and three sessions in the final. The best-of-25-frames final, held on 23 and 24 March, was the first non-World Championship match of this length or longer since the 1992 UK Championship final. The tournament was primarily broadcast by ITV4 in the United Kingdom. It also aired on Sky Sport in New Zealand, NowTV in Hong Kong, and Superstars Online in China. Eurosport did not broadcast the event, despite covering all but one of the other snooker tournaments this season. The event was sponsored by sports betting company Coral. Prize fund The tournament was the first Tour Championship in this format. The event had a prize fund of £375,000 with the winner receiving £150,000. The breakdown of prize money for the event was as below: Winner: £150,000 Runner-up: £60,000 Semi-final: £40,000 Quarter-final: £20,000 Highest break: £5,000 Total: £375,000 The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £15,000, but went unclaimed. Qualification Qualification for the event was for the top eight players on the one-year ranking list up to and including the 2019 Gibraltar Open. Summary First round The first round was held from 19 to 20 March, all matches being played over two sessions as best-of-17- matches. Neil Robertson played Mark Selby in the opening match of the tournament. Robertson progressed into an early lead, taking the first two frames with breaks of 88 and 110. Selby then won six frames in a row, including three century breaks, to lead 6–2 after the first session. Robertson won the first three frames of the second session, to reduce his deficit to 5–6. Selby missed the in frame 12, allowing Robertson to tie the match at 6–6. Robertson also took frame 13 to lead the match for the first time since frame two. Selby won frame 14 despite requiring three , and also frame 15, to lead the match again at 8–7, before Robertson took the match to a decider with a break of 135. Frame 17the final frame of the matchlasted over an hour and went to the final black. After Selby attempted a , Robertson potted the to win the frame and match. Reigning Masters champion Judd Trump drew reigning World champion Mark Williams in the second first round match. The pair were tied at 4–4 after the first session, but Williams won four of the next five frames to lead 8–5. Trump then completed a comeback and won