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.
Calendar World Snooker Tour Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 26 Aug 3 Sep Champions Cup Brighton Centre Brighton Ronnie O'Sullivan Mark Williams 7–5 1 Oct 8 Oct British Open Plymouth Pavilions Plymouth Peter Ebdon Jimmy White 9–6 Grand Prix Telford International Centre Telford Mark Williams Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–5 24 Oct 29 Oct Scottish Masters Civic Centre Motherwell Ronnie O'Sullivan Stephen Hendry 9–6 5 Nov 16 Nov Benson & Hedges Championship Willie Thorne Snooker Centre Malvern Shaun Murphy Stuart Bingham 9–7 18 Nov 3 Dec UK Championship Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth John Higgins Mark Williams 10–4 9 Dec 17 Dec China Open Mission Hills Resort Shenzhen Ronnie O'Sullivan Mark Williams 9–3 13 Jan 21 Jan Nations Cup The Hexagon Reading 6–2 24 Jan 28 Jan Welsh Open Cardiff International Arena Cardiff Ken Doherty Paul Hunter 9–2 4 Feb 11 Feb Masters Wembley Conference Centre London Paul Hunter Fergal O'Brien 10–9 21 Feb 25 Feb Malta Grand Prix Mediterranean Conference Centre Valletta Stephen Hendry Mark Williams 7–1 11 Mar 17 Mar Thailand Masters Mercahant Court Hotel Bangkok Ken Doherty Stephen Hendry 9–3 27 Mar 1 Apr Irish Masters Citywest Hotel Dublin Ronnie O'Sullivan Stephen Hendry 9–8 8 Apr 15 Apr Scottish Open A.E.C.C. Aberdeen Peter Ebdon Ken Doherty 9–7 21 Apr 7 May Crucible Theatre Sheffield Ronnie O'Sullivan John Higgins 6 Jan 13 May Premier League Inverness Leisure Centre Inverness Ronnie O'Sullivan Stephen Hendry 9–7
Ranking event Non-ranking event
Challenge Tour Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 31 Oct 2 Nov Challenge Tour 1 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon Adrian Rosa Surinder Gill 6–4 18 Dec 20 Dec Challenge Tour 2 Manhattan Club and Snooker Centre Harrogate Andrew Norman Luke Fisher 6–3 9 Mar 11 Mar Challenge Tour 3 Jesters Snooker Club Swindon Shaun Murphy Andrew Norman 6–3 4 Apr 6 Apr Challenge Tour 4 Harrogate Shaun Murphy Luke Simmonds 6–2
Official rankings
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.
No. Ch. 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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