The 2001 Welsh Open (officially the 2001 Regal Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 and 28 January 2001 at the Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff, Wales.
John Higgins was the defending champion, but he lost his quarter-final match against Stephen Lee.
Ken Doherty defeated Paul Hunter 9–2 in the final to win his fourth ranking title.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £62,000 Runner-up: £33,000 Semi-finalists: £16,500 Quarter-finalists: £9,400 Last 16: £4,800 Last 32: £3,900 Last 48: £3,100 Last 64: £2,400 Last 96: £1,550 Last 128: £950 Highest break (televised): £5,000 Highest break (untelevised): £1,000 Total: £440,200
Tournament summary
Defending champion John Higgins was the number 1 seed with World Champion Mark Williams seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.
Main draw
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Graham Harding.Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales, 28 January 2001. Paul Hunter (14) 2–9 Ken Doherty (7)Afternoon: 1–63, 76–1 (68), 23–77 (71), 59–0, 56–62 (52), 5–57, 51–73, 13–129 (125)Evening: 44–72, 8–99 (56), 36–85 (69) 68 Highest break 125 0 Century breaks 1 1 50+ breaks 5
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