2001/02 snooker season
2001/02 snooker season![]() |
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Season dates | |
Beginning of the season | August 11, 2001 |
End of season | May 6, 2002 |
Ranked tournaments | 9 |
Invitation tournaments | 5 |
number of players | 365 |
Triple Crown Winner | |
UK Championship |
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Masters |
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World Champion |
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Ranking first |
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2002/03 →
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The 2001/02 snooker season consisted of a series of snooker tournaments that were part of the main tour . 14 titles were awarded this season, in nine tournaments there were points for the world rankings.
The 2001/02 season was the last season with a larger tournament calendar, from mid-August 2001 to May 6, 2002, the date of the World Cup final. In the next two years only five tournaments should be suspended. For the two Asian tournaments, the Thailand Masters and the China Open, it was the last season on the tour for the time being. The China Open should return a few years later. The Champions Cup, which had only been installed two years earlier, opened a snooker season for the last time on August 11, 2001.
Season results
The following table shows the final results of this season.
date | competition | venue | Art | winner | Final opponent | Result |
August 11-19, 2001 |
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Brighton | Invitation tournament |
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7: 4 |
September 18-23, 2001 |
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Glasgow | Invitation tournament |
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9: 6 |
September 29 to October 7, 2001 |
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Newcastle | World ranking tournament |
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9: 6 |
October 12-21, 2001 |
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Preston | World ranking tournament |
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9: 4 |
November 4th to 15th, 2001 |
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Mansfield | Invitation tournament |
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9: 5 |
November 2001 |
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Liverpool | Non-ranking tournament |
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5: 2 |
November 23 to December 1, 2001 |
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Valletta | World ranking tournament |
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9: 2 |
December 3-16, 2001 |
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York | World ranking tournament |
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10: 1 |
January 23-27, 2002 |
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Cardiff | World ranking tournament |
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9: 7 |
February 3rd to 10th, 2002 |
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London | Invitation tournament |
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10: 9 |
February 24 to March 3, 2002 |
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Shanghai | World ranking tournament |
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9: 8 |
March 4-10, 2002 |
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Bangkok | World ranking tournament |
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9: 4 |
March 19-24, 2002 |
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Dublin | Invitation tournament |
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10: 3 |
April 6-14, 2002 |
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Aberdeen | World ranking tournament |
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9: 2 |
April 20 to May 6, 2002 |
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Sheffield | World ranking tournament |
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18:17 |
World ranking
The snooker world ranking is only updated after each full season and takes into account the performance of the past two seasons. The following table shows the 32 best placed players in the 2001/02 season, based on the results of the 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 seasons . The position of the previous year is given in brackets.
Place 1 - 8 | Place 9 - 16 | 17th - 24th place | Place 25 - 32 | ||||
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1 |
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9 |
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17th |
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25th |
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2 |
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10 |
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18th |
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26th |
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3 |
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11 |
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19th |
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27 |
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4th |
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12 |
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20th |
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28 |
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5 |
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13 |
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21st |
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29 |
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6th |
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14th |
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22nd |
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30th |
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7th |
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15th |
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23 |
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31 |
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8th |
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16 |
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24 |
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32 |
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Individual evidence
- ^ The 2001/2002 Season. In: snooker.org. Retrieved March 19, 2016 .
- ↑ 2001/2002 Embassy World Rankings. In: snooker.org. Retrieved March 19, 2016 .