LG Cup 2001

LG Cup 2001
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Venue:	Guild Hall, Preston , England
Opening:	October 12, 2001
Endgame:	October 21, 2001
Winner:	Stephen Lee
Finalist:	Peter Ebdon
Highest Break:	147 ( Ronnie O'Sullivan )
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The LG Cup 2001 was a snooker tournament of the 2001/02 season , which was held from October 12 to 21, 2001 in the Guild Hall of Preston . The LG Cup was the continuation of the Grand Prix introduced in 1984 . After five years without a name sponsor, the company LG Electronics supported the competition from this year and thus ensured the new name. Preston was not the first time the venue, the 1998/99 Grand Prix had already taken place in the north-west English city.

The previous Grand Prix had Mark Williams won, but the world number one failed this time in the quarterfinals. With Stephen Lee and Peter Ebdon , two players met in the final who had already won the competition once. The winner was Stephen Lee with 9: 4, who repeated his success from 1998 in the same place.

Even Ronnie O'Sullivan repeated something that had him ever succeeded in Preston at this tournament in 1999: He scored in the second round a maximum break . It was the fifth break from 147 points in his career.

Prize money / world ranking points

With the new sponsor, the prize pool also increased by nearly £ 200,000 . The winner alone got £ 20,500 more. The prize money doubled for the round of 16 and the last 32. However, after the professional field was reduced to 128 players, there was no longer any bonus for placements outside the last 96. There were also adjustments to the points for the world rankings . While the two finalists got 800 and 200 points less, the number of points increased for the other participants, including the last qualifying round. In contrast, the qualifying participants who had previously dropped out received fewer points.

	Prize money	World ranking points a
winner	£ 82,500	4,000
finalist	£ 42,500	3,000
Semi-finalist	£ 21,250	2,500
Quarter finalist	£ 11,700	2,050
Round of 16	£ 9,600	1,750
Last 32	£ 7,800	1,450
Last 48	£ 4,000	1,150
Last 64	£ 3,150	900
Last 80	£ 2,150	650
Last 96	£ 1,450	400
Last 128	-	200
Highest break	TV phase: £ 7,500 before: £ 1,800
All in all	£ 597,200

^a Seeded players who lost their opening game in qualification or the main round received only 50% of the points.

There was an additional £ 20,000 bonus for the Maximum Break .

Final round

48 players played the main tournament in Preston . In round 1 32 players competed, the top 16 of the world rankings were set for round 2.

Round 1

16 players made it through the qualification successfully. They competed in round 1 against the world ranking players from 17th to 32nd.

game Player 1 Result Player 2 1 Quinten Hann  35 : 35  Michael Holt 2 Anthony Davies  52: 52  Jason Ferguson 3 Dominic Dale  05 : 05  Rory McLeod 4th Billy Snaddon  50: 50  Mark Davis 5 Steve Davis  35 : 35  Patrick Wallace 6th Michael Judge  53: 53  Phaitoon Phonbun 7th Chris Small  51: 51  Robin Hull 8th John Parrott  4th5 : 45  Shokat Ali 9 Marco Fu  4th5 : 45  Ali Carter 10 James Wattana  51: 51  Barry Hawkins 11 Joe Perry  52: 52  Brian Morgan 12 David Gray  05 : 05  Stephen Maguire 13 Anthony Hamilton  4th5 : 45  Gary Wilkinson 14th Tony Drago  54: 54th  Alfie Burden 15th Drew Henry  25 : 25  Marcus Campbell 16 Nigel Bond  53: 53  Jonathan Birch Top 32 to the final   Round 1 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                                                 1   Mark Williams 5                 25th   Quinten Hann 4th   1   Mark Williams 5   15th   Dave Harold 3   15th   Dave Harold 5 56   Jason Ferguson 2   1   Mark Williams 2   5   Stephen Hendry 5   12   Alan McManus 5     20th   Dominic Dale 3   12   Alan McManus 4th   5   Stephen Hendry 5   5   Stephen Hendry 5 60   Mark Davis 1   5   Stephen Hendry 4th   8th   Stephen Lee 6th   8th   Stephen Lee 5 21st   Steve Davis 1   8th   Stephen Lee 5   14th   Graeme Dott 4th   14th   Graeme Dott 5 74   Phaitoon Phonbun 1   8th   Stephen Lee 5   3   John Higgins 2   13   Mark King 5     86   Robin Hull 3   13   Mark King 4th   3   John Higgins 5   3   John Higgins 5 22nd   John Parrott 2   8th   Stephen Lee 9 7th   Peter Ebdon 4th 4th   Ken Doherty 2 17th   Marco Fu 5   17th   Marco Fu 4th   85   Barry Hawkins 5   16   Fergal O'Brien 4th 85   Barry Hawkins 5   85   Barry Hawkins 4th   10   Joe Swail 5   10   Joe Swail 5     33   Brian Morgan 1   10   Joe Swail 5   6th   Matthew Stevens 2   6th   Matthew Stevens 5 30th   David Gray 3   10   Joe Swail 3   7th   Peter Ebdon 6th   7th   Peter Ebdon 5 19th   Anthony Hamilton 4th   7th   Peter Ebdon 5   9   Paul Hunter 4th   9   Paul Hunter 5 38   Alfie Burden 1   7th   Peter Ebdon 5   2   Ronnie O'Sullivan 4th   11   Jimmy White 3     18th   Drew Henry 5   18th   Drew Henry 1   2   Ronnie O'Sullivan 5   2   Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 50   Jonathan Birch 0   final Peter Ebdon won the Grand Prix in 1993 , Stephen Lee in 1998 . For the first time ever, the two English players played against each other in a final this time. Ebdon had won two encounters between the two earlier in the year. The first session of the final was changeable. First Stephen Lee pulled away 3-0, then Ebdon equalized, then Lee again won two frames in a row. At the beginning of the evening session Ebdon was able to shorten it to 5: 4, but then Lee dominated the game and took four frames in a row to a 9: 4 victory. The second win at the tournament was also the second ranked title in Lee's career. Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Colin Brinded Guild Hall,  Preston , England , October 21, 2001 Stephen Lee 9 : 4 Peter Ebdon Afternoon : 99 : 17, 84 : 54 (76/54), 69 : 13, 1: 62 , 52: 55 (52 Ebdon), 26: 62 (60), 75 : 0 (74), 85 : 0; Evening : 55: 83 , 70 : 9 (70), 66 : 12, 61 : 21 (52), 72 : 4 (71) 76 Highest break 60 - Century breaks - 5 50+ breaks 3 qualification The qualifying games took place between July 26th and August 7th, 2001 and were played in four rounds. The players from 49th to 128th place in the world rankings played against each other in four rounds and determined the 16 players who then competed in the main tournament in Preston in October . Century breaks 20 players achieved 32 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament. For the second time after 1999 there was a maximum break at this tournament , for the second time it was Ronnie O'Sullivan who succeeded. It was the 43rd official 147-point break in snooker and earned the Englishman a total of £ 27,500. Stephen Maguire scored the highest break in qualifying, earning £ 1,800 for 141 points at a time. Main tournament Ronnie O'Sullivan 147 , 138, 116 Michael Holt 137 a Mark King 136 John Higgins 136, 131, 122, 114, 109 Mark Davis 132 a Marco Fu 132 a , 100 Alan McManus 126, 120, 100 Paul Hunter 124 Stephen Hendry 117, 103, 101 Barry Hawkins 116, 102 a Shokat Ali 115 a Anthony Hamilton 112 Robin Hull 109 Jason Ferguson 105 Dave Harold 105 Steve Davis 104 Ken Doherty 104 David Gray 102 Tony Drago 101 a Peter Ebdon 100 a scored in round 1 (round of the last 48 without the top 16 players) swell ↑ a b 2001 LG Cup - Finishes. CueTracker, accessed December 1, 2017 .  ↑ a b 2001 LG Cup. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 1, 2017 .  ^ LG Cup 2001. snooker.org, accessed December 1, 2017 (English).  ↑ Rankings - 2001-2002. In: CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed December 1, 2017 .