European Open 2001

European Open 2001
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Venue:	Mediterranean Conference Center , Valletta , Malta
Opening:	November 23, 2001
Endgame:	December 1, 2001
Winner:	Stephen Hendry
Finalist:	Joe Perry
Highest Break:	134 ( Stephen Lee )
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The European Open 2001 was a tournament of the 2001/02 snooker season , which was held from November 23, 2001 to December 1, 2001 in the Mediterranean Conference Center in the Maltese capital Valletta . The previous tournament, the Malta Grand Prix 2000 , was won by Ken Doherty . This lost in the semi-finals 4-6 against Stephen Hendry , who later defeated Joe Perry 9-2 .

Prize money

	Prize money
winner	£ 44,000
finalist	£ 22,000
Semi-finalist	£ 11,600
Quarter finalist	£ 6,800
Round of 16	4000 pounds
Last 32	£ 2,600
Last 48	1450 pounds
Last 64	£ 1050
Last 80	£ 700
Last 96	395 pounds
Highest break	Main Tournament: £ 3000 Qualification: £ 1000

Tournament schedule

Source:

	Last 32 best of 9 frames				Round of 16 best of 9 frames				Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames				Semi-final best of 11 frames				Final Best of 17 frames
	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
	Stephen Maguire	3
					Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
					James Wattana	1
	James Wattana	5
	Dave Harold	4th
									Ronnie O'Sullivan	4th
									Stephen Hendry	5
	Graeme Dott	5
	Robert Milkins	0
					Graeme Dott	0
					Stephen Hendry	5
	Stephen Hendry	5
	Ian McCulloch	1
													Stephen Hendry	6th
													Ken Doherty	4th
	Stephen Lee	5
	Alfie Burden	4th
					Stephen Lee	5
					Michael Judge	1
	Mark King	4th
	Michael Judge	5
									Stephen Lee	4th
									Ken Doherty	5
	Alan McManus	5
	Craig Butler	0
					Alan McManus	3
					Ken Doherty	5
	Ken Doherty	5
	Quinten Hann	1
																	Stephen Hendry	9
																	Joe Perry	2
	John Higgins	5
	Jamie Burnett	1
					John Higgins	1
					Jimmy White	5
	Jimmy White	5
	David Gray	1
									Jimmy White	3
									Joe Perry	5
	Joe Swail	3
	Joe Perry	5
					Joe Perry	5
					Matthew Stevens	2
	Matthew Stevens	5
	Anthony Davies	3
													Joe Perry	6th
													Mark Williams	2
	Peter Ebdon	1
	Billy Snaddon	5
					Billy Snaddon	5
					Nigel Bond	4th
	Paul Hunter	2
	Nigel Bond	5
									Billy Snaddon	2
									Mark Williams	5
	Fergal O'Brien	5
	Mark Davis	2
					Fergal O'Brien	2
					Mark Williams	5
	Mark Williams	5
	Dominic Dale	2

final

Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Michael Montalto Mediterranean Conference Center,  Valletta , Malta , December 1, 2001
Stephen Hendry	9 : 2	Joe Perry
Session 1: 124 : 4 (124), 5: 118 (118), 93 : 1 (88), 117 : 0 (117), 28: 84 , 130 : 8 (130), 81 : 0 (53), 90 : 30 (50) 2nd session: 69 : 22, 86 : 33 (82), 66 : 27
130	Highest break	118
2	Century breaks	1
7th	50+ breaks	1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.eurosport.de/snooker/european-masters-in-bukarest-preisgeld-distanzen-geschichte-und-mehr_sto6348802/story.shtml
2. ↑ https://cuetracker.net/tournaments/european-open/2001/275/finishes
3. ↑ http://www.snooker.org/trn/0102/eo2001_res.shtml
4. ↑ https://cuetracker.net/tournaments/european-open/2001/275