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 .)[3] [4]
10 January – Legends Sports Centre, Crewe , England [5] Mark Williams 6 –2 John Higgins → 19–91, 0-(143 ), 62–32, 58–2, (52) 74–0, (103 ) 114–0, (114 )-14, (50) 66–6
Stephen Hendry 7 –1 Steve Davis → (84)-14, (59) 82–18, (105 ) 127–7, 5–70 (62), (55) 103–21, 84–0, (62) 63–0, (61) 62–20
11 January – Legends Sports Centre, Crewe, England[5] Marco Fu 5 –3 Jimmy White → 69–65, (56) 61–41, 61–46, (62)-61, (85)-32, 56–63, 46–49, 20–72
Paul Hunter 5 –3 Steve Davis → 77–43, 43–71 (50), 0–108 (102 ), (52) 73–1, 83–26, 62–50, 11–81 (80), (90)-37
Mark Williams 4–4 Stephen Hendry → 51–72, (90)-0, 55–67, 67–42, 58–23, (57)-(69), (84)-0, 24-(106 )
17 January – Greenock Sports Centre, Renfrew , Scotland [6] Stephen Hendry 5 –3 Paul Hunter → 75–52, 83–0, (64)-(66), 17–96 (65), 70–1, (56) 63–62, 0-(83), 66–23
Steve Davis 5 –3 Jimmy White → 0-(86), 59–32, 67–24, 63–48, (94)-1, 45–70 (50), (79) 84–0, 30–73 (68)
John Higgins 6 –2 Marco Fu → (68) 76–1, 64–0, 89–37, 66-(51), 66–54, 32–94, 74–20, 1-(106 )
18 January – Greenock Sports Centre, Renfrew, Scotland[6] Mark Williams 4–4 Paul Hunter → 0–60, 70–52, 72–37, (73) 86–11, (91)-0, 34–68, 0-(141 ), 1-(72)
John Higgins 5 –3 Steve Davis → 75–14, 1–113 (104 ), 33–68, 0–66 (58), (65) 73–14, (75)-0, (64) 73–7, 67–66
Jimmy White 5 –3 Stephen Hendry → (64) 98–15, 66–8, (68) 90–4, (72)-9, 1–117 (116 ), 2–64, 75–37, 42–65
14 February – Civic Hall, Trowbridge , England[7] Stephen Hendry 5 –3 Marco Fu → (76)-0, (92)-12, (72)-60, (73) 80–68, 0-(91), 59–1, 18–66, 28–61 (56)
John Higgins 5 –3 Jimmy White → 0–89 (62), 12–93 (64), 8–70, (110 )-0, (88)-32, 86–34, (53) 58–22, 66–6
15 February – Civic Hall, Trowbridge, England[7] Mark Williams 6 –2 Jimmy White → 70–6, 0-(83), 17–86 (63), (53) 99–11, (84)-15, (77) 78–0, (67)-14, (84) 120–0
Marco Fu 6 –2 Steve Davis → 11–81, (123 )-9, 66–1, (140 )-0, (74, 56) 130–4, (100 )-0, 48–85 (76), (79)-0
John Higgins 6 –2 Paul Hunter → 5–88 (64), (80)-0, (73)-21, (135 )-4, (96)-0, 70-(56), 67–66 (62), 7-(120 )
21 February – Peterlee Leisure Centre, Peterlee , England[8] Marco Fu 5 –3 Mark Williams → (96) 101–0, (66) 74–53, 56–70, (120 )-0, (129 ) 133–12, 25–66, 43–65 (64), (59) 65–13
Paul Hunter 4–4 Jimmy White → 39–72, (51) 88–47, 76-(58), (54)-74 (66), 71–34, 1–116 (109 ), (94)-0, 9–78
22 February – Peterlee Leisure Centre, Peterlee, England[8] Mark Williams 5 –3 Steve Davis → 48–58, 64–56, (94) 123–8, (118 ) 124–0, 64–61 (52), (75) 99–0, 13–61, 23–58
Marco Fu 5 –3 Paul Hunter → 0-(135 ), (73) 81–15, 61–6, 45–79, (70) 81–15, (102 )-36, 0-(146 ), (120 )-13
Stephen Hendry 4–4 John Higgins → 53–64, (76) 82–24, (53) 77–33, (88)-0, 5–105 (97), 40–76, 0–101 (90), 84- 15 Play-offs
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13–14 March – Colwyn Bay Leisure Centre, Colwyn Bay , Wales [2] [3] [4]
*(80)-1, (79)-9, (68)-16, (85) 94–27, 0–77, 77–4, (81) 104–0
**21–65, (83)-0, (89) 90–1, (64)-65, (81) 104–0, 56–14, 17–76, (95)-40, 45–64, 53–52 (50)
***60-(62), (134 )-0, 33–95 (70), 0-(88), (52) 66–4, 0–87 (86), 0-(80), (74) 78–4, 1–71 (70), 27–56 (55), 80–0, 18-(83), (67) 73–7, (69)-(59), 24–81 (57)
Century breaks
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The highest break was worth £6,000.[3]
146, 141, 135, 120 – Paul Hunter
143, 135, 134, 110 – John Higgins
140, 129, 123, 120, 120, 106, 102, 100 – Marco Fu
116, 106, 105 – Stephen Hendry
118, 114, 103 – Mark Williams
109 – Jimmy White
104, 102 – Steve Davis References
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