2010 Premier League Snooker

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

• Winner: £30,000
• Runner-up: £15,000
• Semi-final: £5,000
• Frame-win: £1,000
• Century break: £1,000 (only in league phase)
• Maximum break: £25,000
• Total: £200,000

League phase

Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 3–3 then the player who got to three first was higher. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)

• 2 September – Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, England
  • Shaun Murphy 5–1 Ding Junhui → 71–(51), 69–38, 0–128 (65, 63), (124)–0, (55) 86–31, (109)–0
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Marco Fu → 4–70 (63), (76, 61) 137–0, 34–71, (119) 141–0, 0–(87), (103)–36
• 16 September – Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England
  • Mark Selby 2–4 Mark Williams → (101)–3, (84) 85–0, 0–(113), 52–61, 0–82, 3–73
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Ding Junhui 8–128 (122), 71–33, (119)–0, 0–95 (89), (67)–7, 44–53
• 30 September – Guildhall, Preston, England
  • Marco Fu 4–2 Shaun Murphy → (76)–(55), 0–84, 0–83 (77), 68–54, (67) 72–1, 60–(55)
  • Ding Junhui 3–3 Mark Williams → 36–76 (54), 0–90 (73), (68)–21, (65)–16, 16–63, 73–5
  • Neil Robertson 2–4 Mark Selby → 25–67 (53), (69) 79–8, 0–108 (104), 55–74, (78)–0, 0–123 (119)
• 7 October – Brentwood Leisure Centre, Brentwood, England
  • Mark Selby 2–4 Ding Junhui → 0–123 (54, 69), (50) 70–49, 0–(78), 9–74 (69), 1–(103), (97)–0
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Shaun Murphy → 71–66, 5–104 (90), (93)–0, 15–72 (71), 51–64, (110)–0
• 14 October – Inverness Leisure Centre, Inverness, Scotland
  • Mark Selby 5–1 Marco Fu → (90)–0, 24–101 (68), (64) 98–0, (53) 72–40, (131)–0, (90)–0
  • Neil Robertson 3–3 Mark Williams → 53–59, 79–39, 0–78 (70), (55) 82–25, 7–109 (105), (65) 73–1
• 21 October – Spiceball Leisure Centre, Banbury, England
  • Neil Robertson 6–0 Ding Junhui → (120)–0, 74–33, 72–44, 97–12, (87)–7, (51) 73–25
  • Marco Fu 3–3 Mark Williams → 63–45, 45–54, 0–125 (104), (51) 66–9, (78) 122–8, 0–(122)
• 28 October – Penrith Leisure Centre, Penrith, England
  • Marco Fu 5–1 Ding Junhui → 94–2, 81–21, 65–0, (94)–5, 0–77 (71), (107)–20
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Mark Williams → (98) 99–0, (78) 123–0, 16–61, (70) 74–38, (50) 103–15, 4–78
• 4 November – Hutton Moor Leisure Centre, Weston-super-Mare, England
  • Marco Fu 4–2 Neil Robertson → 44–82 (70), 77–12, 58–(57), 83–82, (67) 74–39, 28–(90)
  • Shaun Murphy 3–3 Mark Selby → (80)–0, 0–(100), (52, 58) 114–3, 19–60, 0–(91), 96–64 (56)
• 11 November – Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, England
  • Shaun Murphy 4–2 Mark Williams → (64) 69–36, (97) 101–0, 0–84 (54), 69–58, 61–58, 63–35
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 Neil Robertson → (80) 83–40, 85–20, (84) 128–0, (130) 134–0, 32–64, (79)–(59)
• 18 November – Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 Mark Selby → (56) 67–49, 68–43, (80) 87–12, 48–79, (116)–4, 66–52
  • Shaun Murphy 2–4 Neil Robertson → 56–17, 33–(67), 0–(116), (98) 108–0, 0–(124), 29–70 (52)

Play-offs

27–28 November – Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, England

Best of 9 frames Best of 13 frames | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan* | RD1-score1=5 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=AUS Neil Robertson | RD1-score2=1 | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=HKG Marco Fu | RD1-score3=2 | RD1-seed4=3 | RD1-team4=ENG Shaun Murphy** | RD1-score4=5 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan*** | RD2-score1=7 | RD2-seed2=3 | RD2-team2=ENG Shaun Murphy | RD2-score2=1

• (61) 74–34, 8–91 (65), (82) 90–0, (139)–0, (102)–0, (77) 78–52 (51)

** (83)–0, 70–5, 0–116 (103), 0–(81), 0–(97), 0–97 (69), 0–72 (68)

*** (74) 81–12, (123)–0, (59) 82–34, 84–32, 67–35, 43–68, (68) 77–0, (51) 83–28

Qualifiers

Main article: 2010 Championship League

The qualification for this tournament, the Championship League was played in eight groups from 4 January to 25 March 2010.

Century breaks

• 139, 130, 123, 119, 119, 116, 110, 103, 102 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 131, 119, 104, 101, 100 Mark Selby
• 124, 120, 116 Neil Robertson
• 124, 109, 103 Shaun Murphy
• 122, 113, 105, 104 Mark Williams
• 122, 103 Ding Junhui
• 107 Marco Fu

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