2001 British Open

2001 Stan James British Open
Tournament information
Dates	29 September – 7 October 2001
Venue	Telewest Arena
City	Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£666,800
Final
Champion	John Higgins (SCO)
Runner-up	Graeme Dott (SCO)
Score	9–6
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The 2001 British Open (officially the 2001 Stan James British Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 29 September–7 October 2001 at the Telewest Arena, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.

John Higgins won the tournament by defeating Graeme Dott nine frames to six in the final. The defending champion, Peter Ebdon, was defeated by Mark King in the quarter-final.^[1]

Main draw

^[2]^[3]


Last 48 Best of 9 frames		Last 32 Best of 9 frames		Last 16 Best of 9 frames		Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals Best of 11 frames		Final Best of 17 frames



		Peter Ebdon	5

John Parrott	5	John Parrott	4
				Peter Ebdon	5
Peter Lines	3
				Andy Hicks	3
		Jimmy White	2

Andy Hicks	5	Andy Hicks	5
						Peter Ebdon	0
Billy Snaddon	4
						Mark King	5
		Mark King	5

Dominic Dale	5	Dominic Dale	2
				Mark King	5
Euan Henderson	1
				Anthony Davies	0
		Stephen Hendry	1

Anthony Davies	5	Anthony Davies	5
								Mark King	0
Neal Foulds	3
								John Higgins	6
		Stephen Lee	5

Ian McCulloch	5	Ian McCulloch	2
				Stephen Lee	5
Anthony Hamilton	4
				Fergal O'Brien	2
		Fergal O'Brien	5

Steve Davis	5	Steve Davis	3
						Stephen Lee	4
Sean Storey	3
						John Higgins	5
		Dave Harold	5

Drew Henry	5	Drew Henry	2
				Dave Harold	2
David Roe	1
				John Higgins	5
		John Higgins	5

David Gray	5	David Gray	4
										John Higgins	9
Shokat Ali	3
										Graeme Dott	6
		Mark Williams	5

Paul Davies	5	Paul Davies	4
				Mark Williams	2
Michael Judge	3
				Ali Carter	5
		Paul Hunter	3

Ali Carter	5	Ali Carter	5
						Ali Carter	3
James Wattana	0
						Graeme Dott	5
		Graeme Dott	5

Marco Fu	5	Marco Fu	1
				Graeme Dott	5
Brian Morgan	0
				Joe Perry	4
		Matthew Stevens	2

Joe Perry	5	Joe Perry	5
								Graeme Dott	6
Patrick Wallace	1
								Ronnie O'Sullivan	4
		Ken Doherty	5

Jonathan Birch	5	Jonathan Birch	2
				Ken Doherty	4
Nigel Bond	1
				Alan McManus	5
		Alan McManus	5

Quinten Hann	5	Quinten Hann	2
						Alan McManus	1
Alfie Burden	1
						Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
		Joe Swail	5

Robin Hull	5	Robin Hull	1
				Joe Swail	4
Tony Drago	4
				Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
		Ronnie O'Sullivan	5

Gary Wilkinson	5	Gary Wilkinson	0

Chris Small	3

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Williams Telewest Arena, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. 7 October 2001.^[2]
John Higgins Scotland	9–6	Graeme Dott Scotland
Afternoon: 48–78 (78), 57–81, 80–0 (79), 11–62, 62–38, 138–0 (90), 97–16 (61), 68–6 Evening: 93–6 (93), 0–100 (100), 45–70, 126–1 (112), 71–43, 14–75, 52–40
112	Highest break	100
1	Century breaks	1
5	50+ breaks	2

References

^ "British Open". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Stan James British Open 2001". snooker.org. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
^ "British Open". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 3 January 2018.