The 2001 UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Barbican Centre in York, England. The event started on 3 December 2001 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 8 and 16 December 2001. This was the first UK Championship to be held in York, becoming only the fourth venue in the championship's history.
John Higgins was the defending champion, but he lost his quarter-final match against Stephen Lee. Ronnie O'Sullivan won his third UK title by defeating Ken Doherty 10–1 in the final. This was the biggest win in the final since the championship introduced the best-of-19-frame finals in 1993. The victory meant that O'Sullivan – the reigning World Champion – had now won both major ranking events in the same calendar year. Peter Ebdon compiled the highest break, a 143, in his last 32 match against Michael Judge.
Tournament summary
Defending champion John Higgins was the number 1 seed with World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £100,000 Runner-up: £54,000 Highest break: £10,000 Total: £600,000
Main draw
David Finbow retires due to health problems
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams.Barbican Centre, York, England, 16 December 2001. Ken Doherty (4) 1–10 Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)Afternoon: 47–70, 95–0 (95), 34–92 (72), 0–106 (106), 5–93, 6–76 (72), 1–103 (62), 10–79Evening: 1–105 (59), 12–74 (66), 8–77 (58) 95 Highest break 106 0 Century breaks 1 1 50+ breaks 7
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
145 Darren Morgan 140 Euan Henderson 134 Ricky Walden 129, 120 Michael Judge 128 Nick Dyson 125, 105 Bjorn Haneveer 124 James Wattana 123, 111 Luke Fisher 122, 109, 103, 100 Mark Davis 120, 117 Stephen Maguire
119 Wayne Cooper 117 Kurt Maflin 114 Andrew Higginson 111 Ali Carter 110 Adrian Gunnell 110 Bradley Jones 108 Marco Fu 107, 101 Robin Hull 106 David Gray 101 Mark Gray
Televised stage centuries
143, 136, 117, 112 Peter Ebdon 142, 131, 130, 110, 107, 106 Ronnie O'Sullivan 140 Dominic Dale 137, 136, 119 Stephen Lee 137, 121, 109, 107 Mark Williams 137 Fergal O'Brien 136 John Higgins 134, 130, 127, 121 Stephen Hendry 127 Steve Davis 125 Tony Drago 118, 114, 114 Robin Hull
117, 109 Matthew Stevens 117 Graeme Dott 112 Paul Hunter 107, 106, 104 Ken Doherty 104 Nick Dyson 104 Joe Swail 103 Anthony Hamilton 101, 100 Mark Davis 101 Marco Fu 101 Terry Murphy 100 John Parrott
References