2000–01 snooker season

2000–01 snooker season
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Duration	26 August 2000 – 13 May 2001
Tournaments	20 (8 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	John Higgins
Masters	Paul Hunter
World Championship	Ronnie O'Sullivan
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 26 August 2000 and 13 May 2001. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and invitational events.

Duration26 August 2000 – 13 May 2001

Tournaments20 (8 ranking events)

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Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
26 Aug	3 Sep	ENG	Champions Cup	Brighton Centre	Brighton	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Mark Williams	7–5	^[1]^[2]
1 Oct	8 Oct	ENG	British Open	Plymouth Pavilions	Plymouth	Peter Ebdon	Jimmy White	9–6	^[3]
13 Oct	22 Oct	ENG	Grand Prix	Telford International Centre	Telford	Mark Williams	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9–5	^[4]
24 Oct	29 Oct	SCO	Scottish Masters	Civic Centre	Motherwell	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Stephen Hendry	9–6	^[5]
5 Nov	16 Nov	ENG	Benson & Hedges Championship	Willie Thorne Snooker Centre	Malvern	Shaun Murphy	Stuart Bingham	9–7	^[6]
18 Nov	3 Dec	ENG	UK Championship	Bournemouth International Centre	Bournemouth	John Higgins	Mark Williams	10–4	^[7]
9 Dec	17 Dec	CHN	China Open	Mission Hills Resort	Shenzhen	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Mark Williams	9–3	^[8]
13 Jan	21 Jan	ENG	Nations Cup	The Hexagon	Reading	Scotland	Ireland	6–2	^[9]^[10]
24 Jan	28 Jan	WAL	Welsh Open	Cardiff International Arena	Cardiff	Ken Doherty	Paul Hunter	9–2	^[11]^[12]
4 Feb	11 Feb	ENG	Masters	Wembley Conference Centre	London	Paul Hunter	Fergal O'Brien	10–9	^[13]
21 Feb	25 Feb	MLT	Malta Grand Prix	Mediterranean Conference Centre	Valletta	Stephen Hendry	Mark Williams	7–1	^[14]
11 Mar	17 Mar	THA	Thailand Masters	Mercahant Court Hotel	Bangkok	Ken Doherty	Stephen Hendry	9–3	^[15]^[16]
27 Mar	1 Apr	IRL	Irish Masters	Citywest Hotel	Dublin	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Stephen Hendry	9–8	^[17]
8 Apr	15 Apr	SCO	Scottish Open	A.E.C.C.	Aberdeen	Peter Ebdon	Ken Doherty	9–7	^[18]^[19]
21 Apr	7 May	ENG	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Ronnie O'Sullivan	John Higgins	18–14	^[20]
6 Jan	13 May	SCO	Premier League	Inverness Leisure Centre	Inverness	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Stephen Hendry	9–7	^[21]

Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
31 Oct	2 Nov	ENG	Challenge Tour 1	Jesters Snooker Club	Swindon	Adrian Rosa	Surinder Gill	6–4	^[22]^[23]
18 Dec	20 Dec	ENG	Challenge Tour 2	Manhattan Club and Snooker Centre	Harrogate	Andrew Norman	Luke Fisher	6–3	^[22]^[23]
9 Mar	11 Mar	ENG	Challenge Tour 3	Jesters Snooker Club	Swindon	Shaun Murphy	Andrew Norman	6–3	^[22]^[23]
4 Apr	6 Apr	ENG	Challenge Tour 4	Manhattan Club and Snooker Centre	Harrogate	Shaun Murphy	Luke Simmonds	6–2	^[22]^[23]^[24]

No.	Player	Points 1998/1999	Points 1999/2000	Total
1	Mark Williams	25445	31655	57100
2	John Higgins	22755	21690	44445
3	Stephen Hendry	24445	18125	42570
4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	12440	20200	32640
5	Stephen Lee	15625	15980	31605
6	Matthew Stevens	13100	18005	31105
7	Ken Doherty	12995	16260	29255
8	Alan McManus	15760	9750	25510
9	Fergal O'Brien	13667	11035	24702
10	John Parrott	14665	9400	24065
11	Anthony Hamilton	12255	11260	23515
12	Peter Ebdon	11470	11885	23355
13	Dave Harold	10885	11852	22737
14	Paul Hunter	12422	10075	22497
15	Marco Fu	10372	11957	22329
16	Joe Swail	8835	12755	21590

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Details
Duration	26 August 2000 – 13 May 2001 (2000-08-26 – 2001-05-13)
Tournaments	20 (8 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	John Higgins
Masters	Paul Hunter
World Championship	Ronnie O'Sullivan
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

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