| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 6 January- 13 May 2001 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Organisation(s) | Matchroom Sport |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Highest break | 143 |
| Final | |
| Champion | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Runner-up | Stephen Hendry |
| Score | 9–7 |
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The 2001 Sportingbet.com Premier League Snooker professional non-ranking snooker tournament was played from 6 January to 13 May 2001. The highest break of the tournament 143 made by Marco Fu against Stephen Hendry on 25 March 2001.[1]
Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 9–7 against Stephen Hendry.[2]
Contents |
Top four qualify for the play-offs. If points are level then most frames won. If two players have 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 is higher.[1]
| Ranking | FU |
OSU |
HIG |
HEN |
WIL |
DAV |
WHI |
Frame W-L |
Match W-D-L |
Pld-Pts | |
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| 1 | Marco Fu | x | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 28–20 | 5–0–1 | 6–10 |
| 2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 3 | x | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 30–18 | 3–2–1 | 6–8 |
| 3 | John Higgins | 6 | 4 | x | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 27–21 | 3–2–1 | 6–8 |
| 4 | Stephen Hendry | 3 | 2 | 5 | x | 6 | 6 | 4 | 26–22 | 3–1–2 | 6–7 |
| 5 | Mark Williams | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | x | 6 | 7 | 26–22 | 2–2–2 | 6–6 |
| 6 | Steve Davis | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | x | 5 | 16–32 | 1–0–5 | 6–2 |
| 7 | Jimmy White | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | x | 15–33 | 0–1–5 | 6–1 |
May 10–11 – Inverness Leisure Centre, Inverness, Scotland[1]
| Semi-finals Best of 11 frames |
Final Best of 17 frames |
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| Marco Fu | 5 | |||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 6 | |||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 7 | |||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9 | |||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 | |||||||
| John Higgins | 3 | |||||||
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