2000–01 snooker season

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2000–01 snooker season
Details
Duration26 August 2000 – 13 May 2001 (2000-08-26 – 2001-05-13)
Tournaments20 (8 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK ChampionshipScotland John Higgins
MastersEngland Paul Hunter
World ChampionshipEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan

The 2000–01 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 26 August 2000 and 13 May 2001. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and invitational events.

Calendar[]

Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score[1][2] Reference
08–26 09–03  ENG NR Champions Cup Brighton Centre Brighton England Ronnie O'Sullivan Wales Mark Williams 7–5 [3][4]
10–01 10–08  ENG WR British Open Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth England Peter Ebdon England Jimmy White 9–6 [5]
10–13 10–22  ENG WR Grand Prix Telford Wales Mark Williams England Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–5 [6]
10–24 10–29  SCO NR Scottish Masters Motherwell England Ronnie O'Sullivan Scotland Stephen Hendry 9–6 [7]
10–31 11–02  ENG CT Challenge Tour 1 Swindon England Adrian Rosa England Surinder Gill 6–4 [8][9]
11–05 11–16  ENG NR Benson & Hedges Championship Malvern England Shaun Murphy England Stuart Bingham 9–7 [10]
11–18 12–03  ENG WR UK Championship Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth Scotland John Higgins Wales Mark Williams 10–4 [11]
12–09 12–17  CHN WR China Open Shenzhen England Ronnie O'Sullivan Wales Mark Williams 9–3 [12]
12–18 12–20  ENG CT Challenge Tour 2 Harrogate England Andrew Norman England 6–3 [8][9]
01–13 01–21  ENG TE Nations Cup The Hexagon Reading  Scotland  Ireland 6–2 [13][14]
01–24 01–28  WAL WR Welsh Open Cardiff International Arena Cardiff Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty England Paul Hunter 9–2 [15][16]
02–04 02–11  ENG NR Masters Wembley Conference Centre London England Paul Hunter Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 10–9 [17]
02–21 02–25  MLT NR Malta Grand Prix Mediterranean Conference Centre Valletta Scotland Stephen Hendry Wales Mark Williams 7–1 [18]
03–09 03–11  ENG CT Challenge Tour 3 Swindon England Shaun Murphy England Andrew Norman 6–3 [8][9]
03–11 03–17  THA WR Thailand Masters Bangkok Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty Scotland Stephen Hendry 9–3 [19][20]
03–27 04–01  IRL NR Irish Masters Dublin England Ronnie O'Sullivan Scotland Stephen Hendry 9–8 [21]
04–04 04–06  ENG CT Challenge Tour 4 Harrogate England Shaun Murphy England Luke Simmonds 6–2 [8][9][22]
04–08 04–15  SCO WR Scottish Open A.E.C.C. Aberdeen England Peter Ebdon Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 9–7 [23][24]
04–21 05–07  ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield England Ronnie O'Sullivan Scotland John Higgins 18–14 [25]
01–06 05–13  SCO NR Premier League Inverness England Ronnie O'Sullivan Scotland Stephen Hendry 9–7 [26]
WR = World ranking event
CT = Challenge Tour event
NR = Non-ranking event
TE = Team event

Official rankings[]

Main article: Snooker world rankings 2000/2001

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]

No. Ch. Player Points 1998/1999 Points 1999/2000 Total
1 Rise Wales Mark Williams 25445 31655 57100
2 Fall Scotland John Higgins 22755 21690 44445
3 Fall Scotland Stephen Hendry 24445 18125 42570
4 Steady England Ronnie O'Sullivan 12440 20200 32640
5 Rise England Stephen Lee 15625 15980 31605
6 Rise Wales Matthew Stevens 13100 18005 31105
7 Steady Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 12995 16260 29255
8 Steady Scotland Alan McManus 15760 9750 25510
9 Rise Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 13667 11035 24702
10 Fall England John Parrott 14665 9400 24065
11 Fall England Anthony Hamilton 12255 11260 23515
12 Rise England Peter Ebdon 11470 11885 23355
13 Rise England Dave Harold 10885 11852 22737
14 Fall England Paul Hunter 12422 10075 22497
15 Rise Hong Kong Marco Fu 10372 11957 22329
16 Rise Northern Ireland Joe Swail 8835 12755 21590

Notes[]

  1. ^ Dates use the month day format

References[]

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