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2000–01 snooker season
Series of snooker tournaments
Series of snooker tournaments
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| duration | |
| tournaments | 20 (8 ranking events) |
| UK | SCO John Higgins |
| Masters | ENG Paul Hunter |
| WorldChamps | ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| previous | [1999–2000](1999-2000-snooker-season) |
| next | [2001–02](2001-02-snooker-season) |
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
World Snooker Tour
| Start | Finish | Country | Tournament name | Venue | City | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Aug | 3 Sep | ENG | [Champions Cup](2000-champions-cup) | Brighton Centre | Brighton | England Ronnie O'Sullivan | Wales Mark Williams | 7–5 | |
| 1 Oct | 8 Oct | ENG | [British Open](2000-british-open-snooker) | Plymouth Pavilions | Plymouth | England Peter Ebdon | England Jimmy White | 9–6 | |
| 13 Oct | 22 Oct | ENG | [Grand Prix](2000-grand-prix-snooker) | Telford International Centre | Telford | Wales Mark Williams | England Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9–5 | |
| 24 Oct | 29 Oct | SCO | [Scottish Masters](2000-scottish-masters) | Civic Centre | Motherwell | England Ronnie O'Sullivan | Scotland Stephen Hendry | 9–6 | |
| 5 Nov | 16 Nov | ENG | [Benson & Hedges Championship](2001-masters-snooker-qualifying) | Willie Thorne Snooker Centre | Malvern | England Shaun Murphy | England Stuart Bingham | 9–7 | |
| 18 Nov | 3 Dec | ENG | [UK Championship](2000-uk-championship) | Bournemouth International Centre | Bournemouth | Scotland John Higgins | Wales Mark Williams | 10–4 | |
| 9 Dec | 17 Dec | CHN | [China Open](2000-china-open-snooker) | Mission Hills Resort | Shenzhen | England Ronnie O'Sullivan | Wales Mark Williams | 9–3 | |
| 13 Jan | 21 Jan | ENG | [Nations Cup](2001-nations-cup-snooker) | The Hexagon | Reading | 6–2 | |||
| 24 Jan | 28 Jan | WAL | [Welsh Open](2001-welsh-open-snooker) | Cardiff International Arena | Cardiff | Ireland Ken Doherty | England Paul Hunter | 9–2 | |
| 4 Feb | 11 Feb | ENG | [Masters](2001-masters-snooker) | Wembley Conference Centre | London | England Paul Hunter | Ireland Fergal O'Brien | 10–9 | |
| 21 Feb | 25 Feb | MLT | [Malta Grand Prix](2001-malta-grand-prix) | Mediterranean Conference Centre | Valletta | Scotland Stephen Hendry | Wales Mark Williams | 7–1 | |
| 11 Mar | 17 Mar | THA | [Thailand Masters](2001-thailand-masters) | Mercahant Court Hotel | Bangkok | Ireland Ken Doherty | Scotland Stephen Hendry | 9–3 | |
| 27 Mar | 1 Apr | IRL | [Irish Masters](2001-irish-masters) | Citywest Hotel | Dublin | England Ronnie O'Sullivan | Scotland Stephen Hendry | 9–8 | |
| 8 Apr | 15 Apr | SCO | [Scottish Open](2001-scottish-open-snooker) | A.E.C.C. | Aberdeen | England Peter Ebdon | Ireland Ken Doherty | 9–7 | |
| 21 Apr | 7 May | ENG | [World Snooker Championship](2001-world-snooker-championship) | Crucible Theatre | Sheffield | England Ronnie O'Sullivan | Scotland John Higgins | 18–14 | |
| 6 Jan | 13 May | SCO | [Premier League](2001-premier-league-snooker) | Inverness Leisure Centre | Inverness | England Ronnie O'Sullivan | Scotland Stephen Hendry | 9–7 |
| Non-ranking event |
|---|
Challenge Tour
| Start | Finish | Country | Tournament name | Venue | City | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Ref. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct | 2 Nov | ENG | Challenge Tour 1 | Jesters Snooker Club | Swindon | ENG Adrian Rosa | ENG Surinder Gill | 6–4 | title=2000/2001 Challenger Tour Provisional Tour Tournament Dates | url=http://www.fcsnooker.co.uk/Players/Challenge_tour/tour_dates.htm | access-date=4 November 2011 | date=26 April 2002 | work=fcsnooker | publisher=The Frank Callan Suite | location=Preston, Lancashire | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012121040/http://www.fcsnooker.co.uk/Players/Challenge_tour/tour_dates.htm | archive-date=12 October 2008}} |
| 18 Dec | 20 Dec | ENG | Challenge Tour 2 | Manhattan Club and Snooker Centre | Harrogate | ENG Andrew Norman | ENG Luke Fisher | 6–3 | |||||||||
| 9 Mar | 11 Mar | ENG | Challenge Tour 3 | Jesters Snooker Club | Swindon | ENG Shaun Murphy | ENG Andrew Norman | 6–3 | |||||||||
| 4 Apr | 6 Apr | ENG | Challenge Tour 4 | Manhattan Club and Snooker Centre | Harrogate | ENG Shaun Murphy | ENG Luke Simmonds | 6–2 | title=Challenge Tour Event Four Finals | url=http://worldsnooker.com/snooker_media_centre/challenge_tour_4/stats.asp | work=worldsnooker.com | publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association | access-date=29 June 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010407205221/http://worldsnooker.com/snooker_media_centre/challenge_tour_4/stats.asp | archive-date=7 April 2001}} |
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.
| No. | Ch. | Player | Points 1998/1999 | Points 1999/2000 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WAL Mark Williams | 25445 | 31655 | 57100 | |
| 2 | SCO John Higgins | 22755 | 21690 | 44445 | |
| 3 | SCO Stephen Hendry | 24445 | 18125 | 42570 | |
| 4 | ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan | 12440 | 20200 | 32640 | |
| 5 | ENG Stephen Lee | 15625 | 15980 | 31605 | |
| 6 | WAL Matthew Stevens | 13100 | 18005 | 31105 | |
| 7 | IRL Ken Doherty | 12995 | 16260 | 29255 | |
| 8 | SCO Alan McManus | 15760 | 9750 | 25510 | |
| 9 | IRL Fergal O'Brien | 13667 | 11035 | 24702 | |
| 10 | ENG John Parrott | 14665 | 9400 | 24065 | |
| 11 | ENG Anthony Hamilton | 12255 | 11260 | 23515 | |
| 12 | ENG Peter Ebdon | 11470 | 11885 | 23355 | |
| 13 | ENG Dave Harold | 10885 | 11852 | 22737 | |
| 14 | ENG Paul Hunter | 12422 | 10075 | 22497 | |
| 15 | HKG Marco Fu | 10372 | 11957 | 22329 | |
| 16 | NIR Joe Swail | 8835 | 12755 | 21590 |
Notes
References
References
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- "2000 Benson and Hedges Championship". AZ Billiards.
- "Liverpool Victoria UK Championship 2000". Snooker.org.
- "China Open 2000". Snooker.org.
- "Coalite Nations Cup 2001". AZ Billiards.
- Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Werbeniuk passes away". [[Eurosport.
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