2000/01 snooker season

2000/01 snooker season
Season dates
Beginning of the season	August 26, 2000
End of season	May 7, 2001
Ranked tournaments	8th
Invitation tournaments	7th
number of players	365
Triple Crown Winner
UK Championship	John Higgins
Masters	Paul Hunter
World Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan
World ranking
Ranking first	Mark Williams
← 1999/2000 2001/02 →

The 2000/01 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments that were part of the Main Tour . 15 titles were awarded this season, and eight tournaments also included world ranking points.

Season results

The table shows the results of the finals this season.

date	competition	venue	Art	winner	Final opponent	Result
August 26th to September 3rd, 2000	Champions Cup 2000	Brighton	Invitation tournament	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Mark Williams	7: 5
October 1 to October 8, 2000	British Open 2000	Plymouth	World ranking tournament	Peter Ebdon	Jimmy White	9: 6
October 13 to October 22, 2000	Grand Prix 2000	Telford	World ranking tournament	Mark Williams	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9: 5
October 24 to October 29, 2000	Scottish Masters 2000	Motherwell	Invitation tournament	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Stephen Hendry	9: 6
November 2000	Merseyside Professional 2000	Liverpool	Non-ranking tournament	Michael Holt	Rod Lawler	5: 3
November 5 to November 16, 2000	Benson & Hedges Championship 2000	Malvern	Invitation tournament	Shaun Murphy	Stuart Bingham	9: 7
November 18 to December 3, 2000	UK Championship 2000	Bournemouth	World ranking tournament	John Higgins	Mark Williams	10: 4
December 9th to December 17th, 2000	China Open 2000	Shenzhen	World ranking tournament	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Mark Williams	9: 3
January 13 to January 21, 2001	Nations Cup 2001	Newcastle	Invitation tournament	Scotland	Ireland	6: 2
January 24th to January 28th, 2001	Welsh Open 2001	Cardiff	World ranking tournament	Ken Doherty	Paul Hunter	9: 2
February 4 to February 11, 2001	Masters 2001	London	Invitation tournament	Paul Hunter	Fergal O'Brien	10: 9
February 21 to February 25, 2001	Malta Grand Prix 2001	Portomaso	Invitation tournament	Stephen Hendry	Mark Williams	7: 1
March 11th to March 17th, 2001	Thailand Masters 2001	Bangkok	World ranking tournament	Ken Doherty	Stephen Hendry	9: 3
March 27 to April 1, 2001	Irish Masters 2001	Dublin	Invitation tournament	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Stephen Hendry	9: 8
April 8 to April 15, 2001	Scottish Open 2001	Aberdeen	World ranking tournament	Peter Ebdon	Ken Doherty	9: 7
April 21 to May 7, 2001	2001 World Snooker Championship	Sheffield	World ranking tournament	Ronnie O'Sullivan	John Higgins	18:14

World ranking

The snooker world ranking was only updated after a completed season and took into account the performance of the past two seasons. The following table shows the 32 top ranked players of the 2000/01 season; it is based on the results from 1998/99 and 1999/2000 . The previous year's position is given in brackets.

Place 1 - 8		Place 9 - 16		17th - 24th place		Place 25 - 32
1	Mark Williams (3)	9	Fergal O'Brien (11)	17th	Steve Davis (15)	25th	Darren Morgan (23)
2	John Higgins (1)	10	John Parrott (5)	18th	Jimmy White (16)	26th	Tony Drago (20)
3	Stephen Hendry (2)	11	Anthony Hamilton (10)	19th	Graeme Dott (25)	27	James Wattana (22)
4th	Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)	12	Peter Ebdon (13)	20th	Dominic Dale (19)	28	Brian Morgan (31)
5	Stephen Lee (6)	13	Dave Harold (17)	21st	Chris Small (18)	29	Drew Henry (45)
6th	Matthew Stevens (9)	14th	Paul Hunter (12)	22nd	Mark King (14)	30th	Terry Murphy (30)
7th	Ken Doherty (7)	15th	Marco Fu (35)	23	Nigel Bond (21)	31	Joe Perry (34)
8th	Alan McManus (8)	16	Joe Swail (28)	24	Billy Snaddon (24)	32	Quinten Hann (26)

Individual evidence

1. ^ The 2000/2001 Season. In: snooker.org. Retrieved March 19, 2016 . 
2. ↑ 2000/2001 Embassy World Rankings. In: snooker.org. Retrieved March 19, 2016 .