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TOM FORD has won the third Players Tour Championship event following a 4-0 victory over Jack Lisowski in the final.

Ford, 26, whose previous career highlight was a 147 against Steve Davis in the 2007 Grand Prix, put in a strong performance to beat Lisowski during Sunday’s final at the EIS in Sheffield.

He began the match strongly by making an 86 break in the first, and after winning the second he made runs of 61 and 51 to claim his first career title.

En route to the final, Ford beat Stephen Lee, Marcus Campbell, Andy Hicks and Mark Davis, all of whom are experienced professionals.

Ford, a professional for ten years, has been in the best form of his life this year and qualified for the televised stages of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship for the first time last Spring.

"I knuckled down mid-way through last season and getting to the Crucible gave me a lift," said the 26-year-old after collecting the £10,000 top prize. "I've carried that on this season and this is definitely the best tournament I have won. In the past I spent too much time going out drinking, but I've cut down on that now. There's so many tournaments over weekends now that I can't go out anyway!"

Ford revealed that a change of clothing early in the event helped him find top form. "There's no dress code in the PTC events so in my first match I just wore a t-shirt," he added.

"It didn't feel as if it was a proper match, so for the next one I wore my shirt and waistcoat. After that I played better in every match, and in the final I only missed one ball and my safety was very good.

"I know I'm going in the right direction now and I want to keep that going this season, and hopefully get into the top 32."

Ford has now joined Mark Williams and Mark Selby by winning a PTC event.

Meanwhile, Lisowski’s disappointment following his defeat in the final will be tempered by the fact he beat some of the world’s leading players over the weekend.

The 19-year-old defeated former British Open and Grand Prix runner-up Ian McCulloch in the quarter finals, before narrowly beating reigning Masters champion Mark Selby in the semis.

The tournament win is by far the biggest in Lisowski’s career. He made his TV debut in 2007 when he was runner-up to Mitchell Mann in Junior Pot Black.

In the 2008/2009 season he was runner-up in the sixth event of International Open Series to Xiao Guodong, and finished 23rd in the rankings.

In 2009 Lisowski was awarded the inaugural Paul Hunter Scholarship, which would allow him to practise with professional players. At the time he was suffering from cancer, and was in remission from Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Overcoming his illness, Lisowski competed in the Pontin’s International Open Series for the 2009/2010 season. He won the first and eighth event of the series and finished first in the rankings, which earned him a place on the 2010/2011 professional Main Tour.

Final

Tom Ford 4-0 Jack Lisowski

85(85)-16, 60-5, 75(61)-28, 83(51)-8

Semi Finals

Mark Selby 3-4 Jack Lisowski
67(59)-12, 88(88)-23, 34-75, 110(74)-1, 54-65(58), 59(59)-62(62), 0-76(76)

Tom Ford 4-2 Mark Davis
83(46)-13, 65(41)-34, 24-65(40), 0-68(66), 80(80)-8, 74(38)-62(46)

Quarter Finals

Mark Selby (63,58,101) 4-3 (134) Barry Hawkins

Jack Lisowski (52,69,55) 4-1 (68) Ian McCulloch

Andy Hicks (73) 1-4 (94,70,83) Tom Ford

Anthony Hamilton (110) 1-4 (52,56,46,45) Mark Davis

Last 16

Mark Selby 4-3 Judd Trump

Barry Hawkins 4-3 Igor Figueiredo

Jack Lisowski 4-2 Matt Selt

Ian McCulloch 4-2 Liang Wenbo

Andy Hicks 4-2 Dominic Dale

Tom Ford 4-3 Marcus Campbell

Anthony Hamilton 4-2 Dominic Dale

Mark Davis 4-3 Adrian Gunnell

Last 32

Mark Selby (73,63,74) 4-1 (56) Ryan Day

Judd Trump (72,55,73,57) 4-3 (61,75,56) Michael White

James McGouran (61) 1-4 (129, 147) Barry Hawkins

Igor Figueiredo (55) 4-1 (56) Patrick Einsle

Joe Perry 3-4 (64,56,55,56) Matt Selt

Jack Lisowski (59,58,86) 4-3 (75,66,62) Stuart Carrington

Tony Drago 2-4 (65) Ian McCulloch

Liang Wenbo (59,65,61,67,54,51) 4-3 Nigel Bond

Barry Pinches 3-4 (55,65,63) Dominic Dale

James McBain 3-4 Andy Hicks

Marcus Campbell 4-3 Michael Wasley

Tom Ford 4-3 Stephen Lee

Adam Wicheard 3-4 Anthony Hamilton

Stuart Pettman (113) 1-4 (56,58) Andrew Pagett

Mark Davis (120) 4-1 Rory McLeod

Mark Joyce 3-4 Adrian Gunnell

Last 64

Mark Selby (104, 54,54) 4-0 Graeme Dott

Ryan Day (141, 64) 4-3 (69) Daniel Wells

Mitchell Travis 2-4 (61) Judd Trump

Michael White (69,67,58) 4-2 (82) Liu Chuang

Kurt Maflin 1-4 James McGouran

Matthew Stevens 2-4 (78,52, 102, 56) Barry Hawkins

Igor Figueiredo 4-3 Ben Harrison

Peter Ebdon (59) 2-4 (79) Patrick Einsle

Mark King (69,64) 2-4 (82,58) Joe Perry

Matt Selt (75,51) 4-2 James Wattana

Martin Gould (54) 2-4 (107,87) Stuart Carrington

Ben Woollaston (61) 0-4 (72,54,65) Jack Lisowski

Jimmy White (73) 3-4 Tony Drago

Ian McCulloch 4-1 (61) Robbie Williams

Kyren Wilson 0-4 (65,71) Liang Wenbo

Stephen Maguire 0-4 (64,58) Nigel Bond

Barry Pinches 4-3 Fergal O'Brien

Dominic Dale 4-2 (136) Neil Robertson

Stuart Bingham (120) 3-4 James McBain

Xiao Guodong 0-4 Andy Hicks

Marcus Campbell 4-2 Anthony McGill

Michael Wasley (77,99) 4-3 Dave Harold

Sam Baird 1-4 Tom Ford

Alfie Burden 1-4 Stephen Lee

Joe Jogia 3-4 Anthony Hamilton

Adam Wicheard 4-1 Martin O'Donnell

Gerard Greene (87,83) 3-4 (100,83,52,56) Stuart Pettman

Andrew Higginson 3-4 Andrew Pagett

Jamie Cope (62,66) 3-4 (125) Rory McLeod

Mark Davis (55,56,61,61) 4-2 (116) Liam Highfield

Mark Joyce 4-1 Sam Thistlewhite

Ian Glover 1-4 Adrian Glover

Last 128

Match 38 – Mark Selby (63,53,80,65) 4-0 Noppon Saengkham

Match 39 – Graeme Dott 4-0 Callum Downing

Match 40 – Justin Astley 1-4 (70,92) Ryan Day

Match 41 – Daniel Wells 4-2 David Portman

Match 42 – Paul Davison (66) 3-4 (57,52) Mitchell Travis

Match 43 – Judd Trump (52) 4-1 Michael Holt

Match 44 – Bjorn Haneveer 0-4 (52,72) Michael White

Match 45 – Liu Chuang (51,56) 4-3 Robert Valiant

Match 46 – Kurt Maflin (77,77,59) 4-2 (67,60) Steve Davis

Match 47 – James McGouran (55) 4-0 Paul Davies

Match 48 – Matthew Stevens 4-0 Damian Wilkes

Match 49 – Barry Hawkins (63,72) 4-1 Lee Spick

Match 50 – Igor Figueiredo 4-1 Joe Delaney

Match 51 – Ben Harrison (51,67,123) 4-1 Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon

Match 52 – Peter Ebdon (61) 4-2 Jamie O'Neill

Match 53 – Jimmy Robertson (61,78) 3-4 (65) Patrick Einsle

Match 54 – Mark King (59,56,97) 4-1 Michael Wild

Match 55 – Dermot McGlinchey 0-4 (84) Joe Perry

Match 56 – Matthew Selt (69,52) 4-1 (53) Chris Norbury

Match 57 – James Wattana (56,59,62) 4-2 (61,61) David Gilbert

Match 58 – Martin Gould (62, 103, 68) 4-1 (68) Michael Judge

Match 59 – Alan McManus (51) 3-4 (66) Stuart Carrington

Match 60 – Ben Woollaston (79) 4-0 Farakh Ajaib

Match 61 – Jimmy Michie 2-4 (87,70,75) Jack Lisowski

Match 62 – Jimmy White (71) 4-0 Shahrukh Nasir

Match 63 – Tony Drago (91) 4-0 Lee Farebrother

Match 64 – Jamie Jones 1-4 (67) Ian McCulloch

Match 65 – Ricky Walden 2-4 (118) Robbie Williams

Match 66 – Liu Song (61) 2-4 (82,84) Kyren Wilson

Match 67 – Mike Dunn 3-4 (61) Liang Wenbo

Match 68 – Stephen Maguire (89,78) 4-1 Craig Barber

Match 69 – Nigel Bond (66) 4-2 Adam Duffy

Match 70 – Barry Pinches 4-1 Daniel Skingle

Match 71 – Fergal O’Brien 4-3 Antony Parsons

Match 72 – Dominic Dale (106,55,66) 4-0 Simon Bedford

Match 73 – Allan Taylor 0-4 Neil Robertson

Match 74 – Stuart Bingham 4-2 Andrew Norman

Match 75 – Kuldesh Johal 2-4 (118) James McBain

Match 76 – Xiao Guodong 4-0 Lee Page

Match 77 – Andy Hicks (99,110) 4-1 Greg Davis

Match 78 – Marcus Campbell 4-2 Rod Lawler

Match 79 – Anthony McGill 4-1 Jak Jones

Match 80 – Michael Wasley 4-3 Steve Judd

Match 81 – Dave Harold 4-0 Reanne Evans

Match 82 – Peter Lines 2-4 Sam Baird

Match 83 – Tom Ford 4-2 Patrick Wallace

Match 84 – Alfie Burden 4-2 Robert Milkins

Match 85 – Stephen Lee 4-0 Marc Harman

Match 86 – Joe Jogia 4-2 Issara Kachaiwong

Match 87 – Jordan Brown 1-4 Anthony Hamilton

Match 88 – Mitchell Mann 2-4 Adam Wicheard

Match 89 – Shaun Murphy (140) 3-4 Martin O'Donnell

Match 90 – Gerard Greene 4-1 Ian Burns

Match 91 – Joe Swail 2-4 (101) Stuart Pettman

Match 92 – Andrew Higginson 4-0 Jamie Walker

Match 93 – Andrew Pagett 4-2 Charlie Walters

Match 94 – Jamie Cope (130) 4-1 Ken Doherty

Match 95 – Rory McLeod 4-1 Chen Zhe

Match 96 – Mark Davis (69, 141, 58, 102) 4-0 Andy Lee

Match 97 – Liam Highfield 4-1 David Morris

Match 98 – Mark Joyce 4-2 (141) Jeff Cundy

Match 99 – Matthew Couch 1-4 Sam Thistlewhite

Match 100 – Adrian Gunnell 4-3 Anda Zhang

Match 101 – Mark Williams 1-4 Ian Glover