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From today's featured article  Neil Robertson, the winner, in 2015 The 2022 Tour Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 28 March to 3 April at Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. Organised by the World Snooker Tour, it comprised the top eight players on the money list for ranking events held in the 2021–22 snooker season. It was the fourth edition of the Tour Championship, first held in 2019, and the fifteenth of sixteen ranking events of the 2021–22 snooker season, following the Gibraltar Open and preceding the World Championship. Broadcast by ITV4 in the United Kingdom, the event featured a prize fund of £370,000, of which the winner received £150,000. Neil Robertson (pictured) retained the title he won in 2021, coming from 4–9 behind in the final to defeat John Higgins 10–9. This was Robertson's 23rd win in ranking tournaments. Ronnie O'Sullivan became the first player to make five century breaks in two consecutive matches. (This article is part of a featured topic: Tour Championship (snooker).)

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