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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

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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 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

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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 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

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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 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

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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 Steady Wales Mark Williams 31655 21735 53390
2 Rise England Ronnie O'Sullivan 20200 25399 45599
3 Fall Scotland John Higgins 21690 22034 43724
4 Rise Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 16260 22079 38339
5 Fall Scotland Stephen Hendry 18125 17478 35603
6 Steady Wales Matthew Stevens 18005 14879 32884
7 Rise England Peter Ebdon 11885 20777 32662
8 Fall England Stephen Lee 15980 13944 29924
9 Rise England Paul Hunter 10075 15809 25884
10 Rise Northern Ireland Joe Swail 12755 12117 24872
11 Rise England Jimmy White 11575 12009 23584
12 Fall Scotland Alan McManus 9750 12190 21940
13 Rise England Mark King 9980 11895 21875
14 Rise Scotland Graeme Dott 10367 11397 21764
15 Fall England Dave Harold 11852 9578 21430
16 Fall Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 11035 10096 21131

Notes

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References

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  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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