It was the 16th and penultimate ranking event of the 2019–20 snooker season following the Gibraltar Open and preceding the World Championship.

The draw for the Tour Championship comprised the top eight players based on the single year ranking list.

China's Ding Junhui, fifth on the one-year ranking list, was unable to travel to the event because of the COVID-19 situation.

His replacement was Stephen Maguire, ranked ninth, who reached the final after defeating Robertson and Judd Trump.

Maguire won the final 10–6 to claim his first ranking title for seven years, and the sixth of his career.

[3] The Tour Championship featured the top eight players from the one-year ranking list taking part in a single-elimination tournament.

[6][7] It also aired on Sky Sport in New Zealand, NowTV in Hong Kong, and Superstars Online in China.

[1] All players and staff admitted into the arena were tested for COVID-19 and placed into isolation for the duration of the event.

[10] Qualification for the event was determined on the basis of the one-year ranking list up to and including the 2020 Gibraltar Open.

[11] Fifth seed Ding Junhui withdrew prior to the tournament because of travel complications caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:[13][14][15] The first round of the tournament was the quarter-finals, held from 20 to 23 June, with matches played over two sessions as best of 17 frames.

[5] The first match was between Neil Robertson and Stephen Maguire, the replacement for Ding Junhui who had been unable to travel to the event from China.

Maguire levelled the score at the end of the opening session at 4–4, both players having made two century breaks.

[17] Post-match, Robertson commented that the match table was playing easy, and he likened the pockets to those of nine-ball, where they are significantly larger.

[21] Having qualified for the Tour Championship, Trump was guaranteed to exceed £1 million in prize money for the season.

[29] Allen won the next two frames to tie the match, before Murphy made his sixth century break in the next to lead 8–7.

"[33] Trump again mentioned the playing conditions, describing them as "pretty poor", and explained "that's why the standard was so bad.

[39] Maguire won the next frame to lead 3–2 before Allen made a century break to draw level again at 3–3.

The top ten players who accumulated the most prize money over the three events is shown below:[45][a] There were 22 century breaks made during the tournament, the highest being a 139 compiled by Stephen Maguire in the ninth frame of the final.