The 2001 Sportingbet.com Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 6 January to 13 May 2001. The highest break of the tournament was 143 made by Marco Fu against Stephen Hendry on 25 March 2001.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won in the final 9âÂÂ7 against Hendry.
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 4âÂÂ4 then the player who got to four first was higher.
- 6 January â Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales
- Marco Fu 5âÂÂ3 Mark Williams
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 7âÂÂ1 Steve Davis
- Stephen Hendry 4âÂÂ4 Jimmy White
- 7 January â Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales
- Marco Fu 6âÂÂ2 Jimmy White
- Stephen Hendry 6âÂÂ2 Steve Davis
- Mark Williams 4âÂÂ4 John Higgins
- 2 February â Woodford Leisure Centre, Hull, England
- Marco Fu 5âÂÂ3 Steve Davis
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 6âÂÂ2 Stephen Hendry
- 3 February â Woodford Leisure Centre, Hull, England
- Marco Fu 5âÂÂ3 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- Mark Williams 6âÂÂ2 Steve Davis
- John Higgins 5âÂÂ3 Jimmy White
- 17 February â Kingsway Leisure Centre, Widnes, England
- Steve Davis 5âÂÂ3 Jimmy White
- John Higgins 6âÂÂ2 Marco Fu
- Mark Williams 4âÂÂ4 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 18 February â Kingsway Leisure Centre, Widnes, England
- Stephen Hendry 6âÂÂ2 Mark Williams
- John Higgins 4âÂÂ4 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 24 March â Rothwell Sports Centre, Leeds, England
- Ronnie O'Sullivan 6âÂÂ2 Jimmy White
- Stephen Hendry 5âÂÂ3 John Higgins
- 25 March â Rothwell Sports Centre, Leeds, England
- John Higgins 5âÂÂ3 Steve Davis
- Marco Fu 5âÂÂ3 Stephen Hendry
- Mark Williams 7âÂÂ1 Jimmy White
Play-offs
12âÂÂ13 May â Inverness Leisure Centre, Inverness, Scotland
References