2009 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 was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that 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]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]
- Winner: £30,000
- Runner-up: £15,000
- Semi-final: £5,000
- Frame-win: £1000
- Century-break: £1000
- Total: £200,000
League phase
| 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 |
Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 3–3 then the player who got to three first was higher.[4] (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)[5]
- 3 September – 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)
- 17 September – 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)
- 24 September – 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
- 1 October – 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
- 15 October – 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)
- 22 October – 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
- 29 October – 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
- 5 November – 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
- 12 November – 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
- 19 November – 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
Play-offs
28–29 November – Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, England[5][16]
| Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 13 frames | ||||||||
| 1 | John Higgins
| 3 | |||||||
| 4 | Shaun Murphy*
| 5 | |||||||
| 4 | Shaun Murphy***
| 7 | |||||||
| 3 | Ronnie O'Sullivan
| 3 | |||||||
| 2 | Judd Trump
| 1 | |||||||
| 3 | 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
- 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
- ↑ "Global Snooker: Premier League Fixtures Announced". Archived from the original on 11 August 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ↑ "Matchroom Sport: Matches announced for the Premier League Snooker". Archived from the original on 11 August 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ↑ "Murphy ends Ronnie's reign". Sky Sports. 30 November 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
- 1 2 3 "Global Snooker: League Table, Century Breaks, Prize Fund". Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
- 1 2 3 "2009 PartyCasino.com Premier League Snooker". premierleaguesnooker.matchroomcms.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ↑ "Week 1 Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ↑ "Week 2 Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 24 September 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
- ↑ "Week 3 Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
- ↑ "Week 4 Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
- ↑ "Week 5 Results". Global Snooker. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ↑ "Week 6 Results". Global Snooker. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
- ↑ "Week 7 Results". Global Snooker. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
- ↑ "Week 8 Results". Global Snooker. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
- ↑ "Week 9 Results". Global Snooker. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
- ↑ "Week 10 Results". Global Snooker. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
- ↑ "Finals Results". Global Snooker. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
External links
- Official website
- "Picture Perfect: Premier League 2009 (Grimbsby)". Pro Snooker Blog. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
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