2001 World Snooker Championship




























































Embassy World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates 21 April–7 May 2001
Venue Crucible Theatre
City Sheffield
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format
Ranking event
Total prize fund
£1,532,000
Winner's share £260,000
Highest break
Northern Ireland Joe Swail (140)
Final
Champion
England Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up
Scotland John Higgins
Score 18–14

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The 2001 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2001 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 21 April and 7 May 2001 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.


Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost in the second round 12–13 against Joe Swail and became another first-time champion who fell to the Crucible curse and could not defend his first World title.


Ronnie O'Sullivan won his first World title by defeating John Higgins 18–14 in the final. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.




Contents






  • 1 Tournament summary


  • 2 Prize fund


  • 3 Main draw


  • 4 Qualifying


    • 4.1 Round 1


    • 4.2 Round 2–4


    • 4.3 Round 5–6




  • 5 Century breaks


  • 6 References





Tournament summary



  • Both Steve Davis and Jimmy White failed to qualify for the 2001 championship for the first time in their careers since 1979 and 1981 respectively..[1][2] They both lost in the final qualifying round. Davis lost 6–10 against Andy Hicks and White 7–10 against Michael Judge.[3]


  • Patrick Wallace reached the quarter-finals of the championship on his debut, however he never qualified for the main draw again.[4]



Prize fund


The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5]



  • Winner: £250,000

  • Runner-up: £147,000

  • Semi-final: £73,000

  • Quarter-final: £36,500

  • Last 16: £20,000

  • Last 32: £14,000

  • Last 48: £10,500

  • Last 64: £6,600

  • Last 96: £4,000

  • Last 128: £1,100

  • Highest break: £20,000


  • Maximum break: £147,000

  • Total: £1,532,000



Main draw


Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).[6][7][8]




































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































First round


Second round


Quarter-finals


Semi-finals

Best of 19 frames

Best of 25 frames

Best of 25 frames

Best of 33 frames

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

21 April[9]
 
 

 
 

 
 



 Wales Mark Williams (1)
 10

26, 27 & 28 April[10]

 Scotland Billy Snaddon
 4
 

 Wales Mark Williams (1)
 12

25 April[9]

 
 Northern Ireland Joe Swail (16)
 13
 

 Northern Ireland Joe Swail (16)
 10


1 & 2 May[11]

 England Sean Storey
 9
 

 Northern Ireland Joe Swail (16)
 13

24 April[9]

 
 Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace
 11
 

 Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien (9)
 8

29 & 30 April[10]


 England Mark King
 10
 

 England Mark King
 5

23 & 24 April[9]

 
 Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace
 13
 

 Scotland Alan McManus (8)
 2


3, 4 & 5 May[12]

 Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace
 10
 

 Northern Ireland Joe Swail (16)
 11

25 & 26 April[9]

 
 England Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)
 17

 England Stephen Lee (5)
 10

28, 29 & 30 April[10]


 England Nigel Bond
 3
 

 England Stephen Lee (5)
 12

22 & 23 April[9]

 
 England Peter Ebdon (12)
 13
 

 England Peter Ebdon (12)
 10


1 & 2 May[11]

 Thailand James Wattana
 8
 

 England Peter Ebdon (12)
 6

21 & 22 April[9]

 
 England Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)
 13
 

 England Dave Harold (13)
 10

27 & 28 April[10]


 Australia Quinten Hann
 5
 

 England Dave Harold (13)
 6

22 & 23 April[9]

 
 England Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)
 13
 

 England Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)
 10




 England Andy Hicks
 2
 


25 & 26 April[9]
 
 

 
 

 
 



 Scotland Stephen Hendry (3)
 10

29 & 30 April[10]

 England Mark Davis
 5
 

 Scotland Stephen Hendry (3)
 13

21 & 22 April[9]

 
 England Paul Hunter (14)
 5
 

 England Paul Hunter (14)
 10


1 & 2 May[11]

 England David Roe
 6
 

 Scotland Stephen Hendry (3)
 5

21 & 22 April

 
 Wales Matthew Stevens (6)
 13
 

 England Anthony Hamilton (11)
 10

26 & 27 April[10]


 Scotland Marcus Campbell
 4
 

 England Anthony Hamilton (11)
 5

21 & 22 April[9]

 
 Wales Matthew Stevens (6)
 13
 

 Wales Matthew Stevens (6)
 10


3, 4 & 5 May[13]

 Malta Tony Drago
 1
 

 Wales Matthew Stevens (6)
 15

23 April[9]

 
 Scotland John Higgins (2)
 17

 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty (7)
 10

27 & 28 April[10]


 England Nick Dyson
 7
 

 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty (7)
 13

23 & 24 April[9]

 
 Republic of Ireland Michael Judge
 7
 

 England John Parrott (10)
 6


1 & 2 May[11]

 Republic of Ireland Michael Judge
 10
 

 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty (7)
 6

24 & 25 April[9]

 
 Scotland John Higgins (2)
 13
 

 Hong Kong Marco Fu (15)
 8

28, 29 & 30 April[10]


 Scotland Chris Small
 10
 

 Scotland Chris Small
 8

24 & 25 April[9]

 
 Scotland John Higgins (2)
 13
 

 Scotland John Higgins (2)
 10




 Scotland Graeme Dott
 4
 
















Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. 6 & 7 May 2001.[14] Referee: Eirian Williams.[15]

Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)
 England

18–14

John Higgins (2)
 Scotland

92–41, 0–92, 81–0, 79–0, 56–47, 0–135, 90–28, 71–0, 49–72, 49–36, 2–53, 50–68, 99–0, 100–12, 22–108, 99–0, 81–26, 12–78, 139–0, 85–0, 133–0, 33–65, 21–67, 0–98, 19–68, 68–0, 78–43, 8–67, 5–101, 68–60, 69–71, 80–45
Century breaks: 4 (O'Sullivan 2, Higgins 2)

Highest break by O'Sullivan: 139

Highest break by Higgins: 135


92–41, 0–92, 81–0, 79–0, 56–47, 0–135, 90–28, 71–0, 49–72, 49–36, 2–53, 50–68, 99–0, 100–12, 22–108, 99–0, 81–26, 12–78, 139–0, 85–0, 133–0, 33–65, 21–67, 0–98, 19–68, 68–0, 78–43, 8–67, 5–101, 68–60, 69–71, 80–45

England Ronnie O'Sullivan wins the 2001 Embassy World Snooker Championship


Qualifying


The qualifying matches were held between 20 February and 4 March 2001 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.



Round 1












































Best of 19 frames
China Hasimu Tuerxun
10–3

Germany Lasse Münstermann
England Tom Ford
10–2

Thailand Charoen Phorat
England Ricky Walden
10–5

Republic of Ireland David McDonnell
England Shailesh Jogia
10–9

England Shaun Murphy
Canada Bob Chaperon
10–6

England Ian Hurdman
England Darryn Walker
10–3

England Eddie Barker
England Lee Spick
10–7

England Michael Rhodes
Australia Neil Robertson
10–7

England Paul Davison


Round 2–4








































































































































































Round 2
(Best of 19 frames)
Round 3
(Best of 19 frames)
Round 4
(Best of 19 frames)

Scotland Hugh Abernethy 10–4 China Hasimu Tuerxun

Scotland Hugh Abernethy 10–8 Northern Ireland Jason Prince

England Rod Lawler 10–4 Scotland Hugh Abernethy

England Nick Dyson 10–7 England Ian Brumby

England Nick Dyson 10–8 England Mark Gray

England Nick Dyson 10–7 England Steve James

England Tony Knowles 10–4 Republic of Ireland Colm Gilcreest

England Tony Knowles 10–9 New Zealand Dene O'Kane

England Jimmy Michie 10–2 England Tony Knowles

England Jason Weston 10–8 England Lee Richardson

England Nick Pearce 10–6 England Jason Weston

Canada Alain Robidoux 10–6 England Nick Pearce

England Tom Ford 10–4 Scotland Scott Mackenzie

England Barry Pinches 10–5 England Tom Ford

England Barry Pinches 10–5 England Dave Finbow

England Craig Harrison w/o–w/d England Barry Pinches

England Neal Foulds 10–9 England Craig Harrison]

Scotland Jamie Burnett 10–5 England Neal Foulds

Sweden Farhan Mirza 10–8 England Craig Roper

Pakistan Shokat Ali 10–3 Sweden Farhan Mirza

Pakistan Shokat Ali 10–7 England Stuart Bingham

England Jeff Cundy 10–6 England Ricky Walden

England Mark Davis 10–3 England Jeff Cundy

England Mark Davis 10–4 England Peter Lines

Scotland Stephen Maguire 10–3 England Troy Shaw

Scotland Stephen Maguire 10–3 Scotland John Lardner

Scotland Stephen Maguire 10–2 England Stuart Pettman

England Sean Storey 10–6 England Wayne Saidler

England Sean Storey 10–2 Republic of Ireland Stephen O'Connor

England Sean Storey 10–8 England Gary Ponting

England Barry Hawkins w/o–w/d Wales Mark Bennett

England Barry Hawkins 10–8 England Robert Milkins

England Bradley Jones 10–8 England Barry Hawkins

Thailand Noppadon Noppachorn 10–8 England Anthony Bolsover

Thailand Noppadon Noppachorn 10–5 England Mike Dunn

Thailand Noppadon Noppachorn 10–9 England Paul Wykes

England Munraj Pal 10–2 Scotland Alan Burnett

England Munraj Pal 10–3 England Mick Price

Wales Anthony Davies 10–6 England Munraj Pal

Scotland Paul McPhillips 10–7 England Shailesh Jogia

Scotland Paul McPhillips 10–6 England Tony Jones

Republic of Ireland Michael Judge 10–1 England Paul McPhillips

Belgium Bjorn Haneveer 10–4 Richard King

Belgium Bjorn Haneveer 10–2 Darren Clarke

Belgium Bjorn Haneveer 10–4 England Jason Ferguson

England Craig Butler 10–9 Wales Ryan Day

England Craig Butler 10–7 England Karl Broughton

England Craig Butler 10–6 Wales Lee Walker

Belgium Patrick Delsemme w/o–w/d Wales Gareth Chilcott

Belgium Patrick Delsemme 10–8 England Leigh Griffin

Belgium Patrick Delsemme 10–3 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene

Netherlands Stefan Mazrocis 10–4 Cyprus Mehmet Husnu

England Steve Judd 10–8 Netherlands Stefan Mazrocis

England Alfie Burden 10–2 England Steve Judd

England Jason Barton 10–7 Chris Shade

England Jason Barton 10–8 England Tony Chappel

England Gary Wilkinson 10–5 England Jason Barton

England Andrew Higginson 10–7 Canada Bob Chaperon

England Andrew Higginson 10–8 England Adrian Gunnell

England Michael Holt 10–5 England Andrew Higginson

Wales Philip Williams 10–5 Netherlands Mario Wehrmann

Wales Philip Williams 10–8 England Paul Sweeny

England Andy Hicks 10–8 Wales Philip Williams

England Eddie Manning 10–9 England Mike Hallett

England Wayne Brown 10–8 England Eddie Manning

Scotland Euan Henderson 10–3 England Wayne Brown

England Darryn Walker 10–4 Wales Wayne Jones

England Darryn Walker 10–9 Thailand Phaitoon Phonbun

England Jonathan Birch 10–8 England Darryn Walker

England Stuart Mann 10–5 England Peter McCullagh

England Stuart Mann 10–9 Scotland Martin Dziewialtowski

England Stuart Mann 10–2 England Matthew Couch

Wales James Reynolds 10–9 Republic of Ireland Joe Delaney

England Dean Reynolds 10–7 Wales James Reynolds

England David Roe 10–8 England Dean Reynolds

England Karl Burrows w/o–w/d England Nick Terry

England Karl Burrows 10–3 Scotland Craig MacGillivray

England Karl Burrows 10–7 England John Read

Finland Robin Hull 10–7 England Barry Mapstone

England Ali Carter 10–4 Finland Robin Hull

Scotland Marcus Campbell 10–8 England Ali Carter

England Lee Spick 10–3 England Matt Wilson

Iceland Kristján Helgason 10–7 England Lee Spick

England David Gray 10–4 Iceland Kristján Helgason

Australia Neil Robertson 10–9 Scotland David McLellan

Australia Neil Robertson 10–9 Wales Mark Fenton

England Ian McCulloch 10–8 Australia Neil Robertson

Thailand Somporn Kathawung 10–4 England Graham Lee

Thailand Somporn Kathawung 10–6 England Willie Thorne

England Joe Johnson 10–2 Thailand Somporn Kathawung

England Simon Bedford 10–5 China Da Hailin

England Simon Bedford 10–8 Republic of Ireland Leo Fernandez

England Simon Bedford 10–3 Wales Paul Davies

England Mark Selby 10–4 England Stuart Reardon

England Nick Walker 10–9 England Mark Selby

Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace 10–2 England Nick Walker


Round 5–6


[6]







































































Round 5
(Best of 19 frames)
Round 6
(Best of 19 frames)

England Nick Dyson 10–8 England Rod Lawler

England Nick Dyson 10–9 England Brian Morgan

England Jimmy Michie 10–7 Canada Alain Robidoux

England Nigel Bond 10–6 England Jimmy Michie

England Barry Pinches 10–5 Scotland Jamie Burnett

Scotland Chris Small 10–8 England Barry Pinches

England Mark Davis 10–5 Pakistan Shokat Ali

England Mark Davis 10–9 Wales Dominic Dale

England Sean Storey 10–5 Scotland Stephen Maguire

England Sean Storey 10–9 Northern Ireland Terry Murphy

England Bradley Jones 10–2 Thailand Noppadon Noppachorn

England Mark King 10–6 England Bradley Jones

Republic of Ireland Michael Judge 10–9 Wales Anthony Davies

Republic of Ireland Michael Judge 10–7 England Jimmy White

Belgium Bjorn Haneveer 10–7 England Craig Butler

Scotland Graeme Dott 10–8 Belgium Bjorn Haneveer

Belgium Patrick Delsemme 10–7 England Alfie Burden

Australia Quinten Hann 10–3 England Patrick Delsemme

England Michael Holt 10–5 England Gary Wilkinson

Scotland Billy Snaddon 10–6 England Michael Holt

England Andy Hicks 10–9 Scotland Euan Henderson

England Andy Hicks 10–6 England Steve Davis

England Jonathan Birch 10–6 England Stuart Mann

Thailand James Wattana 10–5 England Jonathan Birch

England David Roe 10–8 England Karl Burrows

England David Roe 10–8 Wales Darren Morgan

Scotland Marcus Campbell 10–9 England David Gray

Scotland Marcus Campbell 10–5 Scotland Drew Henry

England Ian McCulloch 10–4 England Joe Johnson

Malta Tony Drago 10–9 England Ian McCulloch

Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace 10–9 England Simon Bedford

Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace 10–4 England Joe Perry


Century breaks


There were 53 century breaks in the Championship.[16] The highest break of the tournament was 140 made by Joe Swail.[6][17]











References





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