Snooker in September 2011

I know that September is yet to come, but I thought it would be nice to see what this autumnal month is preparing for us, the snooker loopies. Well, first of all, just as the month will start , on September 1st, to be more precise, we shall have our second week of Premier League matches, but that's it for the UK, because very quickly, we will fly all the way to China, for the Shanghai Masters. And since we are so keen for touring around the world, on September 15th we put our samba consumes on to go and dance in Brazil, for the inaugural edition of the 2011 Brazil Masters.

On 22 we will return home to experience some fast and furious snooker with Premier League's third week of cue action and on 21st of the same month, Sheffield will receive the players once again, this time, for the Players Tour Championship Event 5.
As the September will come to an end, one more share of fast snooker will be brought to us, this time in Doncaster, while between September 29 and October 2nd, we shall travel to Poland's Warsaw for the Players Tour Championship Event 6.

Pretty exciting, huh? ;-)
Below, you have more details.



When?: September 1st
Where?: Guildford Spectrum, Guildford, UK
Defending champion: Ronnie O'Sullivan
Who's playing?: For the semi-finals: (Jimmy White v. Mark Williams and Ronnie O'Sullivan v. Shaun Murphy); For the final: (White or Williams v. O'Sullivan or Murphy)
Prize Money: winner (£60,000), runner-up (£30,000), losing semi-finalists (£20,000), 5th place (£17,500), 6th place (£15,000), 7th place (£12,500), 8th place (£10,000) 9th place (£8,000) and for the 10th place (£6,000). There is also a prize of £1,000 for the highest break made during the League series, another £1,000 for the highest break realised during the Play-offs and a £25,000 for the maximum break. (should two or more players achieve that, the prize money will be shared between them).
Ranking points: -




When?: 5-11 September
Where?: Shanghai, China
Defending champion: Ali Carter
Who's playing?: click here for the draw.
Prize money: winner (£65,000), runner-up (£32,000), semi-finals (£15,000), quarter-finals (£10,000), Last 16 (£7,000), Last 32 (£4,000), Last 48 (£2,300) and for the Last 64 (£1,500). There is also a money prize of £2,000 for the highest TV break and a prize money of £200 for the highest non-TV break.
Ranking points: winner (7000), runner-up (5600), semi-finals (4480), quarter-finals (3500), Last 16 (2660), Last 32 (1960 and 980*), Last 48 (1610 and 805*), Last 64 (1260 and 630*), Last 80 (910 and 455*) and for the Last 96 (560 and 280*).
* seeded loser




When?: 15-18 September
Where?: Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Defending champion: -
Who's playing?: click here for the draw.
Prize money: update needed.
Ranking points: -




When?: September 22nd
Where?: Ravenscraig Sports Facility, Motherwell, UK
Defending champion: Ronnie O'Sullivan
Who's playing?: For the semi-finals: (John Higgins v. Neil Robertson and Ding Junhui v. Shaun Murphy); For the final: (Higgins or Robertson v. Ding or Murphy)
Prize Money: winner (£60,000), runner-up (£30,000), losing semi-finalists (£20,000), 5th place (£17,500), 6th place (£15,000), 7th place (£12,500), 8th place (£10,000) 9th place (£8,000) and for the 10th place (£6,000). There is also a prize of £1,000 for the highest break made during the League series, another £1,000 for the highest break realised during the Play-offs and a £25,000 for the maximum break. (should two or more players achieve that, the prize money will be shared between them).
Ranking points: -




When?: 21-25 September
Where?: World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, UK
Who's playing?: click here for the qualifying draw and here for the main event's draw.
Prize Money: winner (£10,000), runner-up (£5,000), losing semi-finalists (£2,500), losing quarter-finalists (£1,500), last 16 (£1,000), last 32 (£600) and the last 64 (£200).
Ranking points: winner (2,000), runner-up (1,600), losing semi-finalists (1,280), losing quarter-finalists (1,000), last 16 (760), last 32 (560) and the last 64 (360).




When?: September 29th
Where?: The Dome, Doncaster, UK
Defending champion: Ronnie O'Sullivan
Who's playing?: For the semi-finals: (Ronnie O'Sullivan v. Matthew Stevens and Ding Junhui v. Ali Carter); For the final: (O'Sullivan or Stevens v. Ding or Carter)
Prize Money: winner (£60,000), runner-up (£30,000), losing semi-finalists (£20,000), 5th place (£17,500), 6th place (£15,000), 7th place (£12,500), 8th place (£10,000) 9th place (£8,000) and for the 10th place (£6,000). There is also a prize of £1,000 for the highest break made during the League series, another £1,000 for the highest break realised during the Play-offs and a £25,000 for the maximum break. (should two or more players achieve that, the prize money will be shared between them).
Ranking points: -




When?: September 29th - October 2nd
Where?: Warsaw, Poland
Who's playing?: click here for the qualifying draw and here for the main event's draw.
Prize Money: winner (£10,000), runner-up (£5,000), losing semi-finalists (£2,500), losing quarter-finalists (£1,500), last 16 (£1,000), last 32 (£600) and the last 64 (£200).
Ranking points: winner (2,000), runner-up (1,600), losing semi-finalists (1,280), losing quarter-finalists (1,000), last 16 (760), last 32 (560) and the last 64 (360).