2007 Premier League Snooker

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

• Winner: £50,000
• Runner-up: £25,000
• Semi-final: £12,500
• Frame-win: £1,000
• Century break: £1,000
• Total: £250,000

League phase

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. (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)

• 6 September – Olympos, Haywards Heath, England

  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 John Higgins → 63–27, 12–72, 80(68)–37, 124(124)–6, 83–38, 107(83)–7
  • Ding Junhui 3–3 Jimmy White → 0–87(86), 142(138)–0, 48–78(70), 128(66, 62)–0, 35–67(66), 103(103)–0

• 13 September – Malvern Theatres, Great Malvern, England

  • Steve Davis 4–2 Neil Robertson → 67–50, 74(73)–46, 70(69)–21, 66–15, 38–45, 14–93( 69)
  • Stephen Hendry 4–2 Ronnie O'Sullivan → 66–52(51), 1–98(98), 104(78)–0, 79–52(52), 95(54)–0, 6–105(101)

• 20 September – Dorking Halls, Dorking, England

  • John Higgins 3–3 Neil Robertson → 29–60, 87(87)–21, 36–59, 126(126)–1, 65–47, 5–64
  • Jimmy White 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 4–113(102), 48–59, 77–0, 72–48, 63–37, 61–64

• 27 September – Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England

  • Ding Junhui 4–2 Ronnie O'Sullivan → 97(97)–0, 68–0, 137(137)–0, 57–67, 0–141(141), 72–21
  • Steve Davis 4–2 Jimmy White → 72–28, 31–56, 65(55)–33, 15–67, 49–14, 97(97)–0

• 4 October – Assembly Rooms, Derby, England

  • Stephen Hendry 5–1 Neil Robertson → 82(81)–0, 63–54, 77(77)–8, 130(130)–0, 67(67)–51, 50–77(59)
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Steve Davis → 105(105)–0, 141(141)–0, 96(96)–24, 75(55)–41, 0–147(143), 4–87

• 11 October – Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, England

  • Stephen Hendry 4–2 John Higgins → 117(63,50)-8, 24–59(53), 61–47, 128(128)–0, 0–128(128), 82–48
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–0 Jimmy White → 124(119)–0, 87(51)–0, 69–65, 87(87)–38, 72–37, 92(91)–4

• 25 October – The Cresset, Peterborough, England

  • Ding Junhui 4–2 Neil Robertson → 8–65(53), 0–128(124), 103(103)–0, 115(115)–1, 73(73)–64(59), 133(133)–0
  • Stephen Hendry 4–2 Steve Davis → 0–92(53), 94(58)–0, 101(55)–21, 73(73)–0, 81–21, 29–76(52)

• 1 November – Guildford Spectrum, Guildford, England

  • Ding Junhui 6–0 Steve Davis → 80–31, 115(115)–0, 110(101)–24, 61(61)–9, 83(60)–0, 104(104)–0
  • John Higgins 4–2 Jimmy White → 71(65)–1, 106(105)–4, 64(64)–0, 59–68, 54–32, 8–93

• 15 November – Glades Arena, Kidderminster, England

  • John Higgins 4–2 Ding Junhui → 67–62, 77(57)–55, 77–14, 44–101, 0–103(94), 84(55)–21
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–1 Neil Robertson → 77(57)–19, 114(**113 ****)–8, 58–56, 111(103)–10, 120(120)–6, 6–123(123)

• 22 November – Rothes Halls, Glenrothes, Scotland

  • Neil Robertson 3–3 Jimmy White → 36–69, 13–69, 65(51)–27, 42–60, 63(63)–24, 71(50)–17
  • Ding Junhui 6–0 Stephen Hendry → 133(133)–0, 88(87)–0, 136(136)–0, 138(138)–0, 75(54)–5, 66–36
  • John Higgins 3–3 Steve Davis → 79–16, 60(60)–15, 79–12, 1–69(68), 28–81, 33–74(70)

• ** On 15 November Ronnie O'Sullivan's 113 break in frame two of his 5–1 win over Neil Robertson was the 500th century break of his career.

Play-offs

1–2 December – AECC, Aberdeen, Scotland

Best of 9 frames Best of 13 frames | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=CHN Ding Junhui | RD1-score1=3 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=SCO John Higgins | RD1-score2=5 | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=SCO Stephen Hendry | RD1-score3=1 | RD1-seed4=3 | RD1-team4=ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan | RD1-score4=5 | RD2-seed1=4 | RD2-team1=SCO John Higgins | RD2-score1=4 | RD2-seed2=3 | RD2-team2=ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan | RD2-score2=7

Semi-Final 1 – Ding Junhui 3–5 John Higgins 40–50, 31–73(60), 100(100)–0, 77–0, 0–116(116), 66–52, 3–119(84), 1–72(72)

Semi-Final 2 – Stephen Hendry 1–5 Ronnie O'Sullivan 17–75(75), 18–80(76), 83–16, 35–87(82), 1–93(92), 48–56

Final – John Higgins 4–7 Ronnie O'Sullivan 73(73)–0, 4–84(54), 49–82(66), 80–26, 77–0, 2–90(80), 29–104(104), 14–86(86), 14–111(110), 108(104)–0, 0–107(69)

Century breaks

• 143 Steve Davis
• 141, 141, 124, 120, 119, 113, 110, 105, 104, 103, 101 Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 138, 138, 137, 136, 133, 133, 115, 115, 104, 103, 103, 101, 100 Ding Junhui
• 130, 128, 102 Stephen Hendry
• 128, 126, 116, 105, 104 John Higgins
• 124, 123 Neil Robertson

Notes

• Ding scored a record 495 points without reply in this match (this was a world record at the time) .

References

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