2001–02 snooker season

2001–02 snooker season
Details
Duration11 August 2001 – 12 May 2002 (2001-08-11 – 2002-05-12)
Tournaments21 (9 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Ronnie O'Sullivan
Masters Paul Hunter
World Championship Peter Ebdon

The 2001–02 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 11 August 2001 and 12 May 2002. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.

Calendar

World Snooker Tour

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
11 Aug 19 Aug ENG Champions Cup Brighton Centre Brighton John Higgins Mark Williams 7–4 [1]
18 Sep 23 Sep SCO Scottish Masters Thistle Hotels Glasgow John Higgins Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–6 [2]
29 Sep 7 Oct ENG British Open Telewest Arena Newcastle John Higgins Graeme Dott 9–6 [3]
13 Oct 21 Oct ENG LG Cup Guild Hall Preston Stephen Lee Peter Ebdon 9–4 [4]
4 Nov 15 Nov ENG Benson & Hedges Championship Towers Snooker Club Mansfield Ryan Day Hugh Abernethy 9–5 [5][6]
23 Nov 1 Dec MLT European Open Mediterranean Conference Centre Valletta Stephen Hendry Joe Perry 9–2 [7]
3 Dec 16 Dec ENG UK Championship Barbican Centre York Ronnie O'Sullivan Ken Doherty 10–1 [8]
23 Jan 27 Jan WAL Welsh Open Cardiff International Arena Cardiff Paul Hunter Ken Doherty 9–7 [9][10]
3 Feb 10 Feb ENG Masters Wembley Conference Centre London Paul Hunter Mark Williams 10–9 [11][12]
24 Feb 3 Mar CHN China Open International Gymnastics Centre Shanghai Mark Williams Anthony Hamilton 9–8 [13][14]
4 Mar 10 Mar THA Thailand Masters Merchant Court Hotel Bangkok Mark Williams Stephen Lee 9–4 [15]
19 Mar 24 Mar IRL Irish Masters Citywest Hotel Dublin John Higgins Peter Ebdon 10–3 [16][17]
6 Apr 14 Apr SCO Scottish Open A.E.C.C. Aberdeen Stephen Lee David Gray 9–2 [18][19]
20 Apr 6 May ENG World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Peter Ebdon Stephen Hendry 18–17 [20]
5 Jan 12 May SCO Premier League Rothes Halls Glenrothes Ronnie O'Sullivan John Higgins 9–4 [21]
Ranking event
Non-ranking event

Challenge Tour

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
8 Oct 14 Oct ENG Challenge Tour 1 Manhattan Club and Snooker Centre Harrogate James Reynolds Steve Judd 6–5 [5][22]
3 Dec 9 Dec ENG Challenge Tour 2 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon Leo Fernandez Ryan Day 6–3 [5][22]
7 Jan 13 Jan ENG Challenge Tour 3 Manhattan Club and Snooker Centre Harrogate Lee Spick Joe Delaney 6–3 [5][22]
4 Mar 10 Mar ENG Challenge Tour 4 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon David Gilbert Ryan Day 6–3 [5][22]

Other events

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
22 Aug 26 Aug JPN World Games Selion Plaza Akita Bjorn Haneveer Marlon Manalo 4–3 [23][24]
31 Oct 4 Nov AUT Austrian Open Snooker Cafe Pot Black Wels Stefan Mazrocis Lee Richardson 5–3 [25][26]
Casino Linz Linz

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 2001/2002

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.[27][28][29][30]

No. Ch. Player Points 1999/00 Points 2000/01 Total
1 Mark Williams 31655 21735 53390
2 Ronnie O'Sullivan 20200 25399 45599
3 John Higgins 21690 22034 43724
4 Ken Doherty 16260 22079 38339
5 Stephen Hendry 18125 17478 35603
6 Matthew Stevens 18005 14879 32884
7 Peter Ebdon 11885 20777 32662
8 Stephen Lee 15980 13944 29924
9 Paul Hunter 10075 15809 25884
10 Joe Swail 12755 12117 24872
11 Jimmy White 11575 12009 23584
12 Alan McManus 9750 12190 21940
13 Mark King 9980 11895 21875
14 Graeme Dott 10367 11397 21764
15 Dave Harold 11852 9578 21430
16 Fergal O'Brien 11035 10096 21131

Notes

References

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