2001 UK Championship

October 2017 February 2024 2001 UK Championship 2001 12 3 2001 12 16 y Barbican Centre York England WPBSA Ranking event £600,000 £100,000 Peter Ebdon ENG (143) Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG Ken Doherty IRL 10–1 2000 2002 The 2001 UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Barbican Centre in York, England. The event started on 3 December 2001 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 8 and 16 December 2001. This was the first UK Championship to be held in York, becoming only the fourth venue in the championship's history. John Higgins was the defending champion, but he lost his quarter-final match against Stephen Lee. Ronnie O'Sullivan won his third UK title by defeating Ken Doherty 10–1 in the final. This was the biggest win in the final since the championship introduced the best-of-19-frame finals in 1993.Turner Chris UK Championship http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/uk.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160153/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/uk.html 16 February 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 18 March 2011Ronnie claims UK hat-trick https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/1714594.stm BBC Sport 20 August 2011 18 February 2003 The victory meant that O'Sullivan – the reigning World Champion – had now won both major ranking events in the same calendar year. Peter Ebdon compiled the highest break, a 143, in his last 32 match against Michael Judge. Tournament summary Defending champion John Higgins was the number 1 seed with World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £100,000 Runner-up: £54,000 Highest break: £10,000 Total: £600,000 Main draw UK Championship 2001 http://www.snooker.org/trn/0102/uk2001_res.shtml Snooker.org 20 August 2011 Last 48Best of 17 frames Last 32Best of 17 frames Last 16Best of 17 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 17 frames Semi-finalsBest of 17 frames FinalBest of 19 frames 24 SCO Chris Small 7 54 ENG Robert Milkins 9 27 ENG Joe Perry 9 36 SCO Jamie Burnett 3 31 WAL Anthony Davies 2 86 FIN Robin Hull 9 19 ENG Anthony Hamilton 9 88 ENG Antony Bolsover 5 21 ENG Steve Davis 9 55 ENG Stuart Pettman 6 17 HKG Marco Fu 9 ENG Luke Fisher 1 20 WAL Dominic Dale 9 45 ENG Michael Holt 4 26 SCO Billy Snaddon 3 35 NIR Terry Murphy 9 25 AUS Quinten Hann 2 51 ENG Nick Dyson 9 22 ENG John Parrott 9 43 ENG Bradley Jones 5 32 THA James Wattana 6 60 ENG Mark Davis 9 18 SCO Drew Henry 9 78 CAN Alain Robidoux 1 28 IRL Michael Judge 9 40 PAK Shokat Ali 1 29 MLT Tony Drago 9 37 ENG Gary Wilkinson 5 30 ENG David Gray 4 47 ENG David Finbow 9 23 ENG Nigel Bond 4 61 ENG Ali Carter 9 1 SCO John Higgins 9 24 SCO Chris Small 5 9 ENG Paul Hunter 9 27 ENG Joe Perry 7 13 ENG Mark King 2 86 FIN Robin Hull 9 8 ENG Stephen Lee 9 19 ENG Anthony Hamilton 8 6 WAL Matthew Stevens 9 21 ENG Steve Davis 6 11 ENG Jimmy White 9 17 HKG Marco Fu 6 14 SCO Graeme Dott 6 20 WAL Dominic Dale 9 4 IRL Ken Doherty 9 35 NIR Terry Murphy 4 3 WAL Mark Williams 9 51 ENG Nick Dyson 6 12 SCO Alan McManus 9 22 ENG John Parrott 6 10 NIR Joe Swail 5 60 ENG Mark Davis 9 5 SCO Stephen Hendry 9 18 SCO Drew Henry 7 7 ENG Peter Ebdon 9 28 IRL Michael Judge 4 16 IRL Fergal O'Brien 8 29 MLT Tony Drago 9 15 ENG Dave Harold 8 47 ENG David Finbow 9 2 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 9 61 ENG Ali Carter 2 1 SCO John Higgins 9 9 ENG Paul Hunter 5 86 FIN Robin Hull 4 8 ENG Stephen Lee 9 6 WAL Matthew Stevens 9 11 ENG Jimmy White 7 20 WAL Dominic Dale 3 4 IRL Ken Doherty 9 3 WAL Mark Williams 9 12 SCO Alan McManus 7 60 ENG Mark Davis 2 5 SCO Stephen Hendry 9 7 ENG Peter Ebdon 9 29 MLT Tony Drago 7 47 ENG David Finbow 0 2 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 8* 1 SCO John Higgins 2 8 ENG Stephen Lee 9 6 WAL Matthew Stevens 7 4 IRL Ken Doherty 9 3 WAL Mark Williams 9 5 SCO Stephen Hendry 8 7 ENG Peter Ebdon 8 2 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 9 8 ENG Stephen Lee 7 4 IRL Ken Doherty 9 3 WAL Mark Williams 6 2 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 9 4 IRL Ken Doherty 1 2 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 10 David Finbow retires due to health problems Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams.Barbican Centre, York, England, 16 December 2001. Ken Doherty (4) 1–10 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)Afternoon: 47–70, 95–0 (95), 34–92 (72), 0–106 (106), 5–93, 6–76 (72), 1–103 (62), 10–79Evening: 1–105 (59), 12–74 (66), 8–77 (58) 95 Highest break 106 0 Century breaks 1 1 50+ breaks 7 Century breaks Newport Qualifying Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency September 2001 8–19Ronnie O'Sullivan wins third UK title Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency February 2002 14–31 Qualifying stage centuries 145 Darren Morgan 140 Euan Henderson 134 Ricky Walden 129, 120 Michael Judge 128 Nick Dyson 125, 105 Bjorn Haneveer 124 James Wattana 123, 111 Luke Fisher 122, 109, 103, 100 Mark Davis 120, 117 Stephen Maguire 119 Wayne Cooper 117 Kurt Maflin 114 Andrew Higginson 111 Ali Carter 110 Adrian Gunnell 110 Bradley Jones 108 Marco Fu 107, 101 Robin Hull 106 David Gray 101 Mark Gray Televised stage centuries 143, 136, 117, 112 Peter Ebdon 142, 131, 130, 110, 107, 106 Ronnie O'Sullivan 140 Dominic Dale 137, 136, 119 Stephen Lee 137, 121, 109, 107 Mark Williams 137 Fergal O'Brien 136 John Higgins 134, 130, 127, 121 Stephen Hendry 127 Steve Davis 125 Tony Drago 118, 114, 114 Robin Hull 117, 109 Matthew Stevens 117 Graeme Dott 112 Paul Hunter 107, 106, 104 Ken Doherty 104 Nick Dyson 104 Joe Swail 103 Anthony Hamilton 101, 100 Mark Davis 101 Marco Fu 101 Terry Murphy 100 John Parrott References 2001 UK Championship Championship (snooker) UK Championship Category:Sport in York