2001 Welsh Open (snooker)

the Darts tournament of the same name Welsh Open (darts) January 2017 2001 Regal Welsh Open 2001 01 24 2001 01 28 y Cardiff International Arena Cardiff Wales WPBSA Ranking event £440,200 £62,000 Alan McManus SCO (140) Ken Doherty IRL Paul Hunter ENG 9–2 2000 2002 The 2001 Welsh Open (officially the 2001 Regal Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 and 28 January 2001 at the Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff, Wales. John Higgins was the defending champion, but he lost his quarter-final match against Stephen Lee. Ken Doherty defeated Paul Hunter 9–2 in the final to win his fourth ranking title. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Watkins Jamie Regal Welsh 2001 http://www.tsnsnooker.com/cont/art/na00343.htm TSN Snooker 2001 7 February 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20010304091106/http://www.tsnsnooker.com/cont/art/na00343.htm 4 March 2001 dead Winner: £62,000 Runner-up: £33,000 Semi-finalists: £16,500 Quarter-finalists: £9,400 Last 16: £4,800 Last 32: £3,900 Last 48: £3,100 Last 64: £2,400 Last 96: £1,550 Last 128: £950 Highest break (televised): £5,000 Highest break (untelevised): £1,000 Total: £440,200 Tournament summary Defending champion John Higgins was the number 1 seed with World Champion Mark Williams seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings. Main draw Round 1 Best of 9 frames Last 16 Best of 9 frames Quarter Final Best of 9 frames Semi Final Best of 11 frames Final Best of 17 frames 1 SCO John Higgins 5 21 SCO Chris Small 1 12 ENG Peter Ebdon 5 THA Noppadon Noppachorn 1 9 IRL Fergal O'Brien 5 53 ENG Gary Ponting 4 5 ENG Stephen Lee 5 40 WAL Anthony Davies 3 6 WAL Matthew Stevens 4 31 ENG Joe Perry 5 14 ENG Paul Hunter 5 ENG Nick Walker 0 16 NIR Joe Swail 5 33 SCO Jamie Burnett 3 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 19 SCO Graeme Dott 3 3 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 52 ENG David Gray 3 15 HKG Marco Fu 5 ENG Wayne Brown 1 11 ENG Anthony Hamilton 3 32 AUS Quinten Hann 5 7 IRL Ken Doherty 5 20 WAL Dominic Dale 3 8 SCO Alan McManus 5 62 ENG Michael Holt 0 10 ENG John Parrott 3 29 SCO Drew Henry 5 13 ENG Dave Harold 3 22 ENG Mark King 5 2 WAL Mark Williams 5 23 ENG Nigel Bond 3 1 SCO John Higgins 5 12 ENG Peter Ebdon 3 9 IRL Fergal O'Brien 3 5 ENG Stephen Lee 5 31 ENG Joe Perry 4 14 ENG Paul Hunter 5 16 NIR Joe Swail 5 4 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 4 3 SCO Stephen Hendry 5 15 HKG Marco Fu 3 32 AUS Quinten Hann 3 7 IRL Ken Doherty 5 8 SCO Alan McManus 5 29 SCO Drew Henry 3 22 ENG Mark King 1 2 WAL Mark Williams 5 1 SCO John Higgins 1 5 ENG Stephen Lee 5 14 ENG Paul Hunter 5 16 NIR Joe Swail 2 3 SCO Stephen Hendry 3 7 IRL Ken Doherty 5 8 SCO Alan McManus 4 2 WAL Mark Williams 5 5 ENG Stephen Lee 3 14 ENG Paul Hunter 6 7 IRL Ken Doherty 6 2 WAL Mark Williams 3 14 ENG Paul Hunter 2 7 IRL Ken Doherty 9 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Graham Harding.Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales, 28 January 2001.Regal Welsh Open 2001 http://www.snooker.org/trn/0001/wo2001_res.shtml snooker.org 23 March 2016 23 March 2016 Paul Hunter (14) 2–9 Ken Doherty (7)Afternoon: 1–63, 76–1 (68), 23–77 (71), 59–0, 56–62 (52), 5–57, 51–73, 13–129 (125)Evening: 44–72, 8–99 (56), 36–85 (69) 68 Highest break 125 0 Century breaks 1 1 50+ breaks 5 References Category:Welsh Open (snooker) Category:2001 in snooker Category:2000s in Cardiff Welsh