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.

2001 Stan James British Open
Tournament information
Dates29 September – 7 October 2001 (2001-09-29 – 2001-10-07)
VenueTelewest Arena
CityNewcastle-upon-Tyne
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£666,800
Final
Champion John Higgins (SCO)
Runner-up Graeme Dott (SCO)
Score9–6
2000
2002

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

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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 Ebdon5
  John Parrott5  John Parrott4
  Peter Ebdon5
  Peter Lines3
  Andy Hicks3
  Jimmy White2
  Andy Hicks5  Andy Hicks5
  Peter Ebdon0
  Billy Snaddon4
  Mark King5
  Mark King5
  Dominic Dale5  Dominic Dale2
  Mark King5
  Euan Henderson1
  Anthony Davies0
  Stephen Hendry1
  Anthony Davies5  Anthony Davies5
  Mark King0
  Neal Foulds3
  John Higgins6
  Stephen Lee5
  Ian McCulloch5  Ian McCulloch2
  Stephen Lee5
  Anthony Hamilton4
  Fergal O'Brien2
  Fergal O'Brien5
  Steve Davis5  Steve Davis3
  Stephen Lee4
  Sean Storey3
  John Higgins5
  Dave Harold5
  Drew Henry5  Drew Henry2
  Dave Harold2
  David Roe1
  John Higgins5
  John Higgins5
  David Gray5  David Gray4
  John Higgins9
  Shokat Ali3
  Graeme Dott6
  Mark Williams5
  Paul Davies5  Paul Davies4
  Mark Williams2
  Michael Judge3
  Ali Carter5
  Paul Hunter3
  Ali Carter5  Ali Carter5
  Ali Carter3
  James Wattana0
  Graeme Dott5
  Graeme Dott5
  Marco Fu5  Marco Fu1
  Graeme Dott5
  Brian Morgan0
  Joe Perry4
  Matthew Stevens2
  Joe Perry5  Joe Perry5
  Graeme Dott6
  Patrick Wallace1
  Ronnie O'Sullivan4
  Ken Doherty5
  Jonathan Birch5  Jonathan Birch2
  Ken Doherty4
  Nigel Bond1
  Alan McManus5
  Alan McManus5
  Quinten Hann5  Quinten Hann2
  Alan McManus1
  Alfie Burden1
  Ronnie O'Sullivan5
  Joe Swail5
  Robin Hull5  Robin Hull1
  Joe Swail4
  Tony Drago4
  Ronnie O'Sullivan5
  Ronnie O'Sullivan5
  Gary Wilkinson5  Gary Wilkinson0
  Chris Small3

Final

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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

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