2009 Premier League Snooker

PartyCasino.com Premier League Snooker
Tournament information
Dates	3 September- 29 November 2009
Country	United Kingdom
Organisation(s)	Matchroom Sport
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£200,000
Winner's share	£30,000
Highest break	139
Final
Champion	Shaun Murphy
Runner-up	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Score	7–3
← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 PartyCasino.com Premier League Snooker professional non-ranking snooker tournament was played from 3 September to 29 November 2009.^[1]^[2]

Shaun Murphy won in the final 7–3 against defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan.^[3]

1 Prize fund
2 League phase
3 League table
4 Play-offs
5 Qualifiers
6 Century breaks
7 References
8 External links

Prize fund

Winner: £30,000
Runner-up: £15,000
Semi-finalists: £5,000

Frame-win: £1000
Century-break: £1000

Total: £200,000^[4]

League phase

(breaks above 50 shown between brackets); breaks 100 and above will be indicated bold.^[5]

September 3 – Penrith Leisure Centre, Penrith, England^[6]
- Neil Robertson 4–2 Judd Trump → 0–(139), (80)–7, (66)–(62), (58) 72–0, (89)–8, 34–75
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Marco Fu → 27–71, 66–4, (133)–4, (106) 115–6, (131) 135–0, 0–(83)

September 17 – Malvern Theatres, Great Malvern, England^[7]
- Shaun Murphy 2–4 John Higgins → 50–72, 73–24, (53)–77 (53), 28–70 (58), (72)–0, 18–92 (61)
- Stephen Hendry 2–4 Judd Trump → (104) 117–0, (57, 68) 125–0, (51)–70, 29–51, 0–126(103), 0–(88)

September 24 – Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, England^[8]
- Neil Robertson 1–5 Stephen Hendry → 32–69 (60), 1–99 (98), 78–4, 19–52, 10–58 (51), 1–133 (127)
- John Higgins 3–3 Marco Fu → (69)–8, 24–65, 60–52, 39–65, (90)–16, 46–66

October 1 – Sands Centre, Carlisle, England^[9]
- Marco Fu 2–4 Judd Trump → 19–(100), (82)–0, 25–75, 61–63, 6–(120), (81)–0
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Neil Robertson → (52) 75–48, 6–84 (77), (112) 113–14, 86–42, 0–117 (91), 4–72

October 15 – AECC, Aberdeen, Scotland^[10]
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Shaun Murphy → (104)–0, 68–1, (56) 89–5, 0–101 (81), 45–84, (75) 85–5
- John Higgins 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 54–65, 36–(76), (92)–0, (73) 92–0, 70–1, 5–71 (64)

October 22 – Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, England^[11]
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 1–75 (51), 38–65, (78)–0, 0–(76), (95) 99–0, 68–7
- Shaun Murphy 5–1 Marco Fu → 1–117 (91), 63–14, (62) 88–5, (105)–0, (134)–0, (62) 92–7

October 29 – Guildhall, Preston, England ^[12]
- John Higgins 4–2 Neil Robertson → 69–51, 41–66, 70–28, (73)–34, (63) 80–28, 17–50
- Shaun Murphy 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 75–50, (55) 75–26, 4–110 (68), 6–100 (96), 54–19, 23–66

November 5 – Riverside Leisure Centre, Devon, England ^[13]
- Marco Fu 2–4 Neil Robertson → 54–14, 19–84, 41–71, (90) 95–0, 63–70, 58–60
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–4 Judd Trump → 33–80 (67), 93–8, 0–(79), 20–81 (50), 65–69, (50) 87–8

November 12 – Hutton Moor Leisure Centre, Weston-super-Mare, England^[14]
- John Higgins 4–2 Judd Trump → 7–35, (63)–(65), 40–65, (53) 88–79, (74) 78–5, (75) 107–1
- Shaun Murphy 4–2 Neil Robertson → 68–37, (59) 75–99, (104) 119–6, (64) 73–8, 0–(109), 94–8

November 19 – Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales^[15]
- Marco Fu 5–1 Stephen Hendry → 64–40, (70)–25, 14–72, 98–15, 71–15, (122) 128–11
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–4 John Higgins → 9–(72), 16–70 (64), (129) 134–0, 0–(107), 0–128 (119), (68) 76–48
- Shaun Murphy 2–4 Judd Trump → 78–66, 11–64 (63), 39–63, 75–22, 43–57, 50–64

League table

Top four qualified 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 will determine their positions. If that ended 3–3 then the player who got to three first will be higher.^[4]^[5]

Ranking		HIG	TRU	OSU	MUR	HEN	ROB	FU	Frame W-L	Match W-D-L	Pld-Pts
1	John Higgins	x	4	4	4	3	4	3	22–14	4–2–0	6–10
2	Judd Trump	2	x	4	4	4	2	4	20–16	4–0–2	6–8
3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	2	2	x	4	3	3	4	18–18	2–2–2	6–6
4	Shaun Murphy	2	2	2	x	3	4	5	18–18	2–1–3	6–5
5	Stephen Hendry	3	2	3	3	x	5	1	17–19	1–3–2	6–5
6	Neil Robertson	2	4	3	2	1	x	4	16–20	2–1–3	6–5
7	Marco Fu	3	2	2	1	5	2	x	15–21	1–1–4	6–3

Play-offs

November 28–29 – Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, England^[5]^[16]

Semi-finals Best of 9 frames			Final Best of 13 frames

	John Higgins	3
	Shaun Murphy*	5
				Shaun Murphy***	7
				Ronnie O'Sullivan	3
	Judd Trump	1
	Ronnie O'Sullivan**	5

* (61) 80–35, 4–80, (96)–0, 0–(110), 34–77, 61–71 (65), 67–1, 40–75
** 0–(98), 10–99 (53), 10–68 (66), 1–83 (76), (63)–30, (53)–(67)
*** (111) 119–9, 87–36, 70–0, 50–57, 0–(88), 61–67, 75–27, (75) 126–3, (63)–0, (67) 75–(67)

Qualifiers

Main article: 2009 Championship League

The qualification for this tournament, the Championship League was played in eight groups from 5 January to 26 March 2009.

Century breaks

^[4]^[5]

139, 120, 103, 100 Judd Trump
134, 110, 105, 104 Shaun Murphy
133, 131, 129, 112, 106, 104 Ronnie O'Sullivan
127, 111, 104 Stephen Hendry
122 Marco Fu
119, 107 John Higgins
109 Neil Robertson

References

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^ "Matchroom Sport: Matches announced for the Premier League Snooker". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. http://www.matchroomsport.com/articleDetail.asp?intArticleId=990. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
^ "Murphy ends Ronnie's reign". Sky Sports. 2009-11-30. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12243_5733174,00.html. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
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^ "Week 1 Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2009–09–26. http://www.global–snooker.com/professional–tournaments–09–10–premier–league–week–one.asp. Retrieved 2009–09–03.
^ "Week 2 Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2009–09–24. http://www.global–snooker.com/professional–tournaments–09–10–premier–league–week–two.asp. Retrieved 2009–09–17.
^ "Week 3 Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2009–09–26. http://www.global–snooker.com/professional–tournaments–09–10–premier–league–week–three.asp. Retrieved 2009–09–24.
^ "Week 4 Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2009–10–03. http://www.global–snooker.com/professional–tournaments–09–10–premier–league–week–four.asp. Retrieved 2009–10–01.
^ "Week 5 Results". Global Snooker. http://www.global–snooker.com/professional–tournaments–09–10–premier–league–week–five.asp. Retrieved 2009–10–16.
^ "Week 6 Results". Global Snooker. http://www.global–snooker.com/professional–tournaments–09–10–premier–league–week–six.asp. Retrieved 2009–10–22.
^ "Week 7 Results". Global Snooker. http://www.global–snooker.com/professional–tournament–09–10–premier–league–week–seven.asp. Retrieved 2009–10–29.
^ "Week 8 Results". Global Snooker. http://www.global–snooker.com/professional–tournaments–09–10–premier–league–week–eight.asp. Retrieved 2009–11–05.
^ "Week 9 Results". Global Snooker. http://www.global–snooker.com/professional–tournaments–09–10–premier–league–week–nine.asp. Retrieved 2009–11–12.
^ "Week 10 Results". Global Snooker. http://www.global–snooker.com/professional–tournaments–09–10–premier–league–week–ten.asp. Retrieved 2009–11–19.
^ "Finals Results". Global Snooker. http://www.global–snooker.com/professional–tournaments–09–10–premier–league–play–off–finals.asp. Retrieved 2009–11–19.

External links

Official website
"Picture Perfect: Premier League 2009 (Grimbsby)". Pro Snooker Blog. http://prosnookerblog.com/2009/10/24/picture-perfect-premier-league-2009/. Retrieved 30 April 2011.

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