2000–01 snooker season

2000–01 snooker season
Details
Duration26 August 2000 – 13 May 2001 (2000-08-26 – 2001-05-13)
Tournaments20 (8 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK ChampionshipScotland John Higgins
MastersEngland Paul Hunter
World ChampionshipEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan

The 2000–01 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 26 August 2000 and 13 May 2001. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and invitational events.

Calendar

World Snooker Tour

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
26 Aug 3 Sep  ENG Champions Cup Brighton Centre Brighton England Ronnie O'Sullivan Wales Mark Williams 7–5 [1][2]
1 Oct 8 Oct  ENG British Open Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth England Peter Ebdon England Jimmy White 9–6 [3]
13 Oct 22 Oct  ENG Grand Prix Telford International Centre Telford Wales Mark Williams England Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–5 [4]
24 Oct 29 Oct  SCO Scottish Masters Civic Centre Motherwell England Ronnie O'Sullivan Scotland Stephen Hendry 9–6 [5]
5 Nov 16 Nov  ENG Benson & Hedges Championship Willie Thorne Snooker Centre Malvern England Shaun Murphy England Stuart Bingham 9–7 [6]
18 Nov 3 Dec  ENG UK Championship Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth Scotland John Higgins Wales Mark Williams 10–4 [7]
9 Dec 17 Dec  CHN China Open Mission Hills Resort Shenzhen England Ronnie O'Sullivan Wales Mark Williams 9–3 [8]
13 Jan 21 Jan  ENG Nations Cup The Hexagon Reading  Scotland  Ireland 6–2 [9][10]
24 Jan 28 Jan  WAL Welsh Open Cardiff International Arena Cardiff Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty England Paul Hunter 9–2 [11][12]
4 Feb 11 Feb  ENG Masters Wembley Conference Centre London England Paul Hunter Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 10–9 [13]
21 Feb 25 Feb  MLT Malta Grand Prix Mediterranean Conference Centre Valletta Scotland Stephen Hendry Wales Mark Williams 7–1 [14]
11 Mar 17 Mar  THA Thailand Masters Mercahant Court Hotel Bangkok Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty Scotland Stephen Hendry 9–3 [15][16]
27 Mar 1 Apr  IRL Irish Masters Citywest Hotel Dublin England Ronnie O'Sullivan Scotland Stephen Hendry 9–8 [17]
8 Apr 15 Apr  SCO Scottish Open A.E.C.C. Aberdeen England Peter Ebdon Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 9–7 [18][19]
21 Apr 7 May  ENG World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield England Ronnie O'Sullivan Scotland John Higgins 18–14 [20]
6 Jan 13 May  SCO Premier League Inverness Leisure Centre Inverness England Ronnie O'Sullivan Scotland Stephen Hendry 9–7 [21]
Ranking event
Non-ranking event

Challenge Tour

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
31 Oct 2 Nov  ENG Challenge Tour 1 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon England Adrian Rosa England Surinder Gill 6–4 [22][23]
18 Dec 20 Dec  ENG Challenge Tour 2 Manhattan Club and Snooker Centre Harrogate England Andrew Norman England Luke Fisher 6–3 [22][23]
9 Mar 11 Mar  ENG Challenge Tour 3 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon England Shaun Murphy England Andrew Norman 6–3 [22][23]
4 Apr 6 Apr  ENG Challenge Tour 4 Manhattan Club and Snooker Centre Harrogate England Shaun Murphy England Luke Simmonds 6–2 [22][23][24]

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 2000/2001

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.[25][26][27]

No. Ch. Player Points 1998/1999 Points 1999/2000 Total
1 Rise Wales Mark Williams 25445 31655 57100
2 Fall Scotland John Higgins 22755 21690 44445
3 Fall Scotland Stephen Hendry 24445 18125 42570
4 Steady England Ronnie O'Sullivan 12440 20200 32640
5 Rise England Stephen Lee 15625 15980 31605
6 Rise Wales Matthew Stevens 13100 18005 31105
7 Steady Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 12995 16260 29255
8 Steady Scotland Alan McManus 15760 9750 25510
9 Rise Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 13667 11035 24702
10 Fall England John Parrott 14665 9400 24065
11 Fall England Anthony Hamilton 12255 11260 23515
12 Rise England Peter Ebdon 11470 11885 23355
13 Rise England Dave Harold 10885 11852 22737
14 Fall England Paul Hunter 12422 10075 22497
15 Rise Hong Kong Marco Fu 10372 11957 22329
16 Rise Northern Ireland Joe Swail 8835 12755 21590

Notes

References

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