Scottish Masters 2001

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Scottish Masters 2001
Regal Scottish Masters 2001
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Tournament type: Invitation tournament
Venue: Thistle Hotel, Glasgow , Scotland
Opening: September 18, 2001
Endgame: September 23, 2001

Winner: ScotlandScotland John Higgins
Finalist: EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
Highest Break: 134 ( Ronnie O'Sullivan ) EnglandEngland
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The Regal Scottish Masters 2001 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2001/02 season . The invitation tournament was held from September 18-23 at the Thistle Hotel in Glasgow . After eleven years in the small town of Motherwell , the tournament returned to the largest Scottish town, where the tournament had started 20 years earlier.

The defending champion was the reigning world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan . He reached the final again and met his opponent in the World Cup final John Higgins . This time the Scot had the upper hand with 9: 6 and thus retaliated for the final defeat against O'Sullivan in 1999 . After the Champions Cup , he had won the second tournament of the season.

Prize money

Last year there had already been £ 1,000 for the win in the first qualifying game , this time all unsuccessful qualifiers were left empty-handed and there were only prizes in the main tournament. The total prize money decreased by £ 6,000, the rest of the money saved was used to raise the prizes slightly from the semi-finals onwards.

placement Prize money
winner £ 63,000
final £ 31,000
Semifinals £ 16,000
Quarter finals £ 9,000
Round 1 £ 5,000
Highest Break (Final Round) £ 5,000
All in all £ 187,000

Final round

The first 9 of the world rankings as well as Jimmy White and Patrick Wallace were invited to the main tournament. Another player was able to secure 12th place in a qualification tournament, this year it was the 17th in the world rankings. Marco Fu . He and the players from place 5 played against each other in round 1. The top 4 were set for the quarterfinals.

Round 1
(Best of 9)
Quarter Finals
(Best of 11)
Semi-finals
(Best of 11)
Final
(Best of 17)
                                   
  1  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams  6th    
8th  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee  5
8th  EnglandEngland Stephen Lee  3    
12  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Patrick Wallace  0   1  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams  1
  3  ScotlandScotland John Higgins  6th    
3  ScotlandScotland John Higgins  6th
5  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry  5
5  ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry  3  
10  EnglandEngland Jimmy White  4th   3  ScotlandScotland John Higgins  9
  2  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan  6th
4th  IrelandIreland Ken Doherty  3
7th  EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon  2
11  Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu  6th    
11  Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu  5   11  Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu  3
  2  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan  6th  
2  EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan  6th
6th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens  5
6th  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens  3  
9  EnglandEngland Paul Hunter  3  


final

After 1998 , the final of the tournament was called John Higgins versus Ronnie O'Sullivan for the second time . At that time the Englishman had won. In the last two years one of the two had been in the final once more, while Higgins failed a second time, O'Sullivan was two-time title holder and defending champion. This time the Scot kept the upper hand and won his only Scottish Masters title with a score of 9: 6.

Final: Best of 17 Frames
Thistle Hotel,  Glasgow , Scotland , 23rd September 2001
ScotlandScotland John Higgins 9 : 6 EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
114 Highest break 117
2 Century breaks 1
- 50+ breaks -

qualification

The qualifying matches were played from August 26 to 31, 2001. 16 players had played in four rounds for the free place in the final tournament, the winner was Marco Fu .

  Round of 16 Quarter finals Semifinals final
                             
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 3                  
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Patrick Wallace 5  
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Patrick Wallace 5
 
   EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 3  
 EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 5
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 4th  
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Patrick Wallace 5
   EnglandEngland Joe Perry 3  
 ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 3    
 IrelandIreland Michael Judge 5  
 IrelandIreland Michael Judge 1
 
   EnglandEngland Joe Perry 5  
 EnglandEngland Dave Harold 4th
 EnglandEngland Joe Perry 5  
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Patrick Wallace 5
   ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 0
 ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 5        
 
 EnglandEngland David Gray 4th  
 ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 5
 
   ScotlandScotland Drew Henry 1  
 ScotlandScotland Drew Henry 5
 EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 1  
 ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 3
   ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 5  
 EnglandEngland Mark King 5    
 MaltaMalta Tony Drago 0  
 EnglandEngland Mark King 3
 
   ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 5  
 ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 3
 ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 5  

Century breaks

12 breaks of 100 or more points were scored in the entire tournament. Ronnie O'Sullivan stood out with 4 century breaks , including the highest break in the main tournament with 134 points for which there was a special bonus of £ 5,000. 5 of the 12 Centurys were already played in the qualification in August.

Final round
EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 134, 117, 108, 101
EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 126
ScotlandScotland John Higgins 114, 111
qualification
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Patrick Wallace 140
EnglandEngland Dave Harold 122
ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 117
ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 104
EnglandEngland Joe Perry 101

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