Prize fund
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The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
Winner: £ 45,000
Runner-up: £20,000
Semi-final: £12,500
Frame-win: £500 (only in league phase)
Highest break: £6,000
Total: £180,000
League phase
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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. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold .)[1] [3]
11 January – Borough Hall, Hartlepool , England [4]
John Higgins 6 –2 Steve Davis → (50) 83–30, 35–85, (97)-31, 62–68, (59) 63–39, (66) 94–36, 67–47, (122 )-18
Mark Williams 1–7 Marco Fu → 0–74, 73–34, 4–94 (68), 46–59, 0-(139 ), 0–134 (84), 51–53, 0–85 (79)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 –2 Jimmy White → 44–63, (54) 68–42, (51) 86–11, 64–16, (67) 112–14, (78)-21, (100 )-1, 41–67
12 January – Borough Hall, Hartlepool, England[4]
John Higgins 3–5 Jimmy White → 24–63, 42–55(49), 15-(72), (55) 69–57, 4-(81), 69–14, 0-(131 ), 77–9
Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 –3 Steve Davis → (105 ) 110–11, (62) 72–48, 59–64, 54–53, (92)-6, 5–92 (88), 0-(95), (70) 71–5
Mark Williams 6 –2 Peter Ebdon → (102 ) 106–7, (125 ) 137–0, 1–86 (52), 60–31, (71) 75–33, (78) 82–0, 73–31, 21–114 (108 )
18 January – Floral Hall, Southport , England[5]
Peter Ebdon 6 –2 John Higgins → 70–26, 75-(67), 0-(90), 0–136 (104 ), 57–49, 65–45, (67)-12, 69–5
Steve Davis 6 –2 Jimmy White → 68–27, 0–72, 65–41, (53) 65–12, 53–42, 64–25, (54)-66, (91) 92–8
19 January – Floral Hall, Southport, England[5]
Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 –3 Marco Fu → 0-(100 ), (101 ) 105–0, 0–97 (89), 50–65, 65–40, (55) 72–9, (80)-4, (51) 82–31
Peter Ebdon 4–4 Jimmy White → 8-(58), 56–27, 51–67, 24–57, (53) 54–63 (57), 69–46, (85) 90–7, 61–33
Mark Williams 5 –3 John Higgins → (123 ) 124–0, (50) 71–31, (56) 83–32, 0–72, 0-(132 ), 0-(73 ), (69) 70–0, 81–31
15 February – Flint Pavilion, Flint , Wales [6]
Steve Davis 4–4 Marco Fu → (61) 73–25, 18–59, 26-(88), 56–21, 1–107 (102 ), 14-(111 ), (50) 68–66, 60–29
Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 –3 Mark Williams → 0–67 (53), 28–65, 9–66, (114 ) 118–0, (77)-0, (58) 73–55, 67–34, (93) 101–0
16 February – Flint Pavilion, Flint, Wales[6]
Peter Ebdon 5 –3 Steve Davis → (62) 97–24, (134 ) 138–1, 0-(104 ), 22–114 (110 ), (53) 82–0, 39–72 (55), (53) 65–53, (52) 75–6
John Higgins 4–4 Marco Fu → 38–84, (83) 97–18, 76–0, 1–79 (52), (88)-4, 63–29, 44- 62, 43–58
Mark Williams 6 –2 Jimmy White → 67–16, 64–63, 8–76 (53), 78–11, 70–14, (52) 58–50, (56) 60–37, 29–60 (51)
22 March – Colwyn Bay Leisure Centre, Colwyn Bay , Wales[7]
Peter Ebdon 4–4 Marco Fu → 0–84, 42–73, (69)-16, 17–67, 60–12, 1–81 (57), 70–54, 57–56
Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 –3 John Higgins → 65–64 (56), (91)-0, 50–63, (61) 69–1, 73–14, 42–83 (73), 62–25, 5–88 (79)
23 March – Colwyn Bay Leisure Centre, Colwyn Bay , Wales[7]
Mark Williams 6 –2 Steve Davis → 1–62 (61), 70–45, 53–20, 17–63, (62) 89–26, 65–58 (50), 78–41, 75–24
Jimmy White 6 –2 Marco Fu → 65–52, (71) 72–16, 73–29, 57–43, (75) 81–24, 11–72 (59), 14–75 (68), (50) 74–1
Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 –3 Peter Ebdon → 0–134 (125 ), 75–41, (52) 89–6, (93) 101–27, (72) 85–39, 56–83, (90) 121–1, 0-(106 )
Play-offs
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10–11 May – Crowtree Leisure Centre, Sunderland , England [1] [3] [2]
*58–69, 83–25, 24–66, (63) 75–8, 9-(67), 0–98 (57), 72–60 (53), 39–80 (55), (67)-(60), 42–61
**(58) 73–26, (80)-(52), (100 ) 104–32, 23–82 (57), (54) 74–57, 49–57, (56) 71–48, 59–32
***(59) 83–22, 44–82, 68-(57), 50–65, 0-(138' ), 69–52, 0–113 (99), 0–66 (65), (103 )-0, (57) 58–33, (71) 85–49, 80–30, (51) 52–11, (66) 78–0
Century breaks
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[1]
139, 111, 103, 102, 100 – Marco Fu
138, 125, 123, 102, 100 – Mark Williams
134, 125, 108, 106 – Peter Ebdon
132, 122, 104 – John Higgins
131 – Jimmy White
114, 105, 101, 100 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
110, 104 – Steve Davis
References
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