The 2001 Sportingbet.com Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 6 January to 13 May 2001. The highest break of the tournament was 143 made by Marco Fu against Stephen Hendry on 25 March 2001.[1]
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 6 January – 13 May 2001 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Organisation | Matchroom Sport |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Highest break | 143 |
Final | |
Champion | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
Runner-up | Stephen Hendry |
Score | 9–7 |
← 2000 2002 → |
Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 9–7 against Hendry.[2]
Ranking | FU |
OSU |
HIG |
HEN |
WIL |
DAV |
WHI |
Frame W-L |
Match W-D-L |
Pld-Pts | |
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1 | Marco Fu | x | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 28–20 | 5–0–1 | 6–10 |
2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 3 | x | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 30–18 | 3–2–1 | 6–8 |
3 | John Higgins | 6 | 4 | x | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 27–21 | 3–2–1 | 6–8 |
4 | Stephen Hendry | 3 | 2 | 5 | x | 6 | 6 | 4 | 26–22 | 3–1–2 | 6–7 |
5 | Mark Williams | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | x | 6 | 7 | 26–22 | 2–2–2 | 6–6 |
6 | Steve Davis | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | x | 5 | 16–32 | 1–0–5 | 6–2 |
7 | Jimmy White | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | x | 15–33 | 0–1–5 | 6–1 |
Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 4–4 then the player who got to four first was higher.[1]
12–13 May – Inverness Leisure Centre, Inverness, Scotland[1]
Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||
1 | Marco Fu | 5 | |||||||
4 | Stephen Hendry | 6 | |||||||
4 | Stephen Hendry | 7 | |||||||
2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9 | |||||||
2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||||
3 | John Higgins | 3 |