1 Fraser Patrick
60 Liang Wenbo 2-4 Liam Highfield
77 Robert Milkins 4-3 Mike Dunn
Not before 11am
61 Rory McLeod 4-1 Michael Wild
62 Andrew Higginson 4-0 George Marter
63 Marco Fu 3-4 Ryan Causton
64 Anthony Hamilton 4-3 Oliver Brown
65 Pankaj Advani 2-4 Liu Chuang
66 Ryan Day 0-4 Michael Wasley
67 Jamie Burnett 1-4 Peter Ebdon
68 Kurt Maflin 4-2 Daniel Wells
Not before 1pm
53 Mark Selby 4-1 Anthony McGill
69 Allan Taylor 4-0 Zak Surety
70 Jamie Cope 4-2 Gareth Allen
71 Xiao Guodong 4-1 Jak Jones
72 Ian Burns 4-2 Adam Duffy
73 Barry Hawkins 4-2 Andy Hicks
74 Mark King 4-0 Aditya Mehta
81 Steve Davis 4-3 John Whitty
Not before 3pm
75 Luca Brecel 3-4 Jimmy Robertson
76 Joe Perry 4-2 Justin Astley
78 Ben Woollaston 4-0 James Cahill
79 John Higgins 4-1 Jamie O'Neill
80 Rod Lawler 4-0 Li Yan
82 James Wattana 4-2 Marcus Campbell
83 Martin Gould 4-1 Sam Baird
84 Joe Swail 0-4 Matthew Stevens
Not before 5pm
117 Mark Selby 4-0 Alfie Burden
118 Chen Zhe 4-3 Dave Harold
119 Tony Drago 4-2 David Grace
120 Jack Lisowski 4-2 Liam Highfield
121 Rory McLeod 2-4 Andrew Higginson
122 Ryan Causton 0-4 Anthony Hamilton
123 Liu Chuang 1-4 Michael Wasley
124 Peter Ebdon 3-4 Kurt Maflin
Not before 7pm
125 Allan Taylor 4-1 Jamie Cope
126 Xiao Guodong 3-4 Ian Burns
127 Barry Hawkins 4-1 Mark King
128 Jimmy Robertson 4-3 Joe Perry
129 Robert Milkins 0-4 Ben Woollaston
130 John Higgins 4-2 Rod Lawler
131 Steve Davis 4-2James Wattana
132 Martin Gould 2-4 Matthew Stevens
Not before 9pm
149 Mark Selby 4-0 Chen Zhe
150 Tony Drago 4-1 Jack Lisowski
151 Andrew Higginson 3-4 Anthony Hamilton
152 Michael Wasley 4-3 Kurt Maflin
153 Allan Taylor 3-4 Ian Burns
154 Barry Hawkins 4-0 Jimmy Robertson
155 Ben Woollaston 3-4 John Higgins
156 Steve Davis 4-1 Matthew Stevens
Tuesday November 13
9am
85 Mark Allen 4-2 Adam Wicheard
86 Paul Davison 4-3 Scott Donaldson
87 Dominic Dale 4-1 Joel Walker
88 Mark Joyce 4-0 Ben Jones
89 Ricky Walden 4-3 Joe O'Connor
90 Dechawat Poomjaeng 4-2 Dylan Mitchell
91 Stuart Bingham 1-4 Gerard Greene
107 Mark Williams 4-3 Zhang Anda
Not before 11am
93 Michael Holt 4-0 Francisco Domingues
94 Yu Delu 4-1 Michael Leslie
95 Tian Pengfei 4-3 Barry Pinches
96 Alan McManus 3-4 Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon
97 Jimmy White 4-1 Ian Glover
98 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-2 Sean O'Sullivan
100 Simon Bedford 4-3 Nigel Bond
112 Ding Junhui 4-3 Elliott Slessor
Not before 1pm
92 Fergal O'Brien w/o Ronnie O'Sullivan
101 Ken Doherty 4-1 Stuart Carrington
102 Graeme Dott 4-0 Matthew Selt
103 Craig Steadman 4-2 Kamal Chawla
104 Ali Carter 4-2 James Gillespie
105 Shaun Murphy 4-2 Kishan Hirani
106 Gary Wilson 4-0 Passakorn Suwannawat
108 Mark Davis 4-0 Matthew Day
Not before 3pm
99 Judd Trump 4-3 Martin O'Donnell
109 Peter Lines w/o Stephen Lee
110 Michael White 4-0 Darren Bond
111 Robbie Williams 4-0 Duane Jones
113 Jamie Jones 4-3 Callum Downing
114 Tom Ford 2-4 Kyren Wilson
115 John Astley 4-3 Ben Judge
116 Stephen Maguire 4-3 Cao Yupeng
Not before 5pm
133 Mark Allen 4-1 Paul Davison
134 Dominic Dale 2-4 Mark Joyce
135 Ricky Walden 2-4 Dechewat Poomjaeng
136 Gerard Greene 4-3 Fergal O'Brien
137 Michael Holt 4-2 Yu Delu
138 Tian Pengfei 2-4 Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon
139 Jimmy White 4-2 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
141 Ken Doherty 3-4 Graeme Dott
Not before 7pm
140 Judd Trump 4-2 Simon Bedford
142 Craig Steadman 3-4 Ali Carter
143 Shaun Murphy 4-0 Gary Wilson
144 Mark Williams 4-2 Mark Davis
145 Peter Lines 3-4 Michael White
146 Robbie Williams 1-4 Ding Junhui
147 Jamie Jones 1-4 Kyren Wilson
148 John Astley 0-4 Stephen Maguire
Not before 9pm
157 Mark Allen 3-4 Mark Joyce
158 Dechewat Poomjaeng 4-2 Gerard Greene
159 Michael Holt 2-4 Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon
160 Jimmy White 0-4 Judd Trump
161 Graeme Dott 4-3 Ali Carter
162 Shaun Murphy 3-4 Mark Williams
163 Michael White 2-4 Ding Junhui
164 Kyren Wilson 4-2 Stephen Maguire
Wednesday November 14
10am
165 Mark Selby 4-3 Tony Drago
166 Anthony Hamilton 4-1 Michael Wasley
167 Ian Burns 3-4 Barry Hawkins
168 John Higgins 4-3 Steve Davis
169 Mark Joyce 4-2 Dechewat Poomjaeng
170 Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon 3-4 Judd Trump
171 Graeme Dott 1-4 Mark Williams
172 Ding Junhui 4-0 Kyren Wilson
Not before 1pm
173 Mark Selby 3-4 Anthony Hamilton
174 Barry Hawkins 3-4 John Higgins
175 Mark Joyce 2-4 Judd Trump
176 Mark Williams 2-4 Ding Junhui
Not before 4pm
177 Anthony Hamilton 3-4 John Higgins
178 Judd Trump 4-1 Ding Junhui
Not before 7pm
179 John Higgins 4-2 Judd Trump
