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2001–02 snooker season

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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.

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

Calendar

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World Snooker Tour

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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

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  3. ^ "Stan James British Open 2001". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
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  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.
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  15. ^ "Singha Thailand Masters 2002". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
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  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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