Scottish Open 2001 (Snooker)
Scottish Open 2001
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Attendees: | 159 |
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AECC , Aberdeen , Scotland |
| Opening: | April 8, 2001 |
| Endgame: | April 15, 2001
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| Winner: |
 Peter Ebdon
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| Finalist: |
 Ken Doherty
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| Highest Break: | 141 ( John Higgins )
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The 2001 Regal Scottish Open was a snooker tournament for the 2000/01 season that was held April 8-15 at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Center . For the fourth time, the tournament was sponsored by the Regal cigarette brand in Aberdeen on the east coast of Scotland.
Ronnie O'Sullivan started as the defending champion, but already lost his opening match. Peter Ebdon and Ken Doherty reached the final of this tournament for the first time and in the end the Englishman prevailed 9: 7. He had won the penultimate tournament after the second tournament of the season, the British Open .
Prize money / world ranking points
About £ 40,000 more was available for awards this year than last year. Nothing changed in the top places, but the losers in the first two main rounds could take home up to £ 1,125 more. In addition, the players in the second and third qualifying rounds got £ 150 and £ 200 more, respectively.
There were also some changes in the points for the world ranking list . The winner got 240 points less and on the following places the discount was between 100 and 300 points. For the losers in the qualification there was a little more, for the last 128 it was even 302 points.
| Prize money | World ranking points a |
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| winner | £ 62,000 | 4,800 |
| finalist | £ 33,000 | 3,200 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 16,500 | 2.210 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 9,400 | 1,625 |
| Round of 16 | £ 4,800 | 1,330 |
| Last 32 | £ 3,900 | 1,140 |
| Last 48 | £ 3,150 | 874 |
| Last 64 | £ 2,400 | 684 |
| Last 96 | £ 1,550 | 524 |
| Last 128 | £ 950 | 402 |
| Round 1 | - | 189 |
| Highest break | TV phase: £ 5,000 before: £ 1,000 |
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| All in all | £ 438,050 |
Final round
In the previous year, the top 32 in the world rankings entered the first round of the main tournament as a single group and played against 32 qualifiers. This time there were only 16 qualifiers who played against the bottom half of the top players. The top 16 were set for the second round.
Round 1
16 players had qualified in four rounds. 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. finalIt had been a successful season for both players, Peter Ebdon had won the British Open , Ken Doherty had even been victorious twice, at the Welsh Open and the Thailand Masters . But it was already 6 years ago that both had met in a final. Ebdon had won this one, as well as the only other one before it. This time Doherty made the first frame before Ebdon pulled away to 3-1 and 4-2. But it remained the highest lead, because the Irish equalized to 4: 4 at the end of the session. In the evening session, every lead was immediately equalized up to a score of 7: 7. Ebdon stole the 15th frame by one point despite a 52-point break from Doherty. Now the Irishman should have won the next frame, but it was Ebdon who made it 9: 7. For him it was the 8th title in as many years on the professional tour.
Century breaks13 players scored 16 breaks of at least 100 points in the main tournament. John Higgins was not only the only one to be successful three times, he also scored the highest century break of the tournament in the round of 16 . The break of 141 points earned him an additional £ 5,000 as a bonus. Main tournament
a scored in round 1 (round of the last 48 without the top 16 players, without TV coverage)
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