2001 UK Championship (snooker)

UK Championship

Tournament information
Dates	3–16 December 2002
Venue	Barbican Centre
City	York
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£600,000
Winner's share	£100,000
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up	Ken Doherty
Score	10–1
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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.

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.^[1][2] He also compiled the highest break, a 142, in the semi-final against Mark Williams.

This would be the first UK Championship to be held in York, only becoming the fourth venue in the championship's history.^[1]

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

^[3]

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	John Higgins	9
	Paul Hunter	5
					John Higgins	2
					Stephen Lee	9
	Stephen Lee	9
	Robin Hull	4
									Stephen Lee	7
									Ken Doherty	9
	Matthew Stevens	9
	Jimmy White	7
					Matthew Stevens	7
					Ken Doherty	9
	Ken Doherty	9
	Dominic Dale	3
													Ken Doherty	1
													Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
	Mark Williams	9
	Alan McManus	7
					Mark Williams	9
					Stephen Hendry	8
	Stephen Hendry	9
	Mark Davis	2
									Mark Williams	6
									Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
	Peter Ebdon	9
	Tony Drago	7
					Peter Ebdon	8
					Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
	Ronnie O'Sullivan	8*
	Dave Finbow	0

• Dave Finbow retires due to health problems

References