2001/02 snooker season

2001/02 snooker season
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	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Masters	Paul Hunter
World Champion	Peter Ebdon
World ranking
Ranking first	Mark Williams
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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	Champions Cup 2001	Brighton	Invitation tournament	John Higgins	Mark Williams	7: 4
September 18-23, 2001	Scottish Masters 2001	Glasgow	Invitation tournament	John Higgins	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9: 6
September 29 to October 7, 2001	British Open 2001	Newcastle	World ranking tournament	John Higgins	Graeme Dott	9: 6
October 12-21, 2001	LG Cup 2001	Preston	World ranking tournament	Stephen Lee	Peter Ebdon	9: 4
November 4th to 15th, 2001	Benson & Hedges Championship 2001	Mansfield	Invitation tournament	Ryan Day	Hugh Abernethy	9: 5
November 2001	Merseyside Professional 2001	Liverpool	Non-ranking tournament	Nick Dyson	Paul Davison	5: 2
November 23 to December 1, 2001	European Open 2001	Valletta	World ranking tournament	Stephen Hendry	Joe Perry	9: 2
December 3-16, 2001	UK Championship 2001	York	World ranking tournament	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Ken Doherty	10: 1
January 23-27, 2002	Welsh Open 2002	Cardiff	World ranking tournament	Paul Hunter	Ken Doherty	9: 7
February 3rd to 10th, 2002	Masters 2002	London	Invitation tournament	Paul Hunter	Mark Williams	10: 9
February 24 to March 3, 2002	China Open 2002	Shanghai	World ranking tournament	Mark Williams	Anthony Hamilton	9: 8
March 4-10, 2002	Thailand Masters 2002	Bangkok	World ranking tournament	Mark Williams	Stephen Lee	9: 4
March 19-24, 2002	Irish Masters 2002	Dublin	Invitation tournament	John Higgins	Peter Ebdon	10: 3
April 6-14, 2002	Scottish Open 2002	Aberdeen	World ranking tournament	Stephen Lee	David Gray	9: 2
April 20 to May 6, 2002	World Snooker Championship 2002	Sheffield	World ranking tournament	Peter Ebdon	Stephen Hendry	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
1	Mark Williams (1)	9	Paul Hunter (14)	17th	Marco Fu (15)	25th	Quinten Hann (32)
2	Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)	10	Joe Swail (16)	18th	Drew Henry (29)	26th	Billy Snaddon (24)
3	John Higgins (2)	11	Jimmy White (18)	19th	Anthony Hamilton (11)	27	Joe Perry (31)
4th	Ken Doherty (7)	12	Alan McManus (8)	20th	Dominic Dale (20)	28	Michael Judge (46)
5	Stephen Hendry (3)	13	Mark King (22)	21st	Steve Davis (17)	29	Tony Drago (26)
6th	Matthew Stevens (6)	14th	Graeme Dott (19)	22nd	John Parrott (10)	30th	David Gray (52)
7th	Peter Ebdon (12)	15th	Dave Harold (13)	23	Nigel Bond (23)	31	Anthony Davies (40)
8th	Stephen Lee (5)	16	Fergal O'Brien (9)	24	Chris Small (21)	32	James Wattana (27)

Individual evidence

1. ^ The 2001/2002 Season. In: snooker.org. Retrieved March 19, 2016 . 
2. ↑ 2001/2002 Embassy World Rankings. In: snooker.org. Retrieved March 19, 2016 .