British Open 2001
British Open 2001
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Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
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Telewest Arena , Newcastle , England |
Opening: | September 29, 2001 |
Endgame: | October 7, 2001
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Winner: | John Higgins |
Finalist: | Graeme Dott |
Highest Break: | 143 ( Ronnie O'Sullivan ) |
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The British Open 2002 was a snooker tournament of the 2001/02 season , which was held from September 29 to October 7, 2001 in the Telewest Arena in Newcastle upon Tyne . After eight years in Plymouth , the tournament had moved to the north of England this time. The new sponsor Stan James , a British betting company, also ensured the highest prize money in tournament history that year.
Defending champion Peter Ebdon was eliminated in the quarterfinals. In an all-Scottish final, John Higgins beat his two years younger opponent Graeme Dott 9: 6. Higgins won the British Open for the third time, more often than only Stephen Hendry before .
Prize money / world ranking points
Prize money increased by £ 230,000 from a year earlier to £ 670,000 thanks to a new sponsor . There was no more to win at the British Open before or after. The winner got £ 30,500 more, while the bottom 32 was up by £ 4,500. However, there was only a slight increase in the qualifiers and since there was one less qualifying round, the losers in the round of 128 did not receive any bonuses this time. The points for the world rankings also fell significantly. The winner got 2,400 points, the runner-up 1,265 and the semi-final loser 335 points less. Little changed in the middle rounds, but the losers in the first qualifying rounds were again around 300 points less. Seeded players who lost their opening match only got 50% instead of 60% of the round points as before.
Prize money | World ranking points a |
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winner | £ 92,500 | 4,000 |
finalist | £ 50,500 | 3,000 |
Semi-finalist | £ 25,250 | 2,500 |
Quarter finalist | £ 13,600 | 2,050 |
Round of 16 | £ 10,900 | 1,750 |
Last 32 | £ 8,400 | 1,450 |
Last 48 | £ 4,400 | 1,150 |
Last 64 | £ 3,450 | 900 |
Last 80 | £ 2,350 | 650 |
Last 96 | £ 1,550 | 400 |
Last 128 | - | 200 |
Highest break | TV phase: £ 7,500 before: £ 1,800 |
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All in all | £ 670,250 |
Final round
As in the previous year, the main round in Newcastle was played with 48 players, with the top 16 of the world rankings being set for round 2.
Round 1
16 players had qualified in three rounds in Prestatyn . They competed against the players from 17th to 32nd place in the world rankings.
Top 32 to the finalThe top 16 of the world rankings were set for round 2 and played against the 16 winners from round 1. finalJohn Higgins and Graeme Dott met for the first time in a final, for Dott it was only the second final of his career. Except for the very first encounter in 1996, Higgins had won all previous duels. He also came into the final as a runner-up world champion and as the winner of the two previous invitation tournaments. But the high favorite got off to a bad start and was 1: 3 behind at the first mid-session break. However, he dominated the second half of the session and turned the result into a 5-3 lead. In the evening, Dott was only able to prevent the gap from getting bigger, but he was unable to shorten it. At 8: 6 he fought hard against the defeat, but Higgins was able to make the 9: 6 perfect. Not only was it his third British Open title, he was the first professional player to win the first three tournaments of a season.
qualificationThe qualifiers took place from July 26th to August 7th, 2001. In round 1, places 65 to 128 in the world rankings played against each other. From round 2, 32 players played against each other, with places 49 to 64 being set for round 3 and numbers 33 to 48 for round 4. Century breaks13 players achieved 25 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament. Ronnie O'Sullivan scored the highest TV break in the round of 16 with 143 points and the most Centurys overall. The highest tournament break, however, was achieved by Englishman Sean Storey in qualification: he lined up 145 points. Main tournament
a scored in round 1 (round of the last 48 without the top 16 players)
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