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 ChampionshipEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
MastersEngland Paul Hunter
World ChampionshipEngland 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 Scotland John Higgins Wales Mark Williams 7–4 [1]
18 Sep 23 Sep  SCO Scottish Masters Thistle Hotels Glasgow Scotland John Higgins England Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–6 [2]
29 Sep 7 Oct  ENG British Open Telewest Arena Newcastle Scotland John Higgins Scotland Graeme Dott 9–6 [3]
13 Oct 21 Oct  ENG LG Cup Guild Hall Preston England Stephen Lee England Peter Ebdon 9–4 [4]
4 Nov 15 Nov  ENG Benson & Hedges Championship Towers Snooker Club Mansfield Wales Ryan Day Scotland Hugh Abernethy 9–5 [5][6]
23 Nov 1 Dec  MLT European Open Mediterranean Conference Centre Valletta Scotland Stephen Hendry England Joe Perry 9–2 [7]
3 Dec 16 Dec  ENG UK Championship Barbican Centre York England Ronnie O'Sullivan Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 10–1 [8]
23 Jan 27 Jan  WAL Welsh Open Cardiff International Arena Cardiff England Paul Hunter Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 9–7 [9][10]
3 Feb 10 Feb  ENG Masters Wembley Conference Centre London England Paul Hunter Wales Mark Williams 10–9 [11][12]
24 Feb 3 Mar  CHN China Open International Gymnastics Centre Shanghai Wales Mark Williams England Anthony Hamilton 9–8 [13][14]
4 Mar 10 Mar  THA Thailand Masters Merchant Court Hotel Bangkok Wales Mark Williams England Stephen Lee 9–4 [15]
19 Mar 24 Mar  IRL Irish Masters Citywest Hotel Dublin Scotland John Higgins England Peter Ebdon 10–3 [16][17]
6 Apr 14 Apr  SCO Scottish Open A.E.C.C. Aberdeen England Stephen Lee England David Gray 9–2 [18][19]
20 Apr 6 May  ENG World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield England Peter Ebdon Scotland Stephen Hendry 18–17 [20]
5 Jan 12 May  SCO Premier League Rothes Halls Glenrothes England Ronnie O'Sullivan Scotland 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 Wales James Reynolds England Steve Judd 6–5 [5][22]
3 Dec 9 Dec  ENG Challenge Tour 2 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez Wales Ryan Day 6–3 [5][22]
7 Jan 13 Jan  ENG Challenge Tour 3 Manhattan Club and Snooker Centre Harrogate England Lee Spick Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney 6–3 [5][22]
4 Mar 10 Mar  ENG Challenge Tour 4 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon England David Gilbert Wales 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 Belgium Bjorn Haneveer Philippines Marlon Manalo 4–3 [23][24]
31 Oct 4 Nov  AUT Austrian Open Snooker Cafe Pot Black Wels Netherlands Stefan Mazrocis England Lee Richardson 5–3 [25][26]
Casino Linz Linz

Official rankings

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
1SteadyWales Mark Williams 316552173553390
2RiseEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 202002539945599
3FallScotland John Higgins 216902203443724
4RiseRepublic of Ireland Ken Doherty 162602207938339
5FallScotland Stephen Hendry 181251747835603
6SteadyWales Matthew Stevens 180051487932884
7RiseEngland Peter Ebdon 118852077732662
8FallEngland Stephen Lee 159801394429924
9RiseEngland Paul Hunter 100751580925884
10RiseNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 127551211724872
11RiseEngland Jimmy White 115751200923584
12FallScotland Alan McManus 97501219021940
13RiseEngland Mark King 99801189521875
14RiseScotland Graeme Dott 103671139721764
15FallEngland Dave Harold 11852957821430
16FallRepublic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 110351009621131

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "Champions Cup 2001". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
    2. ↑ "Regal Scottish Masters 2001". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
    3. ↑ "Stan James British Open 2001". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
    4. ↑ "LG Cup 2001". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
    5. 1 2 3 4 5 "2001/2002 Challenge Tour Calendar". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 4 May 2002. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
    6. ↑ Turner, Chris. "Benson & Hedges Championship, Masters Qualifying Tournament". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
    7. ↑ "European Open 2011". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
    8. ↑ "UK Championship 2001". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
    9. ↑ "Regal Welsh Open 2002". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
    10. ↑ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Hunter's first ranking title". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
    11. ↑ "Benson & Hedges Masters 2002". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
    12. ↑ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: White becomes Brown". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
    13. ↑ "China Open 2002". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
    14. ↑ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: British success for the Whirlwind". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
    15. ↑ "Singha Thailand Masters 2002". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
    16. ↑ "Citywest Irish Masters 2002". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
    17. ↑ "On this Week: Irish hat-trick success". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
    18. ↑ "Regal Scottish Open 2002". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
    19. ↑ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: First world title for Reardon". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
    20. ↑ "Embassy World Championship 2002". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
    21. ↑ "2002 Premier League Snooker Results". premierleaguesnooker.com. Matchroom Sport. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
    22. 1 2 3 4 "WPBSA Secondary Professional Tour". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
    23. ↑ "Billiards/Snooker/Men/". World Games 2001 Akita. Archived from the original on 19 March 2002. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
    24. ↑ "Snooker Results (Men)". Sports123.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
    25. ↑ "Snooker in Austria". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2011-11-07. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
    26. ↑ "ASO 2001" (PDF) (in German). 1. Union Wels BC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-14. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
    27. ↑ Turner, Chris. "World Rankings (1990/91 to 2004/05)". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
    28. ↑ "Embassy World Rankings 2001/2002". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
    29. ↑ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
    30. ↑ "Embassy World Rankings issued after the 2001 Embassy World Championship". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 3 August 2001. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
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