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2009 Premier League Snooker

The 2009 PartyCasino.com Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 3 September to 29 November 2009.[1][2]

PartyCasino.com Premier League
Tournament information
Dates3 September – 29 November 2009 (2009-09-03 – 2009-11-29)
CountryUnited Kingdom
OrganisationMatchroom Sport
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£200,000
Winner's share£30,000
Highest break139
Final
ChampionEngland Shaun Murphy
Runner-upEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
Score7–3
← 2008
2010 →

Shaun Murphy won in the final 7–3 against defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan.[3]

Prize fund edit

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]

  • Winner: £30,000
  • Runner-up: £15,000
  • Semi-final: £5,000
  • Frame-win: £1000
  • Century-break: £1000
  • Total: £200,000

League phase edit

Ranking  
HIG		  
TRU		  
OSU		  
MUR		  
HEN		  
ROB		  
FU		 Frame
W-L		 Match
W-D-L		 Pld-Pts
1 John Higgins x 4 4 4 3 4 3 22–14 4–2–0 6–10
2 Judd Trump 2 x 4 4 4 2 4 20–16 4–0–2 6–8
3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 2 2 x 4 3 3 4 18–18 2–2–2 6–6
4 Shaun Murphy 2 2 2 x 3 4 5 18–18 2–1–3 6–5
5 Stephen Hendry 3 2 3 3 x 5 1 17–19 1–3–2 6–5
6 Neil Robertson 2 4 3 2 1 x 4 16–20 2–1–3 6–5
7 Marco Fu 3 2 2 1 5 2 x 15–21 1–1–4 6–3

Top four qualified for the play-offs. If points were level then most frames won determined their positions. If two players had an identical record then the result in their match determined their positions. If that ended 3–3 then the player who got to three first was higher.[4] (Breaks above 50 shown between (parentheses); century breaks are indicated with bold.)[5]

  • 3 September – Penrith Leisure Centre, Penrith, England[6]
    • Neil Robertson 4–2 Judd Trump → 0–(139), (80)–7, (66)–(62), (58) 72–0, (89)–8, 34–75
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Marco Fu → 27–71, 66–4, (133)–4, (106) 115–6, (131) 135–0, 0–(83)
  • 17 September – Malvern Theatres, Great Malvern, England[7]
    • Shaun Murphy 2–4 John Higgins → 50–72, 73–24, (53)–77 (53), 28–70 (58), (72)–0, 18–92 (61)
    • Stephen Hendry 2–4 Judd Trump → (104) 117–0, (57, 68) 125–0, (51)–70, 29–51, 0–126(103), 0–(88)
  • 24 September – Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, England[8]
    • Neil Robertson 1–5 Stephen Hendry → 32–69 (60), 1–99 (98), 78–4, 19–52, 10–58 (51), 1–133 (127)
    • John Higgins 3–3 Marco Fu → (69)–8, 24–65, 60–52, 39–65, (90)–16, 46–66
  • 1 October – Sands Centre, Carlisle, England[9]
    • Marco Fu 2–4 Judd Trump → 19–(100), (82)–0, 25–75, 61–63, 6–(120), (81)–0
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Neil Robertson → (52) 75–48, 6–84 (77), (112) 113–14, 86–42, 0–117 (91), 4–72
  • 15 October – AECC, Aberdeen, Scotland[10]
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 Shaun Murphy → (104)–0, 68–1, (56) 89–5, 0–101 (81), 45–84, (75) 85–5
    • John Higgins 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 54–65, 36–(76), (92)–0, (73) 92–0, 70–1, 5–71 (64)
  • 22 October – Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, England[11]
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 1–75 (51), 38–65, (78)–0, 0–(76), (95) 99–0, 68–7
    • Shaun Murphy 5–1 Marco Fu → 1–117 (91), 63–14, (62) 88–5, (105)–0, (134)–0, (62) 92–7
  • 29 October – Guildhall, Preston, England[12]
    • John Higgins 4–2 Neil Robertson → 69–51, 41–66, 70–28, (73)–34, (63) 80–28, 17–50
    • Shaun Murphy 3–3 Stephen Hendry → 75–50, (55) 75–26, 4–110 (68), 6–100 (96), 54–19, 23–66
  • 5 November – Riverside Leisure Centre, Devon, England[13]
    • Marco Fu 2–4 Neil Robertson → 54–14, 19–84, 41–71, (90) 95–0, 63–70, 58–60
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–4 Judd Trump → 33–80 (67), 93–8, 0–(79), 20–81 (50), 65–69, (50) 87–8
  • 12 November – Hutton Moor Leisure Centre, Weston-super-Mare, England[14]
    • John Higgins 4–2 Judd Trump → 7–35, (63)–(65), 40–65, (53) 88–79, (74) 78–5, (75) 107–1
    • Shaun Murphy 4–2 Neil Robertson → 68–37, (59) 75–99, (104) 119–6, (64) 73–8, 0–(109), 94–8
  • 19 November – Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales[15]
    • Marco Fu 5–1 Stephen Hendry → 64–40, (70)–25, 14–72, 98–15, 71–15, (122) 128–11
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–4 John Higgins → 9–(72), 16–70 (64), (129) 134–0, 0–(107), 0–128 (119), (68) 76–48
    • Shaun Murphy 2–4 Judd Trump → 78–66, 11–64 (63), 39–63, 75–22, 43–57, 50–64

Play-offs edit

28–29 November – Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, England[5][16]

Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames 		Final
Best of 13 frames
      
1   John Higgins 3
4   Shaun Murphy* 5
4   Shaun Murphy*** 7
3   Ronnie O'Sullivan 3
2   Judd Trump 1
3   Ronnie O'Sullivan** 5

* (61) 80–35, 4–80, (96)–0, 0–(110), 34–77, 61–71 (65), 67–1, 40–75
** 0–(98), 10–99 (53), 10–68 (66), 1–83 (76), (63)–30, (53)–(67)
*** (111) 119–9, 87–36, 70–0, 50–57, 0–(88), 61–67, 75–27, (75) 126–3, (63)–0, (67) 75–(67)

Qualifiers edit

Main article: 2009 Championship League

The qualification for this tournament, the Championship League was played in eight groups from 5 January to 26 March 2009.

Century breaks edit

[4][5]

References edit

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  3. ^ "Murphy ends Ronnie's reign". Sky Sports. 30 November 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
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  13. ^ "Week 8 Results". Global Snooker. Retrieved 5 November 2009.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "Week 9 Results". Global Snooker. Retrieved 12 November 2009.[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ "Week 10 Results". Global Snooker. Retrieved 19 November 2009.[permanent dead link]
  16. ^ "Finals Results". Global Snooker. Retrieved 19 November 2009.[permanent dead link]

External links edit

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