For the Darts tournament of the same name, see Welsh Open (darts).

The 2001 Welsh Open (officially the 2001 Regal Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 and 28 January 2001 at the Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff, Wales.

John Higgins was the defending champion, but he lost his quarter-final match against Stephen Lee.

Ken Doherty defeated Paul Hunter 9–2 in the final to win his fourth ranking title.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]

  • Winner: £62,000
  • Runner-up: £33,000
  • Semi-finalists: £16,500
  • Quarter-finalists: £9,400
  • Last 16: £4,800
  • Last 32: £3,900
  • Last 48: £3,100
  • Last 64: £2,400
  • Last 96: £1,550
  • Last 128: £950
  • Highest break (televised): £5,000
  • Highest break (untelevised): £1,000
  • Total: £440,200

Tournament summary

Defending champion John Higgins was the number 1 seed with World Champion Mark Williams seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.

Main draw

Round 1
Best of 9 frames 		Last 16
Best of 9 frames 		Quarter Final
Best of 9 frames 		Semi Final
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 17 frames
               
1 Scotland John Higgins 5
21 Scotland Chris Small 1
1 Scotland John Higgins 5
12 England Peter Ebdon 3
12 England Peter Ebdon 5
Thailand Noppadon Noppachorn 1
1 Scotland John Higgins 1
5 England Stephen Lee 5
9 Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 5
53 England Gary Ponting 4
9 Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 3
5 England Stephen Lee 5
5 England Stephen Lee 5
40 Wales Anthony Davies 3
5 England Stephen Lee 3
14 England Paul Hunter 6
6 Wales Matthew Stevens 4
31 England Joe Perry 5
31 England Joe Perry 4
14 England Paul Hunter 5
14 England Paul Hunter 5
England Nick Walker 0
14 England Paul Hunter 5
16 Northern Ireland Joe Swail 2
16 Northern Ireland Joe Swail 5
33 Scotland Jamie Burnett 3
16 Northern Ireland Joe Swail 5
4 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 4
4 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
19 Scotland Graeme Dott 3
14 England Paul Hunter 2
7 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 9
3 Scotland Stephen Hendry 5
52 England David Gray 3
3 Scotland Stephen Hendry 5
15 Hong Kong Marco Fu 3
15 Hong Kong Marco Fu 5
England Wayne Brown 1
3 Scotland Stephen Hendry 3
7 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5
11 England Anthony Hamilton 3
32 Australia Quinten Hann 5
32 Australia Quinten Hann 3
7 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5
7 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5
20 Wales Dominic Dale 3
7 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 6
2 Wales Mark Williams 3
8 Scotland Alan McManus 5
62 England Michael Holt 0
8 Scotland Alan McManus 5
29 Scotland Drew Henry 3
10 England John Parrott 3
29 Scotland Drew Henry 5
8 Scotland Alan McManus 4
2 Wales Mark Williams 5
13 England Dave Harold 3
22 England Mark King 5
22 England Mark King 1
2 Wales Mark Williams 5
2 Wales Mark Williams 5
23 England Nigel Bond 3

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Graham Harding.
Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales, 28 January 2001.[2]
Paul Hunter (14)
 England 		2–9 Ken Doherty (7)
 Ireland
Afternoon: 1–63, 76–1 (68), 23–77 (71), 59–0, 56–62 (52), 5–57, 51–73, 13–129 (125)
Evening: 44–72, 8–99 (56), 36–85 (69)
68 Highest break 125
0 Century breaks 1
1 50+ breaks 5

References

  1. ^ Watkins, Jamie (2001). "Regal Welsh 2001". TSN Snooker. Archived from the original on 4 March 2001. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  2. ^ "Regal Welsh Open 2001". snooker.org. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Welsh_Open_(snooker)
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