LG Cup 2001

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LG Cup 2001
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Tournament type: World ranking tournament
Venue: Guild Hall,
Preston , England
Opening: October 12, 2001
Endgame: October 21, 2001

Winner: EnglandEngland Stephen Lee
Finalist: EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon
Highest Break: 147 ( Ronnie O'Sullivan ) EnglandEngland
2000
 
2002

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 AustraliaAustralia 35 : 35 EnglandEngland Michael Holt
2 Anthony Davies WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 52: 52 EnglandEngland Jason Ferguson
3 Dominic Dale WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 05 : 05 EnglandEngland Rory McLeod
4th Billy Snaddon ScotlandScotland 50: 50 EnglandEngland Mark Davis
5 Steve Davis EnglandEngland 35 : 35 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Patrick Wallace
6th Michael Judge IrelandIreland 53: 53 ThailandThailand Phaitoon Phonbun
7th Chris Small ScotlandScotland 51: 51 FinlandFinland Robin Hull
8th John Parrott EnglandEngland 4th5 : 45 PakistanPakistan Shokat Ali
9 Marco Fu Hong KongHong Kong 4th5 : 45 EnglandEngland Ali Carter
10 James Wattana ThailandThailand 51: 51 EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins
11 Joe Perry EnglandEngland 52: 52 EnglandEngland Brian Morgan
12 David Gray EnglandEngland 05 : 05 ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire
13 Anthony Hamilton EnglandEngland 4th5 : 45 EnglandEngland Gary Wilkinson
14th Tony Drago MaltaMalta 54: 54th EnglandEngland Alfie Burden
15th Drew Henry ScotlandScotland 25 : 25 ScotlandScotland Marcus Campbell
16 Nigel Bond EnglandEngland 53: 53 EnglandEngland 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  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 5                
25th  AustraliaAustralia Quinten Hann 4th  
1  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 5
  15th  EnglandEngland Dave Harold 3  
15th  EnglandEngland Dave Harold 5
56  EnglandEngland Jason Ferguson 2  
1  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 2
  5  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 5  
12  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 5    
20th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 3  
12  ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 4th
  5  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 5  
5  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 5
60  EnglandEngland Mark Davis 1  
5  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 4th
  8th  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 6th  
8th  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 5
21st  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 1  
8th  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 5
  14th  ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 4th  
14th  ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 5
74  ThailandThailand Phaitoon Phonbun 1  
8th  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 5
  3  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 2  
13  EnglandEngland Mark King 5    
86  FinlandFinland Robin Hull 3  
13  EnglandEngland Mark King 4th
  3  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5  
3  ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5
22nd  EnglandEngland John Parrott 2  
8th  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 9
7th  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 4th
4th  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 2
17th  Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 5  
17th  Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 4th
  85  EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 5  
16  IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 4th
85  EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 5  
85  EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 4th
  10  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 5  
10  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 5    
33  EnglandEngland Brian Morgan 1  
10  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 5
  6th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 2  
6th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 5
30th  EnglandEngland David Gray 3  
10  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 3
  7th  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 6th  
7th  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 5
19th  EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 4th  
7th  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 5
  9  EnglandEngland Paul Hunter 4th  
9  EnglandEngland Paul Hunter 5
38  EnglandEngland Alfie Burden 1  
7th  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 5
  2  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 4th  
11  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 3    
18th  ScotlandScotland Drew Henry 5  
18th  ScotlandScotland Drew Henry 1
  2  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 5  
2  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
50  EnglandEngland 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 EnglandEngland
EnglandEngland Stephen Lee 9 : 4 EnglandEngland 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

EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 147 , 138, 116
EnglandEngland Michael Holt 137 a
EnglandEngland Mark King 136
ScotlandScotland John Higgins 136, 131, 122, 114, 109
EnglandEngland Mark Davis 132 a
Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 132 a , 100
ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 126, 120, 100
EnglandEngland Paul Hunter 124
ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry 117, 103, 101
EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 116, 102 a
PakistanPakistan Shokat Ali 115 a
EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 112
FinlandFinland Robin Hull 109
EnglandEngland Jason Ferguson 105
EnglandEngland Dave Harold 105
EnglandEngland Steve Davis 104
IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 104
EnglandEngland David Gray 102
MaltaMalta Tony Drago 101 a
EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 100
a scored in round 1 (round of the last 48 without the top 16 players)

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